General Discussion

I was out of work (motor industry) from mid march to June ,as like the rest of the world

we closed down.

So we set about decorating / replacing furniture in the spare bedroom at home .

-but all DIY stores were closed

This lead to a opportunity to start building A4 60008 . I ordered parts that i needed

for the project, While I was waiting for them . I thought ,what would happen if I ran

my live steam locos only , would my layout stand up to the job, can the locos

be reliable ,

I tried this for a week , putting about a hour on four of my locos each day.

Only one loco broke the wire between tender and loco, and a broken solder joint

caused a point failure ! . the track had to be cleaned twice a day. and where the locos

stopped in the station had to be cleaned after every run. (this is the furthest away from the controller.). I found that you had to have procedures in place for everything to run smoothly,

or it became frustrating ! It was like running a real railway. The locos had to be cleaned

and maintained as well . I have yet to start that project., but the bedroom is nearly

completed.