What locomotives do you run on your layout, steam, diesel or both?
Barchester has both because I can always find a reason for running anything I like.

Both, because I've pitched my modelling roughly around the time of the change from steam to diesel.
That way I can run GWR steam, BR (WR) Steam and early BR diesels.

I hope to run both purely because I want to :!:  :!: (But putting DCC encoders in some of my older steam engines may take some time…) :D

Both for me, why, cause its my model and i can run what i want ok  :D  :D , think its call operators licence  :)
Phill

Both for me although of the sixteen locos I own only one is steam.  I do have plans to buy a couple of big UP kettles down the track i.e. a Big Boy and a couple of Challengers.

if i like it i will run it :wink:  i can't understand on other forums people who rant and rave about that wagon would not be in that area and that loco never pulled that wagon :twisted:  a model is a model and all they are is little worlds sprung from or imagination. 8)

both as i have over the yrs bought what i fancied. :?      8)

Steam for me because I want to model the mid fifties but who knows I may stretch to get a very early diesel or two in there.

Les

Prefer steam but model both (one of the advantages of modelling a Heritage Line!(plug,plug)
Mike

Model both but more to diesel

My period in modelling is from 19xx to 19xx, a bit like Jeff. GWR/WR/BR - steam & green diesels.

I missed this one somehow.

Steam for me although I do have a GWR diesel railcar.

Mid '50s GWR Steam for me.
Ken

Mine's BR change-over time - end of steam/early diesel - brings back memories of my youth !! :roll:  :roll:

Petermac

Mine is anything that ran in Cornwall and quite a bit that did not!

Mainly diesel, I am particularly fond of the BR Blue era, but there was no option on the poll for Electric - am I the only one with an interest in EMUs?  (Not the Rod Hull variety)

Steam only for me I'm afraid.
It must be an age thing! I can still remember steam on regular BR trains before the early diesels. To me it was a sad time in 1968 when steam finally finished on BR.

To Quote the late great Fred Dibnah "Steam is in the blood of every Englishman"

Fred Dibnah  :!: A star greatly missed :!:  One of his other famous quotes was:

"Steam engines don't answer back. You can belt them with a hammer and they say nowt."

Did yer like that? :!:  :wink:  :D

rector said

Fred Dibnah  :!: A star greatly missed :!:  One of his other famous quotes was:

"Steam engines don't answer back. You can belt them with a hammer and they say nowt."

Did yer like that? :!:  :wink:  :D

                In his Lancashire twang Tim - wonderful.

Petermac

I met the great man many years ago he was such a gentleman he is sadly missed.
this was an occasion i was asked to drive a fowelr 8ton steam roller from Coventry to a small vilage near Northampton it was one of the best things i've ever done so i have a soft spot for steam but when it comes to modelling i'm going to have to say it diesels for me i'm afraid

I run mostly diesels, but as i am modelling the late 60s I can still use a few steam locos.  So I run both too.

Bob(K)