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After some 15 years ‘out of service’ with a crook chassis, 5303 re-entered service on Lambing Flat this evening, after I finished fitting a Tsunami DCC chip. She runs like a dream, thanks to the excellent chassis constructed for me by Hollywo…

Some months ago I finally got tired of having my favourite locomotive not working, (see previous post (5303, a frail favourite… ) and sent it off the Geoff Baxter at Hollywood Foundry for a new chassis. His custom mechanisms have a jus…

Progress on the Rurr Valley continues.
Not only have I been clearing the layout and making it trafficable again, I have also revived a locomotive construction project that has sat on the workbench, untouched, since late 2005. Here is a photo of showing…