so this is what heaven looks like..

this is one of the best model railroads i think ive ever seen

Absolutely stunning

Hump shunting with Hornby Dublo? Now I've seen everything. But you prove that the Dublo coupling system DID work - and I've seen your other videos on coupler maintenance, and that is the key. Such a great layout, it totally captures the look of the era when Dublo was king. You know, most of us as kids had a loop of track, couple of sidings, maybe a building or two...but what we SAW in our imaginations... is what you have built here.

Brilliant. Just shows how good Dublo 3-rail can be when it's set up properly.

Good one Ronald. And thanks for all your utube videos which I thoroughly enjoy.

My HD horror story ---
I grew up in Montreal in the 1950's and I got the CPR freight set for Christmas. When we returned to Britain, I decided to convert my CPR loco back to a Duchess by sawing off the cow catcher and painting it LMS scarlet. Made a complete mess of it! I also tried to convert the CPR caboose back to a guards wagon and made a complete mess of that as well!

Happyish ending --
Many years later after leaving home, I heard this strange noise at a model train expedition reminiscent of something in my deep emotions! Searching for the source, I came across a 3 rail HD set up. The noise that had taken me back to my childhood was the metal wheels on the tin plate track! Glorious sound!
Started collecting 3 rail HD and thoroughly enjoy running them with my grandchildren. I used to let them run my modern trains, but these are not really made for children's hands so I now let them run my treasured HD. Tough stuff that has lasted over 70 years or so!
Cheers and Rock On Ronald!

The smooth action of your uncoupling is amazing,  thourghly enjoyed the running.

Very nice

Excellent to see this Ron, I'm building a hump shunting area on my vintage Tri-ang Super 4 layout and have watched your previous hump shunting video to learn from your setup. Superb to observe all the movements on your layout, great video. Best regards to you

Ron, another splendid video - thanks for showing this.

Superb layout,  Ron.

one of the most beautiful layouts I've ever seen. Understated simplicity with clearly a very appreciative eye for model railway history and functional operation. simply marvellous.

Great to see your Hornby Dublo models  Ron and most in such excellent condition.

I enjoyed watching that as much as you did making it 😁

Simply an amazing layout and lovely music as well.

Wonderful demonstration of your layouts capabilities, everything just runs so smoothly.

Hours and hours of pleasure, it's great to see the shunt shunting operation fully and to see how things have developed to the state they are in now. Many thanks for sharing, for all us Dublo enthusiasts, this is the ultimate way of enjoying your collection and layout.

Three rail brilliance !  Thanks for sharing.

Very impressive coupling adjustment. Amazing set up.

The production values of your layout are superb Ron, you can see the care and attention to detail everywhere. Thank you for sharing it with us