I'm not interested in trains as such but LEGO trains opens up a whole different world to build. It started, in 1996, when I bought 4564 "Freight Express" for half price. I quickly added some extra track and 4537 "Octan Twin Tank Rail Tanker ", and also built my first train MOC's, "engine1" being the only one I'm still happy to display.

Things were fairlly dormant for a few years untill I attended the "South Coast Lego Fest", SCLF, and at the same time LEGO released the first M-O-T sets. Filled with enthusiasm I built my own version of a M-O-T engine, "loco1". I then bought a small engine with tender and also 3225 "Classic Train" from Busy Bee, 3225 was a great way to get a train motor and a selection of train related parts, wheels, couplers etc.

I managed to make a brief visit to "Thames Valley Lego Fest 2001", TVLF 2001, with a few MOC's and this also rekindled my enthusiasm leading to a major order, for me, from LEGO shop-at-home adding a large engine and tender plus a selection of train wagons, parts, and a Metroliner kit. Since then I've made a few wagon MOC's and my first large building, a Victorian water tank.

I have built a number of train MOC's listed below:

0-6-0ST	0-6-0 Saddle Tank steam engine inspired by a picture in a Hornby catalogue. Briefly seen at TVLF 2001
hopper	my version of the LEGO "Blue Hopper Car" (4536), everybody seems to have a version of this, mine is non-operative and a closed version Briefly seen at TVLF 2001
guards	GWR era guards van based on an actual wagon seen in the Steam museum Swindon, some details added to releive the solid sides Briefly seen at TVLF 2001
508.5	half of 10017, enough said really
water-twr	Victorian era water tower based on a photograph of a Water Tower in Savernake
loco1	before I got a MOT engine I made my own approximation to the engine, notable differences being the use of 2x2x3 slopes. Briefly seen at TVLF 2001
engine1	diesel engine based on 4564, built in 1998. No longer built up.

An inventory of my train related sets/parts is: