LNERGE

Cats.  I blame cats.

Not in this instance. Mine just chew signals. 

Little shell shaped pieces of plastic and a spring loaded firing pin.  Ditto with the coastal fort.

But to be fair, pretty good chance you could fire them towards someone so not surprised they no longer have that feature.

But fairly tame when compared with the Triang R672 Honest John missile. I can still see the dent in the ceiling where mine was fired straight up from the living room table. 

Blink and they grow up!

Lol, my first born turned 20 yesterday ......

My goddaughter turned 19 this year - it feels like only 5 minutes ago that I was feeding her a bottle in my arms!

Fringe.

A similar ride pre pandemic remains the most crowded I have ever seen a train. People sitting on top of seatbacks with their legs round people in seats. 

"People sitting on top of seatbacks with their legs round people in seats."

TMI.

We had 41.7 (in the shade) in our garden (Hampshire) earlier. Not with a properly calibrated thermometer, admittedly.

She's a keeper.

Mrs LNERGE too.

I decided that many years ago after her reaction to the Vulcan taking off from RAF Cottesmore… 

Make a train shaped rattle one of the early toys then a Brio set as the first more train set like purchase, but regarding the Brio not for a year or so yet.

Give her the gift of the joy and encouragement of creating with her own hands.... railway modelling is just one way of expressing that joy. 

Once she's crawling, you want the ELC Happyland Train. Here's an unboxing video: 

twenty or more years ago, we had two sets, including points and a diamond (well, square) crossing. It could be set up with two trains circulating in opposite directions on a dog-bone layout with passing loop. With care, it could run for ages without a collision! You can probably get extra track or complete sets second-hand.

One at a time might have been easier!

Those days are long gone. Carrying them down the box steps and away was once so easy lol

I've got TPOs that operate with

HD 3-rail

HD 2-rail

Triang (and Hornby) mechanical ramp

As mentioned above the HD offerings have a socking great solenoid that whacks the "net" and the delivery door open. Only a tinplate coach could survive the forces involved!

The benefit of the HD setup is that it only operates when you want it to, if it passes the apparatus without the button being pressed, the doors stay closed. The Triang and Hornby version opens the doors each time it passes, whether there are mailbags to be collected/dropped or not.

My first post should have had a "tongue in cheek" smiley after "I think its been done before...."

Unless you have some sort of a lineside trigger, you'd have to have "net" boards at a suitable distance before the apparatus to remind you to deploy the pick up net in time....

I can't use an extra rail with dcc so it will have to be something else. Magnets may be worth a try.

Reed switch?

Let's face it, he could be a Politician. Great place to be......... 

Second shift just starting. I wonder how days got on ?

Third shift and sinking fast

That sounds painful.

Of course, my observation might have something to do with my past experiences of long distance rail commuting - or "transportation", as one rail operator appeared to view it.

Well, they did seem keen to maintain certain traditions (allegedly) ... .

@truffy The GOP will never ban coal, no such thing as Global Warming to them.

Gas price is up again, so coal is probably cheaper...

@woodenhead just don’t let Greta Funtimes hear you say that! 

Deffo not an Olivia's!!!!!!!

Biffoman

I got a Hornby 31 to work nicely so I though I’d get it a sound chip. What I got was rather lame. I don’t want to make the same mistake with the 37.