A regular performer on the GC south of Leicester in BR days pulling cross-country services, a late crest BR one sound fitted will be in my shopping "basket" over the next few days.

Looking forward to seeing the EPs at TINGS.

Hopefully @Newportnobby will be happy with this announcement.

Roy

I'm quite sure one will fall into my shopping cart, Roy, despite the fact I'm quite happy with my Dapol 'Wollaton Hall'

I think this announcement will make quite a few happy. Well, with the exception of @emjaybee whose grapes seemed to have gone sour

Further announcements to be made November 2025

A modified hall will go very nicely with my three originals.

Well my wallet is safe, there's nothing here for me. Given Dapol do one couldn't we have had something else?

Kidding. Seems to be a good choice, and it looks good to my uneducated eye.

Hopefully it won't have the haulage issues that the Castle has/had.
Bob

The moths are safe in the old wallet for a little longer.

Quote from: Bob G on September 12, 2025, 12:54:32 PMHopefully it won't have the haulage issues that the Castle has/had.
Bob

According to the video, traction tyres are fitted so it should be OK.

Yes!!!!! At Last!!! Just what I wanted !!!!!!


Oh hang on, wait a minute, a HALL!!!

I could have sworn the announcement said Northern Rail CL195 & CL331.

I must have had some really weird dreams last night 

That cheese was a bit green 

John P

Quote from: Bob G on September 12, 2025, 12:54:32 PMHopefully it won't have the haulage issues that the Castle has/had.
Bob

Hear hear - my Castle couldn't haul a rake of three coaches up a (curved) 1.5% incline

I have to say that feels like a missed opportunity when there has never been a half decent king and never been a county. The Dapol Hall was and still is a good model, not up to latest standards but perfectly acceptable. I would definitely have bought a king or a county but really don't need another hall. Ok there is the modified Hall but in N gauge is it different enough to make it worth buying?

Quote from: LASteve on September 12, 2025, 04:25:18 PM

Quote from: Bob G on September 12, 2025, 12:54:32 PMHopefully it won't have the haulage issues that the Castle has/had.
Bob

Hear hear - my Castle couldn't haul a rake of three coaches up a (curved) 1.5% incline

I've heard the new one will be better with the option of traction tyres but I don't know if this is correct. I've added lead underneath and in the cab of my two Castles and now they can pull sufficiently well to handle 11 mk1s on the flat.

I know some folk don't like the Dapol Hall but I think mine is rather good.
Looks good and provides smooth stops and starts. It also quite happily pulls 62 wagons around my layout. It can pull more.

Quote from: Chris Morris on September 12, 2025, 04:45:30 PMI have to say that feels like a missed opportunity when there has never been a half decent king and never been a county. The Dapol Hall was and still is a good model, not up to latest standards but perfectly acceptable. I would definitely have bought a king or a county but really don't need another hall. Ok there is the modified Hall but in N gauge is it different enough to make it worth buying?

It must be said that the Dapol Hall is of it's time Chris and was OK in it's day but has become very dated, the tender mounted "supercrap" motor/cardan shaft arrangement is clunky and obtrusive and simply does not meet today's expectations for most people. This new Farish Hall will, in terms of having a true loco drive chassis with coreless motor, better DCC functionality including "sound ready" and "sound fitted" and the cab has full unobstructed detail as does the tender.

A Hall is a much more universally "useful" loco than either a King or a County as well as being a significantly larger class. I can justify a modern standard Hall on my GC based layout and so will be buying one, I could not justify a King or County and would not buy either of those, I suspect this will be the same for others. I can see why Bachmann went for it, commercially it is a much better prospect, and to me the modified Hall's front end does indeed look very different and something never done before, adding to that sales potential as indeed the Hawksworth tender variants will when they arrive.

I think it is an excellent choice of loco.

Regards

Roy

Only reason I'd want a Hall was if it was in Harry Potter mode.

Sadly a poor announcement for me.

Doesn't anyone do Scottish Locomotives in "N"?

Yes, I know they don't!

Would really appreciate a Caledonian "Jumbo".

Lasted for 70 years I guess.

Quote from: GlenEglise on September 12, 2025, 08:36:56 PMOnly reason I'd want a Hall was if it was in Harry Potter mode.

I wonder if that's a factor in their choice and we'll see Harry Pothead sets at some point in their ltd edition stuff ?