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  1. Glad to hear your good news, both with your health and getting married. I believe I'm kit 19, still interested in having one, still not in a rush where ever its ready, have plenty of other project keeping me busy in the mean time Steve
  2. Another Ex Brum poly Student that spend the first year commuting from Five Ways to Perry Barr, studied Engineering in A Block most of the time so may have got better grades if I did not spend the time looking out the window Great layout captures the station as I remember it almost, while I was there the station building caught fire and One Stop shopping center was built Steve
  3. Good show, and spent too much money, only one criticism was it was cash only at the door. Steve
  4. Thanks for supplying it spent several hour studying it, little early for what I need. ..1981 or 1985 dmu diagrams for Cardiff Valleys, but still very interesting Steve
  5. On Robert Carrolls British Railways Loco-hauled coaching yahoo group in the fies section is the WR 1958-9 Winter Cardiff Valleys diagrams There is a note in there about paper numbers in carriage windows. Diagram on a Sunday 267 is Steve
  6. I remember from my school day, when I traveled by train to Cardiff every day, a few times the Guard coming through saying were not stopping at Dingle Road on the way to Penarth. due to an engine being out and wanting a run at the bank. If they stopped they would never get going again. It was almost as quick to walk back than to wait for the return working. This was in the middle 1980's Steve
  7. Wishing Paul the best, Heath is much more iportant than model railways. I have one on order, cant remember the number at the moment, I anyone is going to print them I would still like one, happy to cover cost, and donations etc steve
  8. Live around the corner from the Marine on the island, it closed just over a year ago, and is now being converted in to flats, with a couple of houses going in the car park. Under the house next door to the marine runs the tunnel through to Barry Pier, now a shooting range. Steve
  9. My father started his railway carear as a shunter at Cardiff General, one of his stories Involves the Clarence Road branch, when one Saturday after the branch had closed to passengers, he was taking some stock (from a rugby specal) to be stabled, on the branch, not wanting to walk the length of the train he jumped off, and waited until the loco was level with him, un hooked and had a lift back to the General, On the Monday, his shunter mate said to him you were lucky Saturday... another couple of feet and you would of been in the dirt, un beknown to him they had started lifting the branch, and he was a few feet from the end when he un hooked. Steve
  10. Peter Lord of Lord & Butler, used to work for Budd Morgans, as a buyer I beleve before he joined the post office. it was Terrys Train shop in broadway, remember his refusing to show me stuff saying there no point you cant afford that Steve
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