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' After ages of thinking "Ahhh Bo^^&&s" & putting it off, I've been prompted to ask the magic question.... As per title - How DO I get those damn tenders apart, in order to change those lousy infuriating "traction tyres" ???? I attempted it a few years back (without a...

Unless there is further evidence in what you can recall, better to call it a 'Bulleid pacific' for now. (The wheelsets with the 'clover leaf' pattern are of Bulleid-Firth-Brown design All the best with the hunt! Hi Hornchurch. Rebuilt West Country Class 4-6-2 No. 34010 Sidmouth was at NYMR in 1987....

' Hi folks, as per title..... Can you guys help me with regards to putting a few jigsaw pieces of 'timeline' history together AND of course, more importantly, perhaps, the "identity" of a large locomotive in a terribly decrepit state, that (I guess) was earmarked for preservation. please ?...

... Am I missing something here ? ... "Black Friday" & the sage-brush is rollin' across the plain ! All you are missing out on is being stampeded with the herd.... Better to lurk unmoving like a Crocodile until some worthwhile prey ventures too near the river bank. ' Further to my &qu...

Hattons have a few Easter bargains... Heljan blue Parcels DMU @ £54 being the one that stands out. For anyone starting new in this hobby.... MkRob, et-al - It was only as late as summer 2016 that I got "back into" this wretched expensive hobby ! :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: That makes ME rele...

- Naughty me, I've been looking at, tracking & finally purchasing 'yet another motorcycle' - A cheap but attractive run-about, 500cc I'd already narrowed it down to TWO bikes - And - By co-incidence, BOTH happened to be located over in Brandon, Suffolk. Weather was HOT, real-nice, Mediterranean-...

Your mother was a gem to encourage you. Beautiful memory. Great building, the ornaments flanking the door give it great character. ' Chops - I just wanted to say thank you SO very much for your very kind words - It really is a treasured memory. She was always SO generous & was such a very, very...

' Some of you older board members may/might relate to this, whilst guys who've joined since 2016 would've missed it. Back in 2016, I asked some of the board-members here to "Help Me" identify some BEAUTIFUL OO/HO buildings from my early 1970's layout As my wonderful Mother used to finish l...

What's people's opinions on Dapol's 21 pin Westerns? They look really nice especially in BR green or maroon. Are they good runners, quality wise are they reliable? Thoughts and comments? Thanks! ' I bought mine in a 'London Transport Museum' Black-Friday Sale (online), because of a (fine) tip-off, ...

And going beyond mechanism lubrication, one that I consider proven after more than two decades use on rolling stock bearings; GT85, which is sold as a plastics compatible lube for bikes. ' I wanna chime-in on Bigmet's fine suggestion & give a big, no, HUGE shout-out to the merits of the wonderf...

You could buy any West Country locomotive and buy 'Yes Tor' nameplates etc. to rename it. Glencairn Hello to everyone logged in. Looking at the Hornby 2016 handbook I noticed on page 83 that there was a picture of a steam train named YES TOR , , does anybody have any info that will be helpful ?. ' ...

' ...In an ideal-world, I'd be able to swap just one-axle out, as ONE of the rearmost drive-wheels on my 'M.N' class seems out of true. ... In delving the 'net briefly, I notice one or two folk talking about a 'Merchant Navy class wobble' W.T.F is all that about then ? Does it have ANY direct beari...

' As per title, this..... Don't laugh - some of you might say...." How can he ask such a clueless question ?" Well, sorry, my exceedingly limited railway & model-railway 'lack of knowledge' prompts me to ask.... These ARE the candidates..... 1,) = X9124 Hornby Spare LOCO WHEEL/AXLE SET...

The Railway Magazine publishes the schedules for steam and diesel specials about a month ahead. You can get timings from the organizers sites usually a couple of weeks in advance, but always keep checking, NR can change their minds about timings and routings, sometimes with only 24hrs notice. If yo...

' I only got back into railways & engines & such as recently as summer 2016, so please bear with me, explaining this. (my railway knowledge is still scant) The A.4 "Mallard" type engine, number '60009', "Union of South Africa" is due to appear next weekend, near me. I've ...