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A contrast this morning. The Claud is at the south end of Platform 6, having brought in the East shuttle, but now we see another two coach train leaving from the north end, and heading for Grantham. Alas New England's B1 does not match the standard of March's engine cleaning.

Autumn is my favourite time of year. These are a couple of trees in the park over the last three weeks.

Today's batch of photos were taken by me at Pilmoor, on the ECML between York and Thirsk in my black and white days. Scan-131117-0096 Pilmoor Class 40 D278 down pass on up fast 20th August 1967 Working wrong line a few days after the accident involving a cement train and DP2. Scan-131129-0009 Pilmoor Class 55 D9012 Crepello up ex pass September 1967 Dad was also taking photos! Scan-131129-0053 Pilmoor Class 40 D254 up ex pass June 1968 Scan-131129-0054 Pilmoor Class 40 D251 down ex pass June 1968 Scan-131129-0056 Pilmoor Class 47 D1581 down ex pass June 1968 David

One of the neighbourhood maples on my walk yesterday. (This is not my home, or my street.)

Well it's all been happening here. Next door are having a bathroom refurb complete with new window so their plumber turned up followed shortly by their window fitters. Along came Sainsbury's to us. The old boy over the road who we think is in the early stages of dementia backed his car out, straight into his next door neighbour's bottle & glass wheelie bin resulting in a considerable clatter of breaking glass etc. Much "muttering" by Tim as he came out to clear it up. Whilst all this was going on another dustcart visited. This was followed by 2 large water board vans complete with trailers as they are replacing stopcock covers in the pavements. Things were getting a bit crowded. Along came a road works contractor who parked in the middle of the road completely blocking it and then proceeded to knock on doors asking for a car to be moved as it was where he wanted to work. Apparently he's doing a dropped kerb for that particular neighbour but of course they just turn up whenever without actually telling you when. They were out! Along came the third dustcart! He couldn't get through as the road works guy was still in the middle of the road. There then followed a prolonged "discussion" which was quite loud and involved much waving of arms. Whilst we were watching this I said to Chris that all the road works guy had to do was speak nicely to the double glazing guy and he would probably move his van 3 ft and all would fall into place. He must have read my thoughts because he then knocked next door, did that and lo & behold everything (including the queues of cars and vans in both directions started moving again. The sound of hooters, pneumatic drills and plate vibrators has now subsided, there are only 3 vans left in the road and all is now peaceful in this part of my little world. I think I need to lie down after that.

Apologies for not responding earlier, but have been dealing with various medical appointments. A massive thankyou to all who have expressed symphathy and good wishes over SWMBO's diagnosis. It does act as a safety valve when things get a bit much. I must also belatedly extend my condolences to WB, sorry to hear of your loss. Task for the day will be chasing the solicitor to see if our buyer has decided on the proposed moving date. I can see it being missed as the removal slot will probably disappear before they decide.

I think that Christian Kunzle followed very much a Swiss model for his products. He started up in Birmingham by Snow Hill station in 1902, soon expanding to the factory, shop and restaurant at Five Ways. This was at the City end of the 'Posh' area of Edgbaston where many of the wealthy factory owners chose to live, so very convenient for them to take afternoon tea or send the staff to make purchases. A trip to Kunzles in the city centre was a highly prized treat for any local child. I was fortunate in having family working there I got a regular supply delivered to our home when they visited. Christian Kunzle felt indebted to the citizens of his adopted home and became President of the Birmingham Childrens Hospital. He gave free use of part of a chateau he inherited in Davos and sent many sick children and their parent there for holidays. The grounds of his home in Birmingham were given to the city and are still used as a recreation ground. A part of my history where the taste lingers on despite the considerable number of intervening years.

Good morning all, Very wet and windy night here but at least we're not flooded out. It should be dry and sunny later but a bit cooler with a maximum temperature of 12°C. It's Thursday! One bin lorry of the three due has already been and woken The Boss at 6.30. (I was already up) Whether the others will get here today is not a given. Sainsbury's are due between 8.00 and 9.00 with only one minor substitution on the order and a couple of parcels are being delivered containing presents for forthcoming festivities in December. Wow, what an exciting day we're going to have. Not. Decorations will as usual be put up on my birthday at the beginning of December. This is an unwritten rule in this house although it was broken last year as it was such a crappy one and they went up 2 weeks earlier. I did do a minor bit of work on the "D" front as I'd missed something when doing the preparatory work. Painting can now commence but not sure when I'll fit it in to my "busy" schedule! Have a good one, Bob (I hate decorating) of Sutton.

Final night of the trafford park job 37099 in crewe Blue pullman HST powercar 37099 then came back and through the centre road and off toward Manchester, not sure if it was a road learner on the job itself We got held in Piccadilly for a while so I grabbed a photo And then back to crewe at 07:00 this morning, colas 56078 waiting to head off to Stoke with a spoil train That’s me until Saturday now, RHTT job with the 66s

Well I’m back! New iPad was bought yesterday, few moments to set it up and wereeeeee off! Mind you, there now seems to be constant distractions with ‘pop up’ ads, which to be frank I’m fed up already. Anyone know how we get rid!? Generic greetings and best wishes.

Ey up! Last day on our mini trip to the big "smoke". Today involves meeting up with a small group of people involved in the Challenger 2 tank program. For various reasons I may be the only design team member there. Those were very busy but happy days. I hope the Late and Never Early Railways can deliver us home at a sensible time. Have as good a day as you can! Baz

Meanwhike on a small island off the north coast of France ….. ”Remember remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot I know of no reason why lights of the season Are up yet ‘cos Christmas it’s not”

Last week SWMBO strained her back. Finally yesterday she saw her doctor who gave her a muscle relaxant. When she came back to the car, I was informed that we were having our flu shots. So I'm now done for the year. We got the high-test ones, too.

When I first arrived in the US I found Halloween a little odd. The weirdest part was going to a restaurant at the end of October and being served by waitstaff in costumes. Even pre-pandemic, I don't see this so much now. It might have been an "LA thing". Now that I have lived here for more than 35 years I have come to appreciate the fact that Halloween keeps Christmas at bay* (at least until November). * In terms of decorations, "seasonal" sections in the shops, etc. Thanksgiving helps too. The Christmas season here doesn't really begin until the Thanksgiving turkey is carved. The Thanksgiving long weekend is the 'usual' time for people to put up Christmas decorations.

Thanks chaps. A nice man has finally delivered my plastic so I've made good progress today. The gables on the end walls have been added and the roof is nearly ready to be painted. The photo we found yesterday shows a concrete canopy over the entrance and although we have only one track going in I have added an adapted version. I will add some more black so the smoke stain is actually over the track! I have done the tops of the shed walls in brick rather than concrete as that is what the photo's suggest. I'm out all day tomorrow so I'll add more on Saturday. Peter

Time to get creative with the rail replacement service: [Embedded link.]

92001 heads south with an Intermodal for Dollands Moor. 47761 waits to head back into the mail terminal.

Moaning awl. Stormy out here today with hurricane force gusts predicted between 1000 and 1400 hours. Hatches battened down accordingly! Been feeling bleh since the afternoon yesterday, so no work today. Later, I hope! Be safe, everyone...

Greetings from the boring borough. An evening out and return in the heaviest rain I've encountered in over 20 years. Last time was in Brighton, where we got so soaked that we had to change clothes in the car. (we were travelling and had our suitcases in the boot. We found streaks of water running down the bedroom wall. A climb into the loft and it appears the flashing around the chimney stack as well as the stack itself are leaking. That is our modelling and garden tokens for the next year spoken for. It is time for the roof to be replaced anyway but we were hoping for another couple of years before the estimated £9k smash and grab on our savings. Still feeling out of sorts, although the chiropractor managed to do his Kiwi All Black magic on my neck yesterday afternoon. Oh and I saw the first Christmas decorations of the year. Fortunately they are ours and were still packed in their plastic crates in the loft. The Halloween stuff will be set up tonight. Not much of it but it does bring a smile when the postman sees a giant furry spider dangling above the front door. It is just a shame the motion thingy that made it wriggle no longer works. That is all. time for the all important PSL (pumpkin spiced latte) and off to work. Enjoy the day.

Mooring Awl, Inner Temple Hare, 5 hours plus 2 hours sleep... fabulous.. and when I sat up.... Still No pain from back... I could get used to this Ben the worried Collie happily came out with me today , added to the water levels, then came to me for reassurance.. Whereupon it started raining and he ran back to the house.. yep a repeat of yesterday Heavy rain last night, more this morning, puddles to maximum.. Absolutely chuckinitdarn at the moment. We had wind of 60miles an hour yesterday.. But the gale isn't forecast till now.. because the wind is shifting round to the north we have flood warnings all over the place, the flood warning map shows home to be a above water level Island in the middle should it break through the sea defences.. Now why did I buy this house? and not the one 19ft lower than me I can see from home.. Had a missive from the sailing club, one of last weekend attendees has Covid, please get tested.. Good job I forgot to go, I must visit this weekend to pay the membership fee.. I'm on my own today, the Boss is out doing his free day off from normal work, to work for charity day, Junior is escorting a Voltage source to NPL and having guided tour when he's down there. I should be doing current shunts today, Time to see if I can go get hold of them for testing..

Some positive news for a change; it looks like we will be moving on the 3rd. Going to a bungalow will make life a lot easier for SWMBO who is currently stuck living in the lounge. Exchange of contracts should be early next week.

Thanks, that was my first thought though I'm always careful to leave the flex uncoiled till the iron has fully cooled down, then wind it with care to get any twists our. The plug was a moulded one so I cut it off and replaced it. still no joy, and was unable to get to the cord entry without using a Manchester Spanner or Birmingham Screwdriver. Anyway, as I wandered over to let the hens out I took my camera, no strong sun but this was the view across the garden. I'm not sure what the trees are, they are almost fern like, and will get a good prune this year. This was the view to one side. And the other end of the hedge. Quite a spectacular display of colour. I was standing where out big sycamore tree used to drop it's rather large leaves. The remans of it will be sacrificed to help keep us warm this winter. The chain saw and log splitter have done their work. All in a good cause. Jamie

BR 1) Install Firefox for iPad, 2) Install an ad-blocker onto Firefox, 3) you'll be free (or should be free) from the worst of the advertising (at least, it works that way on my iPad). Incidentally, I'm perfectly happy to have a few, relevant, ads appearing when I view RMWeb, but to have them take-over - as they seem to be doing as of late - will not win many approvals. iD

Morning, from a windy (both - omeprazole) and chilly 7c rock. Had a nice day out on the 500v DC powered transport system yesterday with friend Charles, even got up to the mountain and got a reasonable view, it was only windy up there - as opposed to the normal hoolie. Trip back was spoiled by a de-wirement on the MER causing damage to the overhead, so it was a bus replacement service. Pah. The bottom of our garden is bordered by a stand of mature sycamore trees, these do not make any nice autumnal colours at all, but go from green to curly dead brown, seemingly overnight. We then spend months chasing piles of leaves around the garden. We do have one acer bush that is currently very colourful. The wind today (external) will probably ruin that too.

Greetings It was good to attend Area Group lunch yesterday. Several of us enjoyed the pie - lamb and mince, as I understand - and the world was put well and truly to rights without dwelling too long on m*d*l r**lw*ys. The rain kindly held off while I was on the motorway and the absence of vehicular constipation did much to enhance the journey. I spent an hour or so in the evening looking on webshites for possible alternatives to my seasonal holiday in Switzerland. Last year, as gentle readers may recall, the Swiss trip was rendered impossible by quarantine restrictions. By this time next week I should know whether or not this year's trip is on. If it is cancelled I will need an acceptable substitute but at the moment I do not rate my chances of finding one. Last year's attempt was scuppered by the decision of those who rule us to close the posh hotel where I had booked lunch on the big day. I hope that for once I am worrying over nothing but if the plug is pulled on me I can imagine wondering how on earth my young friend has managed to get on a trip to Stockholm, jammy devil that he is. Jealous? Moi? Absolutely! Best wishes to all Chris

These were the shop counter display boxes my Great Uncle used to deliverto shops and restaurants around the country. 38 - Advert - Showboat ny Kunzle by Bradford Timeline, on Flickr

Well seeing as you mentioned that and that we were speaking of weathering on the phone, here are those Bachmann fish wagons I was telling you about. For those that weren’t in the phone call, I was saying to Tony that it’s amazing what can be done to RTR stock with some transfers and paint. I purchased about a dozen of these fish vans for the fish train (obviously) and they’ve been running out of the box for a few years. Now that I’ve been kit building wagons, building the fish train up and also the meat train, I decided I’d weather these, which then led to altering them. So from left to right: the first one has just been weathered, no renumbering, I’ve weathered it as if someone has cleaned the outside whilst the door was open awaiting to be loaded. So you get a nice dark stain from where the door was against the side, I’ve also tried to show scratch marks from the door being opened and closed. Not sure how well it shows up in the photo but they’re there. Next we have a single number change, no prizes for which number as the Bachmann numbering is quite large. Then a heavy weather with the lettering and numbering being cleaned away to be visible. The third wagon has just been weathered to a nice in use effect. Now, the next wagon I’m rather proud of and has had the most work done to it. It’s had its factory lettering removed apart from the large NE, it’s had a repaint so you can still see said NE. It’s been numbered in the post 37 scheme and weathered, still showing the older type of lettering underneath. I’ve always wanted to have a go at that and I think it worked a treat. The roof also didn’t get a coat of black/grey I left the white roof and weathered it with black powders. Last but not least, this wagon had the same work as the second wagon, a simple one number change and weathered, but some cheeky weathered has been used to hide the smaller number. You can see when you are this close to the wagon but in a train of 30+ vehicles travelling at a scale speed…you won’t notice it. The other thing I am very happy about is this photo, it shows the characteristic different heights of wagons you see in photographs. This is down to kitbuilding stock, as you can’t get this from a complete train of RTR wagons. And oh god does it show up the horrible ancient fiddleyard board. Even though it’s got more humps and bumps then Parramatta road (Sydney Siders will know what I mean) it works fine.

Just a reminder from our past. 21 Oct 1966. Never have I seen so many parents coming to school to collect their children.

I did look at Wikepedia too, but it is not famed for its accuracy, and what it said did not fit in with what I have seen or what Mr Brown says. My lawyer's brain won't let go of this, so I went back to the book to try to get a definitive result. I am going to post some images from the book, as I take the view that what we are discussing here counts as research. I will of course remove them if the owner of the copyright so wishes. The Carriage working book for 1958 shows the normal Grimsby/Cleethorpes expresses as loading to 11 bogies, but photographs show that quite often parcels vans were added, and on summer Saturdays there could be 13 on. So to evidence. First is a sketch plan from the book. Then a 1962 dated photo looking North. The far end of the Up platform can be seen, and even allowing for foreshortening there isn't room for many more coaches behind the two in view. How far from footbridge to level crossing, which incidentally prevented the possibility of extension to the South? Well, here's the opposite view. The WD is not far short of the footbridge, and almost none of what is behind the tender is in front of the barrow crossing. Here is the North end, again the date given is in the 1960's. End of Up platform in view, and the sidings and goods shed on the Down side look very similar to the plan. No evidence of extended platforms there. All that evidence strongly suggests to me that things remained the same post war as described by Mr Brown in his book. The book is 108 pages long, and he goes into considerable detail, including the changes that occurred between his boyhood and closure. I don't think he would have forgotten to include information like lengthening of platforms if it had happened. Result Wikepedia 0, Mr Brown 4. You can't beat reliable evidence. Even for those who aren't bothered about this esoteric discussion, I hope that seeing a little of what Firsby Junction was like may be of interest.

Greetings and a Happy Lunchtime to all from a slowly-drying Hill of Strawberries. Last night became most uncommonly wet. at very short notice the Bureau of Seaweed-Wrangling posted an Amber Warning of high winds and heavy rain likely to cause disruption. We were already enjoying both when the warning was posted and had some thunder and lightning as an added bonus. Today has been .... interesting. Floods have affected various parts of the railway. Salisbury - Exeter was closed for a time though the blockage has now reduced ti the still-lengthy Salisbury - Yeovil section. Buckhorn Weston Tunnel is apparently to be renamed the Buckhorn Weston Canal but there are problems in other places too. The Great Western route via Tiverton was also affected meaning there way no way to reach Exeter for several hours. Fulwell Tunnel (that extended-length road bridge which has always been named as a tunnel) was also closed for a time as often happens after heavy rain. All the money spent on flood-relief work there has had precisely zero effect; it still floods every time the Heavens open. And then there was Farnham ..... and a few other locations as well. Not an easy morning at the House of Fun but the sort of challenge that we rise to every time it happens. "Salisbury sir? Yes - take the Weymouth train and change at Southampton today." "Crewkerne? There will be a taxi arranged from Dorchester South for you madam." And an oft-repeated invitation to our customers reminding them to claim Delay Repay which brought forth several positive comments. It's now beautifully sunny of course. Nowhere near as warm as of late. Today was the first of the season when thermal leggings were applied and needed. That will be a daily event soon enough. Dr. SWMBO is working from work today so it's me and His Furrship for a boys-alone afternoon. But first lunch. I wonder what lurks in the fridge .........

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The end of the line for this Covhop.

I would have expected the clogs to just float away. Unless it was sabotage.

Even that changed. Following the last change of ownership production of certain lines was moved from Bournville to Poland whilst some alterations were made. Brummies could instantly tell the difference. I understand that new dedicated production lines, two for Dairy Milk and one each for Roses and Heroes, have been installed. The Research Department kitchen remains at Bournville and is responsible for all recipes. Just to make Bear salivate a bit more, where I was born and l later lived for 18 years you got the smell of Cadburys when the wind was in the East. Nearly everyone in my class at primary school had at least one relative who worked there, (ID Card for the factory shop), followed by at least five of my fellow pupils. An older friend who was the son of the vicar at our parish church was a senior manager at Cadburys head office. Must have been on a good whack as he had a house in Birmingham and a flat in central London at the time. I often saw him on the first up train on Monday morning in the early 1970s.

Good morning everyone A bright, but chilly (currently 4C) start to the day here in England’s northwest. Sheila is busy getting herself ready for her Zumba class m there wasn’t one on Monday, so she is doing today’s class instead. There was a time when she did both classes, but since Covid, she has got used to being at home so now only does one class a week. I shall be doing my weekly trip to the Trafford Centre this morning, as tomorrow I’ll be having my pre-op assessment at 10:30 and I just don’t know how long I’ll be there! After that there isn’t a lot planned for the day, quite possibly I’ll just sit about reading. Back later. Brian

Junction of Rice Lane and Queens Drive.

Another favourite view tonight, further enhanced by the presence of a Claud.

Well the lights came back on 20 minutes ago. Keeping fingers crossed that it's for keeps this time. We had 3 minutes worth at around half one, so this is an improvement on that. Mrs SM42 was about to sit next to a candle for warmth. I was considering letting her light it too. Andy

Absolutely. & Thanks. I have given myself about 4 months to see if this will take off enough to provide an income, but am fully aware that I may need some form of employment if it doesn't. SiL works for Sainsbury as a home delivery driver, Europarts are advertising for drivers as well. I am confident I could find gainful employment within a short period, but I need to concentrate on the modelling first, and having 6 months off, paid, seems the ideal time. So not feeling too bad about the R word, every cloud, etc.

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Having been severely upset recently by finding a squashed hedgehog on the road outside our house and thinking that it could have been the little one that I found in the garden a few months ago and have been trying to feed up fpr winter survival, I'm a bit more optimistic having found the the food I've been putting out is being eaten and the hedgehog house has had some visits. Of course, it could be a different hedgehog or even a different species, although whatever it is would need to be able to negotiate a tunnel about five inches diameter, but I live in hope that either it is 'my' hedgehog or another one that has moved in. In other news, I've now started ballasting my layout, which is almost making me nostalgic for the years weeks I spent doing the cobbled road and yards. Since it's an MPD layout I'm trying to simulate ash/cinder ballast employing Steve Fay's method using kiln dried sand and boy, is that a bu**er to brush and glue in place neatly enough. I know that it doesn't need to be too neat for a loco shed but it does have to be relatively smooth and getting the right finish takes ages. Another fun aspect of our hobby . Off now to see the scnozzle sister to have things looked at and to try to book flu jab appointments. TTFN Dave

Meanwhile in Yeovil ….. And elsewhere ……. Credit - news media images found at Somersetlive.co.uk

The people over the road from us (known to us as the Slobs) have halloween lights and decs up - and have done for a week and a half now.

Bear regrets stocking up (or getting any, in fact) "Computer Chads" when they were still available What's a "high-test one"? Bear doesn't get any change out of 200 notes for glasses, though they are the top grade bifocals that Specthievers offer. In fairness they usually are "buy one get one free" (yeah, right) so I get a second pair tinted for driving. What did annoy me was that one year I asked for a re-glaze in my existing frames (which were no longer available) - it was more expensive that having complete glasses. So I asked for complete glasses but for them to put the lenses in my existing frames, not the new frames - they "can't do that, Mr Bear...." I may well be looking for alternative suppliers the next time I need glasses; in fairness I never have problems with the product or service at the branch I use though. In this Bear's book I have yet to taste better than C*dbury's choccy. Belgian? Keep it. Plain? Keep it. White choccy? Now that's good. Bear has a bl00dy great London Plane Tree on the verge outside his house. Guess who gets his (more than) fair share of leaves every autumn? I used to do regular clean ups, but now I wait for every one of the little bleeders to land before doing it all in one hit. The front garden looks cr@p for a couple of weeks but it makes sense eventually I often find it's the cord - cutting back and remaking where it enters the plug (or the iron) often works. I have a friend who I've told time and time again not to wind the cord up the way she does - which usually creates several twists in the cord every time. And she gets rid of those twists by pulling..... Now if I had a quid for every iron she's got thru'..... In other news: Bear spent some time messing with the Router settings - including the "advanced" settings (Puppers would be impressed) - sadly there's no option for winding the power up (a previous Router had this option). However the Fire Stick is supplied with a short (3" or so) extension cable so you could mount it remotely - and also change it's orientation. Amazingly I remembered exactly where I was most likely to have squirrelled it away - and I had. Now it seems to work - but is probably on the edge of throwing it's toys out of it's cot at any moment. So I have ordered a M to F HDMI extender cable from S. America to give yet further location options.... Bear now has washing to do

In Switzerland they aren’t cheap either. However, once you are a regular customer at an optician they will do minor repairs and do adjustments for free. Whilst I usually wear light frame/lens spectacles, for a while I was interested in getting a pair of “Harry Palmer” glasses (y’know, the specs worn by Michael Caine in The Ipcress File and Funeral In Berlin). Unavailable in any size, shape or form, at least in Switzerland. I read, somewhere, the the “Harry Palmer” specs were (are?) NHS issue. Does anyone know anything more? They look familiar. These, or at least a version of these, are available over here at any good patisserie. So it’s likely that Kunzle (who came from Davos) tweaked a Swiss recipe to British tastes. This is the sort of thing a good Swiss patisserie or chocolatier produces (Bears with a nervous wallet should look away now) https://www.spruengli.ch/en/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9_D2m-Da8wIV5O3mCh1MFgVHEAAYASAAEgL-F_D_BwE Whilst much of British “chocolate“ (and nearly all American “chocolate“) would not be recognised as such by most true chocolate aficionados, there’s only so much “improving” (i.e. substituting cheap/synthetic ingredients for expensive/natural ingredients) companies can do before even the most casual of chocolate consumers realises that something is “off”. But that’s what usually happens when modern-day “money men” and “marketeers” get hold of a product. Autumn, my favourite season as well. Summer is too bloody hot, Winter is too bloody cold and Spring just carbonates my hormones. Autumn (especially early to mid-Autumn) is nearly always perfect - not too hot, not too cold (and a great time to take a holidays as schools will have started, yet most places will have not closed up for winter [known in the trade - for some reason - as the “shoulder season”]) An important clarification for our American friends: “Autumn is when the leaves change colour and Nature gets ready for winter, “Fall” is when you slip and go a*se over t*t.

Saw the first christmas decorations last week

Tony, I took some photographs of “Clumber” this afternoon. Here she is on the down boat train which passed Retford at 12.37. The B17 worked the train from March to Sheffield. She was turned at Sheffield and returned from there in the afternoon. So the same B17 worked both trains at Retford. As Robert Carroll has now very kindly assembled the carriages for the train in both directions I have photographed “Clumber” hauling it both ways.Here she is heading east with the up train to Harwich and here’s a closer view of her on the same train.”Clumber” is the only loco apart from the Britannia which can haul this 11 coach train out of the fiddle yard. As this is the only passenger train which regularly crossed the flat crossing in the east/west direction I wanted a representation of the working in both directions. So an extra road has been added to the fiddle yard, as there was not a great deal of space this had to be squeezed in but there was just enough room. The problem is that I don’t really want to use this locomotive on both trains as this would involve too much handling of the loco so at the moment I’m using 70037 “Hereward the Wake”on the up train. However she is out of period so I’ll have to build another B17 and really it should be another model of “Clumber” but I could never build or paint it as beautifully as this one so I’ll make a model of 61657 “Doncaster Rovers”. This engine was shedded at March and I do have a photo of it on the boat train. Sandra