My Model Railway -and a look at possibly the most reliable loco of its time.

[@DigitalFootprintsTheGamer]

Loved the video and what an interesting story, fantastic train as welI ,always like then way to you bring your videos to life with a story about the models it’s great thanks Bernie

[@marksadventures3889]

All very interesting Bernie. Those clamshell cases are hard work. Happy New Year sir.

[@stationmasterschoice-walku1307]

Thanks Mark, and the very same to you. I hope to catch up on your videos soon. There'#s just so many to watch from everyone.

[@royedwards8713]

Hi Bernie great video lovely Loco 😀

[@stationmasterschoice-walku1307]

Thanks Roy. I do like DP2., Really good runner, and I have discovered that it snags on a couple of tiny nouldings when hitting a curve. That can easily be cured if I want to.

[@michaelwhite8031]

Really enjoyed this, and listening to all the information .

[@stationmasterschoice-walku1307]

Glad you enjoyed it, despite the very amateur nature of it.

[@michaelwhite8031]

@stationmasterschoice-walku1307 well you must be doing something right as your channel membership has gone up 😀

[@alantraish3368]

I have Heljan DP2. It goes around R609s ok. Bodyshell on these sit closer to bogies than Bachmann ones.

[@stationmasterschoice-walku1307]

To be honest, I would have expected it to go round third radius curves ok, but it don't. I mght take a closer look another time, but I'm not too worried. it's a great display item and represents a time in railway history.

[@ianmccaughan7121]

Nice one ,Mate 😊

[@stationmasterschoice-walku1307]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dannyvanstraelen3273]

Why we're watching? … because we're always interested what other modelers do, so keep on making video's if you feel like it… I saw you brought track pins, my I give my idea on them, don't buy them anymore. Reason I say this is because with track pins it's very hard to control the pressure on your sleepers, the risk of deforming your track and get derailments later on is very big. It's better to use very fine Philips head screws, as with a screw you can adjust the pressure. Finding the right screw takes a bit of a search, but there are very fine out there, I found a good source in Poland, but I'm sure they will also be available in the UK, as probably they all come from China.

[@stationmasterschoice-walku1307]

Thanks for the comment. Yes, I have been in two minds about track pins. I'll be using underlay on the "public" side of the baseboard, so it might make better sense to loosely pin the track initially until I decide on the final position, and then remove them, glueing the underlay down after marking out.The underlay should keep the track in place then.

[@dannyvanstraelen3273]

@@stationmasterschoice-walku1307 yes, of course once glued in place there is no need for anything. But make sure everything runs smooth before applying any glue, saves you lot of trouble after. On my layout the underground is plywood, than 2 inch hardboard insolation foam (to make raised slopes) and than 4mm cork. A last tip I want to give you, even when track is glue in, there is always a shrinkage- expand factor of the rails, on a short track it's negligible, but on a long track you must calculate in a joint gap in to compensate this.

[@stationmasterschoice-walku1307]

@@dannyvanstraelen3273 Thanks for the tip. I had calclated possibly 2 expansion gaps in the circuit as it will be about 13feet of running rail. Fingers crossed it all comes together ok. Time alone willtell. Thanks for your feedback.