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Hi Wazrus Yes you are correct it should be Scotch Key or sometimes Dutch Key according Wikipedia. Emergency stops are difficult with loaded trains as you say, it is imperative to keep a sharp lookout ahead especially when multiple trains are operating. We have had the occasional near miss and...

Hi Barry I live in the borough of Pendle which is just north of Burnley, and have had a lifelong involvement with steam hence the online handle. Spent a number of years as ships engineer mostly steam turbine plant, then even more years as boiler inspector around northern U.K. Now retired, best...

Would recommend you don't try and rely on loco brakes when passenger hauling, you need brakes on the riding trucks. Locos would tend to lock up and just slide. Our club passenger trucks have a mechanically operated disc brake on each bogie, if you have 8 to 12 passengers at up to 10mph you need...

Simplex was my first engine and is now 28 years old, admittedly spending the middle 20 years in its storage box. Now running regularly again. Would recommend you fit a pole reverser rather than the screw type as designed, much more user friendly and more prototypical for a shunter. I also...

This is my first loco which I completed in 1989, hence its number. I ran this until about 1993 at the Clitheroe track of Ribble Valley Live Steamers. unfortunately I then dropped out of model engineering until around 2012 when I brought the loco out of storage with the intention of overhauling...