RJS1977

If a bus station's where you catch a bus, and a train station (ugh! - horrible phrase!) is where you catch a train, what's a fire station for?

If a bus station is where you catch a bus, and a train station (ugh!) is where you catch a train, what's a fire station for?

Thought of taking my copy of the 1863 Bradshaw with me on a train jpurney recently but realised that not only would I need to buy a brightly coloured shirt and jacket that don't match, I'd also have to master the knack of leaving the station on one train, travelling on a completely different one, and arriving at my destination on the one I got on in the first place!

Last of the major electrical issues on the branch sorted - just need to clean a few point contacts now (hopefully). Pity there isn't enough room here to have the full layout up though :-(

Obviously my repair to the wiring on Devil's Bridge/Niedeau last week wasn't correct, as everything shorts out now! :-(

Obviously my repair to the wiring on Devil's Bridge/Niedeau last week wasn't correct, as everything shorts out now! :-(

is amused by the way two of the beach volleyball players have BRA written on their tops in case they forget what they're called!

Saw 2 maroon Mk1s, 1 blue/grey & several Anglia Mk2s with a grey DB 67 on the front @Padd @ 1am today. Anyone any ideas what it was there for?

Am I the only one watching the couple dancing in the loft and sizing it up for a layout?

Vale of Rheidol 2-tone green looks like being an interesting experiment!

Lesson of the day - if you're going to stand on a bridge to watch the trains on the way home from the club, make sure it's the one that still has track underneath it (Reading West-Southcote Junction), not the one that hasn't (Coley goods branch)!

sorted an annoying electrical problem this evening.

has snapped both the "Brits" today! :-)

is annoyed that in spite of being able to see the railway from his desk, was away from it when Tangmere came through!

really enjoyed his "driving lessons" yesterday, though working the 'box' was harder work than I imagined!

Gate problem intermittent - not yet fixed, though not helped by Class 20 colliding with it in halfway position! However did manage the spectacle of 5 trains operating to a set sequence with changeable routes, working signals and flashing TARDIS!

auto route-setting for the harbour branch now working, but the gate mechanism seems to have stopped :-(

"virtual" 2 aspect signal and associated auto-stop fitted and working at last, despite some heart-stopping moments with the integrated circuits.....

is wondering if anyone else has ever transported a 10' exhibition layout... by bicycle?

started building his first etched brass kit yesterday. Well, I've got two bits together so far! More positively though, at least I fixed one of the electrical issues on my main lyout and made some progress on Niederau.

started building his first etched brass kit yesterday. Well, I've got two bits together so far! More positively though, at least I fixed one of the electrical issues on my main layout and made some progress on Niederau.

Fetch the barrow. the Major has a train to catch...

not quite as much progress over Christmas as planned but 2 more semaphores connected up and a manually operated rotating water crane!

not quite as much progress over Christmas as planned but 2 more semaphores connected up and a manually operated rotating water crane!

not quite as much progress over Christmas as planned but 2 more semaphores connected up and a manually operated rotating water crane!