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If you are looking for Instanter couplings, but want a coupled rake, have you thought of trying these? https://www.shapeways.com/product/QKWW9ZGGJ/nem-oo-type-2-couplings-strait-instanter-x4?optionId=63332699

Doncaster, 30th June 2018

When you've bought the Mk.4s, but haven't got the 91 to run with them: https://www.flickr.com/photos/markh737/7145983403/

I was discussing BTM & the Old Station on Twitter last night and Nigel Harris (Rail Magazine) got involved. He hadn't heard about the plans being shelved. I receeived this reply from him this morning: "Someone said on here yesterday that the plan to put trains back into the disused Brunel terminus at Bristol TM had been quietly shelved. I checked. It hasn’t. Work due to start in CP6 once resignalling complete and PSB is demolished"

And it's in Greater Anglia livery!

Absolute bargain. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coal-piece-of-coal-from-the-steam-locomotive-60163-TORNADO-/372241041819?roken=cUgayN&nma=true&si=vIKWGSK3fJ5oVNqyxIqPEeN97B0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

T-Shirt of an ultra rare LNER loco https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAILWAY-RETRO-T-SHIRT-PENDENNIS-CASTLE-4709-t-shirt-hoody-various-colours/172262089721?hash=item281b9ee3f9:m:m_jiw8LRwmnWZ4TSOmobSbA

In this Tuesday's Lincolnshire Free Press (the local paper for Spalding), the Spalding and Peterborough Transport Forum say that work on the Grade Separation could start later this year, and be completed in 2020. All good so far. However, the chairman goes on to say: “We reckon the railway crossing barriers are going to be down 24 minutes in every hour, and don’t forget that’s going through the night as well. It’s going to be Tallington again.” To put this in context, today (Wednesday), there has been 26 passenger workings, and 22 freight services (total 48 trains). Assuming the barriers are down for 4 mins per train, that equates to 192 mins, or 8 mins per hour.

If you don't have room for long freight trains https://www.flickr.com/photos/73574431@N06/39439048975/in/dateposted-public/

Found this photo today if it helps: http://www.hondawanderer.com/166212_Claverdon_1997.htm

Network SouthEast advertising milk bottles (the milk isn't original!)

Superb work on the 'Boris Bikes' (or are they now Sadiq Cycles?) When I first saw the photo I thought it was a photo of the real thing

Looking good. Nice to see New Bryford in the BRM calendar, shame they couldn't get the layout name right!

Layout looked fantastic at Warley. The Cross rail excavation impressed as did the pub.

I have recently come into possession of one of the signs from this station but am struggling to find much information and photos of the station, particularly clear shots of the platform and how many signs there were. Hope someone on this forum can assist.

After a recent discussion at Spalding railway station, a few of us realised we had never seen a photo of this particular box. Hope that someone on this forum can help.

Taken at Exeter https://flic.kr/p/pjYFE6

Track worker has a crafty fag as an engineers train passes at Cupar https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuparexpat/15949523071/in/photostream/

Regarding 4144 repainted in FGW livery, I recently found this on a website: www.fictitiousliveries.co.uk/photo.php?S4566_fGW.jpg

I had recently ordered a load of paint & weathering powders. They first time TNT attempted delivery I was at work, so they attempted delivery again the following day. I was off work, but had gone out for the day. The driver knew where I worked, so dropped the parcel off there, but didn't leave a note to tell me this. I didn't find out until I returned to work two days later. I have also had Royal Mail leave parcels propped in the conservatory window, and two weeks ago they left one against the back door in the snow. I didn't find this one until 7 o'clock the following morning.

Colas 70802 & 70803 have been at Dawlish Warren today http://www.flickr.com/photos/theteignmouthtroll/13246339513/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/theteignmouthtroll/13246176605/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/southwestrailways/13246291824/ (not my photos)