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    Inman Valley. South Australia,(was Derby UK until 1971)
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    British Railways ex LMS and railways in general(including model of course!!)

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  1. I have two: D5710 Hattons D5700 Heljan Both up for grabs and when I have taken photos, I will put them on the classifieds here, only test run on the rolling road,prices will be well south of the bay prices. Downside, I am in Australia so postage could be an issue. Rgds.......Mike
  2. pm me, unused except for testing on the rolling road, not looking to make my fortune but I am in Australia so postage may be an issue. Rgds Mike
  3. By jingo!! That brings back a memory, I travelled behind one of these back in 1965 or 6, can't exactly remember which year...........getting old!! from Paris to Calais. Aways thought that Continental locos looked too "busy" with all that external pipework but we had travelled up from Northern Italy so had seen a number of different types on our journey and in the "flesh" they were mightily impressive!. Lovely model by the way and thanks for awakening my addled brain .... never forget that trip!!. Mike
  4. We bought our place in South Australia in June 2001 whilst living in Victoria and weren't able through employment obligations to move there until Jan 2002 which meant a considerable number of journeys between the two places in the meantime. The highway for quite a lot of the way runs parallel withe railway sometimes close sometimes not. In approximately 730 km there are many side roads off the highway most of them dirt leading to to small communities, in the main the countryside is such that that the line is visible for a long way before the crossing, if commonsense was applied (by the road users), these issues could be avoided.
  5. Simon Kohler?? So your next steamer could be "Flying Scotsman"😁😁!!..........No disrespect to Mr Kohler a great contributor to the model railway industry, but all of those LNER Pacifics........... Mike
  6. pm me, I have one of the originals brand new.............almost I did run it on the rolling road!! Mike
  7. ikks

    EBay madness

    Over the last few months , I have been doing a complete inventory of my model railway stuff and I found three controllers over 40 odd years old...........all going the the recycle bin inclluding a H & M Duette whch got quite hot after a couple minutes after being plugged in........not a sparkie so don't know the cause and not game to find out!! Mike
  8. Hi Roy, I have one, just taken a long time to find it in all my piles of stuff, if you're comfortable to do it, pm me your address and it will be on its way to you on Thursday, I'm in Australia and a fair way from a Post Office. Rgds........Mike
  9. Hi Brian, Found it!!, didn't realise it has been close on 40 years since I last sighted this!, It is a weii engineered item, simple but does the job well, single hole and retracts after punching the sleeper, t is rather heavy though. I have no idea how to send pictures from my phone to here, but if you wish to pm me your email address, I can send them direct. Rgds.....Mike
  10. I think I may have one, an ex P4 tool ex Studiolith, not sure of the mechanics though. Not really interested in charging for it but would like reimbursement for the postage(from Australia!). Let me know if you're interested. Rgds Mike
  11. That is exactly how I remember a what we spotters would call a "clean" loco of this and other locos of similar classes, don't recall too much polished brass or copper except perhaps on the Western. Rgds...Mike
  12. Living in Derby in my yoof!, I agree. I saw many ex-works locos and I don't recall seeing many(if any) with all that highly polished copper and brass. Mike
  13. Sorry CC full post coming up I stuffed up Mike
  14. Yes I can see what you are saying and tend to agree but I became a "collector" almost 50 years ago, I guess by default as I did intend a layout all those years ago based on the WCML circa 1956-61 which in all reality ain't gonna happen now!. Just got too old, have no room..........all the usual suspects!, so I am cataloguing all of those Scots, Jubilees, Stanier Pacifics etc.etc. to sell. Any more like me out there?? GOOD news is Swmbo has agreed on a small shunting layout in a corner of the house so I am actually going to do something😁😁!. Mike
  15. Just a question............. Sorry I asked!!
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