I like the Skipton show, so I was pleased to be invited to take Leighmoor Bois there this year. Bearing in mind that Hornby-Dublo went out of production in 1964, you can always expect problems but there were only a few. Those blasted speed bumps and potholes had the stacker boxes bouncing around in the trailer to such an extent that they caught on the baseboard edges. Fortunately the trains still ran. One of the fiddle yard roads sprang a short circuit which wasn't there when I tested the layout on Thursday. and the Silver Jubilee set, which ran fine on Friday night and Saturday morning, then decided not to co-operate. On the other hand I was able to run a "Monster" of ~25 tank wagons behind a type 1 bo-bo with not a single breakaway, thanks to the neo magnets between the couplings. "Clan Gunn" in her fabled tartan livery made her début at the head of six ER blood & custards, and even my Dorchester ran properly. The TPO with its big red button was popular with the youngsters, and I was assisted by Garry Hall, Richard Walker and Graham Roberts. Being Dublo, sometimes all three circuits ran themselves and I could stand around doing my Joe Cool impersonation and at other times all three circuits simultaneously threw wobblers...
That's 3-rail! Now there's just over a week to the next show, 2nd & 3rd of September, at Leigh in Greater Manchester. (Usual shameless plug.)