Nick C

Looking in the new Cooper/Faulkner/Maycock/Silsbury book, I think that's actually another variant again - there's a good photo of it on p55. The lining appears to be a single colour, with square corners rather than the rounded ones of the white-red-white lining. There's also a photo of 2-4-0T No 7 in yet another variant, red with "I.W.C.R" and lined with inverted corners... The usual minefield it seems!

The same with Censuses - so you can sometimes see the name change spelling from one census to the next...

You couldn't do FYN2 from the existing tooling as she had an odd boiler, fitted during her time with the LSWR, with Drummond pattern safety valves on the dome. Strangely that was one of the accessories included in the original Dapol tooling, despite the dome being moulded on! Of the IWCR fleet, I believe 9 was the only one to carry the garter livery, all four had the metallic red. AFAIK the extended bunkers came at the same time as the repaint into black, but only 11 and 12 received A1x boiliers prior to the grouping, 10 being rebuilt after and 9 being scrapped still carrying the A1 boilier.

Interesting, although I'm pretty sure most (if not all) vacuum-fitted Terriers had a separate ejector - presumably the pump was for air or vac, not both? Those Terriers that were vac-only didn't have the donkey pump, from what I've seen - including FYN #2, which was the only vacuum-only loco to run on the IOW pre-66.

The whole Isle of Wight system was Westinghouse braked throughout - the FYN had some vac stock, but that was converted to air post-grouping.

If we're being picky, No 11 would have had a locally-cast (Wheeler & Hurst) chimney when she carried this livery (and a replica thereof when she carried it in preservation). The Drummond chimney was a later SR addition - but tooling for yet another chimney would have ben excessive for one model!

I used to have a colleague who was Irish by citizenship, but born in Saudi Arabia. He got quite fed up of being "randomly selected" for additional screening every time he went to the US...

Because it's a very bad idea to mix secure and insecure content in the same page, especially with dynamic content (such as a forum page...), as it opens up all kinds of opportunities for attackers to intercept requests and inject malicious code. You don't need to pay for a certificate, they can be had for free from https://letsencrypt.org/, so there's no reason NOT to have one. https://www.troyhunt.com/heres-why-your-static-website-needs-https/

According to https://www.heritagesteamsupplies.co.uk/vacuum-brake-steam-hose.html, they're 49mm bore (so 2" outside diameter) by 635 or 762mm long (25" or 30").

Unless I've missed it, we haven't had this one in this thread yet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-67864128

Given it's precarious position, perhaps making the frame for the shed from soldered brass rod (or box section for the 'timber' bits) might be a wise idea? That'd give it a bit more structural strength.

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Happy New year Chris!

Happy Christmas Tony!

That's the first thing I was told by the District Inspector when I started training as a heritage railway signalman. Followed by "go and read Red for Danger"...

It's very clear in the highway code: Rule 168 Being overtaken. If a driver is trying to overtake you, maintain a steady course and speed, slowing down if necessary to let the vehicle pass. Never obstruct drivers who wish to pass. Speeding up or driving unpredictably while someone is overtaking you is dangerous. Drop back to maintain a two-second gap if someone overtakes and pulls into the gap in front of you.

And if they did the risk assessments they'd been asked for to prove it...

Indeed, very much worth a read, as it also gives a lot more detail as to why the dispensation renewal was refused in the first place...

Merry Christmas Jim, and thanks for the continued fascinating insight into life on the modern railway.

Merry Christmas Mullie!

Merry Christmas Jay!

Merry Christmas Rob and Miss R!

Merry Christmas Graham, and all fellow SR modellers!

Merry Christmas Kevin!