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I decided to remove the body and check that the blanking plug was seated correctly. It was installed at a slight angle so I re-seated it and noticed that one of the white LEDs which shouldn't be lit when running in reverse wasn't as bright as before. After two more attempts all is working as it should be.

Thank you for this information. My DT shows the correct lights when running forwards but both red and white at low intensity when running in reverse. With regard to HSTHoward's layout he was asked a question in his class 59 video about which decoder he was using and he said that it was a DC layout. He may have changed to DCC in the last few weeks of course.

I have a question for DC users. Does your TPE driving trailer car show just red lights when it is running at the rear of the train? A video I watched on YouTube by a DC user (HSTHoward) seemed to indicate only a white light illuminated and this is clearly wrong. Thanks in anticipation.

I've just located my split chassis version of Green Arrow. The tender is fitted with disc wheels...

This is the information available on Realtime Trains: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:V70270/2021-10-03/detailed

There is a picture of 60700 leaving York on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/knoxrj/51483150822/in/photolist-2mroB6q-2bymAfH-dNbEhU-BQxs8W-F2gbKU-AuXjmn-Uarn94-pqJF6e-Bq4xXJ-ARxxw6-yRsvDW-gp3Kr3-yefQha-CNb5p8-et9Ary-btgC5J-xsPZLA-xFxLuH-btgCeW-eTGwDD-2k7FiaV-zeRuGt-2hZmE4i-AuqzGo-aBbqwH-nYf3yc-AtjF23-AtmsLs-AwBog2-yoENcB-hjTLM1-aEoXXM-aySCGi-nmxkGQ-CN5jUr-btgBxQ-mCRhnk-BuHFrA-btgBPJ-A6N7Fw-HcboP9-dN8hN8-bkoPDs-r72vt6-yyzLcq-y4qskE-zyLdRa-xRufP1-AwBtmn-qDEJMw

I've not encountered that problem but I have found that the tension lock couplings are a little lower than those on the stock I have coupled to the locos to and this sometimes results in the couplings separating on curves or gradient changes.

Rails has the TGS, buffet and one of the TSO tyes available on ebay. They also have the FO on their own web site but do not state the quantity available. Locomotion models has everything bar the FO available with 5 or 6 of each shown in stock. If I needed to buy 18 coaches, I would start off getting the FOs from Rails, then the large number of TSOs and finally the TGS and buffet as it is these last two which seem to be the most plentiful.

Four of the five produced are in stock at Rails of Sheffield (£29.50 to £34.50 depending on the coach). The one which Rails does not have is TSO R4751. It appears to be available at Wonderland Models at £31.34 and at Locomotion Models for £32.99. Three of the others are also in stock at Locomotion models.at the same price. I've not found anybody who sells all of them but I've only done a few quick online searches.

The temperature where my layout is located is only around 10C so I ran the loco for about 15 minutes in each direction at moderate speed (40 -50 m.p.h.) to warm it up . There was certainly an improvement in the maximum speed.. Hauling just the Speedwagon it achieved 106 m.p.h. and when the same three coaches as per the previous test were added it managed 97 m.p.h.

Yes, at the point I did the speed test (carried out in order to answer the question earlier in this thread) , the locomotive had probably been running for about 10 minutes and had traveled no more than around 400 feet. Incidentally, the owners guide states that no special running in or lubrication is needed until you wish to run it for 'an extended period'. I agree that speed may well improve with use. It has not happened with both my Voyagers and three HSTs but that is another story!

I have a SpeedWAGON made by Black Cat Technology (evaluation tests shortly after purchase suggested that it is reasonably accurate) and the fastest speed it recorded for my class 68 on level track was 84 m.p.h. and that was light engine. The addition of three Bachmann coaches brought it down to around 80 m.p.h.

Rails of Sheffield has increased the price of the two locos in DRS livery to £145.55, making them a little more expensive than the equivalent DCC fitted versions (£143.17)!

The Deltic in J1215 is actually D9014 which was the last to remain in green until late 69. D9004 emerged from Doncaster works in blue on 18th January 1968. J1116 nicely illustrates the horns mounted in the nose cone - Pinza was the only one so fitted and the horns were relocated to the top of the bonnets when it emerged in blue in October 67.. Thank you for more excellent pictures from the 1960s. edited to add information about D9007.

I rarely get my order picked the same day, it is usually the following day, occasionally the day after that. The longest was four or five days when they order consisted of around 10 different items.