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If it's any consolation, I know my height in feet and inches, and my weight in kg...
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Jim’s “out and about with GBRf” thread
Nick C replied to big jim's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
So was the dedicated possession simply a way of allowing both trains to be in the same block section? -
Ropley Station between 2010 - 2012 as preserved
Nick C replied to chriscleveland's topic in Layout topics
I think it looks good having the whole thing open like that - there's so much detail inside that it's good to be able to see it all. -
Prototype for everything corner.
Nick C replied to jonny777's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
I'd have thought he'd be in the leading vestibule giving handsignals to the driver? -
I've heard quite a few things suggesting that around 30-45 minutes each way (so around 90m-2hrs total journey time by the time you've included the break at the far end) tends to be most popular amongst 'normal' visitors - long enough to be worthwhile, but still short enough to stop the kids getting bored. We went to the Eden project a few years ago, and they offered two options, either the standard day ticket or the "as many visits as you like in a year" option - I can't remember the price difference but it wasn't much, certainly a lot less than two days, and gift-aided as it counted as a 'membership' rather than a 'ticket' - so they got the extra 20% on top.
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The GM of the Spa Valley has posted some fairly candid discussions on cashflow over on National Preservation - the basic gist being that their last gala made a small profit, but the various kid's tv-show-branded weekends make quite a bit more, and normal running days can often result in a small loss. It seems to be the dining trains and other 'specials' that make the best money.
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Shame the EN57's have gone, I rather like them! I suspect the general public don't though! The last time we went there, the whole line was shut for the aforementioned relaying, and we ended up on a minibus all the way from Krakow to Sucha Beskidska...
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Basingstoke Model Railway Exhibition 9th and 10th March 2024
Nick C replied to SElder's topic in Exhibitions
If it's any consolation, most of the locals do too - the big Brighton Hill roundabout had just finished a two- year "upgrade" and has been constantly in the local paper ever since with people bemoaning it, largely because the lanes shown on the signs don't match the road markings! -
I was over in ECS doing Computer Engineering (2/3 computer science, 2/3 electronics, as we used to joke at the time...) - I knew quite a few mech and aero students though.
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Funnily enough I was just looking at that same cover thinking I'd read it this evening! I didn't know that you were at Southampton Andy - I studied there (rather scarily, 20 years ago...)
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Any reasonably fit person could walk it in less than that!
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Ropley Station between 2010 - 2012 as preserved
Nick C replied to chriscleveland's topic in Layout topics
Yeah, we did have a bit of a chat while you were shunting the yard, but I forgot to introduce myself! I was the one in the green Watercress Line fleece operating Merstone behind you. -
Ropley Station between 2010 - 2012 as preserved
Nick C replied to chriscleveland's topic in Layout topics
Good to see Ropley today. I did note at one point at least three MHR people all watching! -
Mid-Cornwall Lines - 1950s Western Region in 00
Nick C replied to St Enodoc's topic in Layout topics
I got my copy for £25 from a second-hand stall at an exhibition a few years ago - that was one of those "don't think, just buy, before someone else does" moments! -
Totally off-topic, but I've just learned something about heraldry after seeing that photo - that insignia changed in 1993 to put the white square top-left (as shown by the fourth and rearmost aircraft) as the colour of the charge (in Poland's case, the eagle - white) is more important than that of the shield (red). Somehow this thread seems like that sort of place where such persnickety would be appreciated!
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I hadn't spotted that all four island ones are now available, that's impressive!
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Probably the only item of Stroudley rolling stock to gain BR livery, S3370, the Isle of Wight horsebox, rarely moved from a siding at Yarmouth for the last few years. Does anyone know of any photos of the other side to confirm whether the lettering was in the same place?
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