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I'd love a C2X myself. Put your votes into the poll - if these are already listed then tick them, if not, add them at the end where there is room for requests.

sparkhill wrote:I have my own wishlist which is I wish I had the money to buy what others wish for.

You and me, both, sparkhill!

Firefly16 wrote:What was the result of last year's poll, please?

Results are in this RMweb thread: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/139197-results-the-wishlist-poll-2018/ - links to PDF files are in the second post.

The 00 Wishlist Poll 2019 The 00 Wishlist Poll runs from 14 October to 2 November at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk The Poll provides railway modellers and collectors with an easy and informed way of indicating to makers and commissioners of 00 ready-to-run models which models they would realistically buy...

I find 6-wheelers run fine if there is sufficient float in the centre axles - sideways and up/down. The oft-mentioned Dapol Stove R has given me no trouble once I Blu-Tacked the end axles into place - there is sufficient resilience in the Blu-Tack to allow a little movement while restricting the tur...

You can have working catch points but as you said earlier, it would really be for show - you don't really want to deliberately derail your stock! On my previous layout I had a dummy catch point, which was simply made up from a few sleeper extensions and a piece of rail filed to blend in to plain tra...

The metal 'pins' in the blanking plug are retained by small plastic tabs that can be lifted slightly to release the pin -simply pull on the wire loop that's in it already, then de-solder the wire and attach the appropriate decoder wire, then re-insert the pin. the plastic tab should automatically cl...

Yes, that was me! I used a TCS M1 but I also hooked it into the Hornby 4-pin 'blanking plug' so it could be removed or changed at some time in the future (possibly for sound). Hornby are the only manufacturer doing the 4-pin decoder, but it is still the same decoder they use for the 8-pin installati...

A quick search on Google took me to Hornby's website which had this to say: "Sorry the Peckett Works Livery No.560/1893 0-4-0ST - Era 2 is no longer available... We're sorry, the website has sold out of this item and we're not expecting any more stock." See for yourselves at https://www.ho...

These have been around for quite a few years. I have used several in kit-built EMUs, including a DC Kits 4 EPB and several Bratchell Models EMUS (2 x class 455 and a 319/1). All of mine have been the 64' length but with different sized wheels to suit the application (14 mm for the EPB, 12 mm for the...

If you are using DCC, that too can tame a fast running motor right down to an inching crawl. As Minipix said, it will still rely on keeping wheels and pickups clean, and track as flat as possible, whether on DC or DCC.

Check the speaker wires; it may be playing sounds but you can't hear them because the speaker is not connected.

Failing that, could you try another speaker temporarily attached to the decoder? Are you able to try the decoder and speaker in another locomotive?

The bogie 'Queen Mary' van is still available from Bachmann in OO, albeit that is a fairly old moulding nowadays. The other van looks like a standard BR 20T van (or maybe an LNER one, as it has shorter footboards) but has had extra panels added as balconies: could that be a modification for the pres...

The Britrailpass can be expensive, but there is a big advantage in that you don't have to pay attention to who operates the train you wish to travel on. On my recent trip to England, we got England-only passes as we weren't planning to go into Wales or Scotland, and had (if I remember correctly) 8 s...

It will most probably apply to all of the Bachmann lines, including Branchline (OO), Farish (N), and EFE vehicles in OO and N.