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Hi all, my latest video. In this video I sort out the lighting, add a keepalive and change the speaker for a Scale Sounds System's one on a Athearn Genesis MP15AC loco.

Hi all, another video, this time showing how I do my manual switch control, Cheers Lee

The 5th and final part of my series of videos showing the very first opererating session on my layout.

Hi mate, I use a free one called Shotcut https://tinyurl.com/fkwtrkte Cheers Lee

The 4th part of my ops series:

The 3rd part in the series:

This is the second part in my series of operations videos:

Hi all, I've just uploaded the first video in a series documenting my very first ops session on my layout. As this is the first time I've done any operating on any layout, I'd be grateful if you have the time if you could watch and comment. Thanks Lee

I have pondered long and hard about how to reply to this or whether, indeed, to reply at all. Firstly, I was not trying to make a funny, political, anti-US or any other sort of derogatory remark. Also I never said that this derailment had anything to do with track quality. I was merely stating that the more practice that you have at something, usually the more efficient you get at it. Maybe, "poor infrastructure" was a poor choice of words. If you have low(er) grade lines then the likelihood is that at they may fail, the more line you have the more failures there will be, statistically. However, what I really objected to was being talked down to. I'm a railroad enthusiast who models US railroads. Of course, I know that UP is larger that the British rail network. Of course, I know that there are 6 major railroads in the USA. I model CSX. The fact that the US has different types of operators, from short-line to Class 1, the fact that it operates on such a variety of trackage, over such differing conditions is what makes US railroads so enthralling. From street running to two mile long trains to two CSX ET44's pulling three freight cars, who could not like it.

I think that they probably have more practice given, what I understand, is the poor state of railroad infrastucture in the States.

Just watched your YouTube video. Lovely layout. Lee

Latest look at my layout:

Thanks, Keith. That layout is definitely one of my favourites Lee

I've just put up a video in responce to the question why I'm a Brit modelling the US.

Another update of my layout: