Steve: Your outdoor day looks like great fun...the Standard Gauge is gorgeous, maybe an outside loop will give me a chance to run mine. I have been unable due to space to run any of it inside in quite a few years.
Gerry, you commented on the sparks from your std gauge set setting my "hay wagon" on fire...reminded me of the first time I put Std Gauge around the Christmas tree many years ago and the sparks shot out under the driver wheels (as per usual) and it so scared my two boys (5 and 7 in those days) that they refused to run the train!! (PS they got over it !).
Fatman you are amazing, the finds you come up with are just beyond belief. The Hofler elevator train was fabulous. I had to call my entire family over to the lap top to watch the "You Tube" video. What a hoot!! The two clockwork electric engines and carriages from your Dutch contact are equally fantastic. I have been trying to locate one of those "B-B" electric engines by Hornby for awhile but the ones I see are so expensive, plus shipping from UK nearly doubles the price...oh well its the hunt that counts right!.
Best wishes everyone
Don
