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I have been offered an old hornby class 37.
It is from 1997, would this have any issues running on my code 75 track?

Thanks in advance.

I forgot to actually update this as I went, I have settled on a plan, its a modified inglenook shunting puzzle with a station and hidden sidings.
The plan is fairly simple but offers some running potential

Thanks, so really I am ok to leave them as is?
I do have a razor saw though so may be do one and see what it's like.
The standard left and right points I have modified.

Hello all, I have been trying to find out how to modify the peco short wye point for dcc operation. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7866/47268391632_062f25e3ff.jpg This is it next to the short right hand point I am also wiring up, that has been easy to find out and do. The problem comes from on the u...

Thanks, I'll give hattons a call tomorrow, might be quicker for me to drive to them, i'm not too far away, sadly its a toll bridge payment between us

the left one in the photo is the one I am mainly having problems with

It should be returned anyway. If you lift the loco up and look at it in mid-air one bogie will hang lower if broken. someone put me onto a video on youtube about the 121, its tollerances for poorly laid track are shown in the bogies, it has to be so perfectly flat and not on much of a curve or its ...

brian1951 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:25 pm Yes Alex i have had several with this problem, the bogie locating pin has broken. This is the part https://www.dccsupplies.com/item-p-1134 ... -mount.htm simple to fit.

I'll take it apart in the daylight and see if thats the problem, if not hattons are getting a return

Hello, Wondering if anyone else has any experience with the dapol 00 gauge class 121 bubble car? I got mine brand new, and trying to run it in and the bogie derails when its going forward but in reverse it trails just fine, it appears to be catching on underframe detail, I did have to remove 2 bits ...