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AW was assigned to Württemberg-Baden from 1948 - 1956 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_deutschen_Kfz-Kennzeichen_(historisch)#Deutschland_1945–1956 Brian

I seem to remember being told that Petherick, Filisur and David Yule's Disentis were bought by someone who installed them in a barn somewhere near Stratford upon Avon. Brian

I believe they are already available, some have been and gone at Gaugemaster. There is a report that there is a problem with the windows being too deep, they don't quite look right. https://www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren/read.php?010,9966772 Brian

Found this picture on the internet, doesn't look like there's much room to move the wheels out. https://www.catawiki.com/l/43418895-roco-h0-33298-diesel-locomotive-br-2095-obb#&gid=1&pid=24 Brian

HRF Modellbahn-Atelier used to sell steel sleepered H0m track either complete or just the sleeper strip, but if I've read it correctly they have decided to close down. https://www.h-r-f.com/ Although the parts are still listed https://www.h-r-f.com/schienen.html Brian

I think the sleepers are referred to as "Y-Stahlschwellen" This chap appears to sell/make some but at 65 or so Euros per metre https://www.weichen-walter.de/ww-onlineshop/product_info.php?products_id=180&language=en Brian

I noticed this morning that eBay listings for non UK sellers now include the message that 20% VAT will be charged for these purchases. If the value is under £135 then the VAT is collected by eBay, over £135 you are at the mercy of HMRC. I do notice that books and magazines appear to be exempt as they should be, being zero rated, although there might be VAT on the postage. The 20% VAT also applies to goods already in this country but the seller is non UK registered. eBay's information is here https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/paying-items/paying-tax-ebay-purchases?id=4771&st=2&pos=2&query=Paying tax on eBay purchases&intent=tax Brian

Actually before 1751 it was quite possible to die before being born according to the "dates". Until 1751 the start of the year was on the 25 March, so you could be born in April 1749 and die in January 1749. The changeover was 1751 which ran from 25 March to 31 December. In 1752 11days were lost in the changeover from the Julian to the Gregorian calenders, Wednesday 2 September was followed by Thursday 14 September. The tax people at the time didn't change their year start date and the calender change is the reason our tax year starts on the 6 April. Brian

But always double check the information if you can. Shortly before I started my tree someone else had done a part of it and made a fundamental error. I contacted him but he never changed it and subsequently about another 10 people have copied his error. Brian

I subscribe to both Ancestry and FMP. They each have their strengths and weaknesses. If you want to build your tree on either I find Ancestry easier, they've been doing it longer and you'll get more hints from other people's trees. On FMP you generally have to message other users to look at their trees, while on Ancestry you don't. For parish and county records you may well find one site better than the other, e.g. in my research for Birmingham and Warwickshire then Ancestry are better because they have come to an arrangement with the local Family History Society. FMP were the first to get the 1939 Register, but that is now available on Ancestry. One downside to Ancestry is you sometimes get quite alot of results from the LDS (Mormons) transcriptions of parish records which not always very helpful. Some certificates, Births 1837 to 1919 and Deaths 1837 to 1957 are now available at a reduced price of £7.00 as a downloaded Pdf. I started doing the family history over twenty years ago and wish I had started much earlier when older relations were still around. Brian

The closest I can find for 27 is loco No 141 of the Hohenzollerischen Landesbahn in Baden-Württemberg. This is the only photo I've found of an ELNA 2 with a number on the side of the smokebox (top right in the first group of pictures) https://www.eisenbahnlehrpfad.de/lokomotiven/ " Locomotive 141, a triple-coupled standard locomotive (axle arrangement 1 C) built according to the guidelines of the Engerer Lokomotiv-Norm-Kommission (ELNA), was acquired in 1929 from the bankruptcy estate of Hohenzollern AG Düsseldorf. It was quite economical and was only scrapped in 1965 after the main inspection deadline. " If you do a Google image search for "Henschel ELNA 2" it produces a number of photos and drawings, particularly of the preserved example BLE 146 of the DGEG. There's further information on ELNA locos here https://www.dampflokomotivarchiv.de/index.php?nav=1402971&lang=1 Brian

27 looks similar to an ELNA 2, a series of 1'C built around 1941 by Henschel. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELNA https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELNA_2 Translation "ELNA 2 is the name of a series of tank locomotives that were built according to the ELNA standards. The ELNA 2 have a 1'C axis arrangement. They are designed for light route service. With their output of 368 kW, they reach a top speed of 50 km / h. At least 37 locomotives of this type have been built for various private railways, most of them in the superheated steam version. Most of the locomotives of this type (five) were on the Liegnitz-Rawitscher Railway. In 1949, 16 locomotives were taken over by the DR and mainly included in the numbering scheme as class 91.62. An ELNA 2 locomotive is on display at the German Society for Railway History (DGEG). It is the former locomotive 146 of the Butzbach-Licher Eisenbahn (BLE), which was built by Henschel in 1941 and was in operation from 1960 to 1964 as the RRE 146 on the Reinheim-Reichelsheimer Eisenbahn." Brian

Or from Screwfix £7.49 https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-mas830b-digital-multimeter-600v/75337 Brian

No problem. I've been doing my family tree for the last 20 odd years, so it's only a quick search on the right website. I don't know how deep your mother wants to get involved, whether it's the family history, to see how far back you can go, or to find living relatives. To find living relatives you often need to go back in time first and then come forward. Like any hobby results often depend upon how much time and money one invests in it. I subscribe to a couple of websites, Ancestry and Find My Past, each has their strengths and weaknesses. A useful free site is Free BMD https://www.freebmd.org.uk which allows you to search the Birth, Marriages and Death indexes from 1837 to 1992. Brian

I've had a look at parish birth records going back to the late 1600's, and 1700's. The majority of Blastock's were born just to the West of Leicester particularly around Desford, Shackerstone, Packington and across to Polesworth in Warwickshire. Brian

There's another live feed that is zoomed in a bit more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aNc8iVY-r8 Brian

Here's a drawing of the original track arrangment around Alp Grum, I was going to scan it out of a book I have, but like so many things it's already available on the internet. Google got you pretty close, the radius was 45 m Brian

The poster of this video has a few more on YouTube. There is one taken in May of Pontresina to Scuol/Tarasp. Really excellent video. It shows the Samedan to Bever double tracking is in use, but there is only a single track through Bever itself because of the station rebuild. I was surprised to find that Sagliains station has been rebuilt further East, much further and they could have done away with Lavin. Looks like the only benefits are longer platforms and a longer siding possibly for shuttle trains. https://map.geo.admin.ch/?lang=en&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.swissimage&layers=ch.swisstopo.zeitreihen,ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register,ch.bav.haltestellen-oev,ch.swisstopo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege&layers_opacity=1,1,1,0.8&layers_visibility=false,false,false,false&layers_timestamp=18641231,,,&E=2803460.45&N=1182751.98&zoom=11 There is also a video of St Moritz to Tirano in winter. Almost scary not being able to see the track under the snow. Brian

I sometimes like to do the odd jigsaw puzzle, one contributor to the site I use often posts a RhB picture. His/her latest offering on Sunday was a picture of 602 passing the Glacier Express at Valendas-Sagogn on August 1st. Presumably the picture must have been taken shortly before the accident, weather was bright and sunny, so possibly the mudslide was caused by a sudden deluge. Here's the picture, need to do the puzzle first https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=1604e0507305 Brian

I bought a DZt way back in 1983 or 1985 on a visit to Interlaken when I was modelling in N gauge. Apart from the wheels it also ran a bit on the high side. This is fairly easy to remedy by removing material from the bogie pivot, can't remember now if it was on the bogie itself or on the body moulding. Brian

There are some interesting photos of the new Valser containers/trains on this forum :- https://www.modell-bahn.ch/forum/index.php?thread/7790-neue-werbepritschen-bei-der-rhb-valser/ I notice depending upon which type of wagon the containers are attached to some sit higher than others. I presume at the moment they are still being loaded using pallet trucks, but the height difference must cause problems. Brian

Take a look at the range of strip wood sold by Hobbies and Hobby's (different companies) https://www.hobbies.co.uk/materials/wood#q=pageitems.44 https://hobby.uk.com/materials/wood.html Brian

Baby you're a rich man ? Brian

The bypass is shown in dotted on the Swiss Maps site https://map.geo.admin.ch/?lang=en&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.zeitreihen,ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register,ch.bav.haltestellen-oev,ch.swisstopo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege&layers_opacity=1,1,1,0.8&layers_visibility=false,false,false,false&layers_timestamp=18641231,,,&E=2633047.33&N=1168575.73&zoom=10 Brian

Judging from his description this seems like an honest seller, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nothing/303533509902?hash=item46ac01cd0e:g:HTcAAOSwOuheZtXn Brian