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  1. locoholic

    Only the second day of the school holidays and thoroughly fed up with my teenage children already!

    1. Stubby47

      Stubby47

      Youngest child stopped being a teenager today :)

    2. beast66606

      beast66606

      Snap - we've got 2 out of the 3 here and they drive me mad.

    3. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Far better when they're in their 30s - maybe still at home but off doing their own thing (like work).

  2. locoholic

    So what was the Chiltern Railway train at Paddington this morning that eveyone was taking photos of?

    1. big jim

      big jim

      The final ‘ghost train’ to Wycombe over the old GW line from old oak common to Greenford before it’s ripped up

    2. adb968008

      adb968008

      It was in all likelyhood the last Chiltern train service to Paddington. Even if/when the line is reinstated i cant see a service returning to Paddington ?

  3. locoholic

    I ahd no idea that Sir Terry Wogan was head of HS2.

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      And Crossrail too...

       

      Its amazing how far astray speed-reading can lead one!

  4. locoholic

    Just bought some Slaters NER wooden coal hopper kits, this being the only way to guarantee an RTR version will be made. Expect the announcement from Hornby shortly.

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    2. MarkC

      MarkC

      Been there, done that too...

    3. davefrk

      davefrk

      Don't forget to fit the new LMS buffers on them.

    4. DougN

      DougN

      I have 6 to build.. RTR guaranteed for next year!

  5. locoholic

    Acquired a copy of Country Railway Stations: Victoria, Part 3. I now want to model Australian railways!

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    2. DCB

      DCB

      Great idea, 2 trains a week?

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Why not model the scrapyard at Dorrigo?

    4. Claude_Dreyfus

      Claude_Dreyfus

      I had a near miss when my step-father brought a copy of Rail Scene Victoria 'Lindsay Crow, The Whole Picture' back from Oz.

  6. locoholic

    Is following the progress of a parcel from Gaugemaster as it shuttles back and forth between Birmingham and Ledbury, seemingly no closer to being delivered to my home.

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      At least your parcel is wandering about. A book I ordered from an Amazon Market trader has twice vanished into thin air...

    2. vaughan45

      vaughan45

      Beware the market traders and the money changers

  7. locoholic

    Pathfinder Railtour's website has been unavailable for several days now.

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    2. Luke Piewalker

      Luke Piewalker

      Ok here

    3. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      It's gone for a day out?

    4. locoholic

      locoholic

      Tried deleting cookies etc and still can't see it - very odd.

  8. locoholic

    Oh lordy! Everything on RMWeb is covered in Class 25s on my iPad now.

    1. irishmail

      irishmail

      Rat infestation.

    2. 25901

      25901

      Bring it on, and two full scale ones coming back to the main line too

    3. locoholic

      locoholic

      Irishmail - very funny!

  9. locoholic

    The roads are very quiet - where is everyone?

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      There's a lot of shouting going on down the road!

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Oh sugar.....

       

      England won on penalties. I demand a recount!

    4. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later ….

  10. locoholic

    I've just been informed that Noch item 15965 is now on special offer - it is the HO scale model figures of the German Football team...

    1. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Marked "reject"?

    2. locoholic

      locoholic

      Old stock, apparently.

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Free transfers to whoever want's 'em?

       

      How about off to the Yanks who want Wayne Rooney?

  11. locoholic

    Just seen a Class 70/66 Freightliner double-header in Gloucester. Not sure I've ever seen a container train on the line from Lydney

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      The Severn Tunnel is closed for another bout of engineering work so planned diversions gong on.

    2. 25901

      25901

      May God, a working Freightliner 70. Didn't know there was such a thing these days

    3. rob D2

      rob D2

      Lot of unusual stuff through Kemble

  12. locoholic

    I had not anticipated that buying a model of the Czech equivalent of a brake second coach would be so difficult- definitely not the A.C.M.E...

  13. locoholic
    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/211666No harm in signing it!
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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      That would depend on your point of view, of course.

    3. mozzer models

      mozzer models

      Then link it up with Neath & Brecon Rly past my house

    4. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      HM Gov petitions work, as at the very least they raise awareness of issues to government.

      Whether you get what you want or not.

       

      Or you can just sit their quietly (?) criticising those who are attempting change.

       

  14. locoholic

    Does anyone want a ticket for the railtour to Sizewell, Griffin Wharf and Harwich Town on Sunday, 15th April?

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    2. locoholic

      locoholic

      £30 and it's yours! (Cost £99 - it's been postponed &altered so many times I'd forgotten I'd paid for it).

    3. adb968008

      adb968008

      Diesel hauled now ?

    4. locoholic

      locoholic

      Yes.

  15. locoholic

    Despite ordering a top-up weeks ago, I'm wondering whether the LPG will run out before the delivery, just in time for the Easter cold snap

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      ..the down side of being off grid..

    2. 247 Developments

      247 Developments

      That bad when I order Oil we get it in 4 working day here in the Sticks of South Wales

    3. gridwatcher

      gridwatcher

      Ouch...... expensive option too

       

  16. locoholic

    Despite ordering a top-up weeks ago, I'm wondering whether the LPG will run out before the delivery, just in time for the Eqster cold snap...

  17. locoholic

    Somehow managed not to notice the earth tremor.

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      The Earth didn't move for you, then.

    3. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      There was an earth tremor...?

    4. sharris

      sharris

      I assumed it was just a bad case of wind.

  18. locoholic

    Wondering if anyone makes 009/HOe curved points...

    1. shortliner

      shortliner

      Have a feeling thatthat will be a hand-lay job!

    2. vaughan45

      vaughan45

      Have a look at the Tiling Hoe range, some of their points may be curvable, like their HO std gauge ones.

  19. locoholic

    Is wondering how many cars are stuck in the muddy field at Quorn station after the GCR Winter Steam Gala.

    1. bgman

      bgman

      Could be ground up and used to make a yummy Quorn based alternative meal !

  20. locoholic

    If PayPal is a bank, what's my account numberand sort code andwhy, after 13 years, do they now think I am a money launderer?!

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    2. dvdlcs

      dvdlcs

      Your account number would be the email address that you registered with them.

       

      As for the money laundering, can only assume there has been a change in legislation which requires them to check everybody (again).

    3. DonB

      DonB

      Both PayPal and Ebay have closed my A/Cs for Money laundering, Ask me if I care!!

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Maybe time to convert to Bitcoin.

  21. locoholic

    Can't believe the NRM has just given the LSWR T3 4-4-0 to the Swanage Railway! What else is up for grabs?!

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    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      I don't know but I'm sending them my wish list

    3. tractionman

      tractionman

      "Duchess of Hamilton" for PRCLT and back on mainline?

    4. Chris116

      Chris116

      I am sure the Mid Hants would be very happy take Lord Nelson and Cheltenham off their hands!

  22. locoholic

    Wondering how to carve off the guard's ducket from the Hornby ex-LMS non-corridor brake coach so that I can convert it into a pull-push trailer...

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    2. highpeakman

      highpeakman

      Weren't the doors in different positions on the coaches with and without ducketts?

    3. sharris

      sharris

      They look pretty much in the same place in the photos in the Jenkinson and Essery book.

    4. rembrow

      rembrow

      There are differences in photos I researched, put it down to differences in the original brake diagram type used. e.g 24331, from the reissued 1950 numbers, has the double doors closer to the last pass compt anmd the guard's lav window closer to the double doors rather than central. I chose one from the 24400 allocation as they matched the diag used by Hornby for window spacing

  23. locoholic

    I model in 00, but I seem to have acquired a Minerva Pecket. Now roaming my house, looking for a space for an O gauge shunting plank...

    1. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      Your 4mm stuff won't be the same again ... you will be selling it in a week or two, the 7mm bug has got you ;-)

    2. locoholic

      locoholic

      All of a sudden the 00 gauge tension-lock couplings look so clunky...

  24. locoholic

    Trying to find details of the O gauge show in Gloucester on Sun 3rd April

    1. Kev_Lewis

      Kev_Lewis

      There's the usual bare minimum on the events diary on the Gauge O Guild page.

    2. locoholic

      locoholic

      I'd like to know the opening times, as I'm only free in the afternoon.

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