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What sort of system do you use for attaching these cassettes? I can sort of see how it's done, but not fully.

I know I'm quite late on the scene - this post came out when I was five years old - but realistically, what is this beautiful looking loco meant to be?! The e2 would be too expensive to rebuild in this format...

Good point, I appreciate it. Realistically though, what might happen to locomotives which were bought out along with their line? I'm definitely no expert- correct me if I am wrong - but if the GW set up a subsidiary to run the line, might the locos retain an industrial livery? Maybe if they were given running permissions on GWR metals, they'd have their own liveries, plus route availability and/or power classification? Perhaps, if taken into ownership of the mainline directly, they'd even have GWR numberplates? I don't mind using modeller's licence to just keep PO liveries, but this whole bit is out of curiosity.

Seems quite nice, I'll look into it further.

Whoa, thanks a lot! This seems pretty well developed, and quite fits my theme. The only real adaptation I'd probably make would be lengthening the headshunt in the bottom right, although the practicality there is yet to be seen.

As a school first project, we're hoping to build a layout in 4mm scale (probably OO although I'm considering EM). The space we have available is about 1.8m x 0.6m approximately, since it'll be stored atop a shelf when not in use, and I already have an alternate history planned. The idea is that a company based somewhere in a rural bit of Wales built an industrial railway linking their steelworks / mine / factory to a GWR branch terminus in the early 20th century. Open wagons and small 0-4-0STs and 0-6-0STs probably ran the fictitious line until it hit financial struggles. At this point, the GWR seized the opportunity and bought out the line and its rolling stock, taking over operations of the entire section, with the company in charge of manufacture/mining only. This arrangement supposedly continued well into Nationalisation, and the chosen period is the ubiquitous 1960s for obvious reasons. It should be quite interesting to see an industrial 0-4-0/0-6-0 in GWR green! The plan itself isn't really concrete yet, so here's an early sketch:Please excuse my handwriting... Anyway - in terms of practicality, what trackplan would we use? The shunting yard as well - I've seen some plans of exchange sidings - would the yard look similar? What in the way of rolling stock? Would the fiddle yard be formed of a cassette system? Scenically, other than perhaps the odd hard standing or two, an engine shed and a small hut, what else would be present at such a location? Also, in terms of control - DCC is what we're hoping to use. Since there would be two sections operating more or less independently, with trains shuttling in and out of the station and shuffling of wagons going on in the foreground, would we have to use 'master-slave' DCC units for control of the 'mainline' and yard separately? Thanks a lot for any advice, and again, sorry about my messiness in the 'plan'.

It's an example, yes.

I'm a bit of a dummy when it comes to wiring, and I was wondering how one would wire a crossover for DCC operation assuming the two points it's formed of are both Peco Unifrog. Please explain in simple terms. You know, this kind of thing (ignore product codes):

A model of the NWR (fictional) seems very appealing, and I was wondering whether anyone has trackplans for Tidmouth or Crovan's Gate according to the Rev. W Awdry?

Are there any modellers of the Rev. W. Awdry's fictional Island of Sodor here? I am considering a model of Tidmouth or Crovan's Gate station and am wondering if anybody is doing the same/similar. Thanks, Kepler

Wow, thanks everyone! It's going to take me ages to get through all these suggestions!

The loco is a Fowler 3F-size loco (a LBSC E2 Class to be precise) and it will be run for maybe an hour or two at a time. The battery and sound should preferably be on board an I will run it if everything goes to plan on an inglenook shunting puzzle.

Is it possible to add sound to a RC controlled locomotive in 00 gauge?

Saw your profile. I'm modelling Wales too! Although I am unsure whether the 04s made it to North Wales...

I have a GWR 101 Class loco from Hornby which I want to upgrade the detail of, dcc fit and repaint to represent the real 101. Where can I get parts like brass smokebox handles, the toolboxes on top of the tanks and things like that? Does anyone have suggestions for what I can do to the chassis to make it compete with the likes of the Bachmann Jinty?