Quote from: emjaybee on February 12, 2026, 06:38:57 PMIncrease in electric prices innit.

Yeah. Those light emitting diodes are sooooooo expensive.

Per my comment on Facebook they're the same loco under the body, so there is no "better". You buy the one which fits your use case, which is basically the 66 for everyone (unless you expressly want a 59) given how much more widely used the 66 is.

Nick

Quote from: Newportnobby on February 12, 2026, 03:57:39 PMSo, Farish announce 374-901C - an era 5 sorting van with lights fitted..........that don't work.
 
I have ½ a dozen of the 374-901 with lights that do work.
 
Would it have been so difficult for the sorting van to have working lights or did Farish suffer with issues I'm unaware of?

Increase in electric prices innit.

The question is:

I want an EWS Roadname loco from Revolution Trains.

I'm running a quasi-fictitious situation. I just want this "look" in the EWS livery. These two look similar enough to my Yankee eyes. They both look gorgeous.

It comes down to: which is the more reliable locomotive on-the-track?

 

So, Farish announce 374-901C - an era 5 sorting van with lights fitted..........that don't work.
 
I have ½ a dozen of the 374-901 with lights that do work.
 
Would it have been so difficult for the sorting van to have working lights or did Farish suffer with issues I'm unaware of?

@Hailstone that's a good idea!

Quote from: scottmitchell74 on February 11, 2026, 03:47:49 PM

Quote from: Steven B on February 11, 2026, 03:35:21 PMWhat style of nameplate? There's a big difference between a bog-standard plate and the type fitted to the class 40 and Peaks for example.

Try:
https://www.railtec-models.com  (3d transfer)
https://www.shawplan.com/spcat.htm (etched)

Good question.

I don't want it to look goofy, but I am employing Rule 1. So, I just want my real-to-life but fictitious place to have locos I named, based on the proposed region, running by. So, as long as size and color looks good to me, I'm happy.

Light Railway Stores has exactly what I want, but won't ship to the US.

have you a friend in the UK who can forward it? I have a friend in Italy who has stuff sent to me and picks it up when he visits England

Regards,

Alex

Quote from: njee20 on February 12, 2026, 08:36:16 AMHoly thread resurrection Batman!

Despite being 6 years old nothing has fundamentally changed either!

What idiot started this thread..?

Oh, my bad. 

On the upside. I was very happy with my sound (retro-) fitted 8F. I changed the 'beat' to four per revolution, so it synchs properly, and I think it sounds good. I do however turn it off after a little while, because it is really just a novelty thing in my eyes.

That is good news.

Railtec Transfers do custom diesel nameplates

https://railtec-models.com/showitem.php?id=2178

Fox also do etched nameplates - I think they do custom ones

https://www.fox-transfers.co.uk/etched-plates