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brianusa

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  1. This whole scenario is mindful of another similar incident in another scale. The prewar O Hornby Princess with an accentuated sloping firebox. AFAIK there was not the uproar that this version has caused and even now they are in great demand at a high price in spite of the unfortunate F/B slope! I suspect O gaugers are/were more easily satisfied. Brian.
  2. Good to see Christmas has arrived at South Brent. We should all be so lucky to live in this fairy tale place ( at least the station and environs) A Merry Christmas to every good GW boy and all those others who won't be as lucky! Brian
  3. I think I've figured out the reason for the missing words in a recent post! Its not 1941 any more! Brian
  4. A lot of readers may be in the same position. My tinplate layout is in the same situation being fixed to the walls, so sadly I am faced with a similar decision. In my case, the man with a big power saw will reduce the baseboard etc, to more manageable pieces and so to the dump! The trains and accessories, both British and American, have a certain value but will it be enough to go through the selling experience with all that entails. Not something to be wished for at any age! So the whole thing may follow the baseboard to the dump as well, not that it will concern me then, as many trains have gone this way before. I have some lovely trains but it doesn't pay to be sentimental over their fate! Brian.
  5. Lionel produced a generator van complete with pole and wired to a search/flood light. Double doors could be opened revealing a modelled generator inside. Brian.
  6. Lets face it - we're just a bunch of old guys with nothing better to do than waste time on a device of choice!. Don't like intrusive ads? Then this is not the place for you; try a more specific topic where there is more interest than someone's ailments. RMW can be an enjoyable experience, so don't let the ads bother you to the point of giving up on it! Brian.
  7. Hi Keith, On a dimsy Autumn day there wasn't much else to do until I came across the on going series of dockside Plymouth which pops up every now and again. Always of interest and amazing facts and info keep turning up over the span of this subject. Its been a while since I trod those once familiar quays and wharfs and with all the new development, it begins to lose the attraction such places have to those of us who like to delve into the past. We must hope there is yet some undiscovered siding or remains of a wagon buried somewhere in the bushes and brambles! Brian
  8. I was lucky enough to see 18000 on its maiden run at North Road station. It was quite exciting for we spotters on the fence to see something as radically new actually in the South West and it drew quite an audience. We had seen the future! Brian.
  9. Hi Nick, hopefully you're a bit better nowadays. I was particularly interested in your remarks concerning the quarry traffic on the PT line, these quarries and their workings always were of interest to me and your comments were most useful. Also for years I was under the impression that the turntables were only used to turn snow ploughs having read so in some articles. However, I do have pictures of a 44xx heading a mixed to PT and another picture of the same loco and carriage, minus wagons, descending toward Yelverton head first; something I thought was forbidden. So it must have turned on the one by the engine shed. Unless someone has a better idea! Brian. PS. You don't know anything about the quarry traffic on the Caradon line in GW days by any chance?
  10. Multisizing has always been the realm of tinplate trains. Lionel were past masters of the art until they were bitten by the scale bug a few years ago. Hornby and others had their versions but they were too toylike if thats possible Brian.
  11. Sadly still too far for me to visit, Alex Take some pictures? Brian.
  12. The price of postage plus the rising cost of US train related products has applied the brakes on future buys. Which means that I can now concentrate on UK items which I still need to get, although similar increases in price and postage are rising all too frequently. I have enough American stuff anyway, most bought when affordable - any you know how long ago that was! Brian.
  13. A lot depended on where one did the spotting whether it was stinker or flyer. In those days, most relied on the North Rd lane where they could sit\stand on the wall and watch the trains. By extension, Mutley and Laira were in easy cycling distance but there were the outliers at Tavistock Junct. etc, where at that time there was always a lot of shunting going on as well as fresh 'cops' coming off Hemerdon. Brian.
  14. If one lived on the upland sides of Plymouth, it was called the Saltash Flyer and when really busy had two carriages each side of the engine. Brian.
  15. You can't escape ads in this day and age, they're everywhere. So why all the ado about ads herein? I can read the interesting bits and ignore ads and other intrusions; after all how long does it take to peruse RM Web? Brian.
  16. Remember Railway Station? Another name change, from points this time; next it might be ties, then we'll all be able to converse in American! Cabooses anyone? Brian.
  17. Seeing how you are much closer to the incident. It probably wouldn't have made much difference either way! Brian.
  18. I thought this was about the bridge bash on Ashford Hill, in Plymouth! It was always a bit dodgy - a narrow bridge at the bottom of a steep hill, the poor driver probably couldn't stop even if he wanted to! Brian
  19. Over 70s, I'm well in my eighties now and drive OK as well as remembering where I'm going and where I've come from. Also I'm fully aware of my present faculties and drive OK accordingly, licenced and all. Never had a major prang and try and avoid such a probability. My wife is with me on major drives, just in case and so far we've survived, so to say that we are all in the situation, driving or covid, is a bit prejudicial in todays day and age. Brian.
  20. While there are many books on this line, I don't recall so many great pictures of Tavistock station. A lovely selection! Brian.
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