From Miniature to BIG

Thanks for the thoughts, I had already seen the Stroudley set and as you say it is pretty good value bearing in mind the normal cost of O gauge rolling stock.  And, of course those particular carriages are proto-typical for the Terrier locomotives so they are a perfect fit.  Having said that I would hardly say I'm really into O gauge, the first stuff I ever had were the A3/A4 locos and teak coaches that I bought last year and that was only as they seemed a massive bargain taking into consideration the normal cost of O gauge generally.  Also I just don't have the room for a normal O gauge layout as i already mentioned, so if anything they are likely to be static display models in the short term at least.  Still who knows, I could win the lottery tomorrow for all I know, failing that they are a good investment and something nice to look at regardless

As for the Rapido, I can't say I've seen it and I'm not even sure what model it is, in fact I'll go have a look now out of curiosity.

Ah, ok so it is effectively in Thomas terms a model of 'Toby' and his annoying coaches lol.  I couldn't find it on Rails, but I did find a youtube video (below), the actual running starts around 17 mins into it.

https://youtu.be/PRUSKCQMESA?si=T391w2PqvPpsolFy


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