Bruce Chubb and Lance Mindheim work for me as well. That and the fact most UK stuff ran like 3 legged dogs, where as blue box Athearn ran like a charm (I had not got to Kato at that time).
This is always an interesting question to answer. I spoke about this recently on the Around the Layout Podcast. We all different paths as to how we get to where we are 👍
Great story! Thanks for taking the time to tell it. Several years ago my job took me to the UK for a couple years where I fell in love with Hornby diesels. Still have them now that I’m back in the States. I’m back to modeling US railroads, but all my track are UK-made Peco. You’ll see on my channel that I also have a shelf switching layout. I’ll never go back to oversized run-in-circles layouts. It’s all about prototypical operations for which you don’t need globs of space. Here’s to Wales. My grand mum and her parents were Pritchard’s from that great country. Look forward to more of your posts! Cheers.
I did wonder whether I'd been looking in the wrong shops. :) Thanks for taking the time to comment. Just taken a look at your channel and envy your ProtoThrottle. Unfortunately they can't supply them to the UK which is a shame.
The throttle is great. Have you reached out to them to see if they have a timeline for international sales? It’s a challenge with model railroading… All the best or newest innovations are hard to get your hands on. We have the same problem here. It took me quite a while to get the UK-made Peco code 83 (American style) turnouts because of inventory issues. You may have to come the the US and grab one to bring home 🤷♂️ Gives you an excuse to look at CSX.
