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  1. Bill Radford
    Another "banger" from Rocket! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-Gauge-Hornby-Class-142-Pacer-Railcar-Provincial-Sector-1-Car/114348202336?_trkparms=aid%3D1110009%26algo%3DSPLICE.COMPLISTINGS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818142652%26meid%3D86c3305746b84d9c839c40086ab8e46e%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D143681167623%26itm%3D114348202336%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3Ddefault&_trksid=p2047675.c101196.m2219
  2. Bill Radford
    It's not limited to mail order - I paid a bill in the bank last week and got a text by the time I got home wanting feedback for my "appointment".
  3. Bill Radford
    Don't mention Dapol 68s!!! The problem seems to be made worse when the wagon/coach also has a self-centering coupling. I have no problem with Hornby Mk2f coaches but Bachmann intermodals are a big problem. After reading these thread I thought I'd do some experimenting. Roco couplings - didn't even make a 30" radius turn without derailing. Hunt couplings for Oxford Mk3 (I had some spare) - Perfect,
  4. Bill Radford
    As far as I remember the original Hornby HST set was Powered, Dummy and one Mk3 TS. Sorry - just seen other replies!
  5. Bill Radford
    Common I'm afraid. 50 011 (large logo) has the same problem. My Class 67 Keith Heller had the coupling fall apart while parked up!
  6. Bill Radford
    Yes, the ScotRail pair - normal runnng of other locos is abot max 70%, with these 30%! At 70% are more like a TGV! Not even risked 100%!
  7. Bill Radford
    Try the current Hornby HST!
  8. Bill Radford
    The Replica chassis is excellent - used one for a Hornby 110. There is one drawback - it intrudes into the interior to the extent that seats etc cannot be used.
  9. Bill Radford
    Look at the instruction for cutting the sloping wall to see if you can tell from that which is the appropriate measurement. Sorry I can't be any more help than that.
  10. Bill Radford
    I'm sure I saw them in the Liverpool Tate...
  11. Bill Radford
    Careful! You'll end up down the rabbit hole of Dave Gorman's Catphrase.
  12. Bill Radford
    TGFB received from Hattons this morning - before the email to say it was on its way!! Colour looks OK to me. Which way round should it be - buffet next to power car or other way round?
  13. Bill Radford
    ( I think) - I never saw any diesels until closure between Friargate and Egginton - I lived not far from the line - within earshot - so never heard any. That said I did have to go to school... There was a weekend when the B6 Crewe DMU was diverted into Friargate - very early 60s.
  14. Bill Radford
    I'd like to nominate most of the stations on the Derby to Crewe line. The local isn't bad for a wooden platform but Uttoxeter has only been improved slightly by demolition. All the others do not exactly entice you to leave the train, which considering for the past number of years has been a pre-owned Class 153 with not many careful owners is something that is very welcome when you reach your destination!
  15. Bill Radford
    Again memories but no photos - the only Hymek I ever saw was in Derby on test - probably with the forerunner of the RTC - in primer - D7028.
  16. Bill Radford
    I got some metal ones from Ten Commandments. https://tencommandmentsmodels.co.uk/product/modern-station-seats-x-10/
  17. Bill Radford
    It's not the NEM pocket it's the recepticle on the coach! The quality of the moulding is very poor and varies from coach to coach. Most of mine do not need much persuasion to drop out on their own.
  18. Bill Radford
    I hadn't noticed that - but then again us in the shires ain't used to these lectrickery things.
  19. Bill Radford
    73 208 Croydon 1883-1983 along with 33 050 Isle of Grain Coalville Open Day 5th June 1988. sorry about quality - digitised negative.
  20. Bill Radford
    D7629 at Ruddington 2010
  21. Bill Radford
    A few preserved examples - 7671 at Butterley in 2004 (digitised negative) D5185 at Loughborough 2008
  22. Bill Radford
    D5188 @ Mickleover early 1964 (I think) - as far as I know the only diesel to have visited the line before closure.
  23. Bill Radford
    220 001 @ York 9 July 2013
  24. Bill Radford
    I'm sure 4th radius is 24 inches. I use 4th radius in my fiddle yard, 4 turns of 90 degrees. I have had problems on one turn with some of my Bachmann 66s (not all). I have cured this problem by using flexible track and a tracksetta of the same radius - 24inches.
  25. Bill Radford
    Well it's Barry Potter's at Stafford on Sunday - I'll be the the one buying up all the Lima Class 60s at £30. Look out for them on Ebay next week, although I've never been on there except for the links in this thread1
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