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I have a copy; a scan will be with you by the weekend.

I did a first tryout on one of the three. I added a shaped "half moon" lead slug in the smokebox and 2 lead lumps 12 mm square x 4 under the cab floor. Also a Falcon pewter crew. This upped the weight by 26 grams. It will now haul an extra 7 wagons. In the smokebox below the PCB there are moulded 2 rails. I fitted a plasticard spacer under these to avoid any possible shorts and made my lead slug to fit this void.

And from inside

More Freight

Michael Portillo visiting!

More Mike Peabody shots . Sort of back to the future! Coal traffic predominated.

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I rather like Collett 2-6-0s, however the Dapol offering is very light-footed. I am scratching my head on how to add a bit more weight. I have 3 of them. One I purchased at full price, one I purchased at bargain price and one was a gift from Tony Wright (part of a bit of "horse trading")

Thanks. OK maybe https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toolzone-HB195-Mounted-Magnifier-Magnifying/dp/B002NH0DLO but first I'll visit Squires and see if despite Covid I can do a "try before you buy". Light is certainly part of the problem for me as in good sunlight I can read a book without glasses. Dull day? Blind as a bat!

There is a big price difference if it's this one ? https://www.axminstertools.com/lightcraft-professional-led-headband-magnifier-107724?queryID=5d51e8464853b311f06bd9c88034c65e If you got 2 years regulator use from the Bachy one. It may do me as I may only use it occasionally. Thanks for you help.

Has anyone added weight to a Dapol ex GWR Mogul? Looking at the "cut away" image here https://www.keymodelworld.com/article/Dapol-gwr-mogul-oo-gauge it would appear possible. A bit in the firebox top and (as I don't do DCC) a bit in the smoke box.

I thought I'd restart this (4 years old) thread as I am struggling a bit on transferring, figure painting etc. My feeling is the Bachmann item but any advice welcome. Thanks in anticipation

This is another Tony Wright Shot

2 inch centres gives you 12 roads on a 2 foot wide base board. I find every thing easily reached with this.

During the recent wet days I built a few more wagon kits including a Parkside GUNPOWDER van.

Seems like it will be OK. If it reacts its well away from any moving bits. Several posts on here (on adding weight) stick lead onto existing mazac weights. Thanks to all who posted.

Sounds like a plan

Seeking to add weight to a Bachmann Modified Hall I was pleased to note that the manufacturer had a 5,5mm wide mazac weight in a 8.5mm wide hole. So my first thoughts were remove said weight, saw off plastic box, stuff hole with lead and gain 35g. Then my second thought was that some where I had read that mazac and lead in close proximity cause a nasty reaction. Can anyone comment on this. Is it a fact or not? Regards

The Diesel era photograph is by Mike Peabody; who also took most of the other Diesel era pics on this thread. The loco shed was owned, post 1947, by the NCB. Both the shed road and the line to the left of it continued into the Old Mills Colliery complex. There was then a crossover and the lines fanned out into 5 parallel tracks, At least 3 of these were served by overhead loading. Beyond this was a series of crossovers and spurs. A relatively large yard and, as the pit employed 320 people, a productive one. In the early 50s there was a NCB Rushton Hornsby loco stationed here, but later on? I don't know. In a 1959 photograph no (now preserved) 4555 is shunting loaded wagons within the complex. There is a toad brake van in the spurs. In a 1960 Ivo Peters shot a pannier hauls 16 loaded coal wagons as the "4.15 Old Mills to Bristol goods"

I intend to model Langley's Lane bridge here. This was also the intention of Wolverhampton MRC's Chairman, Rob Kinsey. Rob was instigator and driving force behind the construction of Old Mills. Mr K put in a removable scenic section to allow for the insertion of said bridge, The line pictured on the right is the main from Bristol. The line on the left was the branch line to Farrington Colliery. When that pit closed in 1921 the track was used for wagon storage

Thanks for this you inspired me to do more research and correctly model the Langley's Lane bridge. Next time we visit our friend in Bradford on Avon, for a stay, I intend to visit the site of the train set. Looking at google maps I am 98% sure it's per pics below. With the fiddle yard being what looks like a hedgerow at 20 degrees below the A362; crossing Langley's Lane at the scenic break. Old Mills colliery at Toolstation (you can see the spoil heap top right) Springfield colliery in the area around Tesco and the engine shed@ Avon door and lock. Looks like I can park on the corner of Langley's Lane and look over the bridge?

The entrance and exit to the fiddle yard are disguised with Pipe bridges.

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