After about two weeks of use, my new Hornby Advanced Passenger Train started to develop a really annoying high pitch squeak. It started out…
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Moving the capacitors in the new Hornby APT coaches to the gangway above the bogie can cause the coaches to derail. While testing both the…
Watch the all new Hornby APT full length train run with just one powered NDM. This APT is running with a single motorized Non-Driving car…
Watch the all new Hornby APT full length 14 car train run at maximum speed with dual motorized Non-Driving Motor cars during this high…
See how to swap the body shells between APT Non-Driving Motor or NDMs. If you purchased multiple extra NDMs, this is a helpful guide as you…
Out of the box the new Hornby APT Non-Driving Motors will not connect together. The NDM Sc49003 from the R3873 APT 5-Car pack and NDM…
Watch the new Hornby APT running in a full 14-car formation. This video includes the requested running shots with dimmed room lights. This…
In this video we take a look at the new Hornby Advanced Passenger Train Class 370 APT 5 car pack R3873. This pack includes two Driving…
In this video I relocate the 1000uF capacitor on the new Hornby APT coaches from a window seat to the gangway between the coaches where its…
We continue our 100 days of Hornby with one of the latest examples of the Class 31 A1A-A1A Diesel Electric Locomotive. Prior to TOPS, they…
The APT-E was an experimental prototype Advanced Passenger Train powered by gas turbines and tilting technology. Constructed in 1970, it…
This week there are two Class 370 or APT-P Non-Driving Motor Units at the Loco Works. These are two newly acquired second hand units both…
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…
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…
This video from oorail.com continues the Hornby Advanced Passenger Train (APT-P) restoration project. In this video I do a quick recap on…
This video from oorail.com looks at the British Rail Class 110 Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU. The Class 110 was a 3-car DMU that operated…
In this video from oorail.com we take a look at the newly released Heljan Class 05 Hunslet shunter. This version is in BR Green livery with…
This video from oorail.com is the second part of a series looking at various options for modeling British Rail's Motorail service. In this…
This video from oorail.com is the first part of a series looking at various options for modeling British Rail's Motorail service. The…
This video from oorail.com shows you how to open and perform basic maintenance to the Bachmann Class 04 Diesel-Electric Shunter. It is very…
