Unhappy Thread

[Graham]

Personally whilst I do model modern era so have a few diesels and electrics, I still appreciate steam era rolling stock and have a number of which, all of which I try to run every year on my home layout to ensure they are in full working condition. For the rest of the year they sit in a display cabinet.
For some reason I like running modern, but prefer to see Steam in a display cabinet.
Yes I am a bit strange like that.

[Bealman]

I do transition era so have almost equal amounts of steam and diseasels

Yep, one of the attractions of that period - you can run both.

[port perran]

My layout is based on 1958 to 66 or thereabouts. I have slightly more steam than diesel but not by much.
I also rather like modern image so have a growing fleet of new stuff.

[Dorsetmike]

I must admit that I did originally back in the late '70s when I started in N, I ran BR steam but by the '90s I was shifting back in time when along came Union Mills with a T9, 700 and 0395, Peco provided a B4 dock tank kit; Dapol did the M7 - I'd already done a hack job on a P Drummond Highland tank kit, I scratch built ex LSWR A12 "Jubilee" 0-4-2 and K10 4-4-0 from brass and using Union Mills tender drives, also hacked BHE N15 and Langley S15 SR 4-6-0 kits to make later versions of the classes, continuing the hacks 2 Scots became a Nelsons. The more recent Schools and Mogul were welcome additions
So it's not impossible to model grouping Southern.