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Hello everyone I have started building a railway on 7ftx4ft purchased a flying Scotsman Hornby set single rail for my 13yr old autistic son who after collecting 500+ Thomas trains decided while hospitalised he wanted to go model route everything went smoothly till a few days later we went back and picked up pack b c d so it now has 3 rails so had to get another controller also and this is where everything has gone wrong as I have used the track link adapter thing in the correct place but now... New to model railway,help needed please.

I had an interesting morning. While walking the dogs, I bumped into a chap from the village I vaguely know—mainly from chatting about his beautifully restored TR4. Today’s conversation somehow veered into trains (don’t ask me how), and it turns out he’s a full-blown steam anorak. Travels all over to see engines. I mentioned our model railway, and he lit up—said he’s got a few Hornby locos, some new, some second-hand, but he’s never run them because he doesn’t have a layout. So I invited him... An Interesting Morning .

Just bagged a train set for £65.69 including postage off ebay Hornby R1000 mixed traffic, might still be some left if you are quick and fancy one[struggling to copy URL from there over to here, so search from the description]

Somewhere for members to share things that they think other members might find amusing that are not rail connected (having been 'shooed-off' railway jokes)

Somewhere for members to share things that they think other members might find amusing that are not rail connected (having been 'shooed-off' railway jokes)

Hi friends any suggestions for powering this layout please it's for my grandson I havent a clue some sort of diagrams would be great thanks

Next project, a little more involved than the 0-4-0s I've been building up until now. This will use another Hornby 0-4-0 chassis, cut down and then with a front bogie added. From Google: "GWR No. 13 was an experimental steam locomotive designed by William Dean for the Great Western Railway. Built at Swindon Works in 1886, it started as a 2-4-2 well tank engine before being rebuilt in 1897 as a 4-4-0 saddle tank engine. It served on various branch lines before withdrawal at Swindon in 1926... GWR Dean no.13 4-4-0 Locomotive 3D Print Project

Hi All, Well here goes my first post on my WIP Loft OO guage model railway. Having been away from the hobby for longer than I would care to mention, but its well into double figures, I decided a year or two ago, to sort out the loft & try to find all the boxes which have not seen the light of day since we moved to West Sussex over 13 years ago, & have another go at a hobby which I have loved since childhood in the 60's. Well that took care of most of the 1st year ! Sorting the loft... Norm's Loft Layout

Hi All, Well here goes my first post on my WIP Loft OO guage model railway. Having been away from the hobby for longer than I would care to mention, but its well into double figures, I decided a year or two ago, to sort out the loft & try to find all the boxes which have not seen the light of day since we moved to West Sussex over 13 years ago, & have another go at a hobby which I have loved since childhood in the 60's. Well that took care of most of the 1st year ! Sorting the loft... Norm's Loft Layout

Hello Happy Members ! As always I have a new (crazy ?) idea: building an H0/00 outdoor layout. A long time ago, I looked at a forum dedicated to 00 gauge garden railways. Back then, building a 00 gauge garden railway seemed extremely complicated (weather, rust, cats, birds...). Now, it seems much simpler. Fortunately, a long time ago, I bought a lot of Märklin My World plastic track (very cheap). My layout will run along an outside garden wall. All your comments, advices and criticisms... Outdoor layout [CANCELLED]

I posted this already in other forums, and then I thought that it should be interesting to an UK audience. I have reproduced the Rocket in its original form. Here is where I am at the moment. Now I will have to turn in brass the tender tires so that I can use the tender as power pickup. I'll post the result when I'm done.

You know there are times when you take photographs just to remember a time or place? Here are some of mine. Z Gauge? No, all 1-1 seen in Southampton Docks Our older granddaughter brought a small part of her trains for me to see. She likes U.S. model railroading. My good Lady and I love being at sea. Mediterranean Waves