Yeah, okay...  a stupid one the size of a horse that thinks of nothing but it's stomach 

Number 1 is always identify the true root cause issue before heading off in the wrong direction with unnecessary tinkering that does more harm tham good. Treat the Cause not the Symptoms...
Is it mechanical or electrical? Often as not, all thats actually needed is a good clean and maybe (sparingly) lubrication...

Probably beneficial if you give a bit more detail case by case - what loco, Symptoms etc.

All of my locomotives are probably well past warranty stage. Many of them have been in storage a long time.

I now have a couple of non-runners, slow-runners, and spastic runners.

So, whether I ever want to see them go roundy-round again, or sell them, I must take the dive into N-scale surgery.

I've recently purchased a soldering iron, a tweezers set, a set of hobby -size tool kit.

 I think I have what I need tool-wise.

Now, I just need courage.

Tell me your wisdoms!

Quite like both. Kin Ping Meh slightly spoilt by overuse of phasing but I do like Krautrock. Guru Guru have their moments...


Tim

Lovely picture! Just my sort of dog...

Cheers,

Chris

Quote from: Steven B on January 19, 2026, 08:56:23 AMDo both.

 

...maybe...

I agree about Windows 11. Mrs Papyrus's new(ish) laptop came with it installed. She's got used to it but I find it very messy, so I'm sticking to 10 on my laptop. Hers also came with Copilot, which was very intrusive but we've managed to disable it.

Can't agree about the Met Office app, though. I think it's really good! Every feature I want, but much clearer and more readable. You can please some of the people some of the time!

Cheers,

Chris

You've got plate and pipe wagons there. Tube wagons were usually shorter (refer to Farish Tube wagon).

As well as metal pipes, the pipe wagon could also be found loaded with casks of beer, aluminium slabs or crates of "stuff" for the military.

The plate wagons would normally carry metal plates - a low stack of thin card painted a steel colour would work. They'd also be used for a wide range of other loads, as mentioned above.

You'd find both in engineers use - sleepers, concrete cable troughs, signalling equipment, oil drums, gas bottles etc.

You could of course run them "empty" - a bit of left over wood packing and a couple of bits of sewing cotton for ropes would make for an interesting alternative.

Thank you Bob. That's cheered me up a bit. It even has some web cams of nearby locations so I can have a guess myself what the weather might do ( always important in Norfolk which is definitely a bit strange!)

Quote from: Bob G on January 19, 2026, 02:39:34 PMand these things - large toilet roll holders 

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsplate/e1567b63

I always thought a 'long low' was something a moo cow did