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I bought a N gauge dapol hymek , dapol 9f and a dapol britannia yesterday just the 9f has remained in my collection other 2 went back.The hymek suffered from excessive noise and stuttering and the brit well it was ok forwards but backwards derailed even on 4th radius curves the tender is too...

Gone mad over last 2 months bought over £600 peco n gauge track, gaugemaster controllers etc lot of second hand stock a lot of locos but latest purchase was a EFE class 17 and a rapido class 28 both good models, not a patch on the kato azuma though which is a stunning model

Any idea where i can get a kato track plans book what isnt in japanese !!!

Well i've took the plunge sourced myself a Kato azuma set a outer loop of kato track and a second hand 47the question is have i gone in the right direction with the kato track over peco ?

Hi everyone i've aqquired the complete collection of yeadons LNER locomotive registers i've no interest in them as they came as a bulk buy with other books.The question is does anyone know a dealer or individual who could take them of my hands ,or selling separate on ebay how much should i ask ?

Got that plenty of times on my spotting trips used to get into St Pancras just as the tube opened ,but dont miss the area round St Pancras/Kings Cross in the 80s especially in the dark .

185102/124 on 1E41 yesterday what happened ? But got some mileage out of south pennine day ranger so not withered

From personal experince any station on the west coast mainline is a dump plenty of money spent on power upgrades etc and shiny new trains but nothing on the stations even the suburban ones near london haven't been smartened up ,.

Yep that particular member of staff if i remember correctly was called johnny i used to bash sheffield-chesterfield was very disheartening if you got gripped on the first trip he used to stand at the top of the steps at platform 1 on the subway, we used to wait while the train on P1 was due to...

Most interesting: Sheffield -St pancras -always something interesting on route freight,passenger,test train etc plus depots Most nostalgic: Doncaster was and still is a brilliant station seeing the deltics for the first time in 79 was awesome nowadays still busy and plenty of freight but spoiled...

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You ever been behind a 67? they are so so slow don't think they are a ideal loco for sharing the east/west coast main lines in between the 100+ stock what uses them their acceleration is awful

Hi I have just done a 4 in 8 north east rover which I enjoyed a quick question for all of you. Why isn't there a flexi all liner IE 5 in 8 or a 10 in 15, the reason im asking is as you all know the all liner is expensive so to make it pay you have to basically abuse it. Now if you have a flexi...

My partner was on that service from Berwick it sat at Newcastle for a long time then carried on via Sunderland etc she has just got to Doncaster after setting off at 1330 now waiting for a bus back to Barnsley,.I told her she was lucky to get back and good job it was a 125.

Not had a 68 yet ive heard them they sound awesome,booked on a marylebourne to brum trip in june bloody unit turned up instead <( came back on pendo going to London this wknd for a 5 day spotting fest with a day trip to brum on sat but no 68s at decent times so WCML both ways .And all for the...