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This is the second part in a three part series from oorail.com on introducing kids to model railways. Train sets are the focus for part…

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InterCity 225 Mk 4 Coaches and DVT Repair
25 NOV 2015 · How To

InterCity 225 Mk 4 Coaches and DVT Repair

This week we are fixing a wheel set problem with InterCity 225 Mk 4 coaches and Peco points. In this video we also improve the running of…

Last Week in Model Railways #3 - November 21st 2015
21 NOV 2015 · Video

Last Week in Model Railways #3 - November 21st 2015

Last Week in Model Railways brought to you by oorail.com. Every Saturday we release a new episode of this show bringing you some of the…

Lima GWR King George V Enhancement
17 NOV 2015 · How To

Lima GWR King George V Enhancement

his week we have a very special locomotive - GWR 6000 Class King George V in the Loco Works. This is the old Lima model in Great Western…

Last Week in Model Railways #2 - November 14th 2015
14 NOV 2015 · Video

Last Week in Model Railways #2 - November 14th 2015

Last Week in Model Railways brought to you by oorail.com. This is the second episode in a new series where I recap some of the highlights…

4-6-0 King George V 6000 Class
13 NOV 2015 · Steam Locomotives

4-6-0 King George V 6000 Class

This video from oorail.com shows our latest arrival to Chippenham Junction the 4-6-0 'King George V' 6000 Class. This is just a quick…

Loco Detailing and Minor Repairs
11 NOV 2015 · How To

Loco Detailing and Minor Repairs

This week several locomotives and some freight rolling stock are at the Loco Works for some maintenance. 20128 is in for a buffer repair…

Last Week in Model Railways #1 - November 7th 2015
7 NOV 2015 · Video

Last Week in Model Railways #1 - November 7th 2015

Last Week in Model Railways brought to you by oorail.com. This is the very first episode in a new series where I recap some of the…

Southern 933 Smoke Generators and more...
3 NOV 2015 · How To

Southern 933 Smoke Generators and more...

This week Southern Schools V Class 933 is at the Loco Works for some maintenance and we also take a look at the smoke generator. This…

British Rail Mk2E coaches in Inter-City livery by Hornby
2 NOV 2015 · Layout Updates

British Rail Mk2E coaches in Inter-City livery by Hornby

This video from oorail.com takes a look at the new British Rail Mk2E coaches in Inter-City livery from Hornby. The video shows a small rake…

How to weather track quickly
1 NOV 2015 · Scenery

How to weather track quickly

This video from oorail.com shows a technique for weathering large sections of track very quickly. In the video we demonstrate the technique…

Hornby APT Restoration Project Update
1 NOV 2015 · How To

Hornby APT Restoration Project Update

This video from oorail.com continues the Hornby Advanced Passenger Train (APT-P) restoration project. In this video I do a quick recap on…

How to Quarter a steam loco
28 OCT 2015 · How To

How to Quarter a steam loco

Another oorail.com Loco Works Wednesday video, this week I show you how to quarter a steam locomotive. 67610 is a Class V1 locomotive from…

Hornby Class O1 - 63663 Smokebox Handle Repair
26 OCT 2015 · How To

Hornby Class O1 - 63663 Smokebox Handle Repair

This video from oorail.com shows the problem with the packaging Hornby have used to ship their new Class O1 2-8-0 steam locomotive. The…

Beyer Garratt 2-6-0 0-6-2 Model Railway Running Session
24 OCT 2015 · Steam Locomotives

Beyer Garratt 2-6-0 0-6-2 Model Railway Running Session

This running session video from oorail.com features 47981 a 2-6-0 0-6-2 Beyer Garratt hauling over 30 wagons around the layout. The session…

Wrenn 0-6-0T Steam Locomotive - Esso #38 SECR/SR Class R1
22 OCT 2015 · Steam Locomotives

Wrenn 0-6-0T Steam Locomotive - Esso #38 SECR/SR Class R1

This video from oorail.com features one of my very first locomotives. It is a Wrenn 0-6-0 tank engine in private owner Esso livery number…

Power Station Project - Part 2
22 OCT 2015 · Layout Updates

Power Station Project - Part 2

This is the second part of a new power station project for the oorail layout. In this video we show you the painted chimney and explain the…

48739 - Hornby 8F Repair
20 OCT 2015 · How To

48739 - Hornby 8F Repair

48739 - 8F Steam Locomotive is at the works for Wednesday October 21st 2015. This 8F is from Hornby and was introduced for 2005 and 2006…

Power Station Project - Part 1
17 OCT 2015 · Layout Updates

Power Station Project - Part 1

This is the first part of a new power station project for the oorail layout. In this video we'll look at power station cooling towers and…

Layout Update - October 2015
13 OCT 2015 · Layout Updates

Layout Update - October 2015

This video from oorail.com shows the progress made so far during October 2015. Projects for October include installing the ID backscenes…