Peter Crawford

I think not, but rather that Rapido is plugging a much-needed gap in the UK market (via their commissions)

I realise that I would probably need a hall... I have considered computer-based operations like the type that exists in real life now, with one or two signalmen necessary and perhaps a couple of drivers.

I've considered a model covering the massive Lyon railway network including: Part-Dieu, the various bridges, Perrache, Saint-Paul, Jean Macé etc.

I see... I don't have any but I'm sure one could find a kit from the 'Kit Classics' range to repaint. (I forget the manufacturer)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-Scale-50-RD-4-Hopper-3-Pack-BNSF-Railway-2-Walthers-910-56860/392042633995?hash=item5b478fdb0b:g:43QAAOSwn4da90ca ? The types in China Rail livery ?

Kind of... I'll look into it.

I've done about 50 to 100 in the last years, ranging from the basic to the fanciful...

I created the Fretton Railway Operating Company for a story I wrote a while back.

I'm stuck: I need some wagons, coaches and locos cheaply and I'm not going to be bidding on eBay. Any suggestions? I would like a plastic kit, ideally...

Just various bits and bobs left over from kitbashing etc. for an O gauge locomotive and coaches. I'm just trying to try moving up to O on a shoestring budget and I'm sure that 2nd hand eBay won't work for me... Just leftovers to 'kitbash' a loco out of, despite a skill level in painting and soldering of 0.

What are the things you are lacking the most, rolling stock wise?

European

I would recommend MERG, especially if you want to take part in the growing 'digital revolution' fully and use an old laptop/tablet as part of your control system. MERG offers more opportunities, but requires dozens of hours as opposed to a couple of hours.

A classic twelve-footer then...

The only known modern image manufacturer is MTH, who use 3-rail and tolerate sharp radii. But as a heritage railway, some UK steam stock is appreciated e.g. Ixion Hudswell Clarke.

What's wrong with the points? 2-rail simply means no 'shoe' on the central rail, doesn't it? Could someone explain the way the 3 rails work? On 2-rail, one rail is the pick-up at a certain polarity and the other is the return at a different polarity, no?

They would kind of be at the same time, but it's DC for MTH and Ace Trains type products (with small radii) but on some parts, 2-rail could be good.

Good design. Size?

Hi, can 2-rail locos be used on 3-rail track?

Mehano are probably the guys to go to for a big fleet, Jouef for the detail, especially the recent £200 remake. If you want to do some kitbashing, you could also try CAD with motors or motor bogies. Furthermore, why are we only talking about TGVs? The ICE family has been out of production for a few years now. The only TGV not done is the Duplex Reseau Carmillon and some minor livery modifications (France-Italie and Renfe-SNCF). More crucially, there's a big gap in the market for the modern era in N. I also would seek to argue that Italy, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal and Poland could be covered a lot better, while France and Belgium could be improved. The centre of H0 or HO tends to be firmly in the German-speaking countries and the Netherlands. I have left out the Baltics as they have a different gauge, requiring 17.471...mm gauge. 17.4712643678 Vous pouvez rechercher des expressions mathématiques à l'aide de fonctions telles que sin, cos, racine carrée, etc. Vous trouverez ici la liste complète des fonctions disponibles. Rad Deg x! Inv sin ln π cos log e tan √ Ans EXP xy ( ) % AC 7 8 9 ÷ 4 5 6 × 1 2 3 − 0 . = +

Guide price for a chip: £20. Guide Price for a controller: £175-£200. Get the best quality stuff for that price and you'll be fine.

I just think that someone could step into the breach with: Appropriately-coloured decals/stickers while 3D printing suitable 'faces' to glue onto normal locos. This also teaches kids the link between the real train and the Thomas version.

I stopped DCC as: I wanted too many locos on the track for my controller. Several of them were simply locos awaiting their turn, rather than in operation. The cost for most locos to be chipped was £20-ish chip cost + £10 service fee- I don't possess many DCC-Chipping skills, but I have de-DCCed most of the fleet myself... I had to wait ages for the technician as I go between my small flat in the big city and a property of more generous proportions (though not massive!) and can only collect the locos from the model shop where the layout is. These kinds of costs weren't proportionate to the better operating characteristics.

I second 009 micro's views. The fares under VTEC were nominal on the return, but the government re-aligning it to be just under double the VTEC return is the opposite way of doing it. For instance, if a One Way costs £15 and VTEC's return supplement is £5, then I pay £20. LNER should now charge £10 one way instead of leaving dis-satisfied customers to pay £30, a 150% price hike.

I sadly couldn't draw much up, but suffice to say, I will be having a 1-track entrance while a kickback houses a restoration shed with a Kirk kit in it, with only some wheels... The main station will be two 'voies' with no run round, requiring a loco to be stationed in the coach works siding, releasing any trapped loco, shunting back into the tunnel (This is a Prototype for Everything, as NVR visitors will testify to.). The train then pushes back in, this time into the other platform. Of course, the train can disappear into the tunnel not to return for a while... I should think that a goods yard would be beneficial, with two roads. The signal box will be a 'teaching box' for visitors. I would like to suggest that light railways were not nationalised and axed, but operated by the remnants of the Big Four (The London and North Eastern Branch Railways Company anyone- LNEBR?) but BR still had a grip over them, so when funding ceased, they sold all their assets to preservationists and the staff retired in comfort. So coming up to now, the network of branches from 'Kelton' and 'Woodbridge' are run by 'Itton Valley Railways'. IVR has its own way of working, explained later. I will explain in due course.