Hornby-Dublo model railway, Bristol Castle and Stanier 8F

My Dublo 'Bristol Castle' and my Stanier 8F heavy freight working together on my layout. Both locomotives are the earlier non ring-field motor version, now that the more powerful magnets are available this, in my view, works perfectly adequately. You can see photos of my Hornby-Dublo trains on
http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/1155731
Jim

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Howto & Style

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• Hornby-Dublo
• Meccano
• model
• trains
• railways
• vintage
• collection

[muscleco]

Memories! Of my Silver King and the 0-6-2 tank...

[JimTLonW6]

@muscleco Glad you liked it, if nothing else Dublo was made to last! The 0-6-2 tank is an excellent little runner with very good haulage too.

[birdy1052]

was that very hard to set up ?

[JimTLonW6]

Very easy! It's probably more difficult to get hold of the stuff, and that's not so very difficult either!

I did do very simple electrics, when I next do a layout I want to improve this side of things. At the time when I did this video I think both trains were running from an H&M Powermaster, this wasn't a great success in my view and I bought a new twin controller with lots of amps available, which was a great improvement; I'd seriously recommend not to use old control gear.

[1998samtheman]

i love the tack do you know what the track code is as i would to make the same track?

thank

[JimTLonW6]

Well it's Dublo 3-rail, obsolete since about 1960! It was very robust, and there is a lot of it about on the second-hand market, prices are typically £1 per unit (more for points). If you want further details let me know and I'll tell you where you can get some,

[allsortsdude333475]

you have got the same engine as me:D

[karelfromholland]

*****

[vonpork]

Love the Hornby 3 rail layout. I had one 1958 -68. It evokes so many wonderful childhood memories. I'm now helping my son build a hornby layout in our attic.

[JimTLonW6]

I'm glad they like it! I like long trains too!