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August 2024 Volume 46 Number 8 From the Editor Editor ANDREW BURNHAM andrew.burnham@peco.co 01297 306023 Associate Editor & Photographer CRAIG TILEY Editorial Assistant CALLUM WILLCOX Art Director ADRIAN STICKLAND Graphic Illustration DAVE CLEMENTS, GARY BICKLEY, STEVE CROUCHER Review Photographer JOLYON SARGENT General & Advertisement Manager JOHN KING john.king@peco.co 01297 306045 Advertisement Assistant NICOLE CHARLTON Direct Subscriptions CHRISTINE TYNE subscriptions@peco.co 01297 306041 Chairman C.M.PRITCHARD Published on the third Thursday of the preceding month by Peco Publications & Publicity Ltd., Beer, Seaton, Devon, EX12 3NA, England. Telephone: 01297 21542 Website: www.pecopublications.co.uk Distribution to the model trade, & direct subscriptions: (Home & Overseas): Pritchard Patent Product Co.Ltd. (address and telephone as above) Distribution to the newsagency trade: Marketforce (UK), Second Floor, 5, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HU. Printed by Stephens and George Ltd., Goat Mill Road, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3TD. © Peco Publications & Publicity Ltd. 2024 All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the copyright owners. Multiple copying of the contents of this magazine without prior written approval is not permitted.   The magazine shall not without the written consent of the publishers be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise disposed of by way of trade at a price in excess of the recommended maximum price, or in mutilated condition, or in any unauthorised cover, or affixed to or as part of any publication or advertising matter whatsoever.   Views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the publishers.   While every care is taken to ensure that the contents of the magazine are correct, the publishers cannot be held responsible for any errors that may occur in the editorial or advertisements nor for the actions of the advertisers. ISSN 0955 – 1298 Annual subscription (12 issues): United Kingdom £67.00 (paid by Direct Debit), post free. Overseas (including Eire) £92.00. Back numbers – for information, see the classified advertisement under ‘Trade Sales Books’. For all modelling British railway practice. Published on the second Thursday of the preceding month. AUGUST 2024 Cover 030TU running light crosses the Rue de la Glacière on the way from the docks to the junction with the Paris belt line on the Docks – Ceinture fine scale 1:87 layout built and developed over a long period by a group of talented French modellers. Photo: Gerard Tombroek. Changes of plan We apologise to anyone who expected to see a feature on Friedrichstraße by the Liphook & District MRC in the July issue, as heralded in the Coming Next Month section in the June edition. Those few lines can be a hostage to fortune! They are compiled while the contents are still fluid to some extent, and this was one of the rare occasions where a change of plan was necessary after the magazine had gone to print. The article has been rescheduled and should be in our November-dated edition, to correspond with the layout’s appearance at the South Hants MRC exhibition in Portsmouth in November. While we do allocate articles to issues some time in advance – sometimes a long time – planned features may turn out to have more or fewer pages than anticipated. Further, items for review may arrive without notice and need to be included as soon as possible, perhaps requiring more pages than initially allocated. (It would be also be a problem if we reserved space and no samples arrived ... !) We must also remain flexible with the editorial content until the number of advertising pages has been determined. To allow the necessary leeway, there will be more articles in progress at one time than will appear in the next issue. In another change to the published programme (to coin a phrase), it was not possible for The Andeer Line to be at Pecorama in June as widely advertised on posters, flyers, and in the magazines. The change was necessary at short notice due to several factors, and was advised on the Pecorama website and social media. We hope no-one was inconvenienced. It was particularly disappointing as the layout had a successful outing to the Exeter show the previous weekend, and in previous years this has produced a worthwhile result as a local audience visit for another chance to operate. It is remarkable to observe how people (of all ages) become captivated by driving a (model) train with an app on a smart ‘phone! Barring unforeseen circumstances, dates for the remainder of the year should as noted in the News section on page 692. The DCC for beginners courses at Pecorama continue to prove popular, though there are still a few places available for future dates: Friday 9th August, Saturday 7th September, and Saturday 5th October. Others may be added according to demand. Participants seem very appreciative of the content and the approach. Some of our colleagues recently sat in on one of the courses, and reported that it was interesting and informative – even they learned something! The level of interest is not surprising as the use of DCC has spread considerably in the UK in recent years, if layouts observed at exhibitions and articles submitted are any guide – which will come as no surprise to modellers of European and American subjects, where the technology was adopted rather earlier. Future developments include the launch of the Gaugemaster Infinity range (see p.692) and the eventual arrival of the Bachmann Kinesis system. When these are available, they will be evaluated and reviewed in our magazines, and relevant information incorporated into the DCC courses, though these are generally not system-specific – while showing a range of representative products from various suppliers, they are designed to enable the user to determine their own requirements and select a system that suits their needs. For more information, and to book a place, contact julia.boswell@peco.co 3a

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August 2024 Volume 46 Number 8

From the Editor

Editor ANDREW BURNHAM

andrew.burnham@peco.co

01297 306023

Associate Editor & Photographer CRAIG TILEY Editorial Assistant CALLUM WILLCOX Art Director ADRIAN STICKLAND Graphic Illustration DAVE CLEMENTS, GARY BICKLEY, STEVE CROUCHER Review Photographer JOLYON SARGENT General & Advertisement Manager JOHN KING

john.king@peco.co

01297 306045

Advertisement Assistant NICOLE CHARLTON Direct Subscriptions CHRISTINE TYNE

subscriptions@peco.co

01297 306041

Chairman C.M.PRITCHARD Published on the third Thursday of the preceding month by Peco Publications & Publicity Ltd., Beer, Seaton, Devon, EX12 3NA, England. Telephone: 01297 21542 Website: www.pecopublications.co.uk

Distribution to the model trade, & direct subscriptions: (Home & Overseas): Pritchard Patent Product Co.Ltd. (address and telephone as above) Distribution to the newsagency trade: Marketforce (UK), Second Floor, 5, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HU. Printed by Stephens and George Ltd., Goat Mill Road, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3TD. © Peco Publications & Publicity Ltd. 2024 All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the copyright owners. Multiple copying of the contents of this magazine without prior written approval is not permitted.   The magazine shall not without the written consent of the publishers be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise disposed of by way of trade at a price in excess of the recommended maximum price, or in mutilated condition, or in any unauthorised cover, or affixed to or as part of any publication or advertising matter whatsoever.   Views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the publishers.   While every care is taken to ensure that the contents of the magazine are correct, the publishers cannot be held responsible for any errors that may occur in the editorial or advertisements nor for the actions of the advertisers. ISSN 0955 – 1298 Annual subscription (12 issues): United Kingdom £67.00 (paid by Direct Debit), post free. Overseas (including Eire) £92.00. Back numbers – for information, see the classified advertisement under ‘Trade Sales Books’.

For all modelling British railway practice.

Published on the second Thursday of the preceding month.

AUGUST 2024

Cover 030TU running light crosses the Rue de la Glacière on the way from the docks to the junction with the Paris belt line on the Docks – Ceinture fine scale 1:87 layout built and developed over a long period by a group of talented French modellers. Photo: Gerard Tombroek.

Changes of plan

We apologise to anyone who expected to see a feature on Friedrichstraße by the Liphook & District MRC in the July issue, as heralded in the Coming Next Month section in the June edition. Those few lines can be a hostage to fortune! They are compiled while the contents are still fluid to some extent, and this was one of the rare occasions where a change of plan was necessary after the magazine had gone to print.

The article has been rescheduled and should be in our November-dated edition, to correspond with the layout’s appearance at the South Hants MRC exhibition in Portsmouth in November.

While we do allocate articles to issues some time in advance – sometimes a long time – planned features may turn out to have more or fewer pages than anticipated. Further, items for review may arrive without notice and need to be included as soon as possible, perhaps requiring more pages than initially allocated. (It would be also be a problem if we reserved space and no samples arrived ... !) We must also remain flexible with the editorial content until the number of advertising pages has been determined. To allow the necessary leeway, there will be more articles in progress at one time than will appear in the next issue.

In another change to the published programme (to coin a phrase), it was not possible for The Andeer Line to be at Pecorama in June as widely advertised on posters, flyers, and in the magazines. The change was necessary at short notice due to several factors, and was advised on the Pecorama website and social media. We hope no-one was inconvenienced.

It was particularly disappointing as the layout had a successful outing to the Exeter show the previous weekend, and in previous years this has produced a worthwhile result as a local audience visit for another chance to operate. It is remarkable to observe how people (of all ages) become captivated by driving a (model) train with an app on a smart ‘phone!

Barring unforeseen circumstances, dates for the remainder of the year should as noted in the News section on page 692.

The DCC for beginners courses at Pecorama continue to prove popular, though there are still a few places available for future dates: Friday 9th August, Saturday 7th September, and Saturday 5th October. Others may be added according to demand.

Participants seem very appreciative of the content and the approach. Some of our colleagues recently sat in on one of the courses, and reported that it was interesting and informative – even they learned something!

The level of interest is not surprising as the use of DCC has spread considerably in the UK in recent years, if layouts observed at exhibitions and articles submitted are any guide – which will come as no surprise to modellers of European and American subjects, where the technology was adopted rather earlier.

Future developments include the launch of the Gaugemaster Infinity range (see p.692) and the eventual arrival of the Bachmann Kinesis system. When these are available, they will be evaluated and reviewed in our magazines, and relevant information incorporated into the DCC courses, though these are generally not system-specific – while showing a range of representative products from various suppliers, they are designed to enable the user to determine their own requirements and select a system that suits their needs.

For more information, and to book a place, contact julia.boswell@peco.co

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