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  1. 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
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    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.
  3. 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.
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    He was at Warley a few weeks back. Definitely still going.
  5. 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.
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    Tippex is quite good as a filler for small/shallow gaps.
  7. 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.
  9. pete_mcfarlane
    CMAC models do kits for the Electrostars. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176096260348?hash=item290027b0fc:g:cIMAAOSw~qpjsh~S
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    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).
  12. pete_mcfarlane
    You also need to add the qualifier 'standard gauge' to that. Plenty of heritage 3rd electric trains on the Volks railway.
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    Genesis kits? The did the prototypes in white metal.
  14. pete_mcfarlane
    We need more politicians like John Knott - who tell interviewers they are talking rubbish and walk out.
  15. 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?
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. pete_mcfarlane
    I seem to remember a few train fires where people couldn't get out because the doors were locked - this is the nastiest one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles_rail_accident
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    The Ffestiniog locks you in to their compartment carriages before departure. I have a vague memory that some of the other Welsh NG railways do this as well - there are a lot of limited clearances from cutting sides etc.
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    I wondered what had happened to that show. It was always a pretty decent day out. Exactly. The gauge 1 live steam layout is probably the biggest one you'll see on the exhibition circuit, so i don;t know how people can complain about the lack of 'large layouts'.
  21. pete_mcfarlane
    It often seems to be the layouts with the most control equipment (half a ton of laptops and electronic gear) that seem to have the least movement.
  22. pete_mcfarlane
    Disappointed by Warley. Didn't get barged once or a hit by a rucksack in the face, and only encountered one mildly smelly person. In fact the whole experience was quite pleasant (not counting the bits involving Cross Country Trains, who are as useless as ever).
  23. pete_mcfarlane
    There are free car parks in the Peak District, but they tend to be in the nice remote places rather than the bits that every man and his dog (with cycle perched on the roof) wants to go to for their 40 minutè walk or cycle ride.
  24. pete_mcfarlane
    Amateur. These days you need a wheelie suitcase full of locos to run people's feet over.
  25. pete_mcfarlane
    Surely the ownership is easy to prove - you just look at the plate screwed to the vehicle solebar saying who owns it and what the asset number is......
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