I realise I haven't kept this blog up to date as I have acquired bits and pieces for the railway. Never mind, let's start with my latest acquisition, which all started with the news that Toys R Us has gone bust meaning I was left with a useless Gold Card from the store.

Useless, I thought until Smyth's Toys offered any Gold Card holder the chance of 20% off any purchases if they handed in their Gold Card. Off I went to Smyth's Toys. I bought, um, let's just say a few things, and one of them was another set of 65001, the white passenger train.

Last time I posted about this I said it was a bit of a disappointing set and yet here I am with a second one. Well, I had my reasons. Firstly, I wanted a power functions set up for my Christmas train and this is one of the cheapest ways to get the motor, battery box and controller. Secondly, as noted in my previous post, the three car train is a bit lightweight, meaning it derailed easily, and it was too short to look satisfyingly like a train.

There are enough parts in the box to make two carriages, with about 4 parts substituted and 7 very small bits added from my spares boxes.

I was very pleased with that and think that bringing it up to a five carriage train makes it look much better. I set up a test loop on the living room floor and the extra weight of the carriages keeps it firmly on the track.

Even though I have professed to having more interest in the freight trains, I am now thinking about building a station. That's my next project, maybe. In the meantime I will dig out some other photos of things I have been working on in the past year. Thanks for reading.