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Hornby T9 if memory serves. A stepped up to the plate paying for this one, but it is a delightful
and smooth running piece of eye candy.

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I might be needing your help gentlemen. I just bought a ton of stuff from a buddy. Years ago I found the Hogwarts passenger cars for next to nothing ($3 for all of them which were found in a trash box at a thrift store warehouse) but sold them to him, and i just bought them back!

But he threw in a Hornby steamer that he repainted but quit halfway. While not a good photo this is what I have:



I have no other Hornby locos so this may be a challenge for me to sort out if it doesn't run...

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Hornby. Runs great. Ben wants one. Or two. Or three.
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Canadian Car of the Week

A Hornby product. They tried the Canadian market for a while, think this was part of a set. RAMC I think stands for
Royal Army Medical Corp, sort of a Canadian thing, particularly when Canada used to identify politically more with the UK. No buffers on this British made product.

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Nice stuff !
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Hornby. Runs great. Ben wants one. Or two. Or three.

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no just one & a InterCity 125 hehe
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Rapido Stirling 4-2-2. The eight foot drivers allowed for speeds up to 85 MPH for express
service between York and London. First constructed in 1870, not taken out of service until
about 1915. The detail and the mechanism is far beyond any hope or expectation. It doesn't
run, she glides regally across the landscape in perfect symmetry; observing her dominion.
The firebox effects dropped my jaw. Not just a red glow, but individual flames dancing and
leaping. I've picked up a few nice British pieces in the last few years, but this one beats all.
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Dapol DMU. This piece is a joy. Runs like silk. The skirts are to prevent idiot train spotters,
like me, small dogs, and children from falling beneath the wheels. Seen in "Jurassic Snacks."
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British Set of the Week



Hornby Mallard Pacific runs the rake. A sweet running locomotive, which holds the record for
the fastest run for a steam locomotive at 127 MPH sustained (glad it didn't come apart at that
speed, or it would be record holder for world's worst train disaster). I run this rake about 55 to 60
SMPH.

British Wagon of the Week

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found my Bachmann Hogwarts Express I got for $5 OR $10 at a garage sale


do want moar cars for it Platform 9 3/4 & the Ford Anglia too
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BLOTW

A Triang Atlantic type. Tender drive. It runs really good. I love these old survivor pieces.



BCOTW

A Triang Southern Rail Parcels Van. These were a lot like baggage cars, but were designed for
LTL service.



BSOTW



A Hornby OO 0-4-0 pulling a string of 4 wheel coaches from the "Rural Rambler" set. A very
popular starter set, these things were made in the tens of thousands. The Ohfer traditionally
has a nasty top speed in excess of 200 SMPH. Only in the last ten years, maybe longer, have
manufacturers come to the realization that we want model trains, not slot cars on rails.
I swapped in a replacement three pole motor that supposedly had a better, that is higher, ratio,
of worm to gear to slow it down. Helps a little, but not as much as one would hope.

This pocket rocket branded for "Loch Ness," and is the official locomotive of Sir Chops's Nessie
Spotting Guided Rail Tours. Operational since 1870, but alas, not one sighting of the LNM has
been yet achieved.

The new Peckett, in HO, by contrast, grinds along at top end of maybe 25 to 30 SMPH, and creeps
like a snail. It also costs four times as much.

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WTF ! Very nice train derailment. Well done !
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Obtained a nice colliery (mine) set from the UK from a private collector. The price was a bargain, but
the shipping was treble the cost! Whoa is me, I should have stuck with North American stuff, but the
British bug has me hard bit.

A dedicated branch line, service by a DMU on an auto reversing track will traverse from village to
pit head using the Dapol DMU. Thus, the miners will not have to walk that far. Trying to figure out
how the coal is transferred to the wagons. Any ideas? The structures are prefab by Bachmann UK,
cast in some kind of resin. All I had to do was plop them down; about my speed.



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Nice mine scene, Chops. Some scenery will really make it pop.

Usually a mine has a chute or something that allows the coal (iron ore, etc) to load into the train cars.

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Yes, scenery. I remember reading about that somewhere.
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A Hornby Terrier getting her shove on.
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Yes, scenery. I remember reading about that somewhere.
Originally posted by Chops124 - August 18 2022 :  5:35:24 PM

Me too ! But where ?
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I believe it was Steve who first posted about this particular piece. That made me insanely jealous
in a way that Microbusss does to me routinely. I found one, a few years ago, based in England, and
paid a small fortune for it, as the shipping was almost the price of the darn thing. Worth it though,
it is vintage and probably dates to right around the time the Beatles were becoming a world wide
phenomenon. It travels perfectly and like Aaron's wonderful accessories, it gives me pleasure
every time I look at it.



An Oxford Rails Dean Goods pulls a rake of Hornby period coaches. British modelers place much
emphasis on passenger service, and so Henley is deeply influenced by this method.

I paid up for that Dean Goods, but it was worth every penny. It pulls great, has low, low gearing
that makes it run like a Swiss Watch.

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Had a chance to trade in for this beautiful Hornby 3 rail Silver King set. No wear markings
on the skid plate or the wheels, so this otta be good. Going to make up a small portable
layout to take to model train shows, and such. It is incomputable with Henley.
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So, the three rail track came in. To my surprise this outfit is DC, not AC. It has a metal
road bed, like the AC Marklin, so there is a lot of conductivity.

The baseboard is a bit small, so may get a larger board so the viewer doesn't get sea sick.
A simple green velvet cloth will serve as ground cover. Add in a few vintage structures
and away we go.
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Nothing beats seeing a classic model train run again, after many years.
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Thanks, RP!



All metal Hornby train station.



Slots together. Will hold up against a 7.0 earthquake!



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The Stirling is back in action. Arguably the prettiest locomotive of the 19th century!



Fox Hunting Wagon by Wrenn. A wonderful eBay find.



Hornby Peckett noses her way around the crowded goods yard.
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I saw some of these at train show on Sat but didn't buy any
no Police Loco either or InterCity 125

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Most layouts have grass, fine gravel or a combination of the two. This is the first I've seen with cobblestone. Nice!
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Thanks, Brian. I've seen a more permanent look about some of the canal and quay side British rail termini,
so I took a jab at it. The color printed paper was free to download, though it did take a toll on the cartridges.

I am a big fan of first gen steam, so when Hornby came out with this I had to grab it. Haven't had it out the
box yet, but I shall in due course, maybe tomorrow. The timelessness of British architecture allows me to
span 100 years by simply removing internal combustion items off the layout and leaving horses and wagons.
So, sometimes I turn the clock back to 1827, or sometimes I run tourist excursions in 1967. The Lion turned up
at some Expo in 1930, looking like the boxed set:







Interesting to note that for people of the early 19th century, these trains were the rough equivalency
of the Concorde. Up until then one traveled at the speed of water current, or sail, foot, or
of wagon. Maybe a short run on a horse.

(Unlike the Western movies, they really can't run for 50 miles a day non-stop. They fall over and die. Maybe good for a spurt of 30 minutes, or a bit longer at a trot).
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(Unlike the Western movies, they really can't run for 50 miles a day non-stop. They fall over and die. Maybe good for a spurt of 30 minutes, or a bit longer at a trot).

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thats what happened to alot of the horses on the Pony Express
they'd die of exhaustion
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You know your stuff, Ben, exactly right. Not a good life for horses.

Here are some new views in and about Henley:





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Pics failed, will try to reboot.
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A piece of the true Cross. Surviving wagon from a wind up Wrenn trains set I received in
'66 when Dad's business took us all to the UK for a year.



Three axle dairy vans. I do like these beasts of burden. Then center axle floats laterally to
accommodate turnouts and the like. Got to find one more for a trifeccta.
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A piece of the true Cross. Surviving wagon from a wind up Wrenn trains set I received in
'66 when Dad's business took us all to the UK for a year.



Three axle dairy vans. I do like these beasts of burden. Then center axle floats laterally to
accommodate turnouts and the like. Got to find one more for a trifeccta.

Originally posted by Chops124 - December 29 2022 :  06:33:37 AM


The file name for the picture of the dairy van had a space in the file name. Windows is okay with that, but Unix is not, and the internet is built on Unix, mainly. Before uploading a picture with a space in the name, it would work best to rename it without the space.

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Thank_you. Oddly, when I renamed the file, it swapped it over to "documents."
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Hornby 1840 Lion. This masterwork runs as sweet as she looks.





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Triang



Triang. Back in '67 I had a great lunch on such a coach.



An unidentified piece, maybe Lima, bought off Ali Baba a year ago. Heavy die cast frame and
double flywheels, she runs like a dream. Italian State Railways paint job.
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Nice photos Jeff.
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Long time since I've picked up anything new, got this great NIB Hornby 3 axle milk wagon,
now I have the Trifecta!





Pulled tonight by a 1/87 HO Hornby Peckett, which is a vast improvement over the
ubiquitous OO 0-4-0 that's been around since forever. The detail is amazing and the
performance is stellar. OO is 16.5 mm to the foot, while HO is 16 mm to the foot. Thus
the OO has a peculiar, sort of chunky look about it, but not overwhelming. The Peckett
is dimunitive to being with.

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OO scale is 4mm to the foot, HO scale is 3.5 mm to the foot.
HO Gauge is 16.5mm, and is the track used by HO scale and British OO.
When OO was still a thing in the USA, the gauge was 19mm.

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Thank you for the correction.
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Very excited to get this Hymek Class 35 by Hornby. Probably about 1980's vintage.
I have a soft spot for these older British model trains from my youth, hopefully she runs.
She's pretty dang old a model train.
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So, I lit her up, and she traveled smoothly for a few yards, then quit, wheels still, motor whining.
It appears the gears and reduction gears had simply flopped off their pegs, and that there might
have been a clip holding them in place, long since gone. Spying an empty Coke can, the tab looked
just about right to hold the gears in place, and gingerly applying some Superglue, put in place as
a gear holder, after lubing them. If the glue holds, should run nice. Very light, adding a second
weight in it so it will pull a few things.

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T Scale. This is crazy small!

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T Scale. This is crazy small!
Originally posted by Chops124 - December 24 2023 :  12:57:55 PM


It's been around for a few years, now. If I recall correctly, the track is steel and the equipment is magnetic to make up for the lack of weight.

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T gauge would be cool for a HO/OO live steam area
seen that done with Z lots of times
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