Model railroading in the UK

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A little OT, Jack Odell dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6282258.stm I kid you not but even as we speak my two year old son is currently pla...
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posted by 4rubbish
27 comments posted 19yrs posted by 4rubbish

US F7A/B sets

If you buy something like http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATHG22154 where (as I understand it) both...
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posted by edward.obvious.harrison1
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by edward.obvious.harrison1

Proxxon lathe/mill/tools Forum

The Proxxon tools forum is up and running. The Files currently contain factory manuals with parts diagrams for the PD40...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ca95327
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by ca95327

Aerial photos - better than Google Earth / maps

This may not be news to most of you, but I have just discovered Micro$oft's answer to Google Earth, and it scores a few...
44 comments posted 19yrs
posted by adrian_bradScrubThisBitshaw
44 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian_bradScrubThisBitshaw

Where's Henrietta

My son is after a Hornby version of Henrietta ( Toby's carriage ) but I have never seen one. I have looked at other car...
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posted by chris_brett
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by chris_brett

Sound chips

Hi can you help, I have a Bachman class 37 fitted with a sound chip, but recently it has stopped making sounds, lights...
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posted by pendlerail
105 comments posted 19yrs posted by pendlerail

Programming decoders

Hi Guys Bit new to this hobby and I've just got a gaugemaster Prodigy Dcc controller. I would like to programme an 0 6...
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posted by philt
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by philt

Ping Graeme Eldred

Hi Graeme, Replies to your e-mail were bounced because of no such server, or no such recipient when I deleted the 'nospa...
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posted by ElLoboViejo
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by ElLoboViejo

Catenary advice

Hello all. I'm considering taking the plunge and making the switch from "imaginary catenary" to a representation of the...
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posted by adrian_bradScrubThisBitshaw
24 comments posted 19yrs posted by adrian_bradScrubThisBitshaw

Lima Traction Tyres

Does anyone know where I can get some replacement traction tyres for my Lima Class 50 and Class 73? Do Hornby ones work?
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posted by nospam
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by nospam

Double Engined Class 47

As an experiments, I fitted another Ringfield drive unit to my 1970's Hornby Class 47 locomotive. I also fitted a steel...
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posted by Wilson.adams1
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by Wilson.adams1

Two books available for cost of postage

In the "Troy Model Club Series", publ, by Nelson. Randall, P. E. "Recent Locomotives (1947-70)" (1970) Gomm, P. G. "Old...
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posted by ElLoboViejo
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by ElLoboViejo

New Hornby class 56.

Hi, When is the redesigned clas 56 from Honrby due to make an appearance? Sincerely, Rob.
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posted by robwilson
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by robwilson

Prototype for everything dept.

They say there is a prototype for everything, and so there is. I've found a reversing loop, near the Minorca Taconite P...
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posted by spamtrap
33 comments posted 19yrs posted by spamtrap