Hello and a BIG thank you to all of you who have subscribed to Piddle In The Marsh. Now when I started putting video up on YouTube it was the idea of my friend John Davies so he and my family could see the layout I was building With John being in Chesterfield and myself in Somerset it was an excellent idea. Never did I expect what was to follow. Unknown to me Uncle Wilmer of Indian Head Valley Railway had seen my layout and gave the channel a shout out on his "Not Bad" series. I wondered what had happened as my phone exploded with notifications of new subscribers saying Wilmer had said it was a good layout from people I didn't know. Then three days later the same thing happened because Vinny at BNSF 6951 did the same thing. My subscribers more than doubled in a week. So thank you Wilmer and Vinny. But it should be a thank you to everyone who has subscribed to my channel and continues to watch the goings on at Piddle In The Marsh. Never did I suspect so many people would be interested in a N Scale model railway. Okay my railway is a little different with the Nudist Camp and the Innuendo place names and the stories that followed but this was a bit of fun amongst family and friends but it seems to be enjoyed around the railway world by so many. This lead to the birth of another Channel "The Innocent Tales of Piddle Folk" which as of today 24th October 2021 has 15 stories on. These started on Twitter and will continue on there when brand new stories happen. The YouTube ones are longer versions of the Twitter ones with a closer look at the layout where the stories are about. This has resulted in Piddle In The Marsh having an Register of Names and addresses so I don't get them wrong. How many model railways have that? So at the end of the video I showed my Ugly Mug and announced a give away of a book for any of my subscribers who would like it. To enter you have to send me 1. Your Name 2. Your Phone Number 3. Send the above details to piddleinthemarsh@gmail.com and the winner will be drawn on the 8th November 2021 and I will contact the winner. This will be done fairly and I will send the book to the other side of the world if that's where the winner lives. YOU MUST BE A PIDDLE IN THE MARSH SUBSCRIBER TO ENTER ! Once again thank you to all who have subscribed to the Madness that is Piddle In The Marsh and good luck to all who enter. Please have a look at the sister channel " The Innocent Tales of Piddle Folk" https://youtube.com/channel/UCVKTMtgEsTRjCNjI55PG1ww ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYem3Gv0T6E

I had a fair bit of interest in my previous motor replacement and was asked to show it in more detail. So here is the step by step of how I remove the old broken Dapol Motor and replace it with a Tramfabriek one. I don't have the equipment to video the job so I have taken a picture a step which hopefully you be able to follow. Tools required are small cross head screw driver tweezers super glue to glue the fly wheels on soldering iron with a pointed tip. Any questions please feel free to ask me. Tramfabriek contact details below www.tramfabriek.nl info@tramfabriek.nl Tramfabriek is actually in the UK and has given excellent service with order being delivered on about three days. The motor is far quieter than the Dapol original and is superior at slow speeds. Mark ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lU56ntstsI