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  1. RJS1977
    Rather reminds me of how when the railings round Palmer Park in Reading were taken away for melting down during WW2, the park keeper still came round and locked the gates every night...
  2. RJS1977
    Event Name: Kenavon (East Reading) 2017 Model Railway Exhibition Classification: Exhibition Address: The Warehouse, 1a Cumberland Road, Reading, Berks, RG1 3LB (behind Mr Cod) Day 1: 18/02/2017 Opening times Day 1: 10am-5pm Prices: ADULT £4CHILD £2OAP £2:50FAMILY £9:50 Disability access: Yes Car parking: Yes Website: www.kenavon.org.uk Organising body: Kenavon Railway Society Organiser: Richard Standing0776 0285 383standing_richard@yahoo.co.uk Model railway exhibition organised by the Kenavon Railway Society in support of the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway Station Development Fund. 15+ layouts, plus trade stands and "kiddie" layouts. Disabled access, refreshments and limited free parking, but on Reading Buses routes 4, X4, 13, 14, 17, Courtney 126, 127, 128, Arriva 850.
  3. RJS1977
    That photo of the Austin Seven reminds me of the story about my grandfather finding two scrap Austin sevens after the war, bringing them home (which was a job in itself as he didn't have a trailer and they only had four wheels between them!), and building one good one out of the two. The unuseable parts were buried in the garden when he filled in the air raid shelter.
  4. RJS1977
    Strangely, every American president to have died in office was elected in a year divisible by 20: William Henry Harrison (elected 1840, died in 1841, a month after taking office) Abraham Lincoln (elected 1860, assassinated 1865) James Garfield (elected 1880, assassinated 1881) William McKinley (re-elected 1900, assassinated 1901) Warren Harding (elected 1920, died of cerebral hemorrhage 1923) FDR (re-elected 1940, died of a stroke 1945) JFK (elected 1960, assassinated 1963) There was an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan (elected 1980).
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    I'd question the length of the run-round/passing loop opposite Platform 2 - it's not long enough to do anything with. Remember too that very few heritage lines have any sort of goods traffic other than photo charters or engineering trains. However the goods siding next to the loco shed could be used to bring in coal for the locos, and the goods shed could be used as a restoration workshop - tatty wagons in and painted ones out!
  6. RJS1977
    Sorry, I disagree - the price of model railway items didn't drop 90% when Hornby moved production to China - if anything, prices went up!
  7. RJS1977
    There's a slightly sad irony that The Bridge at Remagen is making its public debut so shortly after the passing of Robert Vaughn, who starred in the film of the same name.
  8. RJS1977
    During today's Tiny Trains Day at Reading Museum, the Berkshire N Gauge Society became concerned that somebody may have stolen their 'Please Do Not Touch' sign.... (it turned up when they were packing up).
  9. RJS1977
    Whilst agreeing with Woolmar in this instance, it's probably about the first time! I've found his magazine articles tedious and repetitive, irrespective of the subject of the article. The level of his research can be seen in his ill-fated attempt to break the Tube Challenge record earlier this year. It was readily apparent that he hadn't contacted Guinness for confirmation of the current record or of the rules because his website quoted an earlier record as the time to beat, and he broke at least two rules in the process (not using the District Line during his visit to Kensington Olympia, and counting a non-stop pass-through of Tottenham Court Road as a visit).
  10. RJS1977
    Just a clarification for anyone who finds wiring up a plug confusing. There are three wires in a (UK) plug: A green wire - this wire brings all the electricity from wind turbines and solar panels into your applicance. A blue wire - this wire brings all the electricity from the hydro electric power stations into your applicance. A brown wire - this wire brings all the electricity from the dirty fossil fuel power stations into your applicance. If you want to cut your carbon footprint, you must ensure that this wire is not connected to any of the terminals on the plug.
  11. RJS1977
    If you go for 34 (or even 33), it might make applying the transfers easier...
  12. RJS1977
    I'd be interested to see pictures of that one too as a Collett full brake is on my to do list as well. Had I known it could have been done that way, I would have picked two up from Anoraks Anonymous yesterday....
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    All of which reminds me of my old boss who hired a Transit to help a friend move house, loaded the van, and en route to the friend's new address encountered a low bridge. My boss told the friend to go to the other side of the bridge and wave him through if there appeared to be enough room. The friend did, so my boss eased the van through under the bridge gingerly and apparently had a few inches to spare. He got where he was going, unloaded the van. As the van had fitted through fairly comfortably in the morning, he drove through at a much quicker speed on the return trip, forgetting that now it was empty, the body now sat higher on the suspension....
  14. RJS1977
    Isn't that where a Landie's supposed to be?
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    Picture of the roller reminds me of an interview with Sid James I was listening to recently, where he was recounting how he accidentally caused a week's delay to filming 'The Titfield Thunderbolt'. Apparently he lost control of the steam roller he was driving in the film, and flattened the camera!
  16. RJS1977
    There's a Discovery near me in Anti-Flash white with RAF roundels and the words 'Land Rover' on the bonnet changed to 'Avro' :-)
  17. RJS1977
    No - King Alfred were a bus operator in the Winchester area back in the 60s.
  18. RJS1977
    Yes - that would have looked rather silly if Triang had put cylinders on the Nellie chassis!
  19. RJS1977
    I just spotted that there's the cab of another one (the remains of one of the two bodies I cut and shut into a Tanat Valley loco) just visible to the left of the picture! The smokebox of the other body is just out of view - it acts as a stationary boiler in the lean-to on the back of the shed. PS - the Airfix signalbox has now been repaired!
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    And the point of Triang was that by producing trains which could be bought for a lower price than HD, Trix etc, it opened the model railway market to people who wouldn't otherwise have been able to afford the more expensive offerings. For them, an 08 with inside frames, a shortened Princess, or an inaccurate Jinty were far better than no trains at all - something which seems to have been largely forgotten in today's hobby.
  21. RJS1977
    Because Hornby are now such a financially successful company..... Now they're not pleasing *either* market! If anything, Triang's downfall was getting involved in too many other toy markets, and perhaps also buying out the failing H-D range.... What Triang did do was to introduce many people to the hobby who would not otherwise be here.
  22. RJS1977
    Yes it does.... no it doesn't.... yes it does.... no it doesn't..... yes it does.....
  23. RJS1977
    The layout I (and 2nd Reading Boys' Brigade) were restoring has now been returned to the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway. There are still some minor jobs to do on it, like fitting working signals. I have constructed a perspex cover for it (though not yet fitted as I had to wait for the glue to dry), and legs will be added in due course:
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    Some years ago I repainted one into GWR colours as per a 'Junior Modeller' article. It was some time before I discovered the GWR didn't actually have one... And a couple of photos of her older sister: These two put in sterling service on the branch shuttle trains on my father's layout.
  25. RJS1977
    All model trains are toys, it's just that some are toys for older people with deeper pockets....
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