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Hello Dunsignalling ...or more diverse (depending on one's viewpoint).🙂 Brian

Hello Polybear Indeed! The GN Quad Arts have been right at the top of LNER Coaches in The 00 Wishlist Polls since 2013. They went into The Top 50 in 2018, staying there for 2019 also. The Poll didn't run in 2020 and 2021 but, in 2022, they missed The Top 50 by only a handful of votes (and, it has to be said, The Poll content had been radically amended possibly changing 'the dynamics'). Taking my Poll Team hat off for a moment and speaking 'personally', I have just ordered the eight coaches that form Set No.85. They will sit nicely on my layout when running in 'Hitchin mode'.🙂 I will be interested to see how they cope with Radius 2 curves. Brian

Hello everyone Many congratulations to Ellis Clark Trains on this bold and welcome venture. The GN Quad Arts have been right at the top of LNER Coaches in The 00 Wishlist Polls since 2013. They went into The Top 50 in 2018, staying there for 2019 also. The Poll didn't run in 2020 and 2021 but, in 2022, they missed The Top 50 by only a handful of votes (and, it has to be said, The Poll content had been radically amended possibly changing 'the dynamics'). Don't forget that GN Quad Arts were designed to run as two slightly different sets together and Ellis Clark are to be applauded for their sets. The GE Quad Arts were very different and were designed to run as a 4-set (with additional coaches if needed). Taking my Poll Team hat off for a moment and speaking 'personally', I have just ordered the eight coaches that form Set No.85. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello everyone Some results of The Quirky Poll for you and Rapido... 2019 The top two items were Stephenson's Rocket (now made) and Ivor. 2020 The top two items were Titfield Thunderbolt and Bellerophon (both now made or announced). Ivor was High Polling. 2021 The top two items were B17 Streamlined (now announced) and Ivor. My own personal view (albeit that I am not in 'the model trade') is that Ivor would form the foundation of many great models that would build up into a fine layout. Figures of Dai Station, Jones the Steam etc would complement model dragons, mine buildings, Ivor's shed etc. Brian

Hello John Agreed but the point I am making is that the facing points were there for valid operational reasons - not simply such as a randomly positioned 2-wagon coal siding. Brian

Hello Skinnylinny The Angel station (London) has been rebuilt as that platform did give the HSE apoplexy.🙂 My comment was directed at 'wildly narrow' island platforms on 'main line' layouts, where train speeds would be very high. And, adding to the point made my Happy Hippo, my 'gripe' was with exhibition layouts where there has been little or no attention to real detail and the modeller puts - such as - a 2-wagon coal siding off a main line facing point. There are, no doubt, plenty of examples of 'sidings off main line facing points' - Exeter Central carriage sidings being one. Brian

Hello again Island platforms that are so narrow as to give the Health & Safety Executive apoplexy and platform end ramps so steep that they make the north face of the Eiger look easy.🙂 Brian (PS I appreciate that many do not have the luxury of reasonable space, but if your platforms are wafer thin and end ramps almost vertical, then you are possibly trying to get a quart into a pint pot. Rule 1 always applies and people do as they wish with their railways - it's just that I don't like seeing such things as have been alluded to at exhibitions.)

Hello Andy Nor branch line 14xx locos with Autocoach running at 150mph or facing points off a main line into a siding.🙂 Brian

Hello Tony and everyone You may recall that I appealed for information as to where I might buy a replacement chimney for the one that had gone missing without trace from my Hornby J15. The problem was soon resolved with help from contributors here. Guess what...the missing chimney has now turned up! Although I searched widely, moving boxes etc, it didn't come to light as it had lodged in a small roll of recycling bin bags that were under my layout and dropped out when I went to get a new one! Such is life! It raises a point... Although I am not 'an activist eco warrior', I do try my best to recycle what I can. My railway room has an ordinary waste bin as well as one for recycling. Does anyone else? Brian

Hello everyone Forgive me if I don't trawl through all the previous posts. I have just been speaking with some friends who have many of the same locos as me. Some of theirs have rot whereas none of mine do. Mine are always in my railway room in my house which is always heated when cold weather demands. Does the rot affect those which have been stored 'cold' such as in lofts, garages etc? Brian

OK Nick, let's hope to meet up. I'll PM nearer the time. Brian

Hello gazzaday Could you confirm (as per website) that tickets can be purchased on the day up to 45 minutes prior to opening? Many thanks Brian

Hello Nick Yes, it's MKMRS show I am speaking with (but others are available). Are you likely to be going? Brian

Hello Rob Bristol is less than four, but my local show is not until June. Brian

Thanks Trevor I suggested my local club 'enhance' their list. I was told that that would be done but hasn't as yet (although, to be fair, the show is still about 10 weeks away). Brian

Hello Rob There is 'a case in point here'... Some while ago, a thread was raised on the subject of why exhibition organisers don't give a brief description of their show layouts. Something along the lines of (hypothetical examples)... Sparra Bridge. 00, 16ft x 2ft. A 'might have been' GWR Welsh branch line terminus in 1954. Deadman's Gulch. H0, 45ft x 25ft. West Virginia steam-hauled coal trains of the 1940s. Brandon Junction. N, 25ft x 10ft. West Coast Main Line action in the present day. All the details have to be 'known from the outset' otherwise it wouldn't be possible to arrange a floor plan. Or, heaven forbid, you'd have 20 GWR branch terminus layouts!😀 Although I haven't ever organised a model railway show per se, I have arranged similar events and believe from experience that the examples given are perfectly reasonable requests. And it might well bring in more attendees. I can't see that anyone would be put off going. Brian

Hello everyone And John works very hard as a member of The 00 Poll Team (and not just on GWR matters) as well as The Quirky Poll Team.🙂 Brian

Indeed, top marks to Bachmann for sorting it all out in a customer-focused manner. Brian

Hello Robert Bachmann Press Release attached might help? Brian 73050 Press Release.pdf

Hello Roger Have a look at railscot.co.uk/img/27/363. Can't seem to link here for you. Brian

Hello everyone It's interesting to read whether folk think that stock should be in sets or not and with or without details. Many of us here will be 'experienced modellers' who are aware of such matters but many model buyers simply aren't. To give an example... I was once in a respected model shop where a customer was asking the owner what coaches he might buy to run with his 14xx. Dutifully and with great care, the owner explained the merits of either an Autocoach or a B-set, patiently showing examples of each. Guess what the customer bought...half a B-set!🙂 Brian

Hello everyone A shaky mobile phone video screen grab of a Turkish 777 arriving 27R Heathrow at 0945 14 March. My son was on board, hence the filming. Brian

Hello again Here's a grainy 8mm screen grab of her shunting at Waltham Cross c.1961. Brian

Hello everyone J15 chimney arrived this morning and was fitted by 'Stratford Works' immediately as the loco was needed out on the road!😀 Painting and (very, very) minor filling will done at next works visit. I have dropped a line to Colin Seymour of Alan Gibson to thank him for his help. And thanks again to contributors here. Brian

Well said Paul & Fran! We in The 00 Poll Team regularly had 'kit comments'...so much so that, for 2022, I had to run the request as repeated below. Thankfully, the request was accepted and we heard nothing in that respect. Brian Extract from The 00 Wishlist Poll 2022 Introduction Please avoid comments such as: Why are you listing Loco X when there is a perfectly good kit available. We – as a RTR community – don’t invade kit threads with exhortations to ‘go RTR’, so please don’t invade us!