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I'd take the Murphy Plank wagons if they are still available.

Who doesn't love a Baureihe 151. Still see them knocking about in private operator liveries.

Hi Tony. They are still available in 00 from Marks direct: https://www.marksmodels.com/?pid=49827

Nice one. I'll take the silver and green ones and can't say no to that MV either. Speaking for me personally I like the scale of the release. Three locos in my chosen eras won't break the bank. No FOMO.

Ah that is gorgeous.

I suspect used Silverfox ones will suddenly become more widely available at low prices now

I'll be in for silver and green ones and probably the last survivor of the MVs, 106 I think it was. Anyone have any photos of MVs visiting Inchicore after painting in NIR livery?

The young lad didn't want to go to college anyway

Oh God

I won't be able to run mine as I suspect it will be impossible to convert sympathetically to 21mm but you've just got to support this venture. Mine will be displayed int he case Can't wait.

The weathering does look well done on that stuff.

Not sure if the lights really did dim on startup. Here a failed start, cold and finally warm start:

Interesting discussion. I ask because the Class 20 sound project I am using for my Hunslet has cab door opening and closing sounds. If the driver stays inside the loco, there's no need to play those when changing ends. Has anyone got a video of the fan spinning up and down under an IRM decoder? My project just starts the fan quite abrubtly. I wonder what an original decoder has it do.

Excellent information. The lighting on a lot of our models tends to flip over instantly when the direction is changed but in reality it would have taken at least the time the driver would have needed to walk to the other cab. Does anyone know if the rad fan was driven mechanically or (also?) electrically? I am assuming it would have been able to stay running or even start running after engine shutdown after a hard run? When changing ends in a Hunslet, did the driver walk through the engine compartment or externally?

Looking at that control panel (thanks for uploading!) and assuming there's a matching panel in the other cab, then the marker lights are set in cab 1 or end 1 and cab 2 for end 2. There is only one switch for each colour. It's presumably possible to have (albeit incorrectly) all the white and red marker lights on on both ends simultaneously. The driver needs to manually check that they have switched the unneeded ones off, as well as switching the needed ones on. It's not a case of "turn on end 1 white lights and end 2 white lights will extinguish". There is no remote control of the marker lights at the other end. The driver needs to walk to the control panel at the other end to set the marker lights at that end. That's what I would assume looking at the control panel pictured. Anyone know any better? Edit: Was the Baby GM running light engine at the open day?