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Yeah, I want to think of a TPE 802 'out of the box' and on my tracks!! Al.

A TPE 802 would be brilliant!! Al.

A thought I had would be to to have the ends threaded. Anyway, with a little work, this 'minor' can be easily resolved ... Al.

How about a real exclusive? ANPR / Interceptor 'Deltic' .. that'd catch up pretty quickly!! Al.

Thanks Dave. It's now been running for perhaps a total of 3 hours - nothing further - all solid. I had tried to true and make as perpendicular as possible. I love the moving axleboxes, so great idea - more than 'just a gimmick' for me. From what I've seen, I think it could have been easier with very-slightly opened holes in the bogie sides - which would be covered by the 'ab's anyway, and slightly longer axles - at least 1.0 - 1.5mm each side - just my thoughts and opinions. Thanks for getting in touch. Al.

It is a beaut and nicely weathered / fatigued. I'll see if I can continue my idea, tomorrow - it was looking OK, I just got too cold!! Al.

Has anyone refitted an axlebox? I started running in my Patriot, and one came off. Until then, it seemed to run flat, level and smoothly around my 4th radius impromptu circle of track. When I replaced it, it started to have a slight 'wobble' as mentioned by some. Could this 'wobble' actually be the axleboxes catching in the bogie sides? I also had problems ensuring a clean superglue fix - despite cleaning both surfaces, cleaning out the hole in the axlebox, and a little dab of superglue in the middle - and also found the axles protrude very little - very small amount to 'purchase' to. All is glued now, and remaining in place. I also gave a little 'dab' with a piece of piano wire where each box touches the wheels on the others, to restrict possible recurrences. I'm running to see if the occasional wobble 'settles' as suggested by Dave, in case it is the shaft of the axlebox. In my instance, it could be the track, but a Hornby Class 60 was rock steady on the same track. Al.

I know it's just me, but I still expect to see Thomas or James pulling one of those cranes ... !! Al.

Thanks, I was right, just had the sound turned down. Unusual to see the Rocket 'by name and nature' - >70mph I reckon. Lovely track!! Al.

Could be wrong, obviously, but didn't the Battlespace TurboCar have a 4-blade prop? I vaguely remember my brother's over 45 years ago - brilliant fun!! So much so that our dad fitted a cage around it!! Al.

I was getting between 50 - 60 mm / minute, or 1 mm / second at the faster end, so Scottie was significantly slower!! Al.

Excellent - I was going to put my 48151 onto the track as well, but thought it would be unfair with the smaller wheels ... Nice close-up video work. Lovely locomotive. It shows just how much Hornby have advanced in the last 30 years or so!! Al.

Having worked on minesites around the world, and within quite a few poorly funded laboratories, I've witnessed the 2 extremes of 'make do to the best with facilities available' and 'risk assess everything to death' (to literally avoid one). I can understand both sides of this 'coin', but quite aside from the potential for damage, wasting valuable private investors' funds, there is that consideration for Health and Safety, which can easily be neglected to varying degrees in the interests of 'getting the job done'. I hope nobody was injured, and neither that there was any damage incurred. OK, back to the original intention of the videos: Great to see the old crane in action. Nice to see that there is reasonable progress in the restoration to normal use of 35005. Al.

I only use a HM2000 - haven't 'gone DCC' yet nor have I a Gaugemaster ... Must admit to all, being a 'scientist' I started an experiment this morning, filming alongside a 1m ruler, but I was getting 'occasional temporary stalls' as were visible on 'adb's video, so I didn't see any advantage, so I aborted before I froze - 1.5'C outside and not much warmer inside the garage!! Might try again later! Al.

I've referenced this and you, aka 'adb' as I called you in a previous post, within the Hattons' 66 thread - which is what spurred this on. Love the little 'thump' near the start, then it's off again. I do notice a few momentary stalls, 'though it restarts of its own, without assistance within a second or so. I reckon Scottie was more continuous than the Continental locomotive you've indicated, and slower - that's what was impressive for me!! From initial tests, the Hattons one seems to be about the same, 'though I haven't run it in - I may make a 4th radius loop and set it off - both ways, both ways - then try it. I don't reckon any 1:1 locos will be moving that slowly for more than a few metres anyway. Thanks for sharing. Al.

With Polly, Nelly, Connie, would they use Percy gearing, or make it closer to realistic? I remember my Polly solely for losing coupling rod screws as the wheels were invariably spinning round so quickly ... !! I was 12 !! Al.

Wonder what the Dapol 59 will be like? It should smoke when performing a cold start then 'clean out', perhaps smoking again at full throttle momentarily ... but despite the novelty, not that realistic. The 'flashing' around the bogies is said to be 'wheel sparking' ... a feature too far? Al.

Thanks. Looked highly irregular. All explained - except why would they want it reversed? 35005 is a favourite Hornby locomotive of mine ... Al.

I've others going in the reverse direction - no 'cheat' to be honest. Understood a slight 'gravitational resistance' could require slightly more current to establish momentum, but I reckon they performed much better than would have been expected - going down the incline was no different with a 'minor adjustment'. Al.

Exactly, only a few seconds establishing how much steam to put through the cylinders / maintain traction. The old ladies performed brilliantly I reckon! Al.

Nice to see the old crane in action. Highly irregular application of pallets considering the weight of the boiler, and just how poorly aligned ... Person 'guiding / Supervising' should have stopped that a lot earlier - outcome was pretty inevitable. Hope the boiler wasn't damaged in the process - CP is a favourite of mine!! Al.

Spurred on by just how brilliantly smooth and thus slowly a 'new addition' from a Widnes origin can run, I thought I'd have a go at seeing how a couple of 'old ladies' could run. Hornby 46100 - Royal Scot : YES, I know it's not very steady, but not bad for filming in a cold garage by hand-held mobile 'phone!! Enjoy - I was certainly impressed. Al.

Are the splashers too wide to avoid interference from the bolts on the coupling rods, possibly? Al.

Fantastic service once again!! Should be on the Sherry by now Dave!! Mine is only missing one thing, the driver ... that's it. The rest is just, well, perfect. In relation to 34C above, I think there have been enough videos of the Hattons' 66 to see it can perform 100% as a 'scale prototype'. 66's maximum speed, depending on sub-type, is either 65 or 75mph. This has been demonstrated on several occasions and what I've seen is in excess of this, with huge loads - greater than 20 Pullman carriages on one demo. Al.

Has anyone tested how slowly the new 66 can go - just had a short go of mine and it's truly amazing. I think adb (??) I think posted a video of a Continental locomotive he has, which was impressive even if you could see the slight jerks between poles - I would say this 66 is the equal of that. Al.