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...well that doesn't gives us long to speculate, froth, wish or guess!

Great little show, some quality models and the chance to catch up with a lot of old friends I've not seen for what seems like years...oh, and a chance to spend some money. Kept my mask on, used the hand gel...and felt safe. Its good to get 'some' normality back in our troubled times.

My local box...spent many hours sitting there waiting for a train, any train! The old crossing gates were bought by the local farm and you used to be able to see them from the nearby motorway.

I'll be there on Saturday, with my mask on and a bag of disinfectant wipes in the car. It can't be any less safe than a trip to Sainsbury's D9020 Nimbus...and if my memories of exhibiting at Birtley are anything to go by, there is plenty of fresh air blows through that hall (downstairs at least). Can't wait to get back to a little slice of normality. A/box

Back to back houses always suffered from ventilation problems as you don't get a through draft of air...having an opening roof light helps with the ventilation...in the full Britain from above picture, notice how many of the roof lights are open.

https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW050759 (snip taken for research purposes only)

It was the terminus Moxy, I saw the above picture on ebay and that sparked my interest. https://maps.nls.uk/view/126517151 Rails still in the road here... https://www.google.com/maps/@53.8417279,-2.1342135,3a,75y,18.69h,74.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAtAoBD8oRNjDK3QsLrOCRg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 A/box

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.8452135,-2.1351779,3a,36.8y,181.57h,85.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0EYKTuSS0TYprmbEdLhJlg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 There is something about them setts, Trawden Lancs.

Whitwell Crossing, Sherburn House County Durham. This was the 'Old Mainline' more recently known as the Leamside line which ran from Tursdale, north of Ferryhill to Pelaw in South Tyneside...There are serious plans to reinstate this route as part of the freight upgrade to the ECML and also as part of the Tyne and Wear Metro...only time will tell if trains run here again. https://www.google.com/maps/@54.7609989,-1.5239448,3a,75y,27.65h,64.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sn8o5GZbSLvaFog8fAQWoYA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/8157260823 Check out the packing behind the buffer...must have had its buffers refitted in its last works visit...

I had them upside down!

...with dimples on

Is it too late to file off the door details on the underside and add some lead flashing under the doors? You can't really notice at normal viewing distance...

Common Marsh Orchid with wild strawberries...Butterwell Coal Disposal Point Northumberland

Old school, Bridlington 1982 from John Bentley's excellent Flickr site, there are another 5 shots in there (including the horses)...

Hope you had a pint in the Cock and Bull...

Talking of Seaham...what do you do when you discover a whole load of trackwork still under your road...you celebrate them and make a feature out of your history, well done Seaham. ...image from County Durham's Seaham Townscape Heritage project. http://www.durham.gov.uk/seahamtownscape

The rebuilds were a lot sexier Mr G...I've no idea how E HB 4603 made it to 1954 mind...

...the short ones or the rebuilds (as per Goathland cafe)?

I'm not fussy who plays with my trains set (obviously). My first encounter with Roy was him shouting at me (me being Retford shunter 3rd class), he had a glint in his eye...something his daughters remembered fondly, you knew he liked you if his eyes glinted when he shouted at you! If you ever stood in front of Retford and had a controller thrust into your hand and were asked to help with a shunting move, then that was the yard crew...during one lull in proceedings we even had the cheek to run our own train round the layout and back (only Mr Hall noticed) Can't believe its been 2 years.

Aw haway! Onybody can do Gigglestreetv veiw: Quantity over quality Uncle P...can you do double tracks in the road like at Sharpness?

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7195879,-2.4725739,3a,75y,199.45h,71.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0gPUda5UKeK_zNWWSWzcNA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Sharpness Docks...

http://www.pjv101.net/film_bw/pjv01523.htm From the archive of Mr Peter J Vincent...An Australian's view of the UK rail scene in 1979...

The Rookhope and Middlehopeburn Railway in Weardale, which was closed in 1923. This section up by Heights quarry was in use until German POWs constructed an incline down the NER Wearhead branch during World War One...so these sleepers have slept on for over 100 years...and there, lying in the mud, you can still find the rails (For completeness the railway stool idle from 1923 until 1941(ish) when it was (supposedly) removed for the war effort.) ...

From David Blower's flickr site, Nuneaton Abbey Street station on Monday 18th November 1968. Signalman Mr Alf Dixon had a lucky escape...