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I wondered what the boxes were at the side of the other track. In the larger image I see they're stacked sleepers with chairs on top. Looks as though the PW guys are going to be busy.

I use HMRS Pressfix ones. Fox are good for waterslide but their website is a nightmare.

Up to 1938 plain black engines had black shaded gold livery. You couldn't see the black shading on a black engine. The LMS on the tender usually was at 53" spacing. After 1938 red shaded yellow livery was the norm. The only photo I have of a 2-8-0 has 10" numerals.

Unlined plain black should be just fine.

Probably because he describes it as a 3 rail loco in the Item Specifics section and he couldn't find the third rail.

Pedant mode on. Can I just point out that solvents do not melt plastic, a high temperature is required to do that. Solvents dissolve plastic. Thank you.

On with railway action. The MegaPoints stuff arrived super quickly (an adverb that seems to have been forgotten about) so I've fitted it inside the old fiddle-yard control panel box. The switch pins on the servo controller were connected to the old switches. The blue wire and green panel are for the ADM turntable in the yard.

Nice work, Chuffers.

Looking at the photo on the Rail Photoprints website the caption reads: "GWR 2-4-0 Crane Tank 1299 at Swindon circa 1928. Initially purchased by the South Devon Railway in 'kit' form the loco was completed at Swindon and adopted as works shunter in 1881"

Is this a D299 lurking behind 1299?

I doubt the Repair Shop crew could do anything with that.

Well today should have been my last chemo session making 6/6 but my white blood cell count was down. After seeing my consultant she said I could skip the last session and have the PICC line out which I've done. A scan has been booked for the end of the month and we'll discuss the results a couple of weeks later.

It did look strange pulling into Pitlochry. Even stranger was an LNER Azuma heading north.

The Minx Microdrives will soon be on their way to a new home. I'm just glad that somebody can make use of them rather than going to the tip. Here's a couple of servos in place as I wait for the delivery from MegaPoints.

There're yours Kris.

Well I've finally got fed-up with the Minx Microdrive system for changing turnouts in the fiddle yard and they are on offer free in the Classifieds should anybody still use them. This was an idea which was too far ahead of the technology at the time. The least bit change in temperature caused the built-in alarms to sound, as did any slight movement of the turnout itself. It also required a very smooth input. I've plenty servos and channel to hold them. the servos will be above board and I've 4 in place already. I'm going to used MegaPoints stuff to activate them and their relays to change polarity. The existing fiddle yard control panel will still be used as ordinary on-off switches can be used instead of passing contact ones which some systems rely on. Just as a comparison I went to DCC Concepts at the weekend to see how much their stuff would cost for the fiddle yard, just under £350! MegaPoints is less £150.

Does anybody who still uses the above system want a shed-load of parts? I've plenty of Point Actuator Controllers, Actuator stall motors and cables. If I'm the last man standing to use this system, then the lot will be heading for the LA small electrical items recycling bin. Just pay for postage.

Ideally I would like 2 x PL11 and 10 x PL 10 with PL12.

In bid to get away for couple of days from hospitals and chemo we went to Pitlochry for 3 nights this week. One of the days we went to Inverness via the Highland line. While waiting for our late-running train, an HST came into the station to wait for a path south.

£10.50 inc post from Anticsonline or £12.85 from RR

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I see the sale has been pulled.

Stolen? I'm missing something somewhere. But then I am in a chemo brain fog at the moment.

Looks as though he's used a web stock photo for the first and the actual model for the rest.

I suspect the the tidiness or lack thereof will depend on when your farm is set. I seem to remember from the late 50s and 60s farms were well looked after. I guess it was due to cheap labour being readily available. Gaps in walls were rebuilt, hedges nicely laid and no junk and rusting machinery cluttering up the place. No it's old pallets, hedges slashed to pieces and the more junk the better.

Far too tidy for some of the farms around here!!