Heljan O gauge Western Champion on Filverstone bridge

All the footage appearing recently of D1015 at the SVR diesel gala has got me a bit jealous so while I spent the day in the garden weeding, raking and sweeping I put my own ‘Champ’ on charge and then in the low sun went for a run down the spiral to the bridge and back…and then back down for another couple of trips…
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[@iamthereforeimustbe]

Looks excellent ❤

[@fildowns]

Well three years after its first appearance on KZbin and I STILL haven't installed the engine room window 'theatres' or a driver 🙄

[@Wharferine]

Nice!

[@musoseven8218]

Hi Philip, Is this all dead rail? Impressive running - love the spiral idea - that's neat engineering 👍✌️😊💜 What system are you using now, I can't keep up✌️👍💜😊😀😀

[@fildowns]

Hi Yes I haven't had powered 0 track for 20 years now! This is my 4th (and final!) garden layout...I'm only about a third of the way round so far... This Western had a Fosworks receiver at the time...it now has a Pro Mini Air (was Tam Valley) as I'm using Fosworks in all my metal steam locos as they have the best range by far (can bury them in metal tenders in amongst the cells and still work fine) and also I generally want a lot more functions from diesels so use an Rx that allows control from more conventional DCC controllers. Thanks, as ever, for your interest!

[@lj03oem]

Hi Philip,its the first Western that sounds right,may i ask what speaker/s did you use and where did you place them? Excellent video by the way

[@fildowns]

Hi Sean sorry only just seen your question….why don’t I get a notification about these I wonder? Anyway, it’s a 40mm speaker (long, flat enclosure) in the tank and an iPhone speaker at each end. The latter really help with the definition. Thanks for your interest.

[@lj03oem]

Thanks Philip,much appreciated.