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Gluing doesn`t work for my layout which features Georgemas junction as the rakes are shunted into separate portions so I have had to abandon these couplings . and seek an alternative

Yes, i also have had this problem, The material is brittle and easily snaps , made worse as they sometimes need a little tweaking to make them stay in the NEM pocket but the tweaking will often cause them to snap. I gave up on them quickly.

Which will be potholes again in 12 months time if the repairs are anything like those my local council attempt. Cheapest possible materials used, hopeless Nothing more than political grandstanding

I have one of the new Bachmann 37`s, which i tried to fit Kadee`s to with the help of @TravisM and his Bachmann mk 1s. Coaches worked fine but when attaching the 37 to the coaches the coupler head on the 37 was too low . We used no 20s Any suggestions please to get round this problem ?

Only just seen this thread. That customer was me for Forsinard on my far north layout. Pics below. I am sure if you want one or both Phil at Intentio would happily sell you them. They are excellent.

Probably correct BUT, it hasn`t been sold off and who is going to buy it knowing that it MIGHT be subject to compulsory purchase n the future. This government has a maximum of 11 months to run, most likely less.

I am sure you are right regarding contracts being too far advanced so this guff about future capacity is the government putting a positive spin on something they really have no choice over unless they want a total redesign costing squillions for a much smaller station.

There`s a mention of this in February`s "Modern Railways". Apparently the government decided to continue with all 7 platforms to give Birmingham additional capacity in the future stating that it was a relatively easy job to add a chord to the south so some services could free up space in New St. Also, despite what this government is saying I can`t personally imagine HS2 staying at phase 1 only. At some point the Brum - Manchester section needs something doing to it , even if it isn`t called HS2 and then that capacity will be needed. For once we are doing the right thing and looking ahead beyond the end of next week !

..........and doing a pretty good job it seems !

Actually it doesn`t bother me either, I am simple making a point that it is uneccesary and nanny state at its worst. We expect water in the hot tap to be hot surely ?.

I wasn`t suggesting for one second UK trains should travel with doors open , keep your hair on , merely trying to stimulate debate. Of course I have no idea about other services on other days but H & S in the UK is turning people into brainless morons unable to think for themselves. H &S in the UK is out of control and common sense in many (not all) instances would suffice. It stops people thinking for themselves A simple example which we have all seen is on coffee cups "warning, the content of this cup might be hot" and similar, If I buy a coffee I hope it is hot. if I turn on the hot tap in a hotel it had better be hot,. I don`t need to be told it MIGHT be hot.

A month ago I escaped to Marrakech in Morocco for a week and took the opportunity to travel on the trains there, travelling from Marrakech to Rabat and back. The stock was ex SNCF. Travelling first class with compartments the comparison in comfort with IET seats was stark but the point I wish to make here is on the return journey I noticed the door on my coach did not properly close - see photo ! I estimate the speed this train reaches between Rabat and Casablanca is 100 mph (it is the same track as used by the new high speed service to Tangier) No one fell out despite many walking past the door to the toilet. Common sense seems to be in greater supply on the African continent !

Which is a bad move. It`s not just looking at private funding for 2a but variations of route etc which means starting again. If they succeed in getting their new plans adopted it will take 10 years before spades are in the ground and how much in consultants fees I wonder ? The plans exist as does parliamentary approval for stage 2a. GET ON WITH IT, it will have to be done once the idiot politicians realise the truth about the bottlenecks, that stage 2a is actually fairly cheap and solves all those problems .

That`s the good news. The worrying news is this evening K Starmer has said he will NOT resurrect HS2. What he means by that is open to interpretation, does he mean he will not build it full or not build anymore after part 1?

Much better in my opinion but do remember you need to engineer it so the gradient starts with a section of straight track to ease into the gradient

Fully aware of that which is why i bought the present one whilst they are at reasonable prices ! Apologies again for going off topic

Sorry this is totally off topic but yes it is a hybrid and I must say in answer to Ron Ron above having driven all the german alternatives before purchase the jag is a way better ride yet still handles well leaving the likes of Mercedes way behind , more comfortable, it is beyond me why everyone goes german. Follow the herd I guess ? And before anyone sites reliability this is my fifth Jag (new) in just under 20 years and haven`t had a single issue which friends with BMW`s etc cannot say. They certainy are not the last word in reliability Sorry to go off topic.

agreed, have just bought a new diesel Jag, it`s fantastic and I can achieve around 800 miles on a full tank (long journeys) . It`s some time before electric cars will manage that

OK, it wasn`t clear to me at least, apologies

and that entirely misses the point about HS2,. HS2 just happens to cut of 30 or so minutes to Brum (not 20 as popularly quoted) but that is a by product of the line. The real purpose is it takes off the WCML most of the express trains which eat up capacity freeing it up for local services and freight. This argument has been made many zillions of times but still the popular, Daily Express myth about 20 mins to brum persists If you build a new line you build it using technology of the day ie 200 mph. The Victorians built to the fastest of THEIR day . No doubt many were saying 150 years ago why build to 60 mph , we only need go at the speed of horse drawn coaches ie 15 / 20 mph . Incidentally, the cost of building to 200 mph rather than 100 mph is minimal and NOT where the money has gone.

Also went to Crewe yesterday and judging by the quality of the 25`s on display the Highland 24/1`s are going to be worth the wait. I have 3 on order !

Unfortunately the 24/1`s will not be arriving with the 25`s, I was in Crewe yesterday afternoon and was told they were delayed until 2024.

That was my understanding. My question was - will the 24`s get pushed back into the New Year and the answer from SLW was "yes, that`s likely". I did read it that it wasn`t to be too far into the NY though

My understanding is the New Year

Don`t forget HS1 wasn`t built in one go, it had a 60 mph crawl into Waterloo until France shamed us into doing the job properly. Could well be the same here into that once the rump (whatever that ends up being) is open there will be demands to go further. In the mean time we, as a country need to look closely into how to do infrastructure as a whole cheaper.