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Rather gorgeous.  Pity they are HO.  Now if they were Spur Null and I were a millionaire ...

5 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

In German, “Zwei kleine Ente,” to which the reply is, “Flak, flak.”

 

Dave

almost ... zwei kleine Enten.

I drink Brains.

2-12-0 !!!

I have an O gauge German exhibition layout.  My stock is very attractive, but boy is it fragile.

I commuted to school, on my own, from the age of seven.  Mum took me the first day, after which I was on my own.  The 1926 era 4SUB broke down on the third day, and they stopped the Kent Coast train comprising brand new 4CEPs.  I discovered these had external handles, so on arrival at St Mary Cray I opened the window, opened the door, closed the window, stepped out and closed the door behind me. Simples.  

4 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Yes I enjoyed listening to those at a dual language bingo session on Lanzagrotty.

 

Jamie

Any news?

My experience is very similar to Jon's as it is an excellent way of travelling around a city.  However in some (all?) cities, they are only issued if one has signed up to the H Rewards programme.

I was staying in the Berlin (Ostbahnhof), Erfurt and Frankfurt hotels about a month before Jon's trip.

All I know about guns is that when I put the sight thing to my eye, there is a bloody great bolt in front of my face.  In the CCF, the other cadets got the Lee-Enfields, I was given the map.

I've drawn the correct method of accessing a goods yard, so there isn't a facing point into a dead end siding.  One of Rice's plans had a facing point.  I told him.  The language!

38 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

And then the do-gooders came along and screwed it all up....

... except some of them contained lethal amounts of mercury, etc...

Morning all.  Recovering from a weekend taking the FROS 3 requalification course.  Two written exams and a lot of practical work, and I lost my left leg to a chainsaw accident.  We were also expected to take aspirin for a cardiac event, except everyone on the course was allergic to aspirin.  Anyway done for another three years so I can tootle around south east London on a Friday evening, terrifying little old ladies out of their beds.

Three reasons not to use cycle lanes:

• broken contents of bottle banks 
• redundant white goods
• used lorry tyres

When the great British public stop using cycle lanes as a free municipal dump, I'll start using them.

51 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

On the other hand, Officer Crabtree has no such plausible excuse, although deep down you know he has GWR tendencies. Why else would he be suffering from Lancaster Green Hair?

Blame Beth, she mixed the wrong shade of Grecian 2000.

34 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

I believe there is a well known stratagem where pillocks are promoted out of 'harms way'. Something I think is in use with the current crop of occupants of the Palace of Westminster. 

Peter Principle?

5 hours ago, Willie Whizz said:

 

Conversely the Byng and Troubridge precedents (the latter especially, as it was so very recent) are thought to lie as a significant factor behind why Adm. Cradock in late 1914 took his antiquated and outgunned cruiser squadron into action off Coronel in Chile against the German admiral, Graf von Spee, when realistically he stood no chance and probably knew it. Hundreds died and precisely nothing was achieved. But ‘honour’ was saved; whatever else might be said, no-one ever criticises him for lack of bravery. 

Just as a footnote, Troubridge's flotilla comprised four Armoured Cruisers.  Three of them were sunk at Jutland, the fourth managed to interrupt the British fleet as it maneuvered to cross the German "T".  Bill

24 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

You do know how Twirls are made don't you?

I don't think I want to know.

12 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

They should put a stop to that nonsense. Moved in last week and I haven't had a minutes sleep since!

 

Anyone know who I can complain to?

 

 

🔕

God.

On Maundy Thursday, it took five of us the 22 verses of Psalm 22 to completely clear the altar and dias.  Yesterday I washed and ironed the linen.  Today it took two of us over three hours to put it back.

After problems with ordinary Peco points (they didn't like being upside down) and then Seeps (hiding the Pecos in scenery to switch the frogs), I have now installed Peco Twistlock points.  No problems so far.

On 16/03/2024 at 22:09, Sidecar Racer said:

Now to train humans.

Put teabag in pot.  Add boiling water.  Remove teabag.  Allow to cool.  Pour into bowl.  Add vap,  Give to me.

This concoction kept Harvey going for about 20 years.  Vap was evaporated milk: very much preferred but ordinary milk was tolerated.  Harvey visited many of the local houses for a "nice hot cup of tea" and they would all have a tin of vap in the fridge.

Evening all.  I've been on holiday in Germany for 10 days.  Anything important happen in TNM land that I should know about?

I went to the Spur Null Tage in Giessen yesterday and purchased a Model Signal Engineering lever frame at a ridiculously low price.  I also bought a 1950s Till Register and somehow lugged it back in my luggage.

Worn out!  Bill

As speaks someone with experience .....

8 minutes ago, adb968008 said:

Thats my issue with it though… they dont.

in a Germanic way they describe the locos route and journey to Aushwitz, its repairs and works, and its retreat.

 

But they dont mention why, an aging 2-10-0 German freight loco, would be sent to a rural part of Poland, which wasnt a military centre, or an industrial area, nor was it on a critical war route to the Eastern front, for what can only be “non-essential” war work on rural routes to Czechoslovakia or Polish towns.

 

its basically left to the imagination, for those who think question it… or simply dont know and just see it as any other preserved steam loco…

 

Not sure about aging, the Prussian BR 58.0 were less than 30 years old. the BR 50 were a couple of years old and the BR 52 Kriegsloks were brand new.

Auschwitz impacts me more than many of you, as my father was a prisoner-of-war in the camp.  I'm very aware of the subject but this hasn't stopped me modelling German railways.

My late friend, Tony Adams, modelled the DRG in 1937.  I asked him the obvious question and his reply that, in a Franconian town, the only indication might be an NSDAP flag flown outside the Rathaus (town hall).

Less of the "professional".

Although I've just received a certificate to the effect that I am now an Emergency Responder, candidate number 1111902555.