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Oil Train!! Yeehaaa!!!!


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Hackney (the model) is (like the reality) on a very busy route for cross-London freight trains.     With the oil terminal at Thames Haven as well as other local facilities, there's a need for a few fuel tanks.   This is a selection set up especially for a mate who sold a few tanks to me, so I promised a photo when the baseboards were erected.      All in the foreground are Bachmann models of Esso and Tarmac liveries, most with Sprat & Winkle couplings.   In the background there's a short train of Shell-BP tanks approaching, some of which are old Peco Wonderful Wagon kits with upgraded wheels and repaints, though with transfers yet to complete.      

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How do you get on with the S&Ws? So far so good for me but interested to hear how others do..

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Not too bad overall - but the couplings can bend easily, so occasional tweaks are needed.     I DON'T like the principle of removing a chunk of the buffer beam for a hook,    I've seen others that have a simple wire fixed under the opposite axle with a loop bent down for the magnet and simple bent hook for coupling .   i'm tempted to try them as there's less butchery it seems.

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