The £28 train

[Invicta Alec]

For me its all about passenger EMUs and DMUs! I've got no real interest in steam or freight trains except.....

I recently bought an absolute peach of a locomotive, a new Dapol class 22. It runs so well and is ultra smooth even at speed step 1 on my NCE Powercab under DCC.

I set about getting some wagons for it to pull around the layout. In order from right to left....
Fleischmann used aggregate truck £6 (Nicely weathered, Canterbury expo)
New Farish (I think) 5 plank open wagon £6 (Canterbury expo)
New Peco grain wagon, my first go at assembling and painting a kit) £4 (local toy fair)
New Dapol Rugby cement wagon, "thrown in" by Janes Trains when I spent a fortune with them last year £0
Unused Lima tank wagon in years old faded packaging £8 (local toy fair)
Another Peco grain wagon used unpainted £2 (Cantebury Expo)
Unknown open plank wagon, well used £2 (Cantebury Expo)

Total cost £28. Well pleased with that. The class 22s were all gone I think by about 1972. I've no idea if the wagons its pulling would have been right era-wise but it looks good IMO.




Alec.

[RailGooner]

Some savvy shopping there Alec, resulting in a nice little train.

[GrahamB]

Well done.

Will we be seeing you at Tonbridge on Saturday?

[Invicta Alec]

Well done.

Will we be seeing you at Tonbridge on Saturday?

Aaaaaaargggghhhh!!!! Is it THIS Saturday Graham? Bugger! Can't make it - family wedding this weekend.

Is it really two years already since you took all my money for the sound equipped Dapol 121? It still runs like a dream, looks and sounds superb.

Hope you have a great show.

Alec.

[GrahamB]

Missing the show because of a wedding? 

There's no dedication these days. 

Glad the 121 is still going strong. See you at N Gauge Southeast perhaps?

[Invicta Alec]

See you at N Gauge Southeast perhaps?

Yep, planning on going to that one.

Alec.

[GrahamB]

My new Southern Region layout will be there.

[Bealman]

That is certainly a great twenty eight quid's worth!