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Report of first operation of Rapido Stirling 8-ft Single

Rapido Trains' model of the Great Northern Railway's Stirling 8-Foot Single was eagerly awaited once the release of the engine with the original small tender was announced. The model was brought home from England and, after the usual RTFM ...

Many thanks for your entry on double-heading. Sorry to be slow.

We've got a bit off topic, haven't we, MG? Don't get me wrong; I'm not insisting on having the last word; I'd just like to point out that on a model railway a failed loco will not simply freewheel if its motor isn't driving it (worm ...

Thank you, gentlemen, for your recent comments.

I fought shy of adding more pickups coz the "live wheelbase" of the loco seemed to be long enough. Not being much good at such work, I was glad when she got through the double slips and diamonds in the northern station throat without hesitating. Many ...

That's a collection of very dez rezzes, Ian. Nice one!

Houses like those first two (Faller products, I'd say) were the subject of a great deal of controversy in Germany in the (what?) 1980s? The magazines, led, if I remember rrightly, by "Eisenbahn-Magazin ", took the kit manufacturers to task for ...

Thank you again for your feedback, MG. Sorry to be slow here. I hope you had a pleasant Christmas and have a cork ready to pop for New Year.

Re close couplers: I hear you. A lot of the trouble, in Europe at least, is that the kinematic mechanisms are sloppily mounted. A bit more sense of precision ...

Thank you for your feedback, MG. I must admit my track is not up to the best standards; the station first went into operation in the late 1980s (it's still on the original boards) and sometimes the trains have a bumpy ride. Other vehicles have also gone the wrong way on the diamonds and double slips ...

Good morining, gentlemen, hoping I find everyone in good health. My apologies for the endless radio silence - some people may even be pleased. ;o) ;o)

On a recent visit to the UK I treated myself to a Hornby Stephenson's Rocket, plus goods wagons. The chappie in the shop said the loco would have ...

Good afternoon, gentlemen, after a long radio silence, mainly because there's been virtually nothing to report, I thought you might find this project interesting. I hope so, at any rate.

The objective was to let my JEP 232S run on the layout. There was an abortive project for a centre 3rd rail that ...

Welcome to the Forum, DaleKB. I hope you enjoy it here. Not been online much myself lately but don't let that fool you. I love the MRF and I'm sure you will as well.
Cheers,
Artur

In addition to the extra pickups, the tender needed a new power bogie chassis, because the gear train was jammed, and the loco needed a new front pony truck, because the wheels of the original one were decidedly out of true and rejoiced in derailing on every point frog (except when I watched it, of ...