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We're your runners on the front or the rear Al?

So glad you're on the mend David, here's to a speedy recovery

Now put together a train of 8 4w ballast wagons 4 each trout and dogfish I think more RTR small ballast hoppers is low hanging fruit for manufacturers

Something else I've noticed is the Anglian 03s always seem to have the runner on the front whereas the NE ones seem to be on the back A friend used to own an ex Gateshead one and there was a socket on the cab for the runner to plug into for lighting

Thanks Paul, they certainly saw varied use. With the triang one being popular in the 60s I'm surprised no manufacturer has made a decent model of one especially Bachmann who could do a version to go with the 03. Can you shed any light on how the containers were discharged? I'm trying to get hold of a mate who is an ex hartlepool driver to see if he remembers who steetley and cemetery north discharged them

I've got a couple of triang ones I'm thinking about doing something with

Morning John, I didn't realise this as you Russ

Unfortunately I'm hopeless at soldering

Looking at making 2 or 03 runners for my 03s very few decent pictures of them I'm wondering if the conflat Ls that were used had the cutouts for the 3 bottom discharge containers plated over or just left Can a decent model be made from the triang conflat L? The conflat As is seen pictures of some seem to have bullhead rail as weights but not all. Quite a few seem to have fairly rough decks, some but not all have 08 style electric lighting Anymore information gratefully received

I've seen some video on YouTube of the 47, is it me or is the shape of windscreens wrong. It reminds me of the original Hornby one

Bit of a shame the mk3s are going, but good news that 68s will still be working. The Chiltern ones are quite different to TPE ones so they will probably come back to DRS

Best of luck tomorrow David, remember your health is the most important thing for you

Is this to supplement their existing loco hauled stock or to replace it ?

Hiya Kev I wondered if this was you mate I don't have any work stuff on my layout, would possibly have one of the original 50s/60s flatrols if an RTR model ever became available. I did look at building a railhead but I've not really got room now Cheers Russ

Are you going to remove all that air brake interlock gear? I remember being at barrow Hill and looking at that stuff when being fitted What do site rail use nowadays?

Apparently after it was rerailed it was taken to Brandon and suffered a graffiti attack

It's weird how people have good results and others don't. I found track magic horrible and It's supposed to attack plastic

Sorry Iain I hadn't noticed the link , I've now read it What I can't really understand is that IPA and WD40 contact cleaner completely evaporate so are just a cleaning solution and shouldn't leave anything behind I'm about ⅔ through cleaning my layout with IPA, what I will do is clean last third with WD CC and see which parts of the layout needs cleaning again first. There is quite a bit to do as the layout has 200yds of track

Interesting, what effect does non polar and polar have? I wonder if that IPA is the 99.9% or the weaker stuff that they have in Australia. Think I'll put some WD40 contact cleaner on too

Thanks, I have been using 99.9% IPA and WD40 contact cleaner but I understand now the WD40 doesn't actually leave any protective coat. It's great on wheels

This isn't really DCC specific but couldn't find anywhere else to put it I've noticed a few youtube videos mainly from Australia singing the praises of INOX MX3 fluid on track. The gist of it is that this is put on track after cleaning and it leaves a residue which is supposed to keep it clean When you read about it it says it's a lubricant so the last thing you need on railhead. Has anyone got experience of it? The only place I've found it for sale in the UK is a slot car specialist, obviously a lubricant would be an advantage here to reduce friction

As its a tesla it might be emitting fumes from a battery fire!

Have to ba a bit careful doing that a few electric window operations and it will be stranded with a flat battery 😀

It's not just there Simon it's everywhere. Modern railway is horrible, up until privatisation yards were on the whole well maintained but now just left to rot then they have the cheek to try and blame traincrew when the inevitable derailment happen

I'd get really sick of that bloke shouting ease up everytime that uncoupling device is used. I hate to hear voices on dcc sound. Or other stupid sounds that aren't there in real life. My accurascale 37 is ruined by an AWS horn everytime it changes direction