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Agreed, I think it says something about the popularity of the two vehicles under discussion that I seem to see at least one, and often more, 'proper' mini almost every day. As for the last time I saw a 'Citroen barge' absolutely no idea:-)

Is that what some of my mates long ago used to mean by chewing a brick?:-). Or was it just a local saying meaning you're talking cr@p?

Finally ended about 04.30, rather more comments on WNXX, including reports he brought food and drink with him as well as a can of petrol, and gas for inhalation!

With a bouncer, sorry doorman, on every door. Your name's not down you're not getting in! So assuming a 12 coach train with two doors per coach, 24 extra wages to pay out of the farebox? And that's at every station for every train?To give an example at Skegness tickets are checked at the single entry barrier to the platform. One person checking can do about one coach worth of passengers in 5 minutes. Then there's usually another member of staff supervising luggage and people loading, otherwise they all just dive in the first door they come to. I'm loathe to make accusations but I think as a mere passenger you have little idea of what actually goes into dealing with the great British public. Edit: Also at intermediate stops someone would have to check all those already on the train and remove anyone who should be getting off because they were at the limit of their ticket validity. That would, I suppose, cut down fare evasion by people travelling further than they'd paid for. Downside would be anyone with more than a couple of stations commute would just about get home in time to turn round and start their morning journey to work:)

All on a basis of space allocation and every passenger has a boarding card and only allowed onto the platform for their particular train? Miss one and you wait until there's another free space. As for the amount of time, and staff, this would take to administer. Just add it to the price of the tickets. Oh and journeys that currently take, say, half an hour best allow half a day for. Passengers will cluster in one particular position at times despite being informed that there is ample space in another part of the train. Used to amaze me when I worked to Birmingham, a three coach train crammed at one end near the stairs yet very sparsely populated a coach length away

Eastcroft depot in Nottingham has yellow painted sleepers to show the fouling point

Mentioned before but worth repeating I think. When the 114s were introduced in Lincolnshire the Skegness-Lincoln service reversed at Firsby. There was still quite a bit of tail traffic, not a problem with steam locos, but it now meant the DMU had to run round the van. I presume this was done with passengers on board as well.

Most likely a fix it yourself, as for anything much you were to run into........

Seen on the company messages earlier. Be aware of a fare evader asked to leave a train at Beeston (about 4 miles and first stop out of Nottingham). An inebriated Irish male with ginger hair wearing swimming trunks and flip flops. Trying to get to London

There's several on our patch recently re-signalled where the signal is quite close to a crossing and stopping services are almost inevitably brought in with barriers up and signal at red. The new one at Spondon, not yet in use, is now on the platform where before it was a good bit before so you came past it at proceed. The platform has now got to be reinstated further back to allow room for the train behind the signal.

Didn't 45212 finish up at the Worth Valley if I remember correctly. Are there any photos of it shortly after arriving anywhere? Presumably it would still have had the tilted cab then and unless the tender was exchanged, might there be something giving a close view? I tend to agree with the comments about a bodge repair to damage sustained when falling into a turntable pit though

Swineshead near Boston could be the kind of thing you're after. Double track admittedly but on the Sleaford bound side the A17, a major and very busy road crosses the line. Half barriers only which always surprises me. Signal on the platform end which, as far as I know, is always clear before the train arrives. There's only a couple of services a day actually stop there. You suggest that because your line has a reasonable passenger service and some freight it would be up to full mainline standard. Parts of the Skegness to Grantham line especially between Sleaford and Grantham are still bullhead rail,which I suspect I may well have travelled over as a child on days out to the coast behind B1s and such like. Much of that section is 50mph with an hourly passenger service, with possibly a couple of freights a day to Boston docks. It also sees extra services in summer

Sorry didn't realise the link would stay in, now done. Doing it on my phone.

That was singled around 1984, we were doing site visits to Deepcar, on the first one the signal box was still open and run as double track including an 08 outstationed there. Somewhere I have a photo of the signal guarding a single panel of track on the approach from Penistone. Then there's the other side of the Pennines between Dinting and Royston Vasey (Hadfield)

There used to be some signs with xxSLU, where XX are numbers, along the Robin Hood line at former colliery junctions. Darned if I can remember which now though. I'm sure others can enlarge on this but freight trains were given as lengths in SLU (standard load units I believe)

Ah yes Basement Jakkx, knew I knew it from somewhere

Sorry but I find that thoroughly offensive, absolutely nothing to smile about. I can do very dark humour but not abuse of any kind and that is absolutely disgusting.

I know I'm getting on a bit but don't think I've reached the fag end stage yet:). Presuming/hoping you're not including the staff in your comments

Yeah, I'm bringing the big fan we used at Quorn, just in case it's a bit on the warm side!

Bit of a postscript to this topic. Not GWR territory but the newly renovated Worksop station now features running in boards at the appropriate end of each platform

If the overhead is decently constructed as a miniature of the prototype, the loco will come to a fairly abrupt halt, most likely with it's nose in the air. I know this because my Triang EM2 fitted with Lima pantographs did pretty much that while causing serious distortion of the pans. It had at least 5 coaches on and is weighted with some lead. The overhead suffering a couple of bent or broken droppers!

There's a good many modified much newer cars where the wheels don't fit fully into the arches, Carlos Fandango mods for those of a certain age:-) As for the Chevy small block, is there any better way of listening to a V8??

That's the one thanks, not at home so couldn't link it.

Apparently there is one fully street legal one , there's a video on YouTube taken with an onboard camera. Somewhere in the York area possibly Edit, as for street legal,just ask the increasing number of scrambler type bike riders or, noticed recently an increasing number of, usually, higher performance cars without front number plates or at best it stuffed in the windscreen and illegible, at least to a speed cameras

On a trailer or actually being driven. If on a trailer depending where you are it could have been a Brisca formula 1 or 2 car or a Superstox if nearer Spedeworth country? Or, of course, one of the other V8 formula cars