TomCrewe

Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue

Don't forget that sometimes Heritage Loco's take to the main line too. I have seen the Flying Scotchman on the Chester line in Crewe heading for Holyhead.

Love is like Oxygen - Sweet

Crocodile Shoes - Jimmy Nail

White Horses sung by Jacky (Jackie Lee)

I hope your points are dcc ready? or you may have to take them all up again to mod them!

Tommy Boy - Snoop Dogg

Five Years - David Bowie

I do some plastic kits from time ti time but like to put a spin on them sometimes.

Don't Pay The Ferryman by Chris de Burgh

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Thanks all for advice. I went for a headband magnifier, I have not used it in anger yet but have tried it out and its quite comfortable and even more so as I get used to it. It has a selection of lenses and a light.

The thing with me I am a tinkerer on a budget. I also don't want to swap all 75 wagons to varying Kadee American style couplings. (Unless all other options fail). Also having to put visible magnets between tracks is not a solution either I may as well fit Peco mechanical uncouplers between rails (Which is an option if all other options fail). But electro-magnets interesting! if a electro-magnet was 60mm long, would it attract the staple for the full 60mm both ways or act the same as the 60mm permanent magnet?

I have been trying to find the right combination of magnets for the Kirby type coupling. On a test track I have replace sleepers with small magnets and using staples attached to coupling. Also larger magnets under the base board. Another thing I tried was a magnet on the coupling repelled by the same magnets on and below the track. To make things a little easier I plan to remove one hook from each wagon and the other end a staple or magnet. I have added a chart of results. adding more magnets or longer ones increases the distance the hook is open while trailing but this is when the tension lock keeps the hook from lifting which is correct. My problem is I would like to extend the distance the hook is open while pushing the wagon in front (Hook Leading) giving more time to stop and pull away while hook is up. Can anyone help with how to extend the activation area of the magnets??

In the past I have used non- prescription reading glasses from the chemists for close up work, later prescription reading glasses with and in conjunction with non-prescription ones. Now I have had a cataract removal operation in one eye and find the combination of glasses I used to use don't work so well, I have also seen the magnifiers in the picture being advertised (£18). Has anyone tried this type? Are they 'Good' or 'Too Good to be True'??