JeffP

They LOOK like some I used around 20 years ago, they were just referred to as blue engineering bricks, and were available in loads of different shapes. A visit to a decent builder's merchant might be a start.

And now we use diesels under the wires, there's progress for you.

Regarding passport control, we regularly use the chunnel with our car, as my wife doesn't need to get out of the car into her wheelchair and vice-versa. We can't say we've noticed passport checks taking longer since Brexit, but we have observed the following: It sometimes seems to take an age to scan passport chips. Are they still using ZX or Commodore computers? Sometimes, even in holiday season, only two cubicles will be manned out of nine. Why? Why can one passport officer process nine full cars ehile another processes four? Pre-Brexit we used to sail into Hull. The Rotterdam ferry arrived at 0800, and passport staff processed the entire ship, before driving across the port to process those arriving from Zeebrugge. This often led to us driving off the ship, and sitting on the dock for around an hour before our queue moved. So I reckon UK passport control needs to up it's game. The

In JVol 3271 the A4 looks like 60014 Silver Link. Handrail doesn't curve down at the rear until after the penultimate handrail knob. Nameplate appears to have rounded corners.

So they bring it from Lowestoft to Whitemoor, then tip it at Whitemoor, to reload it, now a bit dirty, when it's needed? Also, I wonder why Lowestoft when there's much nearer docks at Boston and Kings Lynn?

Where does it go from Whitemoor?

Not an easy shed to get round, being in the middle of dockland, so docks police were about.

The relevant RCTS green book would be your bible.

Aye, who needs electric locos?

My favourite is trying to refit heavy shutters, either up a ladder or leaning out of a first floor window. Only two hinges, but holding it at arm's length trying to line it up and not fall...

Impressed with that. Some years ago I had to fix things to a dot and dab plasterboard wall. I hit on the idea of cutting lengths of aluminium tube to the depth of the wall under the plasterboard, drilling right into the wall, using a nylon wall plug, followed by the alloy tubing and a long screw. The alloy tubing stops the wall plug pulling out. Now you can buy those fittings made in Germany, but the tubing is steel. Wish I'd patented it.🙂

Damn! That looks quite professional and puts to shame the single sheet of 6mm ply, opening onto a "door banger" suspended from the rafters, that closes off my loft. Only been meaning to do something better for twenty years😄

Deepcar...at the start of the Stocksbridge bypass, one of Britain's most haunted roads. Travelling it alone on a windy night at 4am is, shall we say, interesting?

Superb trackplan for a model.

At least in France every small town has at least one pharmacy. But waiting to get served in them is another pita.

That crossing is near Alrewas, not Alresford.

There's a guy on YouTube has modelled a very convincing canal in 4mm scale, using resin, brown paint and even a supermarket trolley and an old washing machine dumped in.

I'm sorry, but your pic of your first module so reminded me of Homer's auto-dialler. 😁

Pretty sure it was national after they realised just how much the plates were worth. I've seen the same post about the plates from Evening Star, and that they quietly reappeared. A bit like one of the Falcons off 1200 at Ebbw Junction.

You are correct, of course, I'd not read the date with the picture. I saw, cabbed, and had a short ride on 60145 at York in, iirc, 1965. Last A1 I ever saw.

I recognised the spot near Radcliffe in J1134. It would be an almost impossible shot now with tree growth cutting off the view. I used to park on that road a bit further south to watch trains with a mate on light nights while at college at Clifton, Nottingham. Eventually, a bloke came out of the house nearby and told us it was private and could we not come back. I think he thought we were gay...

Waiting to go to Drapers for cutting up. He scrapped several A1's...and preserved ANOTHER black five.

What's at Worksop that would interest an electric loco? I don't think Worksop ever had a depot, although locos did stable there over weekends during the 70's.

Do you have a table saw, or thicknesser? My table saw, despite being cheap, is one of my most used tools. I've recently bought a thicknesser/ planer too, but my, haven't prices gone up? When I started looking three years ago, the Metabo one on it's own stand, was €430 delivered. But no stock. They now go for between €850 and €900!!! I bought a Sheppach instead, which came with spare blades.

Another clean "dubbie".