This side of things has remained a bit quiet of late but is in no way completely inactive. It is a long term project and I have concentrated on accumulating stock, track planning and other research.

As Graham Farish have been releasing new "Blue Riband" Mk. 1 stock that's been high on my list. On top of that I've been on the lookout for some typical freight stock, and heritage stock.

On the freight side, I now have a good rake of gravel hoppers, container flats and a pair of nuclear flask wagons.

I had found a pair of class 20's in DRS colours, but they both ate their gears as does happen with old Grafars. So i sent one off to BR Lines and today it came back. A quick test has shown that it runs almost as well as an all new design. Congrats guys! So now number two is going off for the same treatment.

At the same time I sent an old "5 pole motor" Poole flying banana to be fixed as well. This has also come back working better than ever before. Now the only problem is: what kind of white should I use to fix up some minor damage on the roof? Some of the paint has chipped clear off, so it needs to be redone... I'm not going to attempt to repair the minor damage to the gold stripes.