Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green - awesome album which I still have on vinyl

I took 3 Dapol locos to the club tonight, fully expecting them to play up as (a) I find Dapol steam (with cardan shaft) to be somewhat fragile and (b) our club layout has not really been set up on the level so some joints are a bit untrustworthy. So, if you're into steam I present for your delectation a 9F, an A4 and a Britannia

Dapol 9F 92189 with hoppers on Heatherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Dapol A4 60021 Wild Swan on stopping train near Heatherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Dapol Britannia 70022 Tornado with short parcels on Heatherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Just in case a couple of the Dapols played up, as back up I took a Minitrix Britannia and a 9F which, let's face it are probably coming up for their 50th birthdays. They were not perfect runners but good enough to warrant their own vids (yes, I was chuffed )

Minitrix Britannia 70036 Boadicea on stopping train near Heatherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Minitrix 9F 92220 Evening Star on hopper train at Heatherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

With no responses here on the Forum I have now deleted the Classified ad for my Kato Track Sets to avoid any confusion as I have today, 16/09, listed instead on eBay UK.

Thank you for your interest.

Mike

I saw Oscar at the N Gauge Show this weekend and was very impressed. While it's actually a OO9 model, Kato are selling the motor chassis separately and it looks ideal for making small 0-4-0 N Gauge steam locos. It's fully 12V (so doesn't need a resistor fitting to run) and even has a coupling pocket.

Rails are showing a pre-order for it now. I'd be surprised if Train Trax doesn't have it listed soon too.

https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/kato-announce-new-tool-oo9-gauge-sekisui-range?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=New%20Kato%20OO9%20%2B%20New%20Dapol%20Arrivals&utm_id=01M2NA54WX1WMW0W6X7GYMT1C6&_kx=Nj6KrHKyk7CtkK3-PK5LAD8rrfahh2Q2rxoOpLJmUH4.RXkVMS

Link here: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mrhpub.com/2026-09-sep/download.html

Jon

I've just popped a few images of the very first EP samples that were on display at TINGS up here

Have to say that they look great even at this stage but Dapol have identified areas for improvement already such as the fit of the chassis to the body, couplings and door outlines. 



Tom.

Some Thin Lizzy. IMHO, one of rock's greatest losses was Phil Lynott. I caught up with them on their farewell tour at Bristol with this line up - John Sykes (ex Tygers of Pan Tang) backing up the great Scott Gorham

This might not be as good as the original but it certainly gets my foot tapping...


Tight as a ducks...

This makes me smile as well...


Tim

I think Leonid and Friends is one of a very few covers bands that occasionally surpass the original. Thanks for posting @kusojiji .

Tim

I'll be having a green and a blue 20 with the recess for the Scottish tablet changer.  Also looking forward to the 2 car 101 with whiskers.  Loadsamoney for Arcadia!