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Oh bloody hell, not long since there were a few in march down yard

Hi Mark I forgot ODA was originally a pipe, are there any of those still about

Thanks Paul Interesting the tops code for the ferry version is open O rather the steel carrier S

Until very recently there was a ferry tube in Wembley yard. It may still be in there somewhere

Hi Steve, the track circuit block joint is normally a bit further on. Not good practice to run past platform starters even if they are off. It might be an optical illustration.

Some great pictures there David, green 40 in 75 The last on is actually on the down. Has the loco ran past the red? Unusual for down trains to use platform 1 but you have two pictures of it happening on here

Bloody hell Kev that seems like yesterday, I had hair then Can't believe that was over 25 years ago. Is it silent

I remember working trains of CODS as some tubes became with doors removed and they were loaded with concrete sleepers

Shame they all went, did some have frames from quite old wagons kev?

Am I right in thinking that pipe wagons would be loaded with smaller pipes sometimes ceramic across the wagon and tubes longer ones longwise always metal Cheers

Those seats are awful. Mine are red and black leather

That's a shame Jim You don't want an MGf do you? Absolutely solid but needs mot and has a bit of micro blistering

Interesting set of pictures this morning David. I've recently watched some YouTube videos of the coast line as it is today, amazing how vegetation has grown up on that stretch especially round Sandsend tunnel portal. It's looking very dodgy inside nowadays especially towards the northern end. Must be getting on for 30 years since I last walked through it Nice to see a picture of a disc 31. Very rare nowadays such a shame one has recently been scrapped

Ah right. For some reason I was thinking it had lost a driving car

I've done a couple of generic runners until something more accurate comes along. They would be more prototypical for a North East layout but with apologies to purists they are better than nothing

Has a car of the 502 been scrapped? I know probably easier said than done but would it not be a good idea to unite the 3 surviving mersey units to illustrate the difference between the two units

Is there any plans for this to become a printed magazine?

Cheers Richard, is that nigels?

I was guard on a charter some years back and the generator car packed up. One of the locos was a 37/4 . It was a red hot day and by juggling coaches on and off I managed to keep all 12 cool. Cooling doesn't draw as much load as heating so I had 7 or 8 aircons on at a time and the loco was happy with that. When we did charters with 47s or 57s I would try to have the rear one providing ETG as that gave the front one more traction power. You did have to be careful not to switch both on. It was possible to switch the rear ETH off from the front loco but not switch it on. Pressing the off button brakes the circuit of the 110v providing circuit which drops all locos out

Great pictures David, wonder why some bloke is hanging out of the window of that DMU. That would be enough to cancel a railtour now

Problem with having Ashley involved is that if Hornby is doing well like it appears to be at the moment he likely to try and increase his share of the company. Unfortunately when Hornby catches a cold as it often does he's not the kind of person that would show any kind of sympathy to the company and there would be a real danger of it closing completely

I know it's good for Hornby but Ashley??? One of the most hateful people in public life

No, I mean liveries correct for a 56. Those things with no horn grilles and massive extra side grilles look awful I'll be honest I hate the things

Why!!! I don't understand the retro type paint jobs on these They look fine as 56s in BR liveries but they just look messy as 69s and can't for the life of understand a western nameplate Misha Black will be spinning in his grave!

Good job current DFT weren't about then , Trevithick would have been forcibly deported for trying to introduce an non cost effective transportation system 😉