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Hello hap Link below may help (although not LMS). If you ignore the 'station tracks' at the foot and 'straighten out' the rest, it should be practical for your space (possibly!). Uses your double slip; enables big engines; uses a small coaler; can be operated 'as prototype'. Brian

Hello hap All the best for this project...it is normally something that I would go into deeply to help you but time is against me at the moment, so please accept the following as 'a starting point'. There are many track plans to be found via Google, The Engine Shed Society and various books that detail loco sheds, such as the Paul Bolger BR Steam Motive Power Depots. It will be worth investing a reasonable amount of time to get it right. It will pay dividends. Brian (in haste!)

Hello Andy All the best with this excellent venture! Just donated. Brian

Hello Jack Many thanks for posting the photos - very interesting. S&D author, Mike Arlett, saw the posting and has asked me to send the text below on his behalf. Brian Although not identified by name in the above posting, this is 'Aqueduct Bridge' (S&D Bridge No.268). The map which accompanies the posting is a little misleading in that it shows the road (or drove) as Hulk Moor Drove whereas, in fact, the name has become 'Back River Drove' by the stage it reaches the former Aqueduct Crossing. It lies about a mile west of the site of Glastonbury & Street Station. Hope that makes sense! Mike Arlett

Hello woodenhead I think Flight Radar explain the phenomenon of planes not being where they are in reality somewhere on their website (and that's too technical for me!). I have sometimes 'seen' a 777 land on Harrow! And the occasional plane flying backwards! Or sideways! But - generally speaking - they are not too far out. I can look up at the sky over my my house in Milton Keynes and be darn near spot with my focal point for planes outbound from LHR to the north coming into view out of the clouds. Brian

Hello Adrian Attached is a screen grab from Flight Radar website. I have been using Gold for probably more than a year now and find it worth every penny (or dollar). Works really well either on my laptop or cheap old iPhone 5. There are still plenty of planes flying and air freight seems to be doing well. Hope it helps. Brian

Hello everyone I emailed ex-Somerset & Dorset Line Fireman/Driver Peter Smith as I recall seeing a photo of him with goggles. That photo is plate 163 in Ivo Peters’ book, The S&D in the Sixties, Volume 3, 1960-1962. Peter replied: “Sometime around 1960, BR issued goggles to all footplate crews and a few wore them for a short time. Donald Beale and I have worn them on the odd occasion with a West Country class on a heavy turn when cinders and sparks throwing from the chimney were commonplace. But, in general, they were hardly used by footplate crews in this country. I have a photo of Donald and I taken on 12 August 1961 at Evercreech Junction. We were working the down Pines Express and recovered a prodigious amount of time on the run to Bournemouth West. The story was published in the Railway Magazine in two parts: January and February editions, 2012.” For those who would like to read more about the S&D, Peter has recently had published a reprint of his book, The Somerset & Dorset from the Footplate, with photos by the late GA Richardson. See Crecy Publishing for details. Brian

Hello Tallpaul69 I have something for 1956 which might help (which you can have with my compliments). Brian

Excellent! Brian

Hello Iain Good to see the progress! A thought for you... When I was 'laying out' my track as you are currently doing, I covered the baseboard with a roll of thick wallpaper lining paper. This allows for pencil marks to be easily removed or amended. When ready to actually lay track, I left the paper in situ. It forms something of 'a seal' when you get round to ballasting. If the track ever needs lifting - and there can be many reasons for this - you have a nice, clean surface to work on. Brian

Hello everyone Congratulations to Dapol on the announcement of the Manor - a long-awaited class! We wish them every success with the project. In The 00 Wishlist Poll, the Manor has been the 'most wanted' GWR loco since 2015. It was the 'overall most wanted' loco in 2018 but slipped back to 'second most wanted' in 2019... but by just two votes (behind the USATC S-160). Brian

Hello everyone Congratulations to Dapol on the announcement of this long-awaited class! We wish them every success with the project. In The 00 Wishlist Poll, the Manor has been the 'most wanted' GWR loco since 2015. It was the 'overall most wanted' loco in 2018 but slipped back to 'second most wanted' in 2019... but by just two votes (behind the USATC S-160). Brian

Hello Tony and everyone I'm sorry for the slight delay in getting back on this query. My extract below from the Q&A for The 00 Wishlist Poll 2019 should explain the situation. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team) Do you say if kits are available? We found that it takes an inordinate amount of time to keep that information up to date, so we haven’t since 2018. However, you will find a link in each category to take you to kit makers and other suppliers. This is – after all – a Poll for ready-to-run items!

Hello everyone I can only comment on 00, but well done to Hornby on these well-deserved results. Compliments also to Bachmann on the Ransome & Rapier Crane award and to Adrian Hall at UK Model Shops. Good to see the Bournemouth West layout coming in high. Brian

Hello Johnster At the risk of 'going off topic', I thought you might like to see that the 517 isn't actually dropping... 2016 - 12th of 25 GWR Locos 2017 - Poll didn't run 2018 - 10th of 26 2019 - 9th of 28 Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Tony and everyone I wonder if anyone can help with these questions... Firstly, my wife's parents ran a fish & chip shop in Bowes Park, north London, during the late 40s and very early 50s. My mother-in-law remembers that they could order fish from Grimbsy one day and collect it next day from Bowes Park station. Can anyone suggest how this delivery would have been achieved? Secondly, can anyone tell me what duties No.60700 would have been involved with in its last year or so of working? Many thanks Brian

Hello everyone Very many thanks to Ian and his team for another excellent show - much appreciated! I was sorry to read earlier that someone felt that 'the trade' wasn't well represented...that was not the impression I took away. Given that this is a 'traditional local show' and not Warley, there were over 20 actual model traders; a fair balance against the layouts. As is usual, the show attracts a high proportion of family visitors with kids, which can only help promote the hobby in the long run. It is a credit to how Ian and the team promote the show. Brian

Hello Mikesndbs Banana Vans seem to do fairly well in The 00 Wishlist Poll. In 2019, they fared as below: High Polling SR Banana Van (this was only a few votes outside The Top 50) GWR Banana Van Y4 BR Banana Van (Diags. 1/242, 1/243 & 1/244) Middle Polling LMS Banana Van (Diag.1660) BR Banana Van (Diag.1/246) The 00 Poll Team is hoping that Oxford Rail will produce the recently announced GER Van in its 'banana form' in due course. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Phil The question of 'missing moulds' would best be raised in a thread of its own (or, perhaps, on one of the other Hornby threads). As the current 'cut-off date' for items appearing in The Poll is 1 January 2005 and that the Clan was produced in 2009, the class is unlikely to be listed for some time. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Edwardian The 517 was just 10 votes behind in 2019. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Wishlist Poll Team)

Hello Edwardian You will no doubt be pleasantly surprised to hear that in The 00 Wishlist Poll 2019 the Metro Tank was High Polling. It was 8th out of the 28 GWR locos listed. Overall, it came it at equal position 61st - much higher than it was in 2018. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Wishlist Poll Team)

Hello Graham (and Iain) That is very nice tracklaying and I'm delighted to see that the scissors has been amended! Brian

Hello Mike The J25 is certainly in The 00 Poll and was High Polling in 2019. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Jason They would certainly go well with the SR Container Wagons as we listed in The 00 Wishlist Poll - details below. The Short Wheelbase wagon was High Polling; the Long Wheelbase was Middle Polling. SR Container Wagon – 9ft & 10ft wheelbase (Diags.1382 & 1399 of 1931/1938) The SR built 350 of the Diag.1382/A (with 9ft wheelbase) between 1931 and 1932, and 755 of the Diag.1399 (with 10ft wheelbase) between 1938 and 1947. Although designed for containers they were just as useful for carrying cars. One particular traffic was that of ‘invalid carriages’ (as they were then known) – small 3-wheeled cars made by AC Cars of Thames Ditton for a long-running government contract. However, they were also used for other new car traffic and labelled as ‘Return to Morris Cowley’ or ‘Bathgate ScR’. Link: See page 75 of Terry Gough’s book, A Pictorial Guide to Southern Wagons & Vans. Link: See page 31 of Mike King’s book, Southern Wagons in Colour. SR Container Wagon – 18ft 7in wheelbase (Diag.1383 of 1931) The SR built 150 of the long vehicles which had a wheelbase of 18ft 7in and an overall length of 32ft or 32ft 5in (for the fitted ones). Although designed for containers they were similarly used for the ‘invalid carriage’ traffic above. A number passed into general railway service. Link: http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/srconflat/e27604956 Link: http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/wagon/39617.html Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello mdvle Although this is 'off topic' for the Oxford thread, I felt it appropriate to make a brief statement that The 00 Poll Team does its best to 'combine' similar items where we believe it would be reasonable for a maker to produce variants. Although Class 116 was announced (Kernow), that didn't happen - so it was back in The Poll for 2019. One of the Railbuses failed to appear, so that was re-listed. The D16/3 Claud Hamilton with Decorative Valance was listed separately as we felt the tooling was significantly different. Same goes for B16s. There are other examples but this should suffice for now. If there are questions, we can take them up on our thread: Results - The 00 Wishlist Poll 2019. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)