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  1. Is that the Sven that filled in for the 'delectable Samantha' on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue?
  2. Another thought is that the Bachmann MXA Lobster has the visible BDA chassis frame, which i believe is metal to give the required weight. I wonder if the body is removable which would leave a clear skeletal chassis frame?
  3. I've found the post in Facebook. Caption says: Following Lewis Andrews recent post of a test train passing Bideford. Some research came up with the following. Here it is arriving at Torrington at 09.20 13 August 1981 with test vehicles for Meeth line Guard Darch plus inspectors, departed 09.25. 31 159, longwheel base railfreight van, bogie cargo flat wagon, bogie cargo van, long wheelbase railfreight van, empty clay wagons for Marland and BR brake van. Petrockstow to be used for runround. So it's running into Torrington from the north, on the line closest to the station building. Nearer lines in the photo are the goods yard.
  4. You're right, I hadn't noticed the time of day. It would be post and/or newspapers.
  5. Fair point and I don’t know the actual headcode working, but definitely not freight. The main point being the line to Torrington and Meeth closed in 1982 so the clay workings in the table were not from the North Devon line. There are other photos of Dutch liveried split box 37s at Lapford with the UKF fertiliser vans, and also rescuing a DMU at Barnstaple. I'll have a search later.
  6. Backtracking a bit - that's very different! Not sure what a Cargowaggon flat would be used for and there's no hopper wagons in that lineup. Struggling to think where this would be though. 4 track section of line?
  7. Great photo. Likewise i havent seen anything from thst era with 2 trains at Lapford. I do remember discussions about there being a short token for Crediton to Lapford, with a "lock in" facility on the Lapford loop ground frame so that other traffic could pass through. Presumably it would have to get to Crediton or Eggesford before the Lapford frame could be released.
  8. The workings on the Barnstaple line are class 1 and 2, so passengers not freight.
  9. "an unidentified Clayton class 17 powering a crane" Are we really believing that? More likely the other way round! 😉
  10. That looks fantastic. Really convincing. I am convinced Cavalex, Accurascale or Rapido will release new spec models of HBA/HEA hoppers soon. I'd definitely be interested.
  11. Thank you for your responses to my jokes. Foe some reason Andy Y seems upset by some of them and has restricted my access. I thought I'd let you know in case he bars me completely because I have questioned his reasons and suggested that would have been courteous to have notified me, especially in view of the fact that no warnings or restrictions are listed against me on my profile. It seems rather high handed to me. Thanks again.

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      AY Mod

      "seems rather high handed to me" - you are really not helping your cause here.

  12. Lovely work on the layout overall Alex and the weathering here. I was confused by the raised bonnet at the far end until I realised there's a Toad beyond...🙄
  13. There's a bit more about this on @Graham_Muz 's Canute Quay blog https://southern-railway.com/2023/06/20/the-lager-must-be-mine-grahams-golden-lager-and-a-tenuous-link-to-canute-road-quay/?amp
  14. You need the usher(ette) to come front of house to sell tubs of ice cream 😋
  15. You could start a company with thst name! Oh, wait....
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