well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[Fishplate]

5 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:

Would it be too much work to raise the trackwork by 5mm? That would give the opportunity for a little more relief to be introduced to the scenic area.

 

Just wonderin'.

 

Hiho. . . . May I suggest checking the 5mm lift would still let your tallest wagon get into the shed ?

Don't want to solve one problem by creating another 

 

John

[NHY 581]

Just now, Fishplate said:

 

Hiho. . . . May I suggest checking the 5mm lift would still let your tallest wagon get into the shed ?

Don't want to solve one problem by creating another 

 

John

 

I have and it does, John. 

 

Good spot. That would have been a massive fail. But, the games ahoof. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

[Fishplate]

[Oldddudders]

28 minutes ago, Fishplate said:

Hiho. . . . May I suggest checking the 5mm lift would still let your tallest wagon get into the shed ?

Don't want to solve one problem by creating another 

Important point. I recall a new structure at London Bridge, housing the station announcer on the Eastern side, failed to meet Blue Book clearances from the track and had to be revised on site. 

 

Then there was the new carriage-washing plant at Hither Green in the late '80s, which, when the first train was driven through - knocked the horns off....

 

And thinking back to 1967, I'm sure there was a new track layout for the spur from Cannon Street to Metropolitan Junction. When the first train tested it at walking pace, it derailed....

[MrWolf]

On 27/06/2021 at 17:19, Fishplate said:

 

What he said. 

[Metropolitan H]

4 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

I think I've mentioned before that we once tried to create a position in a new organisation called Area Rolling Stock & Overhead Line Engineer.

Circa 1995, I did indeed have the job title "The Assistant Rolling Stock Engineer" - for a few years till reorganisation moved me to an Infraco as part of a Private Public Partnership arrangement!

 

Regards

Chris H

[Alex TM]

Hi folks,

 

Clearances:  I once worked for a local authority that created a bus station where the bays were too small for any of the buses on the road at the time of design.  It also built a goods unloading bay at the rear of a shopping mall, the height clearance of which meant that no HGV trailer could be unloaded without it rising enough on its suspension to wedge it between the road surface at the concrete downstand above.

 

Acronyms:  A friend was once involved with the abortive attempt to create a university college in Fife with campuses in different towns.  Each campus would be known by a different four character ID; the first three would be for Fife University College with the fourth being the first letter of the town where it was located.  One location was Kirkcaldy; the management didn't see the problem until it was spelled out for them ....

 

Hope that amuses you.

 

Regards,

 

Alex.

[mullie]

2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

I have and it does, John. 

 

Good spot. That would have been a massive fail. But, the games ahoof. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

You could try building the baseboards 5mm lower?

 

Hat, coat.................. gone!

 

Martyn

[Alex TM]

Hi again,

 

In a similar vein to my earlier post, the following should tell you all you need to know about the people I 'work' for:

 

At present we have two 'divisions', known for short as FI and FN.  From the end of the month they are to be united into one, known as FA.  This means that from the 1st of July we will have a head of FA!

 

You really could not make this up.

 

Regards,

 

Alex.

[St Enodoc]

14 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Important point. I recall a new structure at London Bridge, housing the station announcer on the Eastern side, failed to meet Blue Book clearances from the track and had to be revised on site. 

 

Then there was the new carriage-washing plant at Hither Green in the late '80s, which, when the first train was driven through - knocked the horns off....

 

And thinking back to 1967, I'm sure there was a new track layout for the spur from Cannon Street to Metropolitan Junction. When the first train tested it at walking pace, it derailed....

In the late 1980s we introduced some new engineers' wagons (well, not actually new but conversions) which were soon banned from the West Coastway route after some platform copings were knocked off, in spite of us proving beyond reasonable doubt that the wagons were within gauge.

 

A year or so later, class 159 DMUs were diagrammed for the same route.

 

Guess what?

Edited June 28, 2021 by St Enodoc
for not fro

[Dunsignalling]

7 hours ago, Alex TM said:

Hi again,

 

In a similar vein to my earlier post, the following should tell you all you need to know about the people I 'work' for:

 

At present we have two 'divisions', known for short as FI and FN.  From the end of the month they are to be united into one, known as FA.  This means that from the 1st of July we will have a head of FA!

 

You really could not make this up.

 

Regards,

 

Alex.

Is there an office sweepstake as to the date from which the use of his/her full title will be insisted upon?

 

John

[Oldddudders]

7 hours ago, Alex TM said:

This means that from the 1st of July we will have a head of FA!

Elsewhere on RMweb we have a rather talented modeller whose surname is Sweet. I don't suppose he'll be applying to be Sweet FA. 

[Stubby47]

^^^ I just wanted to see the car front windscreen names sticker when @gwrrob & @2ManySpams visited SWAG a few years ago...

Edited June 28, 2021 by Stubby47

[Alex TM]

2 hours ago, Dunsignalling said:

Is there an office sweepstake as to the date from which the use of his/her full title will be insisted upon?

 

John

It may be too late for them to try ....

[Alister_G]

10 hours ago, Alex TM said:

This means that from the 1st of July we will have a head of FA!

 

Sweet...

 

Al.

 

EDIT: Aargh!That'll teach me to read all the posts before commenting, I see Ian has already done that one...

Edited June 28, 2021 by Alister_G

[NHY 581]

Evening all. 

 

Latest acquisition. 

 

Hornby Pug. S/H  purchase from ebay. 

 

Once the wheels were given a clean and a spot of lubrication applied to the gears, we have a very good runner, albeit a tad noisy. 

 

Very satisfied. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by NHY 581
Sausage hooves

[MrWolf]

Nice! I have one that has either been dropped or something has been dropped on it, but it still runs. It's in a sort of transition at the moment, but will live to fight another day. They always were a little noisy, if they aren't noisy, they're a non runner!

[Winslow Boy]

That's how I feel sometimes.

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

A few more images of pugnacious pugness. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2021 by NHY 581

[LDM34046]

Looks excellent @NHY 581 as always

 

Always been put off by those Pugs due to the age of the model but with a good service, weather and detail they look just at home as the others

 

Superb!

[NHY 581]

2 hours ago, LDM34046 said:

Looks excellent @NHY 581 as always

 

Always been put off by those Pugs due to the age of the model but with a good service, weather and detail they look just at home as the others

 

Superb!

 

Morning LD. 

 

I can take no credit ( yet ) for the weathering which is to the Hornby factory applied ' farm yard drive through ' standard. 

 

However, I do plan to have a tinker at some point. I am also considering whether or not to pluck up the courage to remove the chimney and replace with one from Wizard models, along with a rather nice turned brass whistle, both 'in stock'. 

 

For now though, I'm happy to play trains. 

 

Rob

[Alister_G]

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all. 

 

A few more images of pugnacious pugness. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice Rob.

 

I'd be interested in seeing the Pug next to a bit of Peckettry, just as a comparison?

 

Al.

[sb67]

Nice purchase Rob. I got a soft spot for the Hornby pug, always thought they might have upgraded it with the trend for small loco recently. 

[Ficksberglion]

Pug and Peckett comparison.

[Mulgabill]

34 minutes ago, Phil Waterfield said:

Pug and Peckett comparison.

 

Very redolent of Radstock (S&D). On an occaisions when one of Barrow Roads twins

went on "holiday", to cover for Radstock's Sentinel. I would think.

 

And perhaps, your backstory, Rob.

 

TONY

 

ps I've a tatty Pug, already missing a funnel, if you want some practice before attacking yours.