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King of Pain. - The Rozzers

Fade to Grey - Visage

Lost Patrol - Big Country

Galvanised steel. Grey with some dark rust sections where the galv. has worn or corroded off.

Ham fisted attempt to disguise the join in the brickpaper with a lot of smoke stain.

I gather we only have 15 months to apply for citizenship of other European countries before unspecified extra difficulties are put in our way. Watch prices in France kick up and a frenzy of depopulation start.

Interesting. Here the buildings are too low to match the footbridge level, so the ramp goes uphill. Building doesn’t extend down to form waiting rooms on the near platform though.

Hindley, excellent! Just what I was looking for. Wrong railway, but no matter. The road is 1 1/2 floors above the platforms, the half floor is solid bricked with raised courses to provide visual relief. We can only guess what lurks in the void! The footbridge has a dog-leg so a standard staircase could be used on the far platform. Thanks for all your replies.

Thanks for your help chaps. The one shot on the web of Belfast Botanic from the platforms shows ugly modern ramps, but it’s quite clear how that might have looked earlier. I’ll press on with this, I might even design in some faux half-height windows between the floors to balance the design.

Yes Dave, I know that style, Tyseley, Acocks Green, Water Orton etc. What I’m after is the road parallel to the track, but higher and the station building between them.

To help create a visual block, I want to adopt the ruse of a town street at the back of my layout atop a retaining wall. Pride of place in the middle of the street will be a station building on two levels, passengers access the station at the top level, then reach the platform via internal stairs. A number of questions arise. 1. Are / were there any examples of this in real life? 2. If the difference in levels is not exactly one (or two) building floors, how would the architect deal with the unusable height? 3. Would a refreshment room on street level be a likely feature in the steam age? 4. Any other bright suggestions?

1:148 (UK N) on Scale 3 (14.2mm) gauge track ?

In the GWR corner of the boardroom, we have been impressed by the popularity of the British Pullman / Orient Express operation and are considering creating a Rail Cruise Train, Paddington to all the beautiful destinations we serve on the Cornish Riviera and elsewhere.

http://www.charente-immobilier.com/rm/listings/l2439.html Saw this. Thought of you all.

How Does It Feel - Slade

Music to Watch Girls By - Andy Williams

This is definitely one for EBay addicted sad people. I tend to steer clear of sellers indulging in this nonsense. Similarly, low start auction items with a reserve equal to the Buy it Now price. Why?

Hey-hey! train peeps. We are back from our long holiday, intended to help salve a fairly heavy cull of our nearest and dearest by the grim reaper over the past two years. Put ourselves back on the list for a new foster placement, and myself back to work as a Tesco dot-com driver. Please stop sniggering there at the back. Cake box challenge to be met and some Scalescenes purchases to build. Crossed fingers for a bit of stability going forward.

Looks like Triang Super-4

Is Mugatea a Central African despot dictator? A bit like General Memos, all khaki uniform, gold braid and unidentifiable medals.

Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles

Feelin’ Satisfied - Boston

Long Train Runnin. - Doobey Brothers

Rhythm is a Dancer - Snap!

I’ve lived in the Middlelands for 58 years and it’s still easy to get lost.