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Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes

Err Arriva are running until midnight tonight (where they can) https://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/

AIUI it all comes down to money. The PO allocates new postcodes however people often report problems such as yours where delivery drivers, house insurance, car insurance etc say they can't find your address. I believe each commercial user tries to get away with paying for updates as little as possible hence the problem arises. I'm not sure everyone pays for quarterly updates as in #2 above.

7236 was an Oxford loco at the time of my layout. She later moved to Bristol and was withdrawn without ever gaining the later crest.

Dance On - The Shadows

https://flic.kr/p/5t71Yy

The 3S62 Margam-Margam has several different routings depending on day of week. Twice a week it goes up the Rhymney Valley as far as Bargoed, in daylight. Pink pair 66.185 and 66.115 approach wrong road for the last few hundred yards into Bargoed 09Oct18.

It's been in place for ages thanks(?) to the wonderful GSP shipping system!

Kevin Lane (or 'Lost Albion') is one of my absolute fave collections on flickr.

40160 Saddleworth Viaduct by Dave Chamberlain, on Flickr Paddington Parcels by Kevin Lane, on Flickr Elstree & Borehamwood by Kevin Lane, on Flickr

What Is This Thing Called Love - Ella Fitzgerald

My wife died shortly after the last update. Needless to say very little progress has taken place since then. However, she was always very encouraging and I intend to carry on this autumn. This update is therefore a bit unusual as it’s mostly about what I intend to do rather than what I have actually done. I needed to construct a subway between the platforms. Stations such as Chorleywood and Chalfont and Latimer have these so it’s prototypical for the area. I’ve experimented with Archers rivets. From tutorials on Youtube etc they seemed to be a bit tricky and so it turned out. Carrier film is quite visible close up, though to be fair they do say these are meant to be applied before paint is added but I’d already painted these sheets battleship grey. rev subway rivets a 800px by Sarah S1ddons, on Flickr With weathering and viewed from a more normal distance the carrier film mostly disappears. I probably need to attend to the weathering once ground cover is added and/or have another go as this was my first attempt. rev subway rivets weathered 800px by Sarah S1ddons, on Flickr Just before we moved here OO Works produced a run of about 200 LNER C13’s which were available in plain black, LNER black or BR black. At around £200 each I couldn’t be certain I’d have a layout here, or what area it would be, though my last layout was the same general area. It’s one of those decisions that even with hindsight you’re never sure if you did the right thing or not. Anyway, by the time I had something of a layout here and knew I could accommodate a C13 they were long sold out. In 4 years down here this is only the 3rd I’ve seen come up on ebay and they’ve all been LNER ones. This time I bit the bullet and got this LNER one which shouldn’t be a difficult job to change to BR. rev LNER C13 front 800px by Sarah S1ddons, on Flickr I doubt I’ll ever have an Ashbury set but as I’m not specifically doing the Chesham branch, decided to pair her with an LNER push-pull set. The composite has now been replaced by an all 3rd (which is actually a downgraded all 1st). rev wide view C13 propel 800px by Sarah S1ddons, on Flickr rev ground view C13 leading 800px by Sarah S1ddons, on Flickr I’m quite happy with this set as it seems to fulfil a need for some rural connecting service towards the end of the Metropolitan Line. At the moment the plan is to concentrate on filling the foreground at the ‘London’ end of the layout to produce some better ‘train in the landscape’ photo opps. rev wide view scenic space 800px by Sarah S1ddons, on Flickr

I wonder if there's a case to be made for next year's poll to include say 3D requests? With 3D printing moving from its infancy to more maturity I feel many of us are open to replacement bodies/underframes etc for sub-classes like this or where old models probably aren't going to get an upgrade but some parts of the model stand the test of time. I'm thinking here of things like the Lima GWR Siphon where many use the body as a good starting point but the underframe is woeful. Is it worth considering a category where we could make our case for significant replacment parts like 53807 body (I'm sure there are other sub classes of loco) and some wagon underframes where there currently isn't a 3D option available and R&D costs are likely to deter major manufacturers?

For Me And My Gal - Judy Garland and Gene Kelley amongst others

Me And Julio Down By The School Yard - Simon and Garfunkel

13CT13-11a by Vernon Sidlow, on Flickr 06G32 by Vernon Sidlow, on Flickr 13CT08-21b by Vernon Sidlow, on Flickr

He's also got this "it looks good on the track" - only if you've got a white stick and a labrador https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Triang-Hornby-00-R401-Mail-Car-with-accessories-J810/192671789716?hash=item2cdc223294:g:mc8AAOSwcoFbn0aF

That one on the left looks like Brian Glover between acting jobs.

Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison

Under My Thumb - Stones (the Aftermath LP always sounds to me as fresh as it did when I first heard it)

90044 , Clowne Sidings by Phil Sangwell, on Flickr D1782 Clowne South by Phil Sangwell, on Flickr DH - 92012 Birkett by Derek Huntriss, on Flickr

Amtrak Track machine Springfield Mass Oct 2008

My Kind Of Town - Frank Sinatra

31/0 London Kings Cross [1982-010-001] by Brian McCulloch, on Flickr 73140 | Fanborough [1983-013-004] by Brian McCulloch, on Flickr Jubilee on Parcels at Bristol Temple Meads by Patrick O'Brien, on Flickr

Little Irchester Ironstone Sidings by Tony, on Flickr BWR0487 48681 ON FREIGHT PASSING DERBY NOTTINGHAM ROAD STATION FRI 07.01.1966 by David Russon, on Flickr RS0235 37087 DERBY 05.1979 by David Russon, on Flickr