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No not really. The track these days is moulded as one piece. The wheels are very different and even the buffers have changed from the blue rail days.

However if you have instructions and all the bits there are a lot of collectors out there who would love to have a look at it! The bricks, of course, are all still compatible. Depending what pieces you had they could easily be updated onto current underframes.

A few people have said that. One even nicknamed it the Turdis!

Yes- buying coaches from resellers seems to be the only way to expand the train. I've seen some longer coaches built to a very high standard but Lego track geometry is unforgiving and the overhang is awful. I don't have the space to build the big gradual curves that proper length coaches need.

Thanks guys. It's not permanent because, hey, it's Lego. But there are running trains for now!

Not sure if it's the lighting but the Newcastle & Gateshead one looks particularly authentic. They are all really good though.

Nice little engine that.

Really great to see little kids playing with model railways. Love those photos. 

Bricklink is where I get the parts. There are lots of UK sellers and you can search for specific parts. They also list all the parts in sets so if you aren't sure what's missing you can find it. 

I like model railways that run in accordance with the First Law!

Me too!

You're right of course. I have some of those hooks and links that came out of a tub of random Lego parts. They stopped using them quite early on, I think. Thanks for the link.

The magnets developed for the trains were also used in my favourite ever Lego Space theme M:Tron.

You can still see the studs through the grills. I agree with you generally, though. Although it is amazing what can be achieved with the new half slopes. The new Lego Ferrari being a case in point.

Yes, Steve, it could easily be modified to look even more like it.

Mervyn, the Lego Shop is well worth a visit.

Yes, I think the Yellow Electric set had better wagons. However both these sets have better wagons than the most recent set (with the red engine)

Thanks Mike, I appreciate that. It's slow progress I'm afraid, for various reasons as noted in the post about the Lego train set. I am due another post about possible track plans, so keep an eye out for it

Thanks Steve - it is a lot of fun.

Ozexpatriate - cheers for that and the link. That's a nice looking loco.

I was impressed with the loco in the set as it's a really nice build. My only gripe was the use of stickers instead of printed bricks.

That tank wagon is very cute. Not seen one like that before.

Maybe a tagline would help.

The Furness Railway Wagon Company ~ reproducing UK wagons since 1999

Hi Nick - thanks for that. I guess I just assumed the wagons would be used to transport stuff out rather than stuff in. You make a good point there.

Hi Julie - yeah, if I'd been a bit more sensible I would have gone and got the camera, but on my phone screen the photos looked OK. It was only when I swapped them onto the computer that I realised they looked awful. I will try and do better photos next time.

Thanks, both, for the comments

Thanks for the advice. The pieces aren't joined together yet, but I've been tracing routes in  my head along them. There is another trackplan blogpost coming soon!

Thank you rcmacchipilot - I may take you up on the offer of advice at some point.

Thanks guys. And thanks for the tip about back ups. The longer articles I will probably write offline in Word and then cut and paste them over. that's what I do with my other blogs.