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...as long as one wants non-automated point control then nothing really beats the stud and probe on a mimic diagram as it is so quick and easy, simple to install and repair and cheap... And intuitive and fun - that 's for the running lines. For yards I use slide swiches and rodding. It isn't possib...

...It would make the family 'work' to access their inheritance. If that's really your objective, leave the wagons alone for any that might appreciate them, instead cancel any will you have made, and die intestate. That's what my parents did by choice (never had wills, just told me what I was to do)...

...Fitting it was fiddly because of the lack of space... The interior of the 57xx is well packed with metal ballast, but it is removeable if prepared to part dismantle the body, this is relatively easy and can be done with no resulting damage visible when reassembled. The panniers are filled with a...

When a few people said "Railway Modelling" is dead after the closure of Hatton's. Many of us said what rubbish, emphatically so !! Well something is wrong in the world, it MUST be, as here we are with no fresh postings in this thread for nigh on a Month... There's always something of an o...

As always, many ways to skin multiple varieties of cats; and you only want those that are of definite value to your particular operation. Mine is unseen derailment (any cause: foreign object, coupler or other vehicle mechanism failure, etc.) to avoid dependence on the mk1 earhole picking up the resu...

Seen spent ballast suggested - credible and logical, but that doesn't = TRUE - but never searched for an authorative opinion as they don't occur at my chosen locations.

I see the Germans have removed the snakes for greater efficiency, none of that backsliding.

...then if its the front or rear tag... its not recognising thats a train, just a series of tags... With locos and dedicated brake end vehicles having a 'start/end of train' bit on the tags, that's a nod to traditional railway practise of 'lamps' at both ends of trains! Enables some 'signalman code...

how many have fallen for making the clbuttic issue of thinking security filtering is easy... You should see what it is like in a multi-lingual context; the long ago cla r seic first introduction to the subject was the sales failure of the Rolls Silver Mist in Germany. And as for images which are le...

Looks like you have functioning proof of concept there. I would want to test for effects from being right next to your wifi hub, using your mobile phone, and other like sources of local broadcast traffic.

I love all the 'approximately N items'. (Trays skilfully loaded with a plastic snow shovel?) That said, there are bound to be a few good / useful items in some of those fruit and veg trays for anyone with an eagle eye and the patience to carefully inspect. Now this may be coincidental, but while in ...

Being a 'less is more' type, I find Knebworth station (GNR construction) very attractive. It's a type of inverse of the GCR scheme with a low level entrance. The station is on an embankment, has two island platforms to serve the four track main line, and apart from some platform shelters and lamps t...

I write all my passwords down, just like I was taught never to do.

The only aspect I am concerned with is that the bond to the crossing is good. That's the vulnerable spot, because should that break with the point installed, and especially if ballasted and weathered, it's 'a little annoying' to repair. I leave all track feed wires with enough slack to enable track ...

Bufferstop wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 3:52 pm ... "Elaines Trains" is much missed.

That's a mistake I made! Elaines Trains definitely still in business.

Eileen's Emporium is the one you and I - and doubtless many others - are missing.