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Hi all. Some more for my TT collection. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50523790987_9f9123b39d_k.jpg Front to back. Private owner Peco wagons plus Triang Track cleaning wagon, tanker, goods van and "Toad" brake van. Two sleeping coaches. Two Pullman cars , "Snipe" and "Eagle". Signal box. Footbr...

Saw something similar at Statfold some years ago !

Hi all. Sorry I don't do videos but I found this which shows the effects.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfxVLqfesFo

The smoke can be turned off and the cylinder drain time can be altered or switched off.

Regards, Colin.

Hi all. When these first came out I wanted to get one but because they are limited production I missed out. However I managed to find a used perfect example recently. It is an SNCF ex PLM 231K locomotive by REE models. It has DCC sound and sychronised smoke plus cylinder drain steam which only opera...

Nice to see the bus running ! The roller contact type run a bit wide on curves as you can see. I had to run my busses slowly on the bare baseboard and then mark a pencil line to then cut the road base out of cork sheet to allow for the understeer . The later ( non-roller ) type from Brawa track bett...

No pun intended !

Two from my collection.
The rocket ( Kitmaster ) was found in a mug in the kitchen of my late father's house when we were clearing it.
Presumably it was mine or my brother's from years ago.

Regards, Colin.

The loco is actually an EM2. or British Railways class 77. There was also an EM1 which was a Bo-Bo wheel arrangemant or as described in the US B-B. ( In europe the Bo or Co indicates a locomotive with separate motors to each axle where "B" indicates coupled axles which is uncommon in the US) This si...

The Transcontinental double ended electric locos are fairly rare in the UK so be prepared for a shock at the prices ! The Green/Orange version is more common than the 2-tone Green version. There are none on a certain auction website today but typical prices run to £80 to £100 for the Green/Orange ve...

That is a Triang EM" "Electra" part no R351. The central long bar on the roof slides and selects track or overhead power collection. They are fitted with "Magnadehsion" which only works on steel track and they only drive on two wheels. I think the centre bogie wheels are dummy ! They were used on th...

Some years ago I visited the Hull Street Life Museum where there is a reproduction Chariot from the Iron age. Here are a couple of photos I took at the time which shows some details of the construction. https://i.postimg.cc/gXL3Kv1w/Hull-Chariot-1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/gLvRCGzm/Hull-Chariot-2.jpg...