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Hi, Thanks for your comments and glad you liked the video. Richard

I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you very much for your comment.

Thanks for that, glad you enjoyed it. Well done for spotting the lamps I didn't until it arrived in the Station with Express Passenger code lamps and had a quick change. Richard

@byfordmodelrailway786 Thanks for the reply. I am not, in any way shape or form, a rivet counter: I'm a Rule 1 supporter, 100%, and if you hadn't made the change, I wouldn't have mentioned the lamps, but enjoyed the video nonetheless. But when I noticed the quick change, I thought I'd mention it & hoped it would make you smile, which it did me 😃

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it, Richard

Thank you for comments, it's much appreciated all the way from NZ. Richard

Thanks very much for your comments, glad you liked it. Richard

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed it. Richard

Thanks for that, I'm glad you liked it, I do tend to play around with the layout a lot, tweaking and altering things when they don't look quite right or when a new product becomes available. Richard

Thanks for your comments, you never know what you can do till you try just give it a go it's a very rewarding hobby. Richard

Thanks very much for that comment, it's appreciated. Richard

Thank you , glad you enjoyed it. Richard😄

Hi, you may be right but the sound file is downloaded complete from Hornby to match a particular loco in this case a W1 File and I don't think that there is any way that you can adjust them. Someone with more technical skill might know otherwise but it's beyond my ability so I just leave things alone and accept it. Richard

Understood. I think it is high time that Hornby got these things right, @@byfordmodelrailway786

Thanks glad you enjoyed it. Richard

Thank You, The body shell has 2 little coupling mouldings built into it so I left these in place to see how they would perform. Most of my stock has the Bachmann-Peco type couplings fitted and I found that these work perfectly well with the Loco as they just rise up the little ramp and latch on themselves automatically.Richard

Thank you, that's a nice complement coming from the experts

No worries! I'll let tthe team know! ☺👍 Is your layout portable by any chance?

@@glynvalleytramwaytrustSorry no, not at the moment as I live in Spain but I if we ever return to the UK it will be coming with me so you never know . Cheers Richard😄

Spain you say?.... Maybe we should try to come and visit there!! 😂Well let us know if you do come over here, and maybe we can sort something out. 😉Thanks!

Thank you , I'm glad you enjoyed it. Richard

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Merry Christmas to you also, I should imagine it is pretty warm in NZ now, we moved to Spain 20 years ago for the better weather but it still gets quite cold here in Winter.

Thank you I'm glad you liked it. It was a learning curve for me also as I didn't know too much about Brake Tenders before researching them to make this video. Richard

Hi, They were both installed a few years ago now so I am not sure if they are still available. The first building is a loco crew shed from either the Bachmann Scenecraft or Hornby Skaledale range, the second one is a kit from a company called Townstreet who mainly sell online, I think it is still available and I added working lights and some signage to that one. Richard

Hi, Thanks for that, I don't actually remember seeing these units running in our area at the time but I have seen old films of them in use. So, when this model was re-released recently I thought it would be a nice addition to the layout and enable me to run some different trains. Thanks to your information I can now correctly pair it up with some different locos. Richard

Thanks a lot, glad you liked it. Richard

Hi The wiring connections are fairly easy I used a small 8pin decoder, cut the plug and the spare wires away from it so you are just left with the 4 wires you need coming from it, ie 2 to the motor and 2 to the track. Connecting them up was more difficult because everything is so small, the chassis is like the old Bachmann split chassis with a left and a right half separately isolated. The wires from the motor go to 2 bronze contact strips, one on each half, so I de soldered and removed these contacts and then the wires now coming from the motor now go to the decoder and the track connections from the decoder are wired directly one to each half of the chassis. I think if I do another one I would I would try and keep the bronze contacts in place and solder directly to them as you need to generate a lot of heat when soldering direct to the chassis which could possibly damage some components although in my case everything worked fine. You also need to use shrink wrap cable over all the solder connections to prevent any shorts when you put the chassis back in the Loco. Regards, Richard

@byfordmodelrailway786 Thank you, Richard, for the information I've three of them to do and didn't even know where to start, I have been away from the hobby for a number of years and now it's so much easier than back in the day of white metal kits and n chassis I've heard good reviews of the kato 11-109 chassis, but I'd no clue how to fit a decoder you've helped enormously Mark

Thank you, glad you liked it, No I didn't even know there was such a journey direct, it must have taken some time 😶‍🌫. Richard

thanks i think theychanged locos at liecestre gc and banbury are oxford look forward to morerunning sessions

Thanks for that, yes I like the V2s they were an excellent all round locos. I recently bought a model one, St Peters School and was going to fit a new hornby sound chip in it which went up in a puff of smoke so I will be having another go shortly when the replacement arrives. Richard

Thanks, yes a unique Loco which is still working well and seems very popular with visitors with all the different sounds it makes.

Hi, Thanks for your complement, yes there are more facing points than I would like but it's the usual modellers problem of trying to squeeze too much trackwork into the layout. I have fitted some dummy facing point levers in a couple of places which look good but the problem is if the couplings aren't fully tensioned they can act like mini decoupling ramps when the carriages pass over them and separate the coaches. Regards. Richard

Hi, it's my own layout but I actually live in the region of Murcia in Spain so if you are ever nearby on holiday get in touch. Richard

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it and has you say I think adding the sound gives it a bit more realism. Richard

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it, as you say the sound makes it more realistic but I have never bothered with smoke units as it always looks to wispy and false to me.Richard

Thank you, great comments such as yours make it all worthwhile. Richard

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. Richard

Thank you very much for your generous comment,. Richard

@@byfordmodelrailway786 No problem 👍

Thank you, its really just recreating my trainspotting days, grew up in the Town and spent all my Summer Holidays at Grandparents in the country watching express trains heading for York. Richard

Thank you very much I'm glad you liked it. Richard

Thanks very much your comment is really appreciated😄😂 Richard

Thank you for your kind comments, it's quite rare to find early recordings of Diesel sounds so when I discovered this set I was determined to make use of them. Regards, Richard..

Thank you Eric, I'm glad you are enjoying the videos, I do have more planned but it takes a while to make them. Regards, Ricchard

Hi Eric. Thank you very much for that, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Regards. Richard