During testing of layout Ecclesford Junction a big gust of imaginary wind came howling through the town of Ecclesford, causing a tree to topple on to the track, right into the path of an oncoming 2 car Class 158 unit. The result? It was a draw – the tree was destroyed, and the train was derailed straight into a signal!

Here we go again, with another one of my usual farces occuring. This time it’s a VTEC Class 91 and Mk4 set involved. Having not noticed the correct route wasn’t set the train tried going down the wrong track. When I did notice instead of stopping, reversing and reselecting the correct road, I immediately hit the button for the line I wanted, resulting in this mishap!

What did we learn from this? Never make me signalman!

slight mishap occurred with Metro Trains Class 155 DMU as its bogie literally fell off!

Whilst operating ‘Ecclesford Junction’ at the Kendal exhibition on Sat. January 28th, mishap befell me as usual in the form of Metro Trains Class 155 DMU literally losing its bogie mid-journey!

OK , so its bad enough that a bug unit appeared on a steam layout , but there are areas it just can’t go.

The loading gauge is a bit tight, but still the cab shouldn’t do this.