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  1. pete_mcfarlane
    I'd also be interested in some 4mm W&C stock.
  2. pete_mcfarlane
    It was served by some LNER trains. They even electrified it (at 1500v DC) as part of their Liverpool Street electrification programme, with regular empty trains running through the 1950s to keep the wires clean.
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    I finally get to have a P.1127. Always wanted one of those. There's some new stuff in the Hornby International catalogue - there are CAD images of an Italian loco.
  4. pete_mcfarlane
    Don't forget the cab forward 4-6-0 tanks, and Franco Crosti locos with no chimneys.
  5. pete_mcfarlane
    I'm sure that whatever happens, it won't be their fault.
  6. pete_mcfarlane
    I always wondered how Gerry Adams answered that question.....
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    Exactly. One place that's really good at this are the visitor centres on the High peak trail in Derbyshire - they have large numbers of different books on the Cromford and High Peak for sale.
  8. pete_mcfarlane
    They'll be lucky to find any specialist railway books in the giftshop on a lot of preserved lines (but is this because nobody actually buys them?).
  9. pete_mcfarlane
    I know how to fix the leak.... https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en/robinson/a-leak-in-the-channel-tunnel-illustration-from-inventions-litho/lithograph/asset/94802
  10. pete_mcfarlane
    I think the motivation behind DBS checks was to stop repeat offenders from moving to a different part of the country (where nobody knows them) and starting all over again.
  11. pete_mcfarlane
    The E1 has a 6" longer wheelbase than the D1 and is longer overall, and has various other differences. The DJH kit is for the E1. Saying the kit can do both is a bit 1970s.
  12. pete_mcfarlane
    He was at Warley a few weeks back. Definitely still going.
  13. pete_mcfarlane
    That made me chuckle. Using the ECHR to protect yourself against 'elf and safety gone mad'. Daily Mail readers will be very confused.
  14. pete_mcfarlane
    Tippex is quite good as a filler for small/shallow gaps.
  15. pete_mcfarlane
    It's also a single colour (OK, two if you count the black ends) and needs no lining. So slightly cheaper. And one Mk1 coach did (eventually) get the imitation teak finish - http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1218. I always thought it looked a bit odd.
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    And is in a very strange location (on a bit of single line). It seems to be on every Christmas. It is very good.
  17. pete_mcfarlane
    CMAC models do kits for the Electrostars. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176096260348?hash=item290027b0fc:g:cIMAAOSw~qpjsh~S
  18. pete_mcfarlane
    In its day the Night ferry was the heaviest express in the country - 10+ heavy CIWL sleepers, plus SR coaches and SNCF vans - in steam days needing a L1 and a WC/BB to shift it. So I'm not sure if a 1400hp class 70 would be able to keep to time.
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    Smelting on site is most likely - disused lead mines often come with the remains of a smelter (with the long flue to a remote chimney to get rid of the toxic fumes).
  20. pete_mcfarlane
    You also need to add the qualifier 'standard gauge' to that. Plenty of heritage 3rd electric trains on the Volks railway.
  21. pete_mcfarlane
    Genesis kits? The did the prototypes in white metal.
  22. pete_mcfarlane
    We need more politicians like John Knott - who tell interviewers they are talking rubbish and walk out.
  23. pete_mcfarlane
    Note the 'Rushton and Hornsby' misprint. Was somebody listening to 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' as they typed the list?
  24. pete_mcfarlane
    And the Model Engineer exhibition at Wembley and later the Ally Pally, which covered pretty much every kind of modelling including model railways. The description of the NEC show sounds as though somebody had tried to copy it.
  25. pete_mcfarlane
    So what other goodies are in that catalogue? I recently picked up a kit for 1500 (the prototype refurbished 4-CEP with sliding windows) that I had no idea MTK had produced.
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