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my grandad has loads of stuff in his loft from when I was a kid. He used to work on the railway and his back garden backs onto a line so when I was young I was interested. I got less interested as I got older so he put it into storage. It must be 20-25 years ago so I have no idea what there is. I'll have to dig it out at some point, it just takes up so much space.

Edit, the only one I actually remember was called smokey joe which looks like it was 00 gauge, so I guess that's what we have.
 
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anth said:
my grandad has loads of stuff in his loft from when I was a kid. He used to work on the railway and his back garden backs onto a line so when I was young I was interested. I got less interested as I got older so he put it into storage. It must be 20-25 years ago so I have no idea what there is. I'll have to dig it out at some point, it just takes up so much space.

Edit, the only one I actually remember was called smokey joe which looks like it was 00 gauge, so I guess that's what we have.
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Hornby are still making the Smokey Joe tank engine
 
tonyfromalnwick said:
Hornby are still making the Smokey Joe tank engine
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I had one of them too.

Still got it! All my old trainset stuff went into a box and sat up my parents loft for years, then I built a layout for the kids in my shed. No replica of anything, just a couple of loops making the most of the space I had, with sidings and a turn table in the middle.

My daughter liked it for a while, my son (8) is interested, but it is too cold at the minute and I seem to spend a lot of time cleaning dead bits on the track or finding places where it derails etc.
 
Paddy O'Dors said:
Is there any on here?

I'm in the middle of inheriting a load of 00 guage stuff (talking thousands). Gonna try and build a small guage replica of Sunderland's railways in its heyday.
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You’ll need a bloody big board. I modeled South Hylton and even a shortened version took a 12’ board. Have a look at Railway Modeller or British Railway Modelling magazines, there are some great ideas for layouts.
 
There are some great YouTube channels I subscribe to.

This is one of them

www.youtube.com

New Layout Build

يمكنك الاستمتاع بالفيديوهات والموسيقى التي تحبها وتحميل المحتوى الأصلي ومشاركته بكامله مع أصدقائك وأفراد عائلتك والعالم أجمع على YouTube.
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
jayjaysafc said:
Is there any clubs up this way?
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Sunderland and District Model Railway Society - Model Railway Clubs

Sunderland and District Model Railway Society is based in Tyne and Wear. For more information please use the contact information below.
www.modelrailwayclubs.co.uk www.modelrailwayclubs.co.uk
 
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tonyfromalnwick said:
Hornby are still making the Smokey Joe tank engine
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yea I found it on amazon for £30, looks a bit different to the one I had, I don't remember it having the name in big white text on the side. I maybe wrong though, it's been that long. Probably worthless since they still make it.
 
I built a cracking one for my little lad, electric points the lot.
Build a quarry and everything. Scenery side boards etc.
He wanted more space in his room and with a heavy heart sold it a year ago.
 
Always fancied a layout involving the Londonderry junction that was down Hendon mesell.
PinzaC55 said:
I once had a vague idea of building a model of the Queen Alexandra Bridge in OO gauge. I worked it out from a map and it would be 34 feet long. Even in N gauge it would be 17 feet.
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The QA bridge is the largest lattice work bridge in the world. Just thought I'd hoy that in.
 
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