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  1. John M Upton
    Trouble is, you try finding a decent second hand stall or shop! Not exactly on every high street anymore.
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    There is so much wrong with this I don't know where to start.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196329089879
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    A pair of Class 37's with loco hauled stock made it to Mallaig and back today successfully, Mk III stock and the 37 in that fake Scotrail garb but they got there with no fuss or commotion, that WCRC is how you do it rather than tossing your toys out of the pram because you have been told to behave yourself and follow the rules everyone else has to...
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    Mainline did a Mk1 RU in green I think. Could it be one of those?
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    Do we know how long it will be before the N scale insulfrog points are discontinued in favour of these uniform things? I want to stock up on the insulfrog ones before they disappear.
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    Oh yes, very informative!!! 🙄
  7. John M Upton
    Freightliner green machine 59101 just roared through Chichester heading east:
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    Is it just me or is this "built kit" according to the description title just a box full of someone's left overs swept off the workbench into a box and has very little if any connection to the purported contents https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226069236587
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    On the subject of the Dance Hall brake van, I still have not managed to get the body off yet. Any ideas anyone? No obvious screws or anything, I presume it is a clip fit to the chassis but trying to lever it off without damage is proving impossible.
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    Nice work! Should be this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235116894855 which shows the end of it in the distance. Nice photo too... The hunt continues....
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    I was told that there there is an ancient agreement somewhere which guarantees that a certain percentage of rostered dutys are covered by rest day working, i.e. the railways are actually obliged to run with less than the required staff to ensure guaranteed overtime availability. Time a lot of the outdated nonsense in the railway industry was binned.
  12. John M Upton
    My office this evening with the 22:00 last one of the night through from Brighton to Portsmouth Harbour.
  13. John M Upton
    What is the date for the 2025 event please?
  14. John M Upton
    Worth a read, an embarrassing shambles if ever there was one! https://iwobserver.co.uk/5-trains-have-become-4-and-swr-are-buying-wheels-from-a-scrapyard/?fbclid=IwAR1vry428gKVn5e5B_fLS9Zgih7fOtsEbXcLYgEyPueZe6O9afJifGoRrN8
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    As for offering six hundred sheets for a rest day working, if I took that (wrong TOC for a starter!) that would put me firmly in then next income bracket and pretty much all of it would in effect go waft past my wallet straight to the taxman so I don't think many will bother.
  16. John M Upton
    Top dollar for these used to be about thirty five quid, still is in my opinion but I suppose you could add a tenner for the DCC and light fitment although an analogue dinosaur like me would rip all that out anyway.
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    I tend to find, any seller who pretenciously uses the word 'collectibles' in their username automatically qualifies for membership of the Society of Golden Chislers...
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    I haven't won anything by auction bidding for months, too many snipe bidders piling in at the last minute and sending things way way over what they are worth at the moment, more so since Hattons threw in the towel (and I am not convinced some of the overpriced S/H on offer on Ebay came from Hattons in the first place, bought purely to sell on at a hefty profit, too many chiselers and hawkers these days for my taste.)
  19. John M Upton
    Fifty Five sheets for this Frankenstein wreck? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326059162953 I appreciate N scale second hand is going for silly money lately but this is a whole new level!!
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    Not been fitted as part of the Project Aurora upgrade yet. All the 377/1's and 377/4's have been done, the first 377/2 (377202) is due out any day now and when the other 14 377/2's have been done, the 377/3's are next. Anyone seen 377324 around by the way? It seems to have vanished.
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    Seems like a lot of teddy tossing and willy waving going on. If they want to play with their trainset, the must do it by the rules the same as everyone else.
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    I used an undecorated one to recreate the unique BR Black Large Logo version:
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    I picked up a Dance Hall brake van at Ally Pally as planned: For an N scale model, it's a big old thing! Now, has anyone worked out how to get the body off yet?
  24. John M Upton
    Looking at the show guide plan, and the background of that photo, it seems to be in the place occupied by the Double O Gauge Association. Other than that, no details listed.
  25. John M Upton
    I wouldn't rule it out!
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