Northroader

https://www.flickr.com/groups/2793515@N20/ http://www.stagniweb.it/index.htm

I thought following the Loughor derailment in 1904, assisting locos. had to be placed inside of train engines if they didn’t have a leading bogie, GWR rulebook?

JOHN HARDY. In some corner of a foreign field… https://www.evang-friedhof.at/matzleinsdorf/john-hardy/ You’ll see he was born in Newcastle on Tyne, went out to Sotteville works with Buddicom, then on to Austria. With his son John George Hardy they developed the automatic vacuum brake for the railways, being involved with railway engineering in Austria. The Austrian Railways used vacuum brakes for quite a long time, one of the distinctive features being the silencers on the ejector exhaust. (The conical thingies on the cab roof)

Just comparing things, either the platforms are too high, or the passengers are too short?

Aye, an nip oot ae the side tae Nummer 26! Pint ae heavy comin up!

I would think that decadent termini are ones where the open space with a high roof has been lost by getting an high rise office block stuck on top, which would put Cannon Street in pole position. The one for Paradise Lost would be Euston, with those sad little pavilions out at the front.

The best line is to stick your face right into the recipients, eyes bulging, forehead veins throbbing, and snarl “you little gentleman, you”….

There’s Shapeways/ Stafford Road Works do them in 3D, (not for me, guv, I’m senior scale)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day

The GWR ran a service from Chester to Manchester Exchange by way of Hooton, so it could have been a GWR saloon they used.

You’m just being a lump-sucking scrimshanker, now. (Practising for Sept.19th)

One thing that will have to be established is the crossing point with Mikkel’s “Farthing” line:

There’s a scene in the Onedin line where Mr. Baines says “Us don’t want no gollywobblers on this ship, ah-harr”. I remember it well.

There’s a very evocative line side shot of the sleeper passing through the tunnel bit that I really liked.

I haven’t seen this one, so can’t make any recommendations, but it seems to fit the bill: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&tn=Dampf in Italien&an=Rohrer

“This goat walks into a pub, see…. “

Not in line with the thread title, as it’s this side of Dover, although with the imminent move to reduced space habitation, I’m coming into thinking of using b), with a removable high platform, so a D299 wagon might occasionally appear in the siding.

What scale? 00 or H0?

HANDY GUIDE TO LAYOUT DESIGN: a) b) c) that’s all you need - KEEP IT SIMPLE !

Bot… schtoopid!!!

Tiens!! Un reseau diapason!

Kevin, the terminus was the Gare Denfert Rochereau, one of the names that comes up on the Paris Underground map, but previously for the Sceaux line, a small independent suburban line built early on. Noteworthy for being built on the Arnoux system, allowing very tight bends, so you didn’t need runrounds at the termini. It went broke, was absorbed into the P.O., who didn’t take to to complications of the system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_de_Sceaux

Thanks for the Monet, James, I gather he turned up at the station, and the management were posing trains for him. As for the Sceaux: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Système_Arnoux

The right shade of blue??

FERROCARRIL SANTANDER - ALAR DEL REY. Actually, the link Eric’s given is limping a bit, so, you can actually download a book on the line, which gives the full words and music, and if you want some gen on modelling a Spanish line… (or Dodds & Co, for that matter) https://centrodeestudiosmontaneses.com/wp-content/uploads/DOC_CEM/BIBLIOTECA/EDICION_OTROS/ferrocarril-alar-santander_2015.pdf That 0-4-0 is on page 299, with more photos and a drawing. The picture above gives an impression of some sleepy little branch line, but it turns out that it became a vital link in the mighty Norte system, through very mountainous terrain. Theres sufficient information there, Don, but it’s wide gauge, needing another line, and oh, I dunno… Oh, and here’s a link to the blog that Eric was using, now to settle down and examine it further. I’m a bit worried about the author, looks like he’s been eating too many crisps whilst watching the football. https://compartirconocimientos.com/juan-peris-torner/