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All I can suggest is keep checking Ebay, Hattons, and other second-hand sellers every so often, be patient, and eventually one will show up at a semi-reasonable price. Until then, just work on building the layout. There's no point holding off building a layout just for the sake of one train.

Well it's that time of year again! Comes around so fast, and now that New Year is out of the way, we of Stafford are gathering together to prepare for the busiest weekend of our year. As ever, there's a huge list of layouts and traders, including two "feature" sections, this year's feature...

For me it was through my dad. I come from a bit of a railway family on both sides (dad did his apprenticeship at Derby works, and a lot of mum's family worked at Trent station), so have been brought up with trips to railway events and railway-themed holidays abroad all my life. My dad is heavily int...

Agree with all of that. A couple of things tempted me, including the D16 you mentioned (but, like yourself, I decided I didn't really need it). The only thing that actually got purchased was the Golden Valley Janus in BP livery, a good half the original price. I'd hazard a guess that this livery has...

The main issue with the sidings is quite a common mistake, really. What you've got is a bunch of s-bends to get to each siding, which may look good to watch, but has two main problems: 1) Stock is more likely to derail or uncouple (or NOT uncouple when you're trying to) 2) Shorter sidings. If you lo...

It occasionally comes up at shows, a trader at Alsager model railway show today had a huge box full of box vans! That's Topp Trains :lol: Also, Osborne's Models ( link ) appear to have a section of it. EDIT: And Rails of Sheffield ( link ) have some new boxcars in at £15, and generally have a few A...

Give Topp Trains of Stafford ( link - phone number's on there) a call. They've had a lot of HO American stock in for years. Frizinghall Models near Bradford ( link ) always used to have a good selection in, and at very good prices too. I am, however, going back about five years though, and having a ...

:lol: Somewhere in the USA they have a preserved railway operating with an oval of track. It makes sense if you think of it. They sure do; I've been. Pine Creek Railroad, Allaire NJ. Went there a couple of times in the 1990s. Caboose rides behind a little diesel switcher (they even fired up their s...

Mountain wrote:It's a loading loop.

Only until it's full. Then it's a looping load.

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Ah yes, I've had a good read of the presentation. I went to a MERG "open day" beginners course last month with a couple of members so went through a big chunk of it then. Today's job was putting together a USB interface module: IMG_20180827_155058a.jpg All painless, it doesn't catch on fir...

Morning all, Not a lot to report over the past few weeks, haven't had much time to get into the garage. A few changes are being made, though: 1) A couple of additions to the track plan, namely another siding in the front yard, and the addition of a crossover to allow the first siding to operate as a...

What's the best color for a very simple baseboard: green, grey, Brown or another color ? Thanks. Simplest: Green. One smallish tin should do it. Slightly less simple but still simple: Grey for a 5cm strip underneath where the track will go. Brown for a 1-2cm strip on either side of that. Green ever...

Sounds good, thanks for the heads up. It's in my diary now!

Thanks very much! I'd done a couple of attempts at layouts before, which I have learned a lot from, but I've incorporated a lot of new ideas (for me) into this one, including the electrofrog points, a proper control and mimic panel, better board alignment, etc, so yes, it's still quite a learning cu...