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Postage with Rails will certainly be more expensive than Hattons.

I'd say most of their stock was either returned to the manufacturer or else bought in bulk by another retailer as there was very little on sale in the first place after the closure was announced.

To answer my own question. The correct Rails connect decoder is RoS-218.4.2.

Question for anyone running one of these on DCC ? I can switch on the headlights but I can't switch on the cab lights from my NCE Power Cab. Anyone have this problem ? I can switch the cab lights on & off with the wand but not from the handset ?

I got an SR Green one last week from Rails. Ran it in on a rolling road, stuck a Rails connect decoder in it & put it on the layout. It runs fine with no bogie problems that I have noticed. Nice loco at a reasonable price.

Gove the back stabber. A weasel if there ever was one I've been trading with Hattons since the late sixties.

That's very sad to hear. If a company like Hattons can't continue then what hope have other smaller concerns. Been in business a very long time. I was purchasing from them back when they used brown paper & string. I'd say Brexit has screwed them as it has a lot of other British companies. Their website seems to be down at the minute ?

Dream on

Sounds like a fellow whose wife told him to sell off some of his models as she needs a new sofa. "I tried hun but no one would buy them" I wish him luck, lots of it because at that price he's going to need it.

How about here. https://www.petersspares.com/

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Hi Derek. What you could do is put a left hand point where I have marked on the photo. That would eliminate the s bend.

Simple answer, get rid of the S bend. S bends are not a good idea anywhere on a layout.

There are still those who'll try to convince you its all a big conspiracy

I'll take two

He must be saving up for a deposit for a house

Used to be £17 but had increased the last time I looked. Hattond had lots of stuff returned back to them over documentation problems. Probably AnPost again. Brexit has really messed things up for modellers in Ireland.

Is it still £23 with DHL ?

UPS have always been like that, Brexit or not. I avoid them like the plague but got caught this time because Locomotion didn't say they were using them.

Heads up to anyone ordering anything from locomotion Models. When I ordered a loco I paid £20 Delivery only to be charged a further €20 by courier UPS as brokerage fees ?. This brought the Total Carriage price to over £37.50 which is excessive by some margin. If I had known they were using UPS I wouldn't have ordered the item at all. Further I will be ordering no further items from Locomotion Models as long as they continue to use UPS which is a complete rip off. I would find it very surprising that they don't know the type of charges customers face by using UPS & I find it very disappointing that they don't inform their customers that they are using UPS as their couriers. Been caught once but won't get caught again. I did send them an email complaining but didn't get an answer. No surprise there I suppose

How does the Vat work with DHL as its a while since I used DHL & can't remember the arrangement the last time I used them ?

I used DHL for one order & it cost £17. However the DHL price has now gone up to £23 I normally just use Royal Mail signed for & when I get charged the Vat again by AnPost Hattons refund it straight away.

Bloody jobsworth. There always has to be one doesn't there It works fine as long as the value is €150 or less. Over that & you get charged the VAT again even though you have already paid it. However Hattons are very quick to refund the Vat you paid them.

Royal Mail are all over the place. Royal Mail tracking says my package from Hattons is in Milton Keynes. Well news flash to Royal Mail. The package is on my kitchen table in South Kerry

Welcome to the club. I seem to have about 150 too many