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Love the cable bridge (if only someone would produce a kit) can I ask how did you make it ??

The coal trains were also mentioned here http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave/html/stories_from_q8.html Second story down the page "Freight and Coal Workings on the District" A fascinating read

Does this help? http://www.signalbox.org/gallery/e/leyton.php

Does anyone know what was done at Leytonstone eastbound if anything to stop goods trains being sent down the tunnel to Wansted?

come 1974+ a "special Staff Train Permit" was not need to travel on a staff train just the staff pass if not in uniform , just as well the Hainalt > Leytonstone staff train saved me a fortune in taxi fares after seeing my G/F back home after a night out

In a early edition of London railway record I think there is a pic of a DMU at woodford, and in a On-line LT video there is a short clip of a steam loco again at woodford I was born in Leytonstone in 1956 and I do remember being taken to the Grove Green Rd side of the LT station (the 236 bus stop side) to be shown an afternoon steam goods running up from Leyton. I do remember the posters at Leytonstone about the ending of the early morning DMU service to Liverpool Street B.R The 60's Underground guides do show the DMU service (passengers must be in possession of tickets) and BR timetables show the DMU's as starting at stratford no mention of coming from the LT branch. Somewhere on the net is a website about signal boxes and the Leyton box has a mention, it also talks about the eastbound platform at Leyton used as a heatshunt for Leyton goods/ coal dept and all LT trains to and from London using the westbound platform while shunting took place I guess the 2 long loops tween Leyton and Leytonstone were used to hold goods trains till a path was free A guy I used to know was a bit older than me and he remembered getting a train from South Woodford to somewhere like Ramsgate on a summer Sunday The train ran down to LP Street BR reversed and ran over the ELL and over the southern The whole subject of goods over LT tracks would make a great book

Great memory's for you if only you had had a camera !! What a good idea close a rail head into a market, turn it into a car park and send all the goods into it by road - we never learn

Hi I am others will be able to tell you more but Leyton to Ongar - Newbary Park central Acton to west Kensington/ High street ken district East finchley to High barnet / Edgware northern rayners lane to harrow gas works piccadilly until 1969/70 the district from bow junc to upminster was br owned and was classed as slow lines so I guess goods ran over the tracks most ex br stations had goods /coal yards coal usage fell away after clean air act came in in around 1964 I would love it it someone would write a book about goods on LT tracks

Hi "have a footbridge at the opposite end to the barriers" I think it is what is left of the passenger connection to the old Hammersmith Grove Road Station that closed well before WW2 You can see the remains of the track bed to grove road as you enter Hamersmith Pic/District station from the west Hope this helps I am sure someone else will know a lot more

I just got truck 235 I must say I cannot fault it or the service less than 24h from order to delivery 10/10, well done, a brilliant idea much better than a keyfob cam stuck to a truck with blutak !!

Now that looks nice very very nice If it comes out in 50's livery I wonder if SWMBO will be buying one for me for xmas? I must make sure she gets to see the pic !!

Talking of steam on the met this is a bit of fun The picture is from a 1958 timetable and shows the first train of the day as steam BR ran early trains on the eastern side of the central line right up to 1970

Hi Re your MET BoBo model Just one word... WOW

Hi "The plastic piping is attached to the body and not the loco chassis" Sadly not so on ours The piping is attached to steps and the steps were glued to the chassis of the loco I will be taking a pic later and will post it here However I look at it this is a terrible loco to fit a chip to and not a good one to give away in a promotion that will attract newcomers to the hobby

"Some locos can be pigs to get into." yes that is true but it does little to encourage newbies to the hobby and it was very likely that a number of new subs to the mag who got the loco were young (and old) that got there 1st train set for xmas 2012 I am sure the mag could have chosen a better loco to give away Even a member of mag staff at the show stand was giving out wrong advice as to how the chip was to be fitted

Hi Thanks for the instructions. The plastic piping under the loco doesn't want to move on mine. I've just sent a complaint to the editor of the magazine about the poor choice of loco for the free offer It's really an appalling model to introduce folk to fitting chips. I can imagine it putting some off for life Terrific this hobby needs to gain more followers, not have them put off

Hi You are a star sir ! ! Many thanks I am getting better at chip fitting I just did a chip into a Derby Lightweight this afternoon without snapping things off the model

Well I had a go but it is not easy I got the body loose but it will not come off as there is a load of pipes on the right hand side under the cab joining the body to the chassis so I have out it to one side till I see your guide I do wonder why Bachmann and others 1) do not include a clear instuction sheet with each model showing how to fit the DCC chips and 2) why they make it so hard to fit the chips e.g when I did my Bachmann LT tank loco there was no way a standard size or smaller chip would fit using the socket. I fitted my chip only when I had removed all the socket and it's PCB and attached the chip direct. I solder fine cable for a living so I am OK doing that but for others that is not a nice job and if new to the hobby it could put them off for life (rant over)

Hi Thanks for that really useful

Hi you are very kind Many thanks

Hi All we went to the Doncaster Model Railway Exhibition on Saturday and took out a 2 year sub for the BRM magazine. We got a free Bachmann 32-952z STANDARD CLASS 4MT 2-6-0 loco Whilst there, I had a good look at it, the box says DCC ready, 8 pin chip but it had no fitting instructions. I took it back to the BRM stand, the rep said 'Ooh, sorry, the instructions should be in there'. he took another from stock but that had no instructions either So, can anybody tell me how to take the body off to fit the chip ? There seems to be a screw at the very front but that's got the 2 front swivel wheels covering it, and there's a screw at the back but there's a plastic bar that runs from front to back that covers tha5t screw also As ever, many thanks in advance for any help anyone can give

My mistake... sorry if I upset you posting

Hi fantastic layout well done to all who are buiding it It is so nice to see a layout set in an urban setting, so many layouts seem to be of sleepy country branch lines It is also good to see a layout that is not GWR as so many seem to be Lyn and I often wonder what it is about the GWR that modelers like so much Any ideas folks? Is there a youtube video planned of Harford Street I wonder