Steadfast

Talking with a friend we reckon Newey is Aston bound, and possibly what has kept Fernando there for the future? It's known Daddy Stroll made Adrian a big bucks offer at one of the earlier rounds. Jo

Interesting how things get names. At work the Jacobs crackers were the RMC hoppers out of Whatley. The Colas diamonds we call the diamond geezers. Of note, both this and 67027 have blue rectangles of vinyl over the GBRf logo as they are painted, not vinyled, so can't be removed. The blue isn't a perfect match to the paint. Jo

Nope, it went a while back. There should have been an ex Anglia set (better nick and toilet tank fitted) to replace it when the 90s went, but Covid saw to that. It was done at Eastleigh, and retained Anglia livery but with blue doors. Flickr link: Jo

Mk4s on the TFW loco hauled for the last few years, which have always been power doors. Jo

No doubt someone will correct me if wrong, but the Lymington CIGs appear to have CDL fitted. 1497 and 1498 had retrofitted panels on the lower doors, to the same design as 121032, and likely the Chiltern bubbles too. Seen here on this Flickr link Jo

It's the real deal, looks like they've been lit by blue and red lights from opposite sides. Jo

I massively need a t-shirt with that label on it! Jo

No, that's a Dapol motor. I'd recommend a look at the Bachmann spares website www.Bachmann-spares.co.uk and if nothing is obvious, send them an email. Jo

That's pretty much it, mixing the Yeoman and Hanson wagons was very rare in that time frameYou may on occasion get a Yeoman and Hanson set joined together to form a jumbo, and this would have been from Westbury to Acton, but this would be very rare and something I think I've only ever seen once, after severe disruption, perhaps a snowy weekend? I have never seen a photo of such a move, the one time I can recall was a Sunday night. Note that this is two separate trains being moved to London on one service, rather than the wagons being mixed to make one train. HOAs, IIAs and HTAs have regualry been mixed with both quarry's JHA fleets, the HTA use finishing when DB ceased to haul the Mendip traffic. As mentioned, subsequently cut down HHAs and HYA/ IIA coal hoppers have been introduced since Freightliner took over. . In 1998 there was a period that an ARC set was working out of Merehead, but this didn't last long and I can think was likely to be either Merehead were short, so a Whatley set was provided to add capacity, or the end customer was an ARC site, but wanted a product that could only be obtained from Merehead. This is definitely the exception that proves the rule. Flickr link: Jo

Looks great livery application, especially the frosty detail. The colours look great too. No doubt you've got a list already of tweaks Adam, a couple of things I've noticed. Pic linked from flickr: - The large white text should have a blue stroke (same colour as blue end of loco) to make it stand out from the frosty image behind (present both sides) - The DRS logos and numbers on the white end are black or navy on the sample, but should be a mid blue. - Front end number on the white end is blue, appears to be black on the blue end. Again, Flickr Links below: Hope that's a help, it looks to be shaping up nicely. Jo

The picture is a bland miserable GM MPV, marketed in Latin America as Chevrolet Zafira. The fact it is so bland makes me sad that I can identify it! Jo

Looks like a Mk1 Zafira to me, very much 2WD territory. And no, I'm not proud that I can identify such a dull car from such a small snapshot... Jo

Severity of the impact the deciding point perhaps, and the fact Stroll can be seen not looking at the traffic ahead? A love kiss between the Aussies, vs Stroll slamming into the rear, lifting Ricciardo up into the air. Lance Stroll seems well out of his depth, but unless daddy buys a Formula E team I can't see him shifting. Jo

I'll quite gladly lean on my layout while operating, especially if a steady hand is required, but that is cheeky to lean across from the public side! Sounds like there's a few layouts that could use (blatant plug time!) some stickers, penalty fines to the new loco fund. 2 quid a go, https://steadfastmodels.wordpress.com/vinyl-stickers/ Jo

I'm convinced the general road using population are getting more selfish or less understanding of the rules of the road. Pet peev this week, people not giving way when the obstruction is their side. My 45 minute drive to work one day this week seem to have disproptionate percentage of this sort of behaviour, you know, one of those days it feels they're all out to get you! Best one was a 7.5 tonner just charging past parked cars forcing me and others on the pavement to take avoiding action, luckily with drop curbs so no damage occured! Jo