Model Rail announce GWR Class 1600 0-6-0PT via Rapido

[boxbrownie 6,655]

12 minutes ago, Re6/6 said:

Here's a short one-handed jerky phone video of a test run on Marsh. I was relieved to find that it ran well through all the pointwork.

 

The track was dirty after a winter of damp in the shed so slower running should be possible after a good spring clean! All in all, I'm pleased that it has retained the wonderful smooth running of the unconverted original.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asm-1xp1xEI

 

Is that a “crunchy track” or the gears making that noise?

[Re6/6 8,933]

Yes, the baseboards are rather noisy. When running onto the short run-off made of different materials, there was no noise at all! 

 

Also the controller used was an AMR which does tend to make motors a trifle noisy whereas when tried with a Gaugemaster it was much quieter.

Edited 18 hours ago by Re6/6

[Phil Bullock 14,168]

On 04/03/2021 at 19:09, dibber25 said:

No. A few of them had red numberplates but not many. Swindon didn't like red plates. 

Caerphilly speciality wasn’t it?