Eden Road TMD

I’ve had the 97 on pre-order from the day it was announced, and I had decided that was all I wanted. However, I am weak and have now also ordered 37609 in DRS livery from Rainbow Railways. Got high hopes for these.

Definitely not the retailer.

They came factory fitted.

My mate has one of these and the sand boxes have been put on diagonally opposite from where they should be

Sorry for the lack of updates, life gets in the way sometimes. Wenstead is now mostly complete and had its first exhibition last weekend.

Getting a feel for Wensted now that the track is mostly laid on the scenic board. I am waiting for a double slip for the fiddle yard which is due any day from TMC.

Some more photos.

Wenstead is a modern day fictional layout based in the West Country of England. It will feature an island terminus platform station operated by GWR whose Class 150, 153 & 158’s arrived and depart. Adjacent to the station is a DMU servicing and stabling point. Towards the rear DB Cargo UK have a satellite depot for basic and routine maintenance on both loco’s and china clay wagons. There occasional visits from other freight operators along with the network Rail Class 950 and MPV The layout will be fully DCC including points using a Digitax system, track is code 75 along with point motors from Peco. All being well, the layout will be ready for its first show by early Summer 2022. Base baseboards are 9’ x 2’ with a scenic section of 5’ x 2’.

More bits of my 66’s have fallen off. This time it’s the grill and cover for the horns on one end. Only been out the box a few times.

I got a message from them the other day, they are due imminently.

Really impressed with the detail on his model.

I have three 121’s and really pleased with them. They all run fine for me, I have fitted Dapol DCC chips on all of them.

Purchased two Hattons Class 66’s after a lot of deliberation. I held off buying one as tbh I got spooked with a lot of the issues. However I took the decision to purchase a couple of pre-owned for a bargain price and wow, what a model. They do have a few marks etc but I knew this in advance.