I had a blue day today!

I had a blue day today! Not that I am feeling blue as in 'under he weather' or feeling out of sorts but a day, well only an hour, (just in case Mrs. Woody is reading this) Playing operating My Last Great Project Layout. Blue, because, during a tidy up, I rediscovered this Class 37 loco in British Rail corporate blue livery.

Coupled up to a rake of Mk2 Br coaches it looked very smart.

Adding a few other BR blue bits made it into a 'Blue day'!

There is the Class 37, a Class 25 and the Class 101 DMU. 

It is probably about 40 years since you could see a sight like this on the real railway but on a layout you can take that Time Machine back to those times. I like this Blue Day!

You just have to love the sound of a Class 37!

With all that has been going on at WMD HQ just recently I have not had the chance to have a closer look at the Bachmann BR blue Class 37 that arrived some time ago. Well I did get a few minutes today to get it out of the packaging and put it on the track for a closer look and quick run. It looked good in the box but looks even better on the track!

I was particularly impressed by the roof fan detail which is exquisite!

Equally the cab interiors look very detailed too.

However, turning up the power on DC rather than DCC surprised me with the loco coming to life with engine noise! A quick video clip should illustrate this.

You just have to love the sound of a Class 37! Well I do anyway!