BobM

Cheers for the info, will read and re-read all the info whisch is greatly appreciated...I am so grateful for anything which is said on here....Regards Bob

Cheers Chris....much appreciated.....will take onboard and digest,,, will try to have a think and simplify.....Regards Bob

Hello David....Thanks for the info much appreciated.....is your layout on here? Regards Bob

Cheers much appreciated....Regards Bob

Cheers everyone....all the input is much appreciated.....any suggestions as how one could smooth the operation if it looks too complicated track work..? Regards to all Bob

Hello Chimer...Thanks for the reply.....there would only be me so no it is not likely to be complicated at all, just one or two controllers planned, one for the station activity and possibly one for the goods yard, one if I could get away with it? Regards Bob

Hello RFS....Sorry should have stated that at the outset, insulfrog and analogue DC..... just the station at the moment but to be extended out later....Cheers Bob

Hello guys....I have basically settled on the plan here....and now considering where the main feeds, isolating breaks and sections need to be situated....I am looking through various publications etc, but would appreciate and seek any advice as to where you guys would place these on the plan.....a bit of an electrical 'plonker'...I will get there but any tips would be great!

Saw a Nanking Blue (secondhand) for under £400 in a local model shop just this weekend.....

Ahhhh...Brilliant information thanks...you see as a lad of 5, my memories have been 'tainted' over time by an assumption and lack of knowledge....much appreciate the reply...Cheers Bob

Hello Ian...Thanks for the message.....I was only 5 at the time (actually was it was my 5th Birthday in late May on the day of travel, that day is burnt into my memories as it was a turning point in my life) when we left Paddington after docking that morning in Tilbury after a five week sailing on the P & O Himalaya, having been met by family they purchased tickets for a trip on the way back down to Birmingham....sorry for my ignornace on the subject but which Pullman would have operated the service we would have travelled on....I recall that huge blue train standing in Paddington taking us northward, perhaps my memories of that trip have been clouded over time and my knowledge of operational traction is not that great for sure....were some of the Midland Pullman's transferred over to Western Region after a stint on the St. Pancras to Manchester run? Cheers for the information...Kind regards Bob

Cheers guys...all the information taken onboard and much appreciated....Bob

Travelled on this as nipper back in May 1965..from Paddington to B'ham Snow Hill....so have an fondness for it...saw it for sale a couple of years ago and now wished I taken the mortgage out and purchased one then...hindsight is so wonderful isn't it ?

Has anyone any insight as to whether Bachmann plan to reissue this boxed set,,,or where one may be available to purchase...Regards Bob

Have transfered to layout section hopefully...cheers Bob

Cheer guys much appreciated....

This is a project that has been long overdue...after a gap of some 40 years...attempting to create a early 60's terminus station somewhere in the Englsih Midlands, I don't quite know where..but it'll probably involve copious quantities of 'smoke and grime'? I remain at the planning stage at the moment but I do have a track plan of the station, it's throat layout and intended adjacent good yard....as I am new to writing blogs on progress of the layout, is this the correct section within the rmweb site to place updates,ask for advice and receive comments? Thanks Bob M