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I used some of my Christmas money to buy this Hornby Pecket 0-4-0 saddle tank.




She's seen here shunting at Lostock Wharf, but can also work at the exchange sidings.

Two new toys.

Wonderful detail in O gauge these days WTD. If only I had the room.

I don’t really have the room.

It even has working inside motion which you can barely see.

Not only do I not have the room I like large locos and the cost of them would be out of my reach.

A majority are well out of my reach. Due to lack of space the largest I can run is 0-6-0. I look for bargains. This one was less than a Hornby OO 4-6-2 loco. Having sold my extensive OO stuff I had funds to start O but I’ve spent all that.

Very nice - I suppose you bought the wagon and then thought "I need something to pull it"? Great detail on the loco.

That is just about how it was Barry.

Is it right that 0 gauge can turn in 6ft or is it more like 8ft or wider? I would imagine due to the couplings one would need wider, but somewhere I heard something about 6ft is possible... Unless I mussread and they mean radius?

My latest purchase a Heljan BOC17 100 ton BOC tank in BOC Liquid Oxygen livery with yellow stripe and GPS bogies.