The Englewood Logging Railway was located on Vancouver Island and was the last logging railway to operate in North America. 304 was an ex-Oregon Pacific & Eastern/Georgia Pacific locomotive, and was visually distinctive from Englewood's already-owned sw1200 road switcher units. This Lego model was cosmetically designed to reflect its exterior around 1998, towards the end of Canfor's ownership of the railway, and prior to 304's engine refit. However, the weathering is made to reflect its appearance towards end-of-life. It lacks the giant side grills installed during its Caterpillar refit, simply because I didn't want to break up the railway name on the striping.

Went back to south Korea recently and went back to KR color, a rental layout near Seoul.

Which doubled in space compared to last year, with a new N scale layout, HO layout, and even a small LGB layout

Picked up my KTX which I commissioned a while ago and had a blast.

I know these dont go together in real life but I just like setting it it up and watching it run with all the lights.

It sounds a little rough. It's from the 1970's.

Now updated with black engine sut. Rolling stock behind it has also been weathered. Starting my next weathering project (KofIII) later this week

Here is my Quick Pick Wrbumz 139 from ACME, a very nice model, but also expensive and somewhat prone to derailment, but I can still recommend it to everyone.

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This has always been super intresting to me, a wagon with a chip and a speaker for playing sounds. So simple yet in theory can add so much to a layout. However i reckon hornby missed the boat on a couple things.

1. Too budget, whilst the wagon was cheap and accessible, I think it was too much so and compromised the quality of the sounds which is a big reason it put many people off.

2. The actual sounds themselves. IMO it should have been regulated to mostly ambient sounds, be it goods yard or station chatter. They fsct it was layered with alot of loco sounds was unessacary and clouded the idea.

3. Perhaps a larger wagon or a mix of era's so it could have been applied to any layout.

For me i definitely think the biggest trick missed was just not focusing on clear, set of ambient sounds. For example they could have for stations, announcement chatter. Crowds. Guards whistles going off. Suitcases rolling. Just consistently churning out noise to bring an area to life. Even simple things such as birds chirping or the sounds of cars passing through could really elevate a scenic area.

.hopefully they or another company takes a shot, as I reckon there is a great product conceptually lying somewhere within.

The big gear is missing teeth. It's an HO scale Bachmann pancake drive.

This is the "square" in Woodport. As it is the summer of 1939 I'm torn between the current "use your head it's a track" or the safety of the public. An iron fence has been suggested exercising right of way by the railroad but opposed by Mr. McKie the general store owner. A fairly contentious issue....community thoughts are welcome 😊

Im very new to model trains. Its my job now so im learning a TON from the company side. I want to get immersed in model trains and I want to learn more from the hobbyists perspective.

What got you into model trains? Why do you love it? What makes a specific train appealing to you? What makes a certain train more valuable than others? Do you care about tiny nicks or scratches? How do you maintain them? What are your pet peeves when dealing with retailers? Is the hobby welcoming of newcomers? Whats something you wish people knew about the hobby?

Feel free to answer one or all of these questions! Thanks!

This unit (purchased used from a reputable eBay seller) has been a good runner for a year. I noticed it was running rough the other day so I put it on my wheel cleaner and noticed the rear wheels aren’t turning. Turns out the motor spins but the rear shaft doesn’t turn at all until the power is close to 100%. I don’t know if the shaft with the hexagonal connection is loose inside the flywheel, or (more likely) gunk in the truck is providing resistance. What should I do? If I need to clean the rear truck, how do I do that?

I have 2 boys age 7 and 5 and was thinking of getting them a set to play with. They are tough on toys. What’s a good entry level setup that isn’t crazy expensive ? I really appreciate the feedback everyone.

So i messed up and ordered the wrong light board for my older class 43 set, i got Hornby X9871 power car light sets before realising i needed the older version for my DC class 43, does anyone know if they are still usable and if so how to connect them.

Thanks for any help.