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[railsquid]

Not quite sure why I bought this, but it was going cheap and you never know when you might need a Lima MK1 coach urgently.

Ah, I know why I needed it... To stop me falling prey to the temptation of acquiring bucketfuls of Lima Mk1 coaches on Ebay.

This little chappie doesn't look too bad by itself, but attached to a rake of recent Farish Mk1s it looks like that runty kid no-one likes but always tags along anyway.

[jivebunny]

The Lima Mk1 isn't that bad if you use it as Lima's design team presumably intended it to be used

JB

[railsquid]

The Lima Mk1 isn't that bad if you use it as Lima's design team presumably intended it to be used

JB

Ah yes, will come in handy for my post-apocalyptic zombie layout

[Newportnobby]

The Lima Mk1 isn't that bad if you use it as Lima's design team presumably intended it to be used

JB

Ah yes, will come in handy for my post-apocalyptic zombie layout

Mad Max beyond the Thunderbox?

[Dave Z]

Couple of packages arrived for me today;





DRS 37 to haul my EMT carriages or whatever else is in need of a tow.  Plus;



They're a bit Marmite but I think they look great.  Not sure if it's well known but Freightliner sell these on their own website for £80 delivered which seems to be at least £20 less than other places (Hattons would be £110 with delivery).  Also have class 66 on there for £70 delivered which seems pretty good.

Finally;



To help prevent violence at the office 

[mr magnolia]

Family trip down to that London, and finally managed to find my way to the Wheels of Steel shop.
Took a little bit of finding! Hadn't realised that's its actually a stall inside the Gray's antique centre.

I was severely tempted by a bunch of Atlas SD40s that were going for £48 each, but luckily they are far too big for my layout.

I ended up getting a selection of three USA and euro Wagon's for the princely sum of £25, reduced to £23 at the hand over of cash.
Here they are in a Regent St Pret a Manger as the family scoff around them.
You can read scoff any way you want - they will all be correct!

Cheers
Donald

[Railwaygun]

Wheels of Steel is the last shop in C London now for N gauge.

always worth dropping in on the off chance of finding a lonely little loco...

[glenng]

Just arrived from the NGS shop my preserved LMS inspection saloon well happy with it.

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[railsquid]

I used to go to a shop at Angel Islington, Victor's I think. Also there was a shop near Marylebone. Don't know if they are still in existence though.

This thread seems to have established that there are just three places in central-ish London selling any kind of N-gauge: the aforementioned Wheels of Steel (which is a bit hit-and-miss; there was no British outline stuff in N the day I went there); Ian Allan bookshop at Waterloo (which had enough to kickstart my BR Blue collection) and one other shop somewhere south of the river I didn't make it too. Everywhere else seems to have gone.

[mr magnolia]

The guy at the stall said he thought he was the only model rail shop in London apart from hamleys, and they don't stock any n gauge.
quite startling, really.
oh, and thanks for the thread you note above, squid San, it was that thread that triggered my quest for both free time and geographic location of the WoS shop!
Donald

[Hailstone]

I used to go to a shop at Angel Islington, Victor's I think. Also there was a shop near Marylebone. Don't know if they are still in existence though.

This thread seems to have established that there are just three places in central-ish London selling any kind of N-gauge: the aforementioned Wheels of Steel (which is a bit hit-and-miss; there was no British outline stuff in N the day I went there); Ian Allan bookshop at Waterloo (which had enough to kickstart my BR Blue collection) and one other shop somewhere south of the river I didn't make it too. Everywhere else seems to have gone.

It is Jane's trains in Tooting: http://www.janestrains.co.uk/ I have been there a couple of times and found them to be friendly and helpful

Regards,

Alex

[CarriageShed]

If we're straying as far afield as Tooting, then I should also mention the Engine Shed in my former stomping ground of Leytonstone: 745 High Road Leytonstone, London E11 4QS.

[red_death]

Unfortunately the Engine Shed closed recently.

Jane's Trains is just round the corner from me and is always worth a root around when I pass. It is a bit hit and miss for new products (but I'm sure they would get and put aside something for you if you were after something in particular).

Cheers, Mike

[CliveH]

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Ordered late Wednesday - arrived before lunch Friday - standard RM delivery!
Ran well straight out of the box, but ran it light for a good 30 minutes before making it work. With a heavy hand on the controller will accelerate very rapidly and run at a ridiculously high speed, but with a gentle touch can pull away and run more than slowly enough. Not high on the haulage ability scale. However, more than copes with the 3 Bachmann Bullieds I want it to pull, and I think it looks pretty good. Next job, change of number.

[Gyppy101]

picked up ta couple of nuclear flask wagons  for less than £15.00 each in what was once Allders of Croydon (ex Modelzone)