LNER1960

Hi all. This is probably a no no, but; my X7115 has died due to the appalling soldering and I can not for the life of me find a replacement. My question is, is it possible to substitute the PCB with the more modern X9788 and if so how?

Many thanks for your help.

I have seen a little of your work on a trawl of the internet for images of Goathland and was impressed. I certainly would be grateful for a few more pics. Cheers for that.

I thought I had done my research thoroughly with regard to buildings, wrong! Now I have got hold of the Hornby 9xxx series station and what a difference. Bachmann's Station is lovely and I have no intention of ditching it. License comes to mind again and I think it will be at the end of the layout. As Hilux5972 says, the latest Hornby model is the most true to likeness. Annex Chimney as well! The rear is far superior to Bachmann's, and extremely realistic. Someone did their homework there.

You are absolutely right there are. Funnily enough, I was going to mention them and as you bring the subject up here are a few of my own thoughts. I went for the Goathland Station set and realised it is a recycled previous issue namely an NER station. Anyway I have got hold of the Bachmann Scenecraft Station which is way more realistic. OK it is missing the chimney from the annex building, but hey. The only thing I have missing from the whole shebang is the Open Coal Distbribution which runs into the Open Coal shed/Lime Drops. I even managed to get hold of the NER station general office. Perfect as the Gents and bottom office albeit it is missing the end annex door. I was surprised as to how well put together the Hornby models are but the downside is because of their obscelecence the horrendous price of them. Still, if I want a bit of realism, so be it. I'm hunting now for the one missing item.

Thanks David that is very kind of you. I have taken loads of pictures over the years at Goathland but never of the area itself. We have a caravan in Thirsk so a planned visit I think to take umpteen shots. To actually be there and observe in depth goes a long way to helping with the model build at the time keeping things in minds eye and in perspective. Again many thanks.

Thanks to all for very formative suggestions. Reading into and researching, I would agree that Bullhead is a preferred option but there are still few options with regard to turn outs etc. Weighing up all the options, I think Peco Code 100 SL is the build option for me. Small, medium and large options for turn outs are excellent and, as I believe where the camping coaches are, a small or large Y point would be in order. Flexitrack seems versatile enough for cutting and fitting and something I can live with providing I keep it straight. It is in the early stages at present and I don't want to go off half cock as I did with my first layout and absolutely ruined it because of putting too much detail in and expecting code 100 Setrack to do the trick. It sure as h*** didn't. It necessitated scrapping and a complete rebuild. Very expensive. I forgot about the 1 in 49 but as this is not an exhibition build and is purely for my and family entertainment, I think a little liscence is in order. I'm too old to do an exhibition standard one although I would love to. I may never finish it!

Hi all. It's some years since I posted, so please be bear with me. Due to a complete rewire of my gaff, I had to let my shelf railway go to a good home before it got trashed. Anyway I have started on a new project and plumped for a shelf railway incorporating a place I have always loved, namely Goathland on the NYMR. I have got some examples from the internet of some quite staggeringly good layouts. I can't see a problem with the build but, what track is best? Code 100FS, Code 75FS or just bog standard Hornby or Setrack? Clueless especially as in some areas it looks a tad tight. Any ideas kind experts?