Model Forum / General / Railroads / September 2007

Does anybody know the status of Transport Treasure in Aston Clinton. I
know that it has been shut but I was informed yesterday that the guy
who runs it went into hospital with a simple condition, and you've
guessed it he got MRSA.

I've just noticed that on Bachmann's packaging for the 'Dorset Voyager',
that they mark it as Scale '1:76 / 00'
Now that's what I call accurate packaging... ;-)

Finally got around to putting a decoder into my sons 'James' loco.
My first problem was all the wires on the loco were black !  Why
Hornby WHY ?
Got the decoder wired up and went to test it plus give it a new code,

picked up a cheap trip to York for October, two singles for £10  each.

Sorry for my bad english
I have just buy a BLI GG1
The Kadeecoupler (NEM362 18 medium) is clutch head at at least 2/3 to high
to the Kadee Coupler Height Gauge. this isn't acceptable for the price.

Folks:
The wheels of progress grind slow but fine, pushing construction
ever forward, or some florid Victorian remark or other.  I am now
proud owner of a legless table, built of 1 x 4 L-girder grids, and

And maybe a bit OT.
I'm off to the US next week.   I was thinking at looking at model train
stores over there.   My route is Baltimore, Frederick, Hagerstown,
Cumberland (all Maryland), Uniontwon and Washington (Pennsylvania), WHeeling

Can any tell me if micro engineering code 70 rail joiners are
compatible with shinohara code 70 can not find any  shinohara any
where. Need nickle silver and plastic both.
           ,OKIECRIP >

Apparently when Lincolnshire County Council were widening the road past
RAF Scampton's main gate in about 1958, the 'gate guards' there had to
be moved to make way for the new carriageway. Scampton was the WWII home
of 617 Sqn, and said "gate guards" were a Lancaster...and a ...

For many of you, this is no yippee dodo, I am now 64 years old and this is
my first detailed engine. See it at;
http://www.rrscenery.com

Scotsman
17th Septrmber 2007
HAZEL MOLLISON
"  For a lifetime rail enthusiast it is the ultimate tribute.  Hornby

The Yahoo model-tram group yielded no response to the question
repeated below. Maybe someone in this Google group can shed some light
here.
Can anyone enlighten me on this one? I am building a 7mm scale model

Hi from france,
i'm the webmaster for this site: http://aeroccaz.free.fr
I receive some mails asking me to do the same thing of course in english
about railroad models.

I am new to USENET and new to this group.  I found the group whilst
searching for historic aerial photos and maps of the Cuckmere Valley/
Exceat close to Seaford in East Sussex which was the site of a 2ft
gauge industrial railway for much of the middle half of the 20th

If asked to name some scale model loco / rolling stock manufacturers
you would probably reply with Hornby,  Backmann or Dalpol but how
about SONY !
Yes Sony once was a model railway manufacturer. In the early 60's Sony