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And then the Greeat war decimated horse numbers and such incidents became less frequent... 😇

Is it just me or is the DB logo on the side wonky?

Ecublens, Vaud, Switzerland to be more precise. Quite where in Ecublens I'm not sure, there are mutiple stations, yards and junctions inthe greater area. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ecublens,+Switzerland/@46.5286182,6.5424166,6034m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x478c31052cbee56f:0x400ff8840198520!8m2!3d46.5296363!4d6.5615252!16zL20vMDJ2NnEy?entry=ttu Possibly on the Lausanne M1 metro line where the track doubles at stations. There are level crossings at many of them, ideal for taking a photo at that angle. My guess is here , but there is no StreetView.

Or standing on the platform as an open door comes towards them!

I'm toying with the idea of calling my putative model layout of Lawrence Mass 'Immigrant City'

I’m curious, I assume it’s standard design steam loco with a round boiler, rather than something strange like a Sentinal or a tram engine? If so I’m not sure how you get the chimney upside down!

Don't forget the bell!

I quite like the look with the end platforms.

@eastwestdivide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

Nowadays, having lived in Chesterfield and working in Sheffield for 20ish years, seeing an electric train is a novelty. I was recently at Doncaster and having trains in the platform and still being able to hear the announcements was a shock

hmm, latticework

How dare, you. Discworld is very real* *in many people's heads

What about models of railways in places that never had them, or places that never actually existed?

One thing not mentioned is that its quite interesting to see models of British railways, but built by foreigners. It can go both ways, producing an idealised UK, or noticing the things we miss even though we see them every day.

Thanks all. Apologies for the complete mess of the spelling in the OP. I posted it, noticed I’d made a complete hash of it, pressed edit and RMWeb went offline

I recently bought a loco from a US manufacturer who I'll not name as it isn't relevant. I paid £54 in VAT and fee to recieve it. However it seems that there is some sort of DCC chip/motherboard/wiring/motor issue. They have siad t send it back to them to fix. What is the situation with VAT etc when it is sent back to me? I shouldn't have to pay it again (and thus there should be no fees for processing it), but how should the parcel be marked?

You mean large posteriors won't fit through the hatch?

Why would you name a loco "Help! Help!"?

The obvious answer is to keep the nameplates and build the body to match...

Thought for a minute you were suggesting building an F-Unit on the chassis... (in Soo paint, obvs)

Any tunnels that are shorter than they are wide?

Going back a bit in the thread. Moloco and Tangent make kits e.g. https://www.tangentscalemodels.com/product/undecorated-kits-srs-4600-covered-hopper/ https://www.tangentscalemodels.com/product/undecorated-kits-no-couplers-prr-shops-g41a-coil-car/ https://www.molocotrains.com/collections/freight-cars/undec

Interesting choice of button programming. Don't the speed step up and down buttons duplicate the wheel?

With a Duette, there's nothing to say moving the knob to left will move the loco to the left, it might go right. It all depends on the polarity of the track and the angle you are viewing it from. In fact a knob in DCC is more consistant, you could make it so left is always loco backwards and right is always forward. (assuming your train has an obvious backwards and forward) Actually, there's other far more important reasons why any physical controls with end stops are hard to work into a DCC system. If you set a loco going and switch to another, the controls need to reset, either to 0 or to the previously set positions. I wonder how the ProtoThrottle manages this?