Like an old PC adventure game, today's blog will be text only as I'm away from my computer this week. The eye-rolling title (think about it) refers to Saturday's visit by the 'Dream Team' to record Test Coach Iris, the ex-RTC Derby Lightweight DMU at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. This was adorned with more mics than you can shake a stick at (3 near the engines, one near the exhaust, one picking up just the wheel clacks and bogie sounds plus a hand-held to capture the horns, cab sounds etc). The guys at the Railway were great and were very helpful in achieving what was a very successful outcome. The unit is really nicely preserved and definitely worth a ride if you haven't partaken.

In other news, the Class 40 project which has been quite a while in gestation is finally ready. Charlie will have a small number available at Warley so I suggest you contact him if you'd like to reserve one.

I'll probably make a start editing the 37/9 sounds next.

Bif