The Stationmaster

Back in the '90s one of the shops selling sarnies at Waterloo - I  think it was Boots(?) used to do al 'all day breakfas sandwich containing egg, bacon, sausage, and tonmato.  But what made it complete was the bread ' baked bean flavour white bread - well actually a sort of pinkish-pale brown colour.   Much to my amazement if all made quite a tasty sarnie on the days I'd not been provided with any bt herself at home.

But they were only on sale for a few months so obviously I must have been  one of the few people who actually liked them

Amazon would appear to be the place to go (online that is, not up the jungle)

It might not have been the most wonderful set up in the world but oh for the days of the BRMSB and manufacturers who actually took notice of and used the standards it published.  Those standards are still around and could, if needed be updated so why don't 'manufacturers' use them?  Or is it because they are not 'manufacturers' in the real sense of that word?

Rather frustratingly I've never found a pannier on sale in a pannier market.  Look like a number of places are ignoring the Trades Description Act

Ooh, I've had a look - and chucked a brick in the pond so it might n be worth going to the last page and seeing if any ripples spread

But what about the other part of you?

Think RCH, think very long production runs, think a constant money stream.  You know it makes sense.

You really need to get yourself to Scuol - nice place.

Morning Cap'n,

The train had to go to a specific line at Windsor in order to transfer the coffin.  I'm not sure if what is on the other side of where the transfer would take pace would still be accessible and if there's room to re-lay the line in question.  You also need somewhere to put the second train (yes, the plan involved two trains) and even back along that required some track to be laid to deal with them.  Top & tail wouldn't be a problem at all but it's a matter of gaining access to the right part of the station and that might no longer be possible.  the other problem is that the route available for the public to see the cortege would be very short (from either station) which would lead to crowd control problems.  I suspect that rail to windsor was taken out of the plan a good while back?

As the tv showed coppers about every 20 yards on much of teh road route fro Wellington Arx ch to Windsor I doubt if the security problems  by road are much different from that by rail.  But rail in any case wouldn't be the best way of approaching the Long Walk and that entrance to the castle grounds.

Alas I doubt if it would still be possible to take the late sovereign by train from London to Windsor.  I would be amazed if NR could actually manage the necessary planned track layout alterations required at the ex GWR station within a week.

Well done grandad - hope that mum and babe are both doing well

Technically it isn't 'operation London Bridge' but it is the code name for a series of plans - which are no doubt still reviewed regularly - for dealing with what is to be done in in respect of arrangements etc after the death of the Monarch (and which may also used for other very senior members of the Royal Family).

I have only ever seen, and was years ago involved in updating, one small - but quite important -  part of it and no doubt that is the case with many other organisations which are only interested in their ownparticular part of the overall plan.

London Bridge only applies to various things in London and Windsor although I expect the Windsor part has probably been drastically altered since I was involved in a meeting updating  parts of it back in the 1980s

Ah, marvellous,  Returning over the RHB to Tirano on the second evening I stayed there the train ran into the station and almost every passenger had left n by the time the border police hurriedly emerged from a nearby bar to roars of laughter from any locals standing around to watch.   BTW are the standard gauge 'preserved' FS items still standing there rotting away at Tirano?

For the best picket in the brewflade ......

Very nice, The RhB is a smashing railway.

I counted their density yesterday evening - about 5 drops per 4" square of ground surface every 5 minutes (well actually for the 5 minutes during which they landed).

You were lucky - I'm expecting a parcel (a book) so I was alitt;e surprised half an hour ago when a DPD van drew up at the gate as I thought the book was coming via RM.   But it definitely wasn't the book - it was an ironing board (and before you ask I am not passed out as competent on either ironing boards or ironing)

Well done to the lad.

Just that you'll end up with some rather big gaps fduring the cold season (if we ever get one again)

Quite a trip that Stuttgart to Manchester via Amsterdam (Schiphol) and Belfast.  That looks like a pretty good level of utilisation although not too many flying hours. .

Trains to Brussels are cancelled today.

This topic is starting to get a bit Flakey

An etched kit or a spot of loco servicing which required dismantling?