Over the last couple of weeks I've rewheeled a Bachmann LMS 50 Brake and a BR GUV, two more additions to my parcels train. Actually it is probably going to end up as an 'Up Parcels' and 'Down Parcels' as the fiddleyard won't be long enough to hold all the stock! I did a bit of a foolish thing with the GUV, I brought one in Rail Express Parcel livery as the Maroon wasn't available and then tried to strip it and repaint it. By the time I got around to trying to line it and number it I found I could buy one in the livery I wanted for less that the cost of buying all the transfers. I have had the suggestion of repainting it from maroon into crimson as this would avoid it being lined, does anyone know of a suitable picture?

Progress on the rebuilding of Empire continues at a pace, the other end of the layout getting the MERG CBUS treatment with a new control system installed over the weekend. This also allows for the Up Advanced Starter and shunt signal to get planted with a pair of servos underneath controlled by a MERG Servo4 board.

Next up is a getting the rest of the ground disks working.

David