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tigerburnie

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  1. Excellent work, the reference to the 12 BA bolt gives me a reference as to the size of things, not sure my dexterity is up to such fine work these days.
  2. Nice to see the council have been out and straightened that lamp post.........................................................................................
  3. You might find more info if you post on the garden railway section
  4. Stunning job, did you build it, have you any pictures of it being built?
  5. There are very few shops selling items related to model railways near mem, so I go to shows or buy online, however as I am now retired, large purchases no longer happen, there are far more important things to make largish purchases, if someone were to follow a lot of other businesses and offer credit, some even offer interest free, they are the ones likely to get my business
  6. I bought my controller from them, another vote for their great service.
  7. Liking the conveyor, I could use one of those for the beet at Inverkeilor.
  8. This site was around a quarter of a mile long so around 20 feet just for the station, I think this project will have to be abandoned and aim for an area just north of the station that I modelled before, being rural in can be condensed without really detracting from the prototype retaining the key features
  9. This is still in the design process, unfortunately ill health put a stop to any progress, but I still have plans to make this.
  10. Let's hope the Council keep the centre open going forwards, a great sized venue for the show and in a nice central position near the station.
  11. Glad this is on this year not been to a show since before covid and this is my favourite, just out of hospital (PRI ironically) so hope to be fit to attend.
  12. I was joking, to be honest I rarely went onto the platform, we used climb on our bikes and sit on the wall near the turntable, when the view wasn't blocked by a loco.
  13. Sorry I've not visited this for a while, health problems get in the way, my memories are of the GC in and south of Leicester are after this modelling period as I was born in 1950, I did however move pretty much lines side in 1954 and at a very early age this railway became a large part of my life. Both my recollections and those of others older than me can confirm the status of Leicester GC as being quite unique on the railway, it had things like an ice house for the fish trains for example. If you study the timetable you can see which trains changed locos and which didn't by the amount of time they were given. Sometimes just the crew changed and the same loco continued, an example were the two evening Immingham fish trains, both stopped at Leicester, both had the wagons opened and staff frantically putting fresh ice into them to keep the fish fresh. The early one changed loco and crew, this often in the summer had a Great Western area engine and crew returning home to Swindon rostered. The second, almost always Britannia hauled in the later years only changed crews and not the loco, but again ice was added to the wagons. The smell from those trains could be smelt in our house as they went past. Before 1957 and the passing over to the Midland region, Leicester had A3 pacific's on shed as it was a major loco/crew change station and I was told this was the case pre WW2 as well. After the removal of the name plates from the South Yorkshireman and the Master Cutler, the A3's were removed and Leicester had already become less important as a passenger station, most of the stopping trains were removed from the timetable as all the intermediate stations closed, Whetstone near to where I lived shut in '63 I think it was. As kids we went all over the country trainspotting, but the thrill on the GC when the peg went up, especially in the summer, I can still remember because you just didn't know what would turn up.
  14. Sorry for the late reply, I saw two of those, Mallard being towed on it's way to preservation, not under it's own steam.
  15. Some excellent work here, I kinda regret having to dismantle my rendition of Leicester GC, I spent quite a lot of time around there in my yoof train spotting, only criticism I might offer is you have way too many people on the platform to be realistic, sadly it was usually empty unless it was 1961 when Leicester City played Spurs at Wembley, then platform was packed with footie fans.
  16. There's nae sun near Montrose the noo.............................................
  17. Where's Pete moved to the moon? Hope all is well he's been missing in action for a while now.
  18. and tell those blokes to get some work done..........................................
  19. I used this company to buy one of these and find it is very good for my fairly modest layout Digitrax DCS52 Zephyr Express: All-in-one Command Station/Booster/Throttle - Digitrax - Shop by Brand (digitrains.co.uk)
  20. Trying to add a link, but cannot for some reason.
  21. The longer video is now on youtube, titled The Old Summer House.
  22. Not posted on here for a long time, what with covid and then cancer, life has sort of got in the way, I haven't been able to go to any shows, so little additional modelling has taken place. I do however use the layout and today on a short run during the hottest day of the year I tried using my new movie camera in The Old Summer House, this is a very short clip I loaded onto flickr, there will be a much longer version about this layout and a bit of running stock on my youtube channel later. Model railway by tigerburnie, on Flickr
  23. Not had an update for a while, trust all is well Pete.
  24. Glad work is progressing and that you are too Pete, pity we live at opposite ends of the uk, I'd have liked to see you at work.
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