Ian Hargrave

Having had a close encounter during open heart surgery a couple of years ago,I truly am

The eagerly awaited Accurascale event is an O gauge diesel shunter.Oh well,better luck next time then☹️

Age is something you get used to,providing the passage of time allows.

Happens to us all .

Is it…..perhaps…..time to make an old man ( for that is exactly what I am but not yet in my dotage ) happy and announce the arrival before the end of time of a Saint and a Hawksworth County ? Yes I am aware thatI do keep banging on a bit about them but then again,why not ?

This is the thread where the punishment for posting on a double chimney Castle is the order of a mouth wash 🤪

Remember where you are…….☠️

You are if you buy one right now. Wait a few months for the price to drop.Seriously though,what we are all forgetting is that the pandemic & worldwide turmoil have substantially changed the game over the last 4 years and our values are maybe in need of rebalancing.The world has turned turtle several times since the Fowler was released last.So then a question of “ caveat emptor “ ?

Indeed,as have I.

The ECML and the GWR W of E mainlines are a totally different situation. Apart from the South Wales line as far as Cardiff,most of their working is on diesel power ,some of which is decidedly not gradient friendly. The only real slog the LNER dual power units have on diesel is between Perth & Inverness.

I empathise with HM & all the family. Long hours spent in Chemo ( I am assuming that is actually part of the treatment ) are soul destroying and its after effects are no joke. There may of course be a possibility of surgery at some point. I cared for my late wife through such a period of breast cancer. Two years after that,she was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and I found myself in the same situation again with the added twist of Covid raging and the complete soul destroying finality of it all day by day,month by month.No “caught it in time “ there. That particular one is a killer. May good fortune and clinical skill aid HM.

So it’s fortunate…for me…that the only one I am considering is the BR black. A shame…to say the least.

Another source of Saints in their twilight years is The Red Dragon and Other Old Favourites which concentrates on Landore & the Swansea area between the late 1940’s & early 1960’s & features work by Huw Daniel & others. There are just 4 plates of Saints .All have 3500 gal. tenders. The names still resonate with me as memories of childhood. I had just entered grammar school when Saint David was withdrawn.

Frustrating when one’s memory is blank. I saw 2920 several times during her last months in service.Being an 85 C engine,she was a regular performer on Hereford-Cardiff stoppers.My last sight of her was at Pontypool Road on such a working. I regret I cannot verify anything about her tender,

So my £100 worth: 5X OAA wagons ( bauxite) ,calendar,pen,assorted product literature ,beer mats. I’m happy..excellent value .

So where did they serve during The Great War ?

Temptation being then a long process on the road to Calvary ? An exhausting journey.Bon voyage.

Which discussion had me scurrying to take a good look again at mine from the first batch. Yes,there IS certainly a slope which when viewed in plain sight doesn’t seem to be vexing. But viewed here on camera on this thread it does tend to be,as it were,in your face. Just my observation,that’s all.

That’s a tricky question. Which competition might that be and will it be entered in the race ? All I can say from a personal point of view is that I have 2x24 and they were and still are light years ahead of the competition in rtr diesel models . SLW strangely is still very much a quality niche section . I keenly await my D7599 sound version. At York Show last Easter I was persuaded after a demo by Phil to upgrade my original order .Sound does work on DC. So fingers crossed.

Your recent YouTube video showing what you think is a lighting feature of the model encouraged me to try the same However,it simply does not work with mine …. power off =lights off and I cannot replicate what I see on your video. Maybe the phenomenon is connected in some way with your present problem ? Good luck.

Have you contacted your bank/ cc account ? They should act on your behalf to retrieve the money.Worth a try.

Considering the impertinence of your post,which casts doubts upon the veracity of my experience, my reaction is quite restrained. Now…move on.

Why on earth should I mean Rothley when I posted Quorn ? Having lived within 30 minutes travel for over half my life,I believe I can tell the difference.

Heads up chaps for Rapido’s Mystery Boxes .£100 or £250 . Details on Rapido thread.

Great imaginative way to sell. All the more enticing because we know it’s all top quality stuff. My £100,box duly ordered.