That's where that SD-26 went to

Bargain of the year already.

A disappointment that there is no new tooling

Seems again that Oxford are not that interested in N gauge 

Although I did pick up the new BMW Mini in British racing green with the Union Jack roof today from the Ian Allan stop in Waterloo - nice little model.

Hi gentlemen I might have an out of the park request for you to chew on. The last time I asked for help over a peco Jubilee motor I received a mine of information and the Physical help of Dr Al who looked to bring fresh life to the motor but had to declare it a dead parrot in true Monty Python stylee. When i was tricked into believing the Jubilee was sound I was also conned with a Dapol 45xx 2-6-2 Pannier tank which turned out to be also dead as a dodo. Since then I aquired a new motor from DCC and started to search for diagrams or descriptions as to how to rewire the new motor as all but one very thin and fragile wire was broken or hanging loose. Up to date I have tried DCC Supplies spares listings for fresh wiring and searched every where i could think of including Haynes manuals to try and get the answers to no avail. So after all this waffle can anyone point me in the right direction to get answers as , as far as I can see it has to be wired before the motor goes in as there is only room for an engineering gnat. I fervently hope someone can help me with where to get the right wire and some form of diagram as to what end goes where as my memory is not what it was thanks to vascular heart disease and I hate to give in. Hope you can help me in the spirit of friendliness Ken.

Many years ago when I was a kid I had a Saturday job in a model shop. They had a massive 00 layout which was open to the public during summer weekends and I'd happily spend all day sat in the control cabin driving the trains around. I remember one time a guy who kept looking at his watch and scribbling on a bit of paper. Eventually he came up and complained that he'd worked out one of the trains (8 coaches behind a Lima Western) was travelling at a scale speed of nearly 250 miles an hour. But I was about 12 at the time so I saw it more as a challenge and replied something along the lines of 'Wow - and that's not even top speed - Let's see if it can hit 300mph on the next straight!!!'

Just been doing a bit of online window shopping on the Farish website - whoa - when did their prices suddenly go so mad?!!! Wagons seem to be around the £20 mark (about twice the price of Peco or Dapol), coaches are nudging £40 each and now the jinty is their only steam loco under £100 with a couple of engines well over £200!!! Looks like they're following the Apple business model - when sales start to tail off and profits take a dip, don't bother with developing exciting new products - just put your prices up! Joking aside I wonder if Bachmann have found the British N gauge market less profitable than they hoped and these are the prices we'll have to pay to keep Graham Farish viable as a long-term business? And I wonder if other manufacturers will start putting their prices up too? To me the main advantages of N gauge are that it takes up minimal space and it isn't too harsh on the wallet. The main disadvantage is the limited choice of models (and increasingly the need to find my glasses every time I want to look at my models!). I'm just getting back into model railways after a long gap. Currently I'm collecting suitable stock whilst planning my layout - but if prices are set to double the case the N gauge suddenly becomes a whole lot less compelling!