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Not a big fan of Bill Bailey but that is brilliant. Mike

As regular in the Tamworth field in '59-61 I only ever saw two of the horrible non cylindrical smokeboxes....Lancaster and Manchester but to us spotters, all of that magnificent class of engines were "Semis" when we saw them thundering through. Rgds..Mike

I have two: D5710 Hattons D5700 Heljan Both up for grabs and when I have taken photos, I will put them on the classifieds here, only test run on the rolling road,prices will be well south of the bay prices. Downside, I am in Australia so postage could be an issue. Rgds.......Mike

pm me, unused except for testing on the rolling road, not looking to make my fortune but I am in Australia so postage may be an issue. Rgds Mike

By jingo!! That brings back a memory, I travelled behind one of these back in 1965 or 6, can't exactly remember which year...........getting old!! from Paris to Calais. Aways thought that Continental locos looked too "busy" with all that external pipework but we had travelled up from Northern Italy so had seen a number of different types on our journey and in the "flesh" they were mightily impressive!. Lovely model by the way and thanks for awakening my addled brain .... never forget that trip!!. Mike

I served in the CFS (South Aus) for while, can't do it now though........arthritis and osteoporosis so can't hold a hose now (apologies to Scomo!!!). You may be surprised now Rick, that when I did my training a good number of the trainees were female and when we were called to incidents the girls made up quite a good balace of the crew in the Fire Truck. Also quite a number of females now hold senior positions in the Southern Fleurieu Group. So hopefully the ladies are getting the recognition AND the facilities they require. Rgds......Mike

My God, 21 bucks every 8 week is going to go a long way to funding a $3 mill gap!!.......... bl00dy clown decision🙄. Mike

We bought our place in South Australia in June 2001 whilst living in Victoria and weren't able through employment obligations to move there until Jan 2002 which meant a considerable number of journeys between the two places in the meantime. The highway for quite a lot of the way runs parallel withe railway sometimes close sometimes not. In approximately 730 km there are many side roads off the highway most of them dirt leading to to small communities, in the main the countryside is such that that the line is visible for a long way before the crossing, if commonsense was applied (by the road users), these issues could be avoided.

Sounds like a fair proportion of South Aussie drivers😒😒!!. Mike

Simon Kohler?? So your next steamer could be "Flying Scotsman"😁😁!!..........No disrespect to Mr Kohler a great contributor to the model railway industry, but all of those LNER Pacifics........... Mike

pm me, I have one of the originals brand new.............almost I did run it on the rolling road!! Mike

Over the last few months , I have been doing a complete inventory of my model railway stuff and I found three controllers over 40 odd years old...........all going the the recycle bin inclluding a H & M Duette whch got quite hot after a couple minutes after being plugged in........not a sparkie so don't know the cause and not game to find out!! Mike

Hi Roy, I have one, just taken a long time to find it in all my piles of stuff, if you're comfortable to do it, pm me your address and it will be on its way to you on Thursday, I'm in Australia and a fair way from a Post Office. Rgds........Mike

Hi Brian, Found it!!, didn't realise it has been close on 40 years since I last sighted this!, It is a weii engineered item, simple but does the job well, single hole and retracts after punching the sleeper, t is rather heavy though. I have no idea how to send pictures from my phone to here, but if you wish to pm me your email address, I can send them direct. Rgds.....Mike

I think I may have one, an ex P4 tool ex Studiolith, not sure of the mechanics though. Not really interested in charging for it but would like reimbursement for the postage(from Australia!). Let me know if you're interested. Rgds Mike