The Night Mail

[Dave Hunt]

9 hours ago, laurenceb said:

If anyone questioning the sanity of railway modellers visited this thread all dought would be removed!

 

I apologise unreservedly for having started the general insanity about relativity  etc.as it relates to hippos. Just in case anyone thinks that I am actually crackers, I assure you that I am quite normal as my cat and the little leprechaun who lives in my workshop will testify.

 

Dave

[jamie92208]

14 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

I apologise unreservedly for having started the general insanity about relativity  etc.as it relates to hippos. Just in case anyone thinks that I am actually crackers, I assure you that I am quite normal as my cat and the little leprechaun who lives in my workshop will testify.

 

Dave

So that's where Schroedingers cat is.

 

Jamie

[Winslow Boy]

6 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

So that's where Schroedingers cat is.

 

Jamie

 

Relatively. Don't forget relatively. Is the cat actually there. Is the Hippo actual there. Relatively speaking of course.

Edited September 5, 2021 by Winslow Boy

[J. S. Bach]

My version of a single:

 

It is a model of Southern Pacific's C. P. Huntington; still in existence at a museum in California.

[Dave Hunt]

I've seem the real one in the museum - quite a fascinating beast. Didn't see the Bluesmobile by it though.

 

Dave

Edited September 5, 2021 by Dave Hunt

[Dave Hunt]

47 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

Relatively. Don't forget relatively. Is the cat actually there. Is the Hippo actual there. Relatively speaking of course.

 

Nurse! The screens!!!!

[Winslow Boy]

2 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

Nurse! The screens!!!!

 

Is that really relative?

[Dave Hunt]

AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!

[J. S. Bach]

I NEED HELP!!!!   I just ordered a pannier! GWR Green!! I need help!

[AndyID]

4 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

I NEED HELP!!!!   I just ordered a pannier! GWR Green!! I need help!

 

Probably not quite as much help as I'll need tomorrow as I prep for my upbumscope on Tuesday.

[Florence Locomotive Works]

42 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

I NEED HELP!!!!   I just ordered a pannier! GWR Green!! I need help!

Dave, Jamie, make haste and grab the Derby small engine policy booklet!

Edited September 6, 2021 by Florence Locomotive Works

[AndyID]

4 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

Nurse! The screens!!!!

 

You can't have them They are fully occupied.

[polybear]

9 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

I just open my mouth....

 

Dave mentioned something about a black hole!

 

Tried that one too.  That Mince Pie at the front suddenly became a dum-dum bullet at the back.  Messy.

 

3 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

I NEED HELP!!!!   I just ordered a pannier! GWR Green!! I need help!

 

You don't need help.  You need Broadmoor.....

 

3 hours ago, AndyID said:

 

Probably not quite as much help as I'll need tomorrow as I prep for my upbumscope on Tuesday.

 

Piece of cake.  Just remember not to f@rt on the way to the appointment, just in case.....

[Dave Hunt]

6 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

I NEED HELP!!!!   I just ordered a pannier! GWR Green!! I need help!

 

There's probably something in the South Carolina state legislature banning the importation of offensive objects and material that could apply here. We can contact your local sheriff's department for guidance. There is also the Board of Health to consider as they probably have guidance on mental health issues. Take heart, it may not yet be too late.

 

Dave

[New Haven Neil]

Don't listen to those heathens!  But paint it black, quickly!

 

[Oldddudders]

Recent discussions about parachutes are tragically put into perspective here.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-58459694

 

In the last few days I think I saw a report of a couple of RN divers losing their lives on an exercise.

 

Lots of concern about veterans' mental health in the wake of the Afghan withdrawal, and charities being funded to support such people, is fine, but is the military doing enough to look after its own?

 

Not looking for answers but those who have served might have a view.  

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said:

Don't listen to those heathens!  But paint it black, quickly!

 

No you have to paint it red, the LT livery almost makes them acceptable.

 

Jamie

[PhilJ W]

7 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

I NEED HELP!!!!   I just ordered a pannier! GWR Green!! I need help!

Sorry, you are beyond medical help but keep taking the pills anyway. (Now where did I put those pharma company shares?)

[polybear]

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

In the last few days I think I saw a report of a couple of RN divers losing their lives on an exercise.

 

Not sure they were RN Divers, if this is the accident in question:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9957429/Two-divers-missing-feared-dead-Cornwall.html

[Tony_S]

11 hours ago, AndyID said:

 

Probably not quite as much help as I'll need tomorrow as I prep for my upbumscope on Tuesday.

Mine is on Wednesday morning. At the moment I am on the don’t eat vegetables or roughage day. Nothing to eat after breakfast tomorrow. The pre-procedure medication hasn’t arrived yet, being couriered due to short notice of appointment. I suppose if it doesn’t appear tomorrow I will have to reschedule. 
Tony

[Tony_S]

For some reason a lot of my recent birthday cards had locos on them. The card Aditi sent had a nice portrait of a GWR pannier tank. She said she knew it  probably wasn’t the right sort of loco but I reassured her I did have models of them and was familiar with such locos from when I lived next to a former GWR branch line in Somerset. No ex LMS locos on other cards either. 

[Canal Digger]

Henry Wallwork cast iron Single Wheeler from c1890. Given that it is modelled wide for height/ length (easier for a child to hold?) has a GWR 'look'? Perhaps loosely based upon Aristo Class? Even this trio weigh in at pushing 2 lb weight, a full set of the floor Train would casue some damage to the Victorian Nursery as it gets dragged around the room crashing into the furniture  

[Compound2632]

11 minutes ago, Canal Digger said:

Henry Wallwork cast iron Single Wheeler from c1890.

 

1892, at a guess?

 

That carriage is a better representation of a LNWR vehicle than some I could mention!

Edited September 6, 2021 by Compound2632

[Florence Locomotive Works]

27 minutes ago, Canal Digger said:

Henry Wallwork cast iron Single Wheeler from c1890. Given that it is modelled wide for height/ length (easier for a child to hold?) has a GWR 'look'? Perhaps loosely based upon Aristo Class? Even this trio weigh in at pushing 2 lb weight, a full set of the floor Train would casue some damage to the Victorian Nursery as it gets dragged around the room crashing into the furniture  

I think that version is quite rare, I’ve only seen the 4-4-0 which is almost certainly a Midland Johnson 4-4-0.

Edited September 6, 2021 by Florence Locomotive Works

[Compound2632]

25 minutes ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

I’ve only seen the 4-4-0 which is almost certainly a Midland Johnson 4-4-0.

 

Well, possibly:

 

 

Without being able to see the exact shape of the chimney it's difficult to be sure...

 

But there's another LNWR carriage. Certainly neither engine is remotely LNWR-ish of the period! The tender is the wrong way round - somebody at the auction house from whom I stole this photo had never played trains before.

Edited September 6, 2021 by Compound2632
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