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  1. rodent279
    Nah, nuffin wrong wiv dat, naamby-paamby woftee softee elf & softee gorn maad! I was shocked to visit my dad's one day, to find him & the home help replacing a light bulb. 85 year old stood on a stool doing the bulb, home help on the floor holding the new one. What could possibly go wrong? (I'm not suggesting it would be better if they swapped places either-the daft thing was there was a perfectly good step ladder with a handrail in the utility room).
  2. rodent279
    So effectively the NYMR PLC is being employed to collect revenue on behalf of the NYMHRT, amongst other things? If that's the arrangement, that seems well & good.
  3. rodent279
    It feels a little "wrong" though, for one PLC to be able to claim gift aid on its product, when another PLC can't, purely because it is owned by a charity. It feels wrong in that to my mind the purpose behind gift aid is to benefit the charity, not the PLC. Maybe I'm reading it wrong?
  4. rodent279
    Oh yes it is. Number 501388. Is that the NYMR PLC, or the NYMHRT? My understanding was that the NYMR PLC is the operating arm, the entity that operates the railway. The NYMHRT (and correct me if I'm wrong) is the charity, and the owner of the assets, and I believe at the start, was the sole owner of the NYMR PLC. Which one sells the tickets to the attraction?
  5. rodent279
    What I don't understand is how come the NYMR plc can claim gift aid for selling tickets dressed up as annual passes? The NYMR is not a charity, it is a commercial organisation. Surely the gift aid should go to the NYMHRT?
  6. rodent279
    I can't see what advantages these would offer over say a Stanier class 5, or a Thompson B1. TE is about the same, the only possible advantages I can think of are the possibility of a wider firebox being able to burn lower grade coal, and a lower axle load, about 11 tons compared to the 18 or so of a Black 5. Not sure it would have a role in the UK.
  7. rodent279
    I have an LMS booklet detailing the various types of coaling tower. I got part way through scanning it, must finish it.
  8. rodent279
    Thanks once again. Looking at the caption again, the before photo was taken on my parent's wedding day, 25th March 1950. I don't know when they went on their honeymoon, but presumably not on the 25th, as they would have travelled either from Manchester or Wigan to London.
  9. rodent279
    As you say, if they are sitting on a pile of assets, and want to get off the bus, you'd think they'd just sell up, rather than pick a fight with the authorities.
  10. rodent279
    Hadn't realised 5407 went FR red. I've found 2 photos on Flickr, both from KDH Archive, both with sharing disabled, so I can't even share a link. I quite like the green on 44806 & 44932, but not really sure about FR red. It looks a bit dull to me.
  11. rodent279
    Do WCRC actually own the Carnforth site, or is it leased from one of BR's successors?
  12. rodent279
    And because people-real people-die or are seriously injured. And they are not all namby-pamby mollycoddled youngsters either. The unfortunate thing is that it takes so long for authority to take actions.
  13. rodent279
    Thanks, I know LMS black is a minefield! I'm interested in 4932 specifically because it was built at Horwich in Sept 1945. My dad was working in Horwich works at the time, and may have worked on it, hence the interest in whether it has carried the livery it was built in since preservation.
  14. rodent279
    Plenty of disc fitted 40's went around with two discs showing, regardless of the type of train being worked! Not unknown for them to carry royal train discs on freight workings!
  15. rodent279
    As for the date, certainly post-1974 as that's when the electrification to Scotland was completed. Looking at the state of the OHL gantries, they're not brand new, so probably late 70's, early 80's.
  16. rodent279
    Has 44932 ever run in preservation in LMS livery as 4932? As built at Horwich in Sept 1945, it would presumably have carried 1936 LMS lined black, or possibly unlined black-has it carried this livery since preservation? I know about the lined BR green of the 70's, and rather fetching it looks too.
  17. rodent279
    That'll be 451km from Euston, electrification plates were done in metric for Weaver Jn north to Glasgow. 451km is about 250 miles 270 miles, so I'd say it's Oxenholme Shap?
  18. rodent279
    I was on a train going south somewhere near Watford, sometime in about 1986/7, and saw those mk3's in DSB livery going presumably to Harwich for delivery.
  19. rodent279
    It's been said before that imaginary locomotives really need imaginary railways to run on, and probably need imaginary countries to exist in. If we imagine huge mineral reserves in Scotland, and maybe a much more densely populated Scotland and northern England, then maybe the traffic would exist for such locomotives - heavy, long trains of minerals travelling at a good speed to keep out of the way of the heavy, fast passenger trains constantly moving people across the country.
  20. rodent279
    Never heard that one. We always called them "cans", and not in a good way either!
  21. rodent279
    And Right loco Right route Right livery Wrong number (posing as another class member)
  22. rodent279
    Of course they are being singled out. They are the only ones who haven't complied with ORR requirements.
  23. rodent279
    I was most impressed with HDL's thumper-not only does it have CDL, but the toilets are all retention types as well. Double winner because whilst waiting in station stops you can both drink beer, and let it out!
  24. rodent279
    So guess they've been told to remove the Mk1's and run a fully compliant rake of mk2's?
  25. rodent279
    French, Chemin de Fer du Nord. Looks 1930's ish to me, but I'm no expert on French rolling stock.
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