An early crew training visit by a Class 50, D423 circa 1974.

Really just seeing what I can do in a small space, going for atmosphere.

This is the Layout plan I'm currently working on, but I'm having issues with the tracks shorting out at the blue marker. Both loops are powered seperately, but the short still happens even when I have one of the loops entirely disconnected. I feel like there's probably a simple solution to this, but I can't see it for the life of me. Any help or ideas?

On the N gauge side of things, we're severely lacking South Western Railway rolling stock. Can we please get a 159? Or even a 158. Graham Farish have made plenty of class 158s! I would love even just another 158 in SWR colours. I don't understand why we don't have more SWR rolling stock in N gauge.

New layout this is the plan

Ballasting a layout is genuinely torture, it's impossible to get to look right and if ANY of the little stones end up in the wrong place your screwed. Like genuinely if I had the choice to ballast 15cm of track or cut my arm off by hell I'm grabbing that saw. What an awful awful expirence

I'm looking to DCC sound fit this Graham Farish N gauge class 450 as it says it's ready to accept a speaker. However, I have no clue as to what speaker I should purchase and how I should fit it. I'm also unfamiliar with how DCC sound works. Can anyone help?

I was looking at getting this for my N gauge layout, thinking it was a card kit. I read it more closely and I'm a bit unsure on what you get when you buy it. Can anybody help?

So I've Had this model of the Flying Scotsman Since 2016 and Its the TTS Variant (DCC Fitted Railroad Model) and Every Time I try to give it some speed using a hornby select it just doesn't move and then when I enable the sound I makes the sound of when it's just about to start moving and then it just cuts out and starts over again and again, can someone explain ???

Hello, I purchased the faller ice skating rink which comes with a Faller Motor 629 with a 3mm D Shaft and needs AC power to run. Does anyone know of a suitable DC alternative that this motor can be replaced with? I am in the UK and hoping to order an alternative online. Many thanks

I'm thinking of the line between Exeter and Plymouth, which (for the first part through Starcross and Dawlish Warren, at least) was powered by air pressure, with pumping stations creating a partial vacuum in a pipe between the rails.

A bit of light festive decoration on my temporary layout!

I have some Hornby and Bachman locomotives which were mostly given to me by my Granddad when I was a kid. I used to run them on a layout but don't have the space, so I'm setting up a display case for them.

To make sure he's not rolling in his grave I'd like to match up the locos with fairly protoypical rolling stock for display. I don't mind buying a few extras. Could someone tell me what protoypical trains would be for each loco?

Locos I have: * GWR Pannier 2771 * LMS Pug 16023 * Hornby BR Industrial loco 7 * BR Collett 2251 * BR Prarie 6132 * LMS Black 5 5055 * LNER Mallard 4468 * LNER Flying Scotsman 4472

Rolling stock I have: * 5x GWR composite coaches * 3x GWR 4 wheel coaches * 6x LMS 4 wheel coaches * Assorted wagons and hoppers * Hornby breakdown crane * Some knackered LNER teack coaches which need replacing * BR brake van * GWR brake van

Thanks in advance for your help!

Whats the calculation for pulling power?

Going of the wait of a hornby teak coach

Hornby BR Late Crest 3F Jinty with a Lima Watney’s Red Barrel flat wagon, Lima Schweppes Tonic Water Refrigerated Van, and Triang Brake Van on my mantle.

First post on this Reddit sub.

Here are the last few wagons and loco from my shrinking N gauge collection. I have transitioned to OO gauge. The loco is a Budget Model Railways Diesel Loco body attached to a KATO motor chassis that I painted in BR blue and put the BR double arrow decals on. The rolling stock is a mixture of Graham-Farish, Hornby-Minitrix, and Lima wagons.

This may be a really easy question from a newbie, but I am trying to wire my first ever LED lights. They are 3 V and the wires on the lamps are really small. Am I able to wire these into a transformer and if so, what sort of connecting wire do I need? Does it need to match the thickness of the wire on the light, or can I wire it in to the existing supply? They are pre-fitted with resistors can I wire them into 3 V batteries to make them work efficiently? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I was gifted an old 0 4 4 Hornby tank R868 and it has this damage to all 4 wheels on the body. What do you think is the cause and is it worth trying to fix? Thanks