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    Supporting Science for High School Kids

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    Agree with much of the above.

    I work in the Community Rail Sector - one of the tenets of this is to bring Rail together with the Communities it serves - rail safety and education with younger folk is certainly one of the big areas that CR participates in.

    I tried working with some 'additional needs' kids at a local Academy a while ago and took a Thomas train set and a box of track items in with me. The maths and science teachers quickly cottoned on with the range of activities and discussion topics that could be had with a simple train set.

    In particular the group I took was employing practical geometry without initially knowing it - it was quickly realised by the participants that diameters, parallels, gradients and radii etc are an inherent part in planning and creating a model railway - especially if you want the tracks to join together properly to make a double track enclosed route (eg an extended oval). 

    There are efforts to bring trains to the fore as a sustainable form of transport and increasingly one at the centre of wellbeing through station adoption and volunteering. The Rail Education Network has been discussing a new badge with the Scout movement - pilot scheme at the moment - I can see an opportunity to raise an interest in model railways as part of this too - watch this space.

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    Playtrains Controller R7330 availability (or not...)

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    I've been looking for a supplementary Playtrains R7330 controller but to no avail - out of stock everywhere I've Googled...

    I even came across a posting purporting to say that the controller has been discontinued(!)

    As supplemental train packs (eg Bolt and Thunder) require the separate purchase of a controller (to avoid sibling squabbles and potentially WW3) does anyone know what the future holds for the Playtrains controller as a separate purchase?

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