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RHONGYR UCHAF HOUSE, off Penwyllt Rd, Penycae, Swansea SA9 1GD Paypal invoicing available ACCESS : VISA : SWITCH CUSTOMERS ORDER BY ’PHONE. VISA SWITCH Tel. 01639 731005 or 01639 731003 E-mail: kittlehobby@gmail.com Walthers HO USA post and packing £4.20 ring for our illustrated lists sent post free Flash sale on HO freight stock on shelf, 15% off advert price! Opening Hours Mon & Tues 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thurs & Fri 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tel 01639 731005 Flash sale on HO freight stock on shelf, 15% off advert prices! American HO Scale Locomotives/Freight all brands ‘O’ Gauge buildings p&p £4.99 Victorian Station Kit (pre-coloured) 380mm 120mm............£42.45 whilst stocks last! Signal Box Kit ...................................£27.95 10371 SD50 D&RG...........................£148.00 D&RG had 17 of these loco’s built between 1980 and 1987 1200 AAR Rock Island Box Car........£27.50 1805 UP 50 Insulated Box Car ........£24.75 B50714 Great Northern 0-6-0 .........£128.00 L612888 Railroad Crossing Lit........£49.95 A6916 Steel Water Tower ..................£44.10 Lattice Footbridge ...........................£27.95 W10366 SD50 C&NW.......................£148.00 W10475 GP9 SPSF ..........................£140.00 The proposed merger of SF & SP was denied in 1986, but not before 400 loco’s had been repainted to “Kodacrome” 1174 Union Pacific 40 Box Car .......£27.50 40816 40 Box Car GTW.....................£25.00 40804 C&NW Box Car 40 ..................£27.00 1842 50 Southern Box Car ................£31.00 1369 Pacific Great Eastern 40 ...........£29.95 10210 ES44C Union Pacific .............£185.00 10324 SD60M Union Pacific .............£170.00 W10452 GP9 SF Blue/Yellow ............£140.00 W9464 F40 Amtrak ph 2 ...................£138.00 45020 Reading 40 Box Car ..............£25.00 1603 Union Pacific Flat .......................£17.00 1756 Union Pacific Track Cleaner .......£34.98 1805 50 Union Pacific Box Van .........£19.50 1844 Union Pacific Coal Hopper ........£19.50 Reefers 3943 Union Pacific 57 Reefer ..........£31.50 41218 SF 40 Wood Reefer.................£27.70 10662 SW7 Union Pacific.................£145.00 W10621 NW2 Southern Pacific ........£148.00 WT2500 GP15 BNSF Green/Orange ..£84.00 A4022 GP40 Union Pacific ..............£175.00 A3980 HH600/660 S.P. .......................£160.30 A3922 HH600/660 S.P. Lines ............£160.30 A3727 Burlington Northern SD24 .....£175.00 B45979 Coaling Tower .....................£31.20 B45978 Water Tower ........................£25.70 AMB494 Dry Goods Store (lazer cut wood) .............................£46.20 American N Gauge post & packing £4.20 Flash sale on all N freight stock on shelf, 15% off advert price! BR6262 Southern Pacific Cab Fwd..£590.00 A3028 Pennsy RS3 DCC Ready .......£150.00 B63516 GP40 Conrail .......................£112.95 A3716 SD24 Southern Pacific ..........£143.00 A4017 GP40 Rio Grande...................£175.00 BR8063 B&O Heavy Pacific ‘President Lincoln’ .........................£270.00 B51553 2-6-2 Pennsylvania ...........£102.00 BR7282 NYC Pacemaker 40 ...........£28.20 BR7284 Union Pacific 40 Box Car ..£28.20 B65204 GG1 Pennsylvania..............£170.00 A5026 RS2 C&NW...........................£120.00 A2896 Baltimore & Ohio S2 .............£108.95 K8942 UP ES44AC ..........................£105.00 A5506 40 Santa Fe Reefer ..............£31.00 2505 Union Pacific GP15 ...................£84.00 103 GP9 Santa Fe Blue/Yellow ...........£69.00 113 GP9 AT&SF Red ...........................£69.00 2503 GP15 CSX ..................................£84.00 451 GP9 Boston & Maine....................£69.00 2504 GP15 Norfolk & Southern ..........£84.00 Caboose Amtrak Phase 1 Dome/Obs/Coach/ Diner/Baggage .......5 Coaches for £200.00 !! Sale !! B18025 50 Box Car SLSF .................£20.00 B17202 40 Gondola Pennsylvania ....£17.00 B17534 Shell Plastics Hopper ...........£23.00 1502 Union Pacific Caboose ............£28.00 1520 BNSF ..........................................£28.00 1503 Santa Fe .....................................£28.00 1505 CSX ............................................£28.00 1527 Norfolk & Southern.....................£28.00 Hoppers W9457 F40 Caltrain Santa Fe ........£100.00 B17137 Quaker State Tank ................£23.00 B17813 American Maize Tank............£23.00 BR7365 FEF Union Pacific Grey .....£560.00 K7608 Union Pacific SD70M..........£110.00 A3952 Union Pacific SD60 ...............£135.00 A3889 N.W. Refrig. Line ...................£29.35 B51005 Union Pacific 4-4-0 ............£224.00 A4998 Baltimore & Ohio S4 ...........£125.00 A3887 UP 40 ART Wood Reefer .....£27.20 B71052 50 Box Car AT&SF...............£19.95 BW42852 Great Northern Box Car...£28.65 K6038 P42 Amtrak Ph111 50th Anniversary.............................£125.00 MT5500610 Frisco 33 Hopper ........£29.95 A4673 Chicago Great Western S2 ..£125.00 BW42727 NKP 40 Box Car...............£28.50 A4882 IHB 42 Coil Car ....................£34.70 A4268 AT&SF Dump Car....................£28.00 58078 GN 24 Ore Set ......................£104.00 106156 B&M Covered Hopper............£39.60 7456 PS2 ‘Cargill’ Hopper ..................£27.50 Gondolas 6216 DRGW/Railgon ...........................£27.50 Box Cars W105903 Southern 34 Hopper .......£16.00 B19803 ART 40 UP Reefer ...............£22.00 B15003 CB&Q 40 Box Car ..............£20.00 W1426 Illinois Ctr. Hopper .................£15.00 1163 40 Box Car Great Northern ....£27.00 1173 40 Union Pacific ........................£27.50 W1198 Northern Pacific 40 ................£27.50 1436 Vermont RR 40 Box ..................£29.50 40818 40 Box Car ‘Lackawana’.........£23.00 1453 B&O 40 Box Car .......................£22.85 MTH4141 S. Pacific 40 Box Car .....£23.00 W1176 40 UPS Box Car ...................£23.00 B61719 GP38-2 GATX Leasing ........£125.00 W3007 Engine Shed and Crane .........£30.00 W3092 Greatland Sugar Refinery ......£55.00 B50553 Pennsy 0-6-0 Switcher .....£125.00 A5415 C&NW 53 Box Car (Red).......£26.95 BW43088 RDG Hopper.......................£26.60 BW2689 Vandalia 40 Gondola ...........£25.00 BW41850 B&O Hopper .......................£19.99 B18402 Pennsylvania Bobber Cab...£27.95 B14001 Burlington Caboose...............£39.99 B17947 50 Tropicana Reefer .............£25.95 B19803 40 Reefer ART ......................£24.00 A4190 Dash 8 Lanc & Chester.......£124.00 BW38082 PRR N5 Caboose ..............£26.65 BL44250 BN Bay Window Cab ..........£35.95 BL44260 GN Caboose .......................£42.50 A3322 C&O Caboose .........................£18.50 BL40131 Penn Central Steel Cab ......£35.95 BW38040 Pennsy 4 Bay Hopper .......£22.50 BL44280 SP Caboose Bay W ............£42.50 MT961 40 PFE Reefer .......................£33.70 BW38164 Cyl Hopp. US Petro ...........£29.35 MT0140 Tank ‘Celanese’....................£33.70 A5007 ‘Hooker’ Beer Can Tank..........£22.00 A5637 Short Tank ‘Pabst’ Beer ..........£23.00 A5646 Box Car ‘Pabst’ Beer ..............£23.20 Buy the pair of Pabst for £42.00!! BR7159 Appalachian Bitum.............£27.50 B19461 Reading 50 Box Car ............£28.20 MT0127 Manufacturers RailCo ..........£29.95 FV513 Coal Gondola ‘Fayette Power’..£27.50 A4684 52 UP/CNW Gondola ............£22.00 N Buildings W3811 Gatemans Tower 2 ............£32.00 A2841 Passenger Station ..................£38.00 W3823 Wooden Coaling Tower ..........£29.95 W3235 Waltons Lumber.....................£31.50 A2842 Station Platform 2 ................£22.75 W3204 2 Road Engine Shed ..............£28.95 2a Please tell your friends about the Continental Modeller CONTINENTAL MODELLER
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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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Opening Hours Mon & Tues 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thurs & Fri 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Tel 01639 731005 Flash sale on HO freight stock on shelf, 15% off advert prices!

American HO Scale Locomotives/Freight all brands

‘O’ Gauge buildings p&p £4.99

Victorian Station Kit (pre-coloured) 380mm 120mm............£42.45 whilst stocks last!

Signal Box Kit ...................................£27.95

10371 SD50 D&RG...........................£148.00

D&RG had 17 of these loco’s built between 1980 and 1987

1200 AAR Rock Island Box Car........£27.50

1805 UP 50 Insulated Box Car ........£24.75

B50714 Great Northern 0-6-0 .........£128.00

L612888 Railroad Crossing Lit........£49.95 A6916 Steel Water Tower ..................£44.10

Lattice Footbridge ...........................£27.95

W10366 SD50 C&NW.......................£148.00

W10475 GP9 SPSF ..........................£140.00

The proposed merger of SF & SP was denied in 1986, but not before 400 loco’s had been repainted to “Kodacrome”

1174 Union Pacific 40 Box Car .......£27.50 40816 40 Box Car GTW.....................£25.00 40804 C&NW Box Car 40 ..................£27.00 1842 50 Southern Box Car ................£31.00 1369 Pacific Great Eastern 40 ...........£29.95

10210 ES44C Union Pacific .............£185.00 10324 SD60M Union Pacific .............£170.00 W10452 GP9 SF Blue/Yellow ............£140.00 W9464 F40 Amtrak ph 2 ...................£138.00

45020 Reading 40 Box Car ..............£25.00 1603 Union Pacific Flat .......................£17.00 1756 Union Pacific Track Cleaner .......£34.98 1805 50 Union Pacific Box Van .........£19.50 1844 Union Pacific Coal Hopper ........£19.50

Reefers

3943 Union Pacific 57 Reefer ..........£31.50 41218 SF 40 Wood Reefer.................£27.70

10662 SW7 Union Pacific.................£145.00 W10621 NW2 Southern Pacific ........£148.00 WT2500 GP15 BNSF Green/Orange ..£84.00

A4022 GP40 Union Pacific ..............£175.00 A3980 HH600/660 S.P. .......................£160.30 A3922 HH600/660 S.P. Lines ............£160.30 A3727 Burlington Northern SD24 .....£175.00

B45979 Coaling Tower .....................£31.20

B45978 Water Tower ........................£25.70 AMB494 Dry Goods Store

(lazer cut wood) .............................£46.20

American N Gauge post & packing £4.20 Flash sale on all N freight stock on shelf, 15% off advert price!

BR6262 Southern Pacific Cab Fwd..£590.00 A3028 Pennsy RS3 DCC Ready .......£150.00 B63516 GP40 Conrail .......................£112.95 A3716 SD24 Southern Pacific ..........£143.00 A4017 GP40 Rio Grande...................£175.00

BR8063 B&O Heavy Pacific ‘President Lincoln’ .........................£270.00

B51553 2-6-2 Pennsylvania ...........£102.00

BR7282 NYC Pacemaker 40 ...........£28.20

BR7284 Union Pacific 40 Box Car ..£28.20

B65204 GG1 Pennsylvania..............£170.00

A5026 RS2 C&NW...........................£120.00 A2896 Baltimore & Ohio S2 .............£108.95 K8942 UP ES44AC ..........................£105.00

A5506 40 Santa Fe Reefer ..............£31.00

2505 Union Pacific GP15 ...................£84.00 103 GP9 Santa Fe Blue/Yellow ...........£69.00 113 GP9 AT&SF Red ...........................£69.00 2503 GP15 CSX ..................................£84.00 451 GP9 Boston & Maine....................£69.00 2504 GP15 Norfolk & Southern ..........£84.00

Caboose

Amtrak Phase 1 Dome/Obs/Coach/ Diner/Baggage .......5 Coaches for £200.00

!! Sale !! B18025 50 Box Car SLSF .................£20.00 B17202 40 Gondola Pennsylvania ....£17.00 B17534 Shell Plastics Hopper ...........£23.00

1502 Union Pacific Caboose ............£28.00 1520 BNSF ..........................................£28.00 1503 Santa Fe .....................................£28.00 1505 CSX ............................................£28.00 1527 Norfolk & Southern.....................£28.00

Hoppers

W9457 F40 Caltrain Santa Fe ........£100.00 B17137 Quaker State Tank ................£23.00 B17813 American Maize Tank............£23.00

BR7365 FEF Union Pacific Grey .....£560.00

K7608 Union Pacific SD70M..........£110.00 A3952 Union Pacific SD60 ...............£135.00

A3889 N.W. Refrig. Line ...................£29.35

B51005 Union Pacific 4-4-0 ............£224.00

A4998 Baltimore & Ohio S4 ...........£125.00

A3887 UP 40 ART Wood Reefer .....£27.20 B71052 50 Box Car AT&SF...............£19.95

BW42852 Great Northern Box Car...£28.65

K6038 P42 Amtrak Ph111 50th Anniversary.............................£125.00

MT5500610 Frisco 33 Hopper ........£29.95

A4673 Chicago Great Western S2 ..£125.00

BW42727 NKP 40 Box Car...............£28.50

A4882 IHB 42 Coil Car ....................£34.70 A4268 AT&SF Dump Car....................£28.00

58078 GN 24 Ore Set ......................£104.00 106156 B&M Covered Hopper............£39.60 7456 PS2 ‘Cargill’ Hopper ..................£27.50

Gondolas 6216 DRGW/Railgon ...........................£27.50

Box Cars

W105903 Southern 34 Hopper .......£16.00 B19803 ART 40 UP Reefer ...............£22.00

B15003 CB&Q 40 Box Car ..............£20.00 W1426 Illinois Ctr. Hopper .................£15.00

1163 40 Box Car Great Northern ....£27.00 1173 40 Union Pacific ........................£27.50 W1198 Northern Pacific 40 ................£27.50 1436 Vermont RR 40 Box ..................£29.50 40818 40 Box Car ‘Lackawana’.........£23.00 1453 B&O 40 Box Car .......................£22.85

MTH4141 S. Pacific 40 Box Car .....£23.00 W1176 40 UPS Box Car ...................£23.00 B61719 GP38-2 GATX Leasing ........£125.00 W3007 Engine Shed and Crane .........£30.00 W3092 Greatland Sugar Refinery ......£55.00

B50553 Pennsy 0-6-0 Switcher .....£125.00

A5415 C&NW 53 Box Car (Red).......£26.95 BW43088 RDG Hopper.......................£26.60 BW2689 Vandalia 40 Gondola ...........£25.00 BW41850 B&O Hopper .......................£19.99

B18402 Pennsylvania Bobber Cab...£27.95 B14001 Burlington Caboose...............£39.99 B17947 50 Tropicana Reefer .............£25.95 B19803 40 Reefer ART ......................£24.00

A4190 Dash 8 Lanc & Chester.......£124.00 BW38082 PRR N5 Caboose ..............£26.65 BL44250 BN Bay Window Cab ..........£35.95 BL44260 GN Caboose .......................£42.50 A3322 C&O Caboose .........................£18.50 BL40131 Penn Central Steel Cab ......£35.95 BW38040 Pennsy 4 Bay Hopper .......£22.50 BL44280 SP Caboose Bay W ............£42.50 MT961 40 PFE Reefer .......................£33.70 BW38164 Cyl Hopp. US Petro ...........£29.35 MT0140 Tank ‘Celanese’....................£33.70 A5007 ‘Hooker’ Beer Can Tank..........£22.00 A5637 Short Tank ‘Pabst’ Beer ..........£23.00 A5646 Box Car ‘Pabst’ Beer ..............£23.20

Buy the pair of Pabst for £42.00!!

BR7159 Appalachian Bitum.............£27.50 B19461 Reading 50 Box Car ............£28.20 MT0127 Manufacturers RailCo ..........£29.95 FV513 Coal Gondola ‘Fayette Power’..£27.50 A4684 52 UP/CNW Gondola ............£22.00

N Buildings

W3811 Gatemans Tower 2 ............£32.00 A2841 Passenger Station ..................£38.00 W3823 Wooden Coaling Tower ..........£29.95 W3235 Waltons Lumber.....................£31.50 A2842 Station Platform 2 ................£22.75 W3204 2 Road Engine Shed ..............£28.95

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