Bill

Emirates? It's totally unreadable way up there

Canadian Armed forces going for a Saturday afternoon spin over the Bedford Basin in their helicopter.. (This is unusual as it normally flies only at night...)

Starling - Head on..

To give it a bump could the next photos feature colourful Graffiti... on the move?

Having recently returned from the point and shoot wilderness and acquired a DSLR - Canon EOS T7i / 800D.. It is obvious that 1 battery won't do.. And after much investigation have opted to get hold of a third party battery or two., Asperx LP-E17 They seem to only come in pairs with a charger in tow.. but its a USB charger rather than the AC charger that Canon supplies.. And according to someone on some far-flung YouTube video, last well and don't evoke Canons battery nanny.. Also, the charger will, apparently, charge up Canons original offering. Anyways.. I'll soon find out the veracity of any of this and report back, that is if anyone is still interested..

Here is a mug shot of the lead Loco of the Halifax to Montreal express (ave speed in the region of 50 kph..).. on a rainy day..

There was a reason for that horn..

Sainsbury's really could do that? Amazing call it Red label and sell it in a blue packet? Utterly Amazing, beyond belief! - with abilities like that they should get into politics as spin-masters!

It may have been Photo-Shopped rather than.. Now it seems a wee bit more likely..

Sending a package small packet Air is about $22.00 Canadian which is about 14 pounds UK.. I would want 80 pounds for 68184 so about 94 pounds total.. If it needs to be tracked then its $56.00 or about 34 pounds UK.. For a total of 114 Pounds.. Let me know if this falls within your budget..

Hello - I have 68184 available, mint and unused if you want it - along with number 57 in similar condition.. I do live in Canada

OK: Want a smoke? (Courtesy of Players Gold leaf whilst you travel in style..) And the next item perhaps ought to be curious, weird and odd railwayana of any kind..

It is seven years later.. And all things eventually turn up.. and yes its players again Promoting their products in Pullman cars.. You don't stick branding on your products unless you have (a) permission (b) Intend to make money through advertising. (c) want to associate your product with prestige.. With players you will travel in style, etc.. Senior Service also did a similar thing with BR for their revamped Pullman services.. (P.S. the seller never even noticed the Pullman logo or even realised that it related to rail travel in a bygone era!

Taken on 7th May 2019 at Bedford Nova Scotia, crossing the Sackville river - (Perhaps it was going home .) GMTX 2257 - I believe its a GP 38-2 ? P.S. A few moments later just after it had crossed..

Well it could be a diesel. Could it also be the Via Rail (what passes for passenger service in Canada) courtesy bus? What else is really odd when seen on a railway?

Yeovil, Sommerset, - which used to have the only decent cinema in rural Somerset, and is still home of a football team nicknamed the Glovers - (from the time Yeovil was a Glove making centre..)

This got me smiling and wondering..

The latest - Phone rings - Picks up phone - No hello just cuts to a boring English America female voice at insistent pressure.. "Your credit card has been charged $399 for computer services - (repeats thrice) - If you want to cancel the charge dial XXX XXX XXXX .. Now I'm in no way dialing that number.. Who knows what it connects to? So we have these criminals in Canada too..

But some take this 'admitting guilt' a little bit too far... I was exiting the multi-story car park of our local hospital. When the car in front overshot the down ramp. He stopped and then to my and my wife's utter horror began backing up. The driver had given no thought to the fact that there might be another car behind his. (Or like many, had no use for his rear view mirror.) Next came the inevitable, 'BANG' ... I got out and was confronted by an irate and his equally abusive harridan of a wife. Who to my complete amazement both began screaming at me for rear-ending their car. You just can't make this stuff up... I now own and use a dash-cam...

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I have a PhD in physics and thanks to a random brain freeze forgot the word for photon so had to call it a ‘shiny crumb’ in front of my colleagues.” Physicist Paul Coxon kicks off a discussion of times when even experts found that words were hard. (Mashable)

Hello If instead you want the Hawksworth maroon R4410 or the 4405A Custard and cream, then these are available.. Regards Bill

Hello faa77 - I do have three of the Bachmann # 38-351 BAA Steel Carrier Wagons - The yellow/grey/black ones with steel coil loads. All original in pristine condition. Please get in touch if interested - P.S. I live in Canada, so the cost of postage maybe an issue, but is not too expensive if surface mail works for you..