DavidB-AU

If only somebody could have predicted this would be a bad idea! Queensland’s state library launched an AI war veteran chatbot. Pranksters immediately tried to break it https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/24/queensland-state-library-ai-war-veteran-chatbot-charlie

Bring ale and pie!

It was an open secret in the industry but not widely known to the public until he died. He include some disguised hints in BB, if anyone remembers the "Cyril said" questions where he would put on a camp voice. Cyril was his middle name.

Another Bety almost ready to return to service. Restoration after being relocated from Mackay taken only 14 months. Main line testing should start in a few weeks.

Frateschi is nominally HO but there are some individual models closer to 1:80. The 2-8-0 is a common donor mech for On30.

This was one reason I think it was sheer genius that Richard Branson gave Diana an unlimited supply of Virgin Atlantic sweatshirts she wore every time she went to the gym. It gave the commentators conniptions and played the paparazzi who had a hard time proving a photo was new.

Ukrzaliznytsia has this morning announced the in house construction of 66 new passenger coaches by the end of the year and the refurbishment of 42 others retrieved from storage, 4 with improvements in disability access. 6 passenger coaches converted for medical evacuation. Also 15 suburban trains will be overhauled.

I would actually put back the kickback siding, if the front of the board was finished as a canal wharf.

D3 639 has returned to the main line in Victoria.

The biggest culprit of shrinkflation appears to be breakfast cereals. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/cereal-shrinkflation-price-size-cost-of-living-kellogs/103570246

A suggestion is ditch the engine shed. It's taking up space that could be used for another industry and more likely than not the loco would live at the junction or other nearby major station. In the case of the Newport Pagnell example above, it was mostly worked by Bletchley locos. A branch line terminus probably only needs water at the end of the platform.