cant beat a forty cranking up only thing better is 56097 at ruddington, worked on it there and film its load back test pure power
cheers
Roomey

 

56s do make music when wide open

Steve

 

56's is my all time fav too. Used to live near a main coal route line during the 80's 90's as a kid so happy memories of the rubbling engines of these.

Going back to model trains, the games moved on ten fold in recent years with digital technology meaning better control and things like real engine noise coming out the loco linked to throttle, or turn lol of your controller.

 

Steve

 

yes been using digital with sound for the last five years its great apart from the price
cheers
Roomey

 

all by my own hand

do a fair bit of modelling for a club myself and other too and write for railway modeller when I get time
cheers
Roomey

 

Very nice mate

Not done any modeling for years

Just started collecting the odd thing again

Steve

 

I used to play with some graham farish N gauge stuff as a kid. Dont know where it is now though.

 

Nut gauge is a bit small for my fingers lol

Steve

 

Ill get a pic of the big old loco on my staircase when i get home....Big old model train



my late grandad used to build them from scratch, got all the drawings/blueprints too somewhere at my nans,.... we've got one, my auntie has 1, my uncle has 3 or 4, and theres another 4 or 5 in the shed at my nans.

Used to build ride on ones too like the one at Cassiobury park in Watford, but at the Bluebell railway and places like that..

LMS 2968 on the side of ours i know that much

 

Another new toy

I used to drive these before i started working on the Highspeed 395s

Its a class 465, 2 car networker



Steve

 

Heres the one i mentioned... only just remembered tbh lol..

Its about a metre long and with some bits and bobs it will actually move under its own steam....literally.

A bit dusty though...







Theres about 8-10 all together in the family...and i think a few more up in my nans shed...

 

Thats very nice, can't beat a bit of live steam

Steve

 

Cheers pal

It was all hand-built too.. every single piece was made in his cellar from scratch

 

Thats a nice looking train.

 

I've loads of 00 gauge stuff from my late father mainly hornby doublo (sp) and some modernish hornby

 

I have got myself another train

I used to work on these when i first started.

Its a class 419 Motor Luggage Van



Steve

 

Some cracking set ups you all have, with a bit of luck i will be driving the real things soon...

 

What company will you be working for ?

Good luck with your exams if you haven't got that far yet.

Few of us on here who are Train Drivers

Steve

 

bet youre glad the 4VEPS/CEPs and other "slam door" trains are gone! pretty much all we had when i lived on the south coast.

Guards must have hated them as so many selfish twats would jump on/off the train leaving the door open so the guard had to run down the platform slamming all the doors as he went

Got stuck on a 4VEP just outside southbourne station for an hour as a kid. Was getting off there (where i lived) when the fucker broke down with the cab just over the level crossing just shy of the platform!! in those days they had a signal box and good old swing gates at the crossing then!!

 

I would love to drive them again.

A lot more skill required to drive them, especially this time of year.

Steve

 

Hi pal, no where near that stage yet sadly still going through the recruitment process which seems impossible, but ive been trying for 2 years now.

At the minute ive completed the online tests and managers interveiw successfully and im doing my driver assesment next tuesday with Northern, so keeping my fingers crossed lol....

 

Loved mine when I was a lad...want to have a set now but just no space

 

I know the feeling

Steve

 

This sounds better

 

Got myself a new model yesterday

You have not been able to get them for over a year.

I have got the full 6 car set.



As 99% of you know I drive these for a living, I thought it was about time I got one for my collection

Steve

 

Looks smart that Steve. Is that a model of the train you drive matey.

 

That it is Glenn

Steve

 

A thread I can really get my teeth into. I have quite a collection of models but so far my only kitbuild has been this.

Dapol Railbus. Fitted with seats from an abandoned coopercraft Mk1 coach build, people from kytes lights (not that you can see them, the windows frosted from the glue but you can see them better in the flesh), home made wipers & motorised with a Hornby Pacer Mechanism.

I also have a Wrenn R1 that I picked up for Ł15, repainted it into black & applied modern high quality transfers. the model came with screwlinks when I got it. the buffers were changed for old bachmann ones I had hanging around & I modified the front cab spectacles. I'll try & get some pictures soon for you guys

 

Was clearing out my old flat and stumbled across this, had to set it up and 10 mimutes later on ebay had purchased another loco. oops. Lucky my mrs has a sense of humour.




Nephews eyes lit up like a Christmas tree when he saw the box so might grab a board and pin the track so he can have a proper play (and me too )

 

So what loco did you buy on ebay ?


Steve

 

LMS class 4P, wanted one back when I was a lad.

 

Rescued a couple of boxes from my mums place and had to have a play. My GWR loco hasn't turned a wheel for 23 years but other than being noisy it runs just fine.

 

Getting the bug back then lol


Steve

 

Looking at doing a 7' x 4'6" board with a triple loop. Just a case of working out joining the sections as it'll need to go under the spare bed when not in use.

 

Well definitely no spending on this.










Did a bit of work on my HST and swapped the manky lights out for new and installed LED light boards.
Old



New




This is the planned layout

 

I just wish I could find the time to build one myself.


Last train I got was the 395 last year.


Steve

 

Finally made some progress over the last day and a bit.