Yesterday we took Fen End Pit out to the Norfolk and Suffolk Narrow Gauge modellers open day in exotic Beccles and an excellent day was had by all. It took us a few minutes longer to put the layout up than it should. I'd forgotten which way around the legs went after nearly 3 years since the last show (must label them better!)  I'd checked each baseboard out and cleaned everything and everything worked pretty well.  We seemed to be appreciated by the public (several children not old enough to know better described the drag-line as 'really cool') and it was great to catch up with an natter to some old friends.

Thanks are due to the organizing team for putting on such a fun and relaxed day.

One thing we were able to play with was the new addition to the locomotive stud, a wireless controlled  Wingrove and Rogers battery electric locomotive. This ran nicely on the straight track but suffered with the overfine profile of the wheels on the nasty curves. I'd used Alan Gibson O gauge lowmac wheels for the basis of the drive wheels and while these seem fine on the skip wagons the act of driving them seems to make them climb over the rails on the sharpest points. Does anyone have a good source of a relatively coarse scale O gauge lowmac wheel? I've after ~20mm diameter with a rather heavy flange and tread?

We need to get these battery locomotives working reliably if we are ever going to meet our Net-Zero targets!

Meanwhile the Ruston LAT paused in the shed waiting for the battery to run our.

<shameless plug mode>We came away rather looking forward to our next trip out to Bressingham on 9th July.</shameless plug mode>

David