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A puddle of panniers perchance?cant have too many of them surely

no but I did cheat about the RM😊

Mention of Great Yarmouth suggests you look at White Swan yard ( where the the loco between the White Swan and house ) seems to be going- 4 points only

China clay article is RM january 1965

There has been quite a lot interest in the Australian standard Garratts in the last few months. An article in Australian Railway History in January 2023 gave extensive coverage on them at their 80th anniversary. Unfortunately I don't have the article but I do have the September 2023 Australian Railway History. First there is an article about Queensland Railways during the Second World War and the Australian Standard Garratts and secondly In the same issue the "entire letters to the editor" is taken up with this subject. There are some photos of the standard Garratts on the Emu Bay line.I f anyone is interested in the ASGs there are plenty of references in the September edition Australian Railway History for you follow up As to the 300 and the 400 class Garratts in South Australia, a paper was presented in 2022 at the "Modelling the Railways of South Australia"convention.I don't think 402 will ever run again. I suspect that like a lot of volunteer organisations, there are not enough in Picci Ricci railway to enable them to restore her. Having said that, I believe the railway has a great program for teaching young locals about loco maintenance- you never know.

Nice Mr N interesting to see how it works -

If you want to print off a full copy of a UK magazine , it seems Exact Editions and other UK digital publishers ' software only allows you to print page by page or at best a doulble spread. Model Railroad Hobbyist - a USA digital publication - allows you to print an entire " magazine"as does the Layout design SIG and the Operations S IG. I have had digital subscriptions to BRM and Model Rail , but am not renewing because of not being able to print a full copy in one go. Pity

GWR seems to have had a river side depot in Poplar but St C dock idea appeals Thank you for your prompt reply .

I had been interested in Geoff Ashdown's Tower Pier for some time and as a result of this thread have managed to get the answers to a couple of mysteries. I'd never seen the photo with the underground train before nor had I found any photos of his fiddle yard. I have one question however in your drawing of the layout you show the second line to Saint Catherine Dock as if it was in use on the layout. My impression from the signalling diagram that there was only one line to the docks in use and it seems to be signalled that way. Do you remember if this was the case and whether or not Geoff used the other line as storage or was it "lifted" ? Thank you David makes sense

I had been interested in Geoff Ashdown's Tower Pier for some time and as a result of this thread have managed to get the answers to a couple of mysteries. I'd never seen the photo with the underground train before nor had I found any photos of his fiddle yard. I have one question however in your drawing of the layout you show the second line to Saint Catherine Dock as if it was in use on the layout. My impression from the signalling diagram that there was only one line to the docks in use and it seems to be signalled that way. Do you remember if this was the case and whether or not Geoff used the other line as storage or was it "lifted" ?

Thank you for this - the kit does not seem to listed at the moment but I have been in touch and we shall see what happens

Retail outlets details please do we have to go to Burra?

Young Sir, What is required for your WIDE audience is a track plan- hand drawn or some photos of the entire layout - holding breath - going red in face

Interesting photos - in the second of ? why is the pannier facing downhill or isnt it?

If you search You Tube you will find Gary has three small videos on building a shelf layout - I picked a number of good tips on soldering "droppers" and wire in a tube point operation - to be applied to my own layout

Do I detect a hitch hiking reference?

and when do we get the next one? From following this particular topic, I started to appreciate what the valleys must've been like. Have managed to pick up – finally – how small the area is and that the traffic was intense but comparatively short runs – I am use to goods traffic operating over 100 to 200 miles as a minimum. Rickard's Record has been my starting point, so keep up the good work.

Dont panic Dont panic

3D printed parts supplier - yes please

Brillig .I shall compare with the first version- Thanks

New timetable ? Oh good - are you going to let us in on it?

Is Friday Bridge alive and well? have not seen a post since January so how about some more photos especially the mysterious sector plate area

in Australia we have obviously superior sheep – some of the rams driven around in the back of Rolls-Royces–with of course the chauffeur divider up so that they don't breath down your neck-

sibling rivalry

Now THAT is what I call a SPAD