MarkC

I can't remember if I have put up this link before http://heiwaco.tripod.com/index.html I may well have done so, but someone has just told me that his Costa Concordia rant http://heiwaco.tripod.com/news8.htm has been updated. Seemingly the hull was towed out to sea and sunk! This, if course, is the bloke who said that the ship could not be recovered to upright by parbuckling, and indeed he waxed lyrical about how this procedure was doomed to fail - how wrong he was... There are some great wibbles there. Enjoy! Remember, they walk amongst us...

Surely that's when you get back your car, your woman and your dog?

Wasn't this the loco that was reportedly saved because of Newcastle Brown Ale - or rather that lots of it had been supplied to the crew of the diesel scheduled to take it to locomotive Valhalla at Blyth, the night before the move, rendering them unable to report for duty? That delay gave NELPG time to sort the purchase out? True or not, it's a great tale ISTR that the late Frank Atkinson was involved in subterfuge too, saving J21 65033. Incidentally, I see from the J21 Farceberk page that official permission to restore that old lady was finally given yesterday. Happy days

Rats! I'm still on my ship, and will miss it

Damems station on the Worth Valley?

Many platforms on the Cumbrian Coast line are still low - small wooden steps are available if required, from memory.

Some 15 years ago, I was a regular visitor to Puerto Limon, discharging LPG. (I served on 3 ships that were on charter to Carib LPG, serving several Caribbean destinations from our regular loading port in Trinidad). That was round about the time that the banana trade from there was moving to containers, rather than the traditional reefer ships. Back then there wasn't much *SLF activity there... *SLF - self-loading freight... AKA passengers

That was horrific

Wow. Just...wow

I know what you mean about Comic-Con. My daughter is involved with such things, so regularly get to see photos of various events...

Zuckerberg refused to talk, but it seems that someone found a way in... https://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2018/11/26/facebook_dcms_document_cache_seized/ Popcorn, anyone?

I for one regretted the loss of the ECM range. They could be fitted with a small adaptor plate which made them pretty much a straight mechanical swap for XO4/ Romford Bulldog motors. OK, you then had to solder the power leads, but that too was simple enough. Their era was indeed late 70s/early 80s. I wouldn't be in a hurry to upgrade if the ones you have are still working

That approach - the commanding officer being in a place of safety - is apparently an Italian technique...

They make up into nice models too

Ours is fine - but the area in general is not infested with Guardianistas. It there a link?

The Happy Return Real seamanship

Peter's A8 chassis kit has two versions - one for OO and one for EM/P4. As the main assembly folds up from one piece, this makes sense. I'm thinking that this is also true for the C15?

Haymarket, like Top Shed, was full of Gresley devotees, according to Norman McKillop, so it is quite possible that attitudes towards ET's work were never going to be favourable.

I bought my example of that kit in 1994, and mine became 60532. I'm pretty sure that a double chimney was included, but what wasn't was the bits to represent the operating linkage and boxes cvering the multi-valve regulator that Blue Peter has. Whether later versions of the kit have these, I don't know, but I made suitable parts up

FGS don't give the b*ggers any ideas...

I stopped buying the Eye a couple of years ago. At a guess it was the carp about ships using scrubbers in the exhaust uptakes?

Oh, I don't know. Look who they elected as President...

Well, I've bitten the bullet and gone for a set of Worsley Works 4mm scale etches. I've been toying with the idea for a while; the announcement of the RTR one has made me decide to get the etches, just in case they become unavailable. A nice project for next trip, I think