Just catching up. Nice to get those lines done. Excellent work as usual John 👍

Hi John, Success I got to the end and must say your trains are running supebly well good luck with the wall alterations and nice to see Locomotion No 1 running I think Hornby should have fitted a stay alive in as standard as she was always going to have problems what do you think? Keep well and take things easy as you can we can all wait. Cheers Robert.

Good afternoon John! You, my friend, are gonna end up costing me a fortune! Lol! I love that Caroline coach, and can definitely see a BR Blue / Grey one in my future! Locomotion also holds a special place in my heart after visiting Beamish open air museum as a child, and riding behind a replica of it! I don't think it squeaked, but it made a some great sounds!!! I still have some of my old OO stock, so could definitely see one of them in my future too! Replacing the insulfrog points was a good idea, even if the frog isn't powered, longer wheelbase locos tend to like them better! Right, I'm off to hide my wallet and hope I don't land on any tempting websites as I've already spent too much this month! :) All the best, Ian.

Hi John, I am trying to watch this all through but YT keep putting very long (55sec or so) adds in and I just click off but I will get there but just getting the video from the train show I went to on Sunday edited and up but had trouble with that also never mind. What I have seen of this what can now be modelled in n gauge is unbelivable and the decoder fitting all fitting of these should be this simple. Will come back at some stage keep well and modelling. Cheers Robert.

Great video! I am just embarking on adding some lighting to my coaches, and put some figures inside. You have inspired me to do a more detailed make over of the full interior!! 😊

Nice video John. Do like the mini Caroline and agree about locomotion, there is something mesmerising seeing it move. Susannah

Hi John, excellent update, I really like the inspection saloon and lovely detail too. Good idea to replace the Insulfrogs, i know that will improve the running greatly. I always find trains decide to something as soon as you start filming even if you’ve had them running perfectly for ages, crikey who’d build a model railway and film it for KZbin, they must be mad!!!!😂 Cheers John, John

Have you tried Lendons of Cardiff for the motor? Or New Railway Modelers?

Pity about the pecket. Such a nice looking loco. You say you have 3 options with it. There is a fourth option. You could sell it and buy another one that works.

Very good and interesting, the old style Loco reminded me of my grand mothers knitting machine but as you say relaxing, All the best John.

John, very entertaining and interesting. You gave a lot going on as always. Thanks for the video. Regards, Stephen.

Evening John - those 4 tracks down the back really look good - even without the ballast etc. The inspection salon is up to Revolution high standards without a doubt. The decision to remove the insulfrogs and replace will pay dividends. Can feel your pain when filming and a loco just stops. Many thanks for dropping into the live stream earlier. Take care. Cheers Euan

Hi John wonderful video as always l think the N gauge coach looks the same if not better than the 00 one which is a surprise N gauge has come on so much. All the best Colin from Mossend.

Hi John…. Hope you are well. I have just picked up ‘Locomotion’ and like you I think it’s a really nice model. Watching the mechanism doing its thing is just mesmerising. I agree it needs a stay alive. In my opinion, for what it’s worth, Hornby have done a good job on their Era 1 locomotives recently. See you soon matey 🤗 Steve 👍👍👍

I`ll for give this time John on the squeaks. Super update John .

John for your new viaduct issue around platform 13/14 as you already have a viaduct! Why don’t you do a similar viaduct a little like castlefield viaducts on the exit from the old GMEX manchester central ???

Hello John 2 very nice models, especially Caroline inspection coach. I really like the LED lighting it makes a nice effect. Deano

Revolution do constantly produce quality detailed models. That is why they exist of course but nonetheless meaning to do a thing and actually doing it are two quite different things. Caroline is simply the wrong period for me but it looks a lovely model. That all bodes well for the 1938 stock. A lovely mixture of things this evening John, and you do have plenty going on. If the dear little souls leave you with any energy over the coming weeks it will be good to see progress in future videos. Stephen

put the Dalek in a video please, 👍

Great video there John. I admire your courage and patience to take all the scenery off and reroute the track. Certainly was worthwhile and very effective. Hope you have a great 2025 and look forward to watching your progress this year. Roy.

Hello John, what a transformation having 4 tracks instead of the 3. its looks for better and prototypical. you must be pleased with your efforts this week. great stuff. all the very best for 2025. cheer's Tony.

Hi John happy new year to you. Exciting times, 4 tracks very good. Glad you didn't have too many issues and you can crack on. Looks great with the trains running cheers Andy

Great upgrade to your layout. It'll seem so much busier now with all that extra traffic !

Hi John. Great work, a definite improvement. I look forward to the next installment. Pete.

Great exciting plans that you have for Piccadilly, John. There'll always be compromises and trade-offs when building a model railway layout. I found that true when I was doing the same thing 50 years. Happy New Year to you, John from Bill and Janet in California.

Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

I know this is a long way down the line (unintended pun) but just in case you hadn’t thought of a workaround; for running push on DCC, you could just wire in a very simple two position switch and hide it in one of the separately-fitted parts on the undercarriage- to the point where you’d just have the stump of the switch sticking out. Wire it in series with the LEDs you want to turn off and just have that switch switched in push mode. As I say, just a thought. It’s sometimes the simplest of ideas that evade us the most, well. they usually evade me unless it’s for someone else :)

Happy new year John, love your vids but the last two have a weird colour on them, purple and green everywhere? Hopefully it’s not too much of an issue to fix for you on future ones but they are very different to your older ones.

I am watching this again in Tampa, Florida John. Always interesting. I had challenges forming the roof for the electrical panels, maybe I didn’t define the peak enough. Not to worry as they still look tge part. Very informative Video John. Stay dry and warm

Hey John …. Great job. Four tracks up and running and looking very good indeed. All the best for 2025 Steve 👍👍👍

Hey John …. Great job. Four tracks up and running and looking very good indeed. All the best for 2025 👍 Steve 👍👍👍

Fours trains running, sounds like a great name for a band. Excellent.

Hi John, Its great you are using your time off to such good effect so well done its nice that your troublsome points over the years are now history bring on the running like in this. Cheers Robert.

Good morning John! Wow! That was a tremendous amount of work! It's certainly paid off though, as being able to run four trains simultaneously is an excellent result! Well done Sir! All the best, Ian.

Love the update, John. Will have to go back and see your previous video. If it's like all of the videos we have viewed in the last three years , we won't be disappointed. Happy New Year from across the pond, Bill and Janet from California.

Hello John, Wow, that's made a huge difference, Really like the idea of having removable scenery and a great tip using a mini spirt level on your track work. 👍👍👍

Hi John it's just good to see four fast trains on a main line ,looking forward to seeing you tidying up a bit its going to be very good. All the best Colin from Mossend.

I thought that I'd done well cleaning my test track and the pickups on my new train! You will have so much fun with the new track arrangement. Time well spent. Regards, Stephen.

4 trains! Let's go ;) Great upgrade - that's the power of youtube!

Really good to see four trains running John. It must have been annoying to get the short especially as it takes some finding, but thank heavens you did. I did think you were testing the modelling gods by saying so far no issues, and sure enough the Class 90 shed its train. These things must be said sotto voce, if at all and with both fingers crossed. If you do that they can't hear apparently. I did like to be reminded also of the great street scene at what would be the back of Piccadilly. It really looked good. Stephen

Should have called this Making Tracks 4! Looks good, nice track modification to make and hopefully better running as a result.

Hi John, well done, great work and with a short to find too!🤯🤬. I can’t wait to to have four tracks down and four trains running, hoping to make a start this week! Cheers for now John, John

I think I've seen the area go through three other re-orderings, but John you have done it this time, what a transformation. Putting the Picadilly back into Manchester? Not sure about that, but somehow the four tracks have really made the layout. Now you've done this it seems so obvious, but it really goes to show how years of experiment and planning have borne fruit. You will be having a great 2025 with this major rethink.

Hi John , excellent bit of track reconfiguration. Removing the points under the tunnels and hillsides will make life a whole lot easier. Great seeing 4 trains running simultaneously along the back of the layout. Very sensible to leave the scenery off for a while to check all is well with the track. Cheers Euan

Awesome update John!!! Well rebuild! Many thanks for sharing. Cheers Onno.

Amazing transformation in the way you can run your layout, hopefully the clean run round the back gives you trouble free running as a bonus, an excellent start to your modelling year.

I think your courage has paid dividends, John. A lot of train watching enjoyment is upon you. It's great John and well worth the effort!

amazed such reworking on a working layout is even possible, never mind that its attempted, very nicely done

A great video! It really shows how you planned out the project, and carried out its execution with four trains all running round, and once again all in a relatively short space of time. Happy new year, and great video to start the new year off!

Hi John just wonderful you are a true modeller not just buy and Plonk it on the layout, l have found out myself by looking at modellers like you and there is not that many out there and it's cheaper to do it yourself win win. I have learned lots from you with my N gauge to now my 00 gauge layout. I had to say thank you, some people just take but don't give back, hope you don't think this is a bit creepy but credit where it's due and I hope you have a good 2025 ,All the best Colin from Mossend railway oo.