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Also, ... I'd find the following Train sets attractive. BR Green 08 shunting freight setBR/GCR "Starlight Special" set. - Early 1950s A3/GNR tender with matching BR Mk1 coaches based on the GC "Starlight special" service (same as existing A4 set but with different loco) The A4 is a lovely model but the early BR A3 with GNR tender is stunning and an A4 doesn't match the Midlands area I'd model. Nor, sadly do the Pullmans, more rooted in ECML.

I don't know if it's an illusion of the camera angles, but the sleeper ends on the track in the photographs look a bit short to me (maybe a scale foot at each end??) -- There's a photo on this page of sleepers from a similar "height" -- https://balfourbeatty.com/expertise/rail-engineering/design-and-construction/track-supplies/railway-sleepers-and-timbers/

Thanks for the information Guys :)

It looks from the few available photos that the tender locos might be loco rather than tender drive but some photos show what look like traction tyres. The S.K. interview seemed a bit ambiguous as to whether production will definitely go ahead without traction tyres. Has it been fully confirmed yet whether... a ) All final production release tender locos are loco or tender drive? b ) Final production version tender locos have traction tyres or not? I really don't want either tender drive or traction tyres. Have a few decades experience with both in 00. It would be really handy for the advertising spec for each product to make these features clear.

I've hesitated putting an order in for a Christmas set. Mainly due to lack of certainty re: tender drive and traction tyres (I really don't want either after experiences in 00!). The sets look to be superb value and the Pullmans absolutely excellent models but I'd really prefer an BR A3 with a GNR tender, no deflectors and Maroon Mk1s as a first set. If I bought the A1 set and Pullmans I'd have to look around to sell the coaches r do a swap for Mk1s. I love the look of the A4 but it's not really in the area I'd want to model. Ironically, lack of coach lights really wouldn't bother me at all. It's always going to be hard to please everyone re: train sets. A better bet might have been to include a plain BR green 08 and a selection of freight wagons as a useful starter set. Will have a rethink when there's more solid confirmation as to what's going to be in the box loco-transmission wise. Ambiguity about what's going to be supplied isn't a good idea when a product is being launched. What you're getting should be crystal clear from the get-go.

LNER V2 LNER K2 Poss a small tank engine such as a J72 BR 03 0-6-0 - diesel Gresley coaches (teak or not. Maroon or blood/custard ok) Maybe at a later date an 04 or 01 2-8-0