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When you say HO are you looking for US, Continental or British? British HO is rare but US and Continental is widely available. Gaugemaster stock most of the manufacturers have a look at kato, Athearn, Atlas, Roco, Piko, Trix, walthers, Fleischmann. Also A&H Models in Brackley. For an OO garden r...

Are you in or near Wolverhampton? My trusty Dynamis standing by to assist....

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Kernow have Railroad A4 Golden Shuttle in LNER garter blue for 49.99, you could a couple of pullmans @ 24.99 ( with lights) and still come in under your budget.

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If it's just for testing a loco on DC before chipping, MJB has it right. Get a cheap DC controller. If you're after a loco that comes in a set, it often works out cheaper to but the set then you'll have the loco, DC controller and a test loop of track!

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Hattons have the TTS equipped Network Rail liveried 37 in stock at £69.70

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Digitrax Zephyr can also run a DC loco on address 0, but as Flashbang says, it's not recommended. Why not get the loco fitted
with a decoder?

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Just got my paws on a Class 40 and according to the instructions, it won't produce sound on DC. I think it's more than acceptable at £69 for a sound fitted loco. C. :) Thats a pity. I might just as well source myself a RR 40 & put the green body on that. If not, there are some with sound remove...

Just got my paws on a Class 40 and according to the instructions, it won't produce sound on DC.

I think it's more than acceptable at £69 for a sound fitted loco.

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Another bit of praise for hattons. Having ordered a loco at roughly 13:30 on Thursday, it turned up bright and early...Friday! Couldn't believe it, but certainly can't knock it that's for sure. Top marks. Incidentally, I've informed the Mrs that Hattons are good for delivery times, should she ventu...

Not a good deal at all. £6 pack of 3 from Hattons.

You don't even need glue for the roof vents. They're quite a tight fit. Though for peace of mind by all means use a dab. I replaced the wheels with the metal Hornby ones. For a budget track filler these coaches are good value.

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What are you finding difficult with the Zephyr? I love mine. Much prefer it to my dynamis.

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I'll need to have a rummage for (and through!) my boxes. I didn't fit headcodes to any of my 3 (dutch, green & fragonset) so I should still have them. What are you looking for? (By way of a feeble excuse, I've just spent the best part of 12 hours trekking up and down from Wolves to Southend and ...

For me DCC offers simplicity. My layout is 12 x 4. I use insulfrog points fitted with Hornby electro clips and 2 wires from DCC base unit ( Digitrax Zephyr) to track and that's it. No bus, no droppers, no switched sections. It all works fine. The downside is the extra 15-20 quid for decoders but the...

Castle Trains ad in this month's Model Rail says they're now in Leamington

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