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    The Midland borrowed M&GN tank loco(s) for a while, operating the Wirksworth branch IIRC - not sure if they ever got to Derby on a regular basis. I think the furthest west that proper M&GN trains got on a regular basis was Nottingham. I think some S&DJR locos were built at Derby, so would be seen there - if only briefly.
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    Not if the 40-odd pages on the Rails Terrier and the ones on the Hornby Terrier topics are anything to go by
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    The obsession with getting things absolutely right is very unhealthy IMHO. Much safer to model a line for which you can become the only real expert. The Hull & Barnsley is probably getting close - Lancashire Derbyshire & East Coast or some other obscure line that almost no one has even heard of might be even safer. Or some obscure Siberian line in the 1950s when anyone taking photos or information might not live to tell the tale, even if they could ever get that close?
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    Thanks, that makes the photos much easier to understand.
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    Could you publish a track diagram or scale plan of the layout please?
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    Bute Road/Cardiff Bay is another one - been continuously in a derelict state for many years
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    Liverpool Central was being demolished around the last train services
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    Bosaleck

    Orion replied to CDGfife's topic in 2mm Finescale

    2 different bridge designs might be interesting and appropriate. The siding could be an original, rickety wooden or iron bridge and the main line upgraded at some point to steel girders.
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    Her's an interesting bit of pointwork from Sweden. I thought single blade turnouts went out with the Ark, but this one was in existence between the wars. No exact date though.
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    The Nucast kit is available again from South East Finecast and Branchlines. Might be a better bet.
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    We should consider ourselves lucky they weren't based on this one
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    Sorry, its a foreign one! Brand new Standard Pullman trolleybus bodies for Chile on temporary bogies
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    Sorry to be pedantic, but can't be Clay Cross, which had an overbridge. Maybe Pye Bridge?
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    Yes, I agree though the cutting is very, very deep, so the road could well be behind the wall in the film and the buildings are slightly back from the edge of the cutting so they might not be visible from the angle of the camera. Looking at a recent OS map the contours suggest a similar topography to the film whereas the south portal goes under a really tall hill.
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    The south portal of Bradway Tunnel is pretty inaccessible, whereas a road ran next to the north portal on the east side. Can't find a photo though. It was rural then but built up now.
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    That suggestion seems very warm. Old maps show a straight section of track just before the south portal of the tunnel and a PW hut on the up side. Looking at recent images the land around the south portal looks a bit high to be the one in the film. Could it be the north portal of Bradway tunnel? that was on a curve but I can't find any photos. In any event, the station at the end of the film might well be somewhere else altogether. No guarantee the train came out of the same tunnel.
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    Try rotating the wire as you get to the blockage - maybe in a hand drill?. Also is the end sharp? A slightly blunt end will help ensure the wire doesn't stick into the side of the tube.
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    the second looks like a Rover Sports Saloon
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    Dapol already have the chassis and CADs from the 121 and 122 in N, but have never announced any development of those to cover multi-car variants.
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    The real thing ws a limited edition - the overwhelming majority were half cabs IIRC
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    The very similar Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Manning Wardle tanks were also side tanks from the start
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    What about Gordon Highlander - didn't it run a few regular services in between specials before its final withdrawal?
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