Model Forum / General / Railroads / April 2010

I've recently bought a brand new City Industrial Hornby train set
which all works perfectly.
Today I received a 2nd hand 125 through the post from eBay. When I
first put it on the track nothing happened, so I though "great it's

I have quite an extensive layout that I am signalling with Dublo light
signals powered from 3 number H & M Duet controllers. Power being take from
the 16 volt side. Can anybody please advise me how many bulbs/signals I can
safely run from each power sauce? I do not of cause want ...

Well, maybe not quite profusely.
Got on the bike this AM and set sail northwest towards Tehachapi Pass
in hopes of doing a little trainwatching.
Fist paused at the Hwy 138 junction in Cajon Pass to insert the

I notice that one of the companies critical of the Government's hike in
National Insurance contributions is Hornby plc - a company which abandoned
the UK for the vast majority of its production some years ago, and now
employs a relatively small number of UK

After being refused exhibition space (Racial / Religious
Discrimination) by the organisers Warners Group at The London Festival
of Railway Modelling, Police Contacted
from    Howrah Station Railwayana <railwayana @googlemail.com>

I have been trying out Kadees and D&G couplings.
I find the Kadees a bit fiddly to set up and I would sooner not have
them on the loco as I don't want them coupling up when they are parked
in the shed.

Got this from my sister-n-law so don't know the source, sorry.
<quote>
    How to get on and off the non-stop high speed train!
A new Chinese train innovation - How to get on & off the bullet train

I've added the first 15 photos taken at the NMRA BR Spring Meet to my
personal fotopic site starting here
http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p64309350.html
In this photo http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p64309350.html there is

I am contimplating doing some scratch modeling and kit bashing. I want to be
able to cut some plastic structures to fit my model plan. I want to know
what is the best and most accurate (eg cutting a straight line) for cutting
1/8 to 1/3 inch thick plastic.

Dad's working on his new layout, which this time will be in P4. It's a
fictitious ex-NER country branch line station, and when it's
eventually finished it will boast a single track viaduct which will
probably be based on the one that was at Sandsend (or possibly

Check this article out at Popular science
http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-10/worlds-first-all-electric-loco
motive-has-over-1000-batteries-can-run-24-hours-single-charge

I have seen video footage of a heavy train of track panels, with two
Stanier 8Fs on the front, mainly on the S&C in the 1960s. I was
wondering if I could get away with running a train such as this when I
get a decent sized oval.

{second post - obviously fumble-fingered the last one..}
I've recently bought some secondhand ZTC control kit (from OLivia's
Trains, who I'd recommend). Unfortunately, like a lot of secondhand
stuff, it came without manuals, which makes life harder.

heckmondwike old railway station layout model by Ken York, are you same
pictures ?Alberto.

I finally decided to part with my old books on model railroading.
http://www.rrscenery.com/books.html
Phil Anderson