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Old 18th March 2011, 18:01
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One of the members of the Belper Model Group had a DCC sound fitted (Olivia's Trains Chip) 70 running on Wedneday Night on Hornby Sectional Track. Performed Faultless. Sound was impressive. Slow speed running amazing!

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Old 18th March 2011, 20:32
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bachmann class 70's are proving to be more reliable than the real life class 70's
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Can agree with you there........
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Can agree with you there........
but just in case:
when i take my class 70 to my local railway club i always take a hornby class 66 because u never know what might happen
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bachmann class 70's are proving to be more reliable than the real life class 70's

Isn't this the case with Bachmann their loco's always seem to run better than Hornby at equal ages
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Isn't this the case with Bachmann their loco's always seem to run better than Hornby at equal ages
i agree with you there
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but just in case:
when i take my class 70 to my local railway club i always take a hornby class 66 because u never know what might happen
Yes!! its always handy to have stand by class "66" on hand.........
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I'm just waiting for the 4VEP to be released by Hornby, will run it in multiple with my Bachmman 4CEP.
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70012

you know 70012 was dropped and broke???
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i wonder if bachmann will bring out 70012 after it was dropped
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who would like to see that happen???
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