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Gaugemaster are doing a class 09. Paul

66782 leaves Hull Dairycoates Tilcon terminal with the empties back to Rylstone on 30th May 2020 Paul

Re the couplings. In the 3 years of being in o gauge I sometimes find the couplings just as annoying as OO gauge. We have Heljan who's links are formed of flat bar yet the opening on the hook makes it difficult to couple to Dapol who's links are formed of round bar. If you look at the couplings on Heljans dog & cat fish wagons the couplings are of a slightly different design still. I use either a magnetic screwdriver which just holds the first link allowing me to drop it on the hook, or a bent wire attached to a small torch depending on what I'm coupling. When you factor in getting the bent wire caught on the various hoses it does test your patience. The above YouTube uncoupling clip seems OK provided you can get in at that angle. Scenic items and adjacent rolling stock may prevent otherwise. Paul

Superb pictures of Kyle. First time I have seen a picture of the wagon turntable at Kyle.

You can sign up at Dapol for an email of their monthly specials which is how I found out about the Lionheart deal. Paul

New version of Skytrex has been trading a while now. https://www.ogauge.co.uk The PCA and TTA are not shown on the site and need to be ordered by phone. Paul

Close encounters of the third kind also has a train set featured. Paul

Just announced..

O gauge turbot wagons are due April. Paul

Oh well the chance to ride on class 68 hauled stock for a fiver has gone thanks to the dreaded lurge... Paul

Tower models are quoting Dapol that the Turbots will be here in April 2020. Time will tell. Paul

I remember around 1987 penciling in a trip on the quay branch on an all line rover. As we were walking to the quay station we came across our train with its route to the quay blocked by cars. The train was cancelled and I never did get to ride it. Paul

More releases announced Paul

Latest arrival for shunting fun. Paul

Very enjoyable. Bit disjointed in the editing with the s160 first service train being on three different platforms in 10 seconds Paul

Here you go. Old Oak at 22.45 & 2505 Paul

Good stuff. Some scenes in The Bill too, including DC Mike Dashwood going for a spin on the turntable at Old Oak common. Paul

New series starts Feb 21st 2020. https://www.nymr.co.uk/pages/category/the-yorkshire-steam-railway-all-aboard-season-3 Paul

Series 3 starts ch5 on 21st Feb. Paul

Two pictures showing the best and worse - depending on how the train enters the curve. The slight play on the wheels determines wether you get buffer lock on peco curves. Paul

I tried to pull the socket out from the cab but it was well stuck and I did not want to force it. Looking at the other end of the cable at the buffer beam I gently pull the cable towards me. This left the socket still attached to the buffer beam but allowed the body to be removed. I may have been lucky as the factory may not have glued it well. Paul

On mine I managed to pull the cable out from the buffer beam socket. Paul

Longer cables are available for NCE on eBay Ray. Paul https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F111236729311

Does anyone know if Rocket type locos ever ran tender first or were they turned on some early turntable design? Just curious. Paul

It's fitted with a 21 pin decoder socket. So does not need a large decoder. Paul