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'N' Scale Layout - British Diesel

Track:

All N gauge Peco code 80 track. The layout is DC with section block switches.  All turnouts are Peco electrofrog.

Locomotives:

I'm a big fan of Graham Farish locomotives.  This includes the new made-in-China models as well as the older UK produced models.

Rolling Stock:

My favourite vendor for rolling stock is Graham Farish, followed closely by Dapol and then Peco.  I have never had much luck with the plastic wheels on Peco rolling stock so that is why I rate them low.  Changing the wheels to Graham Farish metal ones fixes a lot of problems (generally all you need to do is file the hub points down a little and they slide right into the Peco chassis).  I haven't had enough Lima stuff to comment on them, although the wagon I do have seems grossly over-sized.
  • 4 x Graham Farish 16t BR Mineral Wagons;
  • 1 x Graham Farish 24t Box Mineral Wagon;
  • 1 x Graham Farish 29t box van;
  • 2 x Peco Box Vans BR Express Parcels;
  • 3 x 7 plank kit wagons (labelled Woolcombers Limited);
  • 5 x Dapol Siphon Vans (GWR and BR, G and H);
  • 1 x Peco Brake Van;
  • 1 x Peco BR White Fish Van;
  • 2 x Dapol BR Express Parcels Vans (NB-068A and NB-068B);
  • 1 x Graham Farish Brake Van (grey);
  • 2 x Graham Farish 29t VBA Box Vans in Railfreight Livery;
  • 1 x Peco Box Van in Railfreight Livery;
  • 1 x Lima 16t BR Mineral Wagon;
  • 1 x Graham Farish 100t Tanker (Shell/BP);
  • 2 x Dapol BR Engineers: Barrowhill MPD (NB-069A and NB-069B).