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I have cleared out a lot of my bedroom and now have a shelf measuring 4'8" x 9". I was hoping to build a small OO gauge scene on it (non-operational, since inserting a fiddle yard would be nigh on impossible.) So I was thinking of doing a carefully detailed urban thing, a single line with part...

It just occured to me - having already ballasted a fair bit of my layout :evil: - that I haven't got a clue where I need to put wires in. I have attached a plan to this message. I have two controllers... I was hoping one could control the loop, station run around loop and engineer's yard. But...

Just a quick question, what exactly is a virtual quarry? I've heard of them being at rail yards, and I'm told there's one a Tyne yard. But I thought Tyne yard was just for marshalling and holding trains - is stuff actually loaded at a virtual quarry?

I'm trying to run a game I've installed, and when I click on the icon to launch it on my desktop it says that "A required security module cannot be activated. This program cannot be executed." I'm told that this is probably because I have some kind of emulator or security program running, and...

I picked this up cheap second-hand a bit ago and I was only just now wondering if I could actually use it. I've never seen one before - did it ever actually run in Britain, or was it American or European or something? (There's some German writing on the underframe) Is there any way I could use...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15031606 I was under the impression that this had been considered but disregarded...does anyone know anything more? Perhaps Nexus would use the Blyth and Tyne, Leamside and similar disused routes?

Just in case anyone on here plays this......I'm having some woe on it. two things: a) the tackle/pressure button seems ineffective, with tackles not being made and players flying in and getting simply darted past b) players send passes in random places, presumably because i just hit the pass...

I'm in a band doing a lot of Avenged Sevenfold covers and I'm supposed to be doing backing vocals, which involves lots of harmonies. But I can't actucally hear what the backing vocal harmonies are on many songs. I can hear the lead vocals notes, so how can I use that to work out the harmony...

I had this idea.....I'm building an 8'x4' layout and I really cannot be bothered to be constantly picking up stock, having to decouple it for removal then spending ages rerailing it, etc. On the non-scenic part of the layout there is about 4ft of straight double-track, as long as the longest...

I was at an exhibition the other day and there were some Class 108 body shells in OO Gauge for sale. I'm going to need some DMUs at some point, so rather than spending a lot of money on ready to run DMUs, I was wondering if you can buy a body shell, then sort of add wheels and a motor and stuff...

I've heard an interesting difference of opinions concerning the aesthetics of the Class 70 locomotives since they arrived on these shores. I just couldn't resist asking a simple question: Class 70's - love 'em or hate 'em?

I've just got a model in OO gauge of a Red Star parcels van (picture of the model [not mine] attched). did these vans ever actually exist in real life? if so, where/ when were they used?

I hear that Network Rail are planning a new engineering facility in my hometown gateshead (gonna be chuffed if it goes ahead <:D) the regional news gave very little information....so does anyone know what this is facility is supposed to be? and what sort of operations/ stock will probably be seen?

I am trying to build up a knowledge of vanished railways in my area, since I'm hoping to model of it. I have found no maps showing all lines now gone, so I have tried to create one myself after reading a couple of books. There will be people with much more knowledege of Tyneside's railways than...

Does anyone know what reaches of the network the Class 70s have reached yet? I could have sworn I saw one pulling out of Tyne Yard the other day, although it was (literally) a mile away. Am I just seeing a 66 in Freightliner colours or something?

I'm building a layout set in the 1970s/80s in the North East. I only have 8'x4' so it's not very big at all, just a two-track branch with a station and small yard. I have a couple of questions - I know many members will actually remember what the railways were like then - so: For passenger...

This is sort of urgent so if nothing happens in about 10 minutes it doesn't matter. I am completely stuck over this ionic bonding, I need to know what happens when: 1. two atoms, each with one electron in their outer shell (not hydrogen!), bond - where do the electrons end up? 2. an atom...

This started in the voting for Photo of the Week 535, where I questioned the use of photo: http://www.railforums.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=227&pid=2439#top_display_media and unitentionally started a mini moral debate. Obviously, said poll was not the ideal place, so it can continue...

This is probably a stupid question :oops:, I'm pretty much a novice to the subject, but is there any way to get rid of motion blur from photos I've taken? (I'm assuming probably not). Also, how can I stop it in the first place? I have taken various photos of trains going at high speed from close...

I don't think this has been done before (apologies if it has). The idea is to post a picture of a freight facility, yard or sidings on Network rail metals in Britain. Then other users take guesses, and whoever gets the answer right gets to post the next photo, etc. What can be used.....any...