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Geoff. You do not realise how good you are. well done.

Glencairn

Haha... guess you were particularly troublesome! On a serious question how hard is that to come by now? Until recently we had a house not far from the old Border Counties Railway line. A few years ago we were at Reedsmouth Junction (Northumberland) and I came across a couple of small lumps of coal ...

Simple, yet effective. Well done.

Glencairn

joshv8 wrote:My son keeps telling me if Im naughty Ill get coal for christmas.... sounds like a good reason to me to ramp up the misbehavior!

I have a bag or two of Locomotive Coal.

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Guess Santa will be a little late bit this year... :lol: You dont say! He could have stepped up to a nice quick streamlined engine and not the elf shunter! :lol: I have it on good authority that Santa will be 'on time', BUT only to good boys and girls. Not to those taking the Mickey on his new form...

Lovely pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Glencairn

An interesting layout. I like it.

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Lovely scenery. Well done.

Glencairn

Who’s building this layout? Is it you or Chris?

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PM sent, Chris.

The original engine is a no-go! It still plays 'jingle bells' though.




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The coach bottom filed flat and on a new chassis and wheels. Santa and his sleigh is on a lowmac wagon. A new engine and Santa is back on track.




With a wave he is ready once more.


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Santa has gone 'off the rails'. Emergency repairs needed before 'The Big Day'.


Wheels broken on all trucks.






Glencairn

Great photos- I love that little shunter pushing its way through the dense ground cover. Thanks, Chops. Glad you like it. Just when I thought I could take time to run trains, I find that Santa's train has come off the rails. Some wheels are broken and the engine has 'packed in'. The 'good news' is ...