Gary704

Class 40 please…🤭 and a Black 5.. 🙏

It’s not often I put my oar in but I’ve been monitoring the TT120 threads for a while and my goodness what a lot of Hornby bashing! TT120 has brought me back into the hobby so that must be a good thing. Anyway.. running lights on a shunting loco.. when carrying out shunting one red and one white above each buffer. when running on main line as a loco or not shunting two white lights one above each buffer and a tail light as required. No other lights used after 1976.

Interesting. Reasonably priced too.

It’s illegal for one company ( in any business) to advise another of their business intentions, as SK admits in the you tube video. It’s a free market economy and Hornby ( and Bachmann et al ) can do whatever they like. Outwith the big two ( Hornby and Bachmann ) the others are almost “specialist” in the model train world. I can’t see Rails, Rapido or Accurascale getting into the trainset market anytime soon.

That looks better than I thought it would. The track looks good, certainly better than Hornby images I’ve seen. Certainly promising. Good size too!

Everybody should hope they will succeed because it’s in the hobby’s interest. The anti Hornbyists may sneer and pontificate but the fact of the matter is that it’s Hornby that bring people into the hobby. No one else.

I’m not sure Hornby need “saved”. They are a multi national company. They know what they’re doing. They don’t operate out of a garden shed!

I do agree with the comment about “disgruntled 00 and N” modellers. Perhaps it’s because the incorrect gauge / scale is an inconvenient truth? To be reminded that after spending ££ on an exquisite model that it’s running on narrow gauge track can’t be great and that the 00 cash cow mythology has been perpetuated by all manufacturers.

Just dipping my toes in here and fascinated by TT120. Definitely will make me think about returning to the hobby. https://westhillwagonworks.co.uk/new_products

Hi, Just stumbled across reference to train crew diagrams. I'm doing research on Strathmore but have a "professional" interest in old train crew diagrams. Where does one start? Thanks.

I’m not one for hype Westie. I take an interest in railway related infrastructure and politics. Electrification, possibly bimode’s, are the way forward. Not more diesel.

Probably need to disagree on that Eddie R.!

Probably a couple of things worth mentioning. I would be unlikely that Transport Scotland go down the 222 route. It has been proven elsewhere that the 22x class are less fuel efficient and more polluting than a Class 43 (even two of them), the MTU has a remarkable engine management system. TS have made it clear that decarbonisation is the way forward. HST replacement will not be diesel.

Probably a couple of things worth mentioning. I would be unlikely that Transport Scotland go down the 222 route. It has been proven elsewhere that the 22x class are less fuel efficient and more polluting than a Class 43 (even two of them), the MTU has a remarkable engine management system. TS have made it clear that decarbonisation is the way forward. HST replacement will not be diesel. A final point and a personal opinion (!), the quality of the refurb is excellent. Obviously there are limitations ( the corridor connection shows its heritage) and corrosion will be an issue, but there is at least 10 years left in the old girls yet. Gary

Hi all, On the subject of named trains I have to be honest and say I have never heard of the named freight trains. I strongly suspect it was a marketing ploy, used by the commercial people, but never filtered down to the troops. None of the old steam boys I used to work with ever mentioned named trains, it was alway the "xx.xx goods" or whatever. Same with passenger trains, names were irrelevant.