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Thought that Indian Pale Ale was already pretty diluted with water?

What, in a parallel universe where she is still alive?

Looks like a 5" gauge "speedy" which is supposed to be a GWR 15XX. It appears that someone found a chassis sans motion and made a wooden body to go on top, and had a stab at making some motion for it. The chassis has springs and what looks like eccentrics for an axle driven water pump - common fitting on live steam locos even if not prototypical. It could have been live steam once, but will be a long time before it will again! Might be useful to someone who wants to build a "speedy", you get chassis wheels and cylinders maybe, but you would have to build the rest!

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The correct way to write camouflage is camouflage. Highlight the whole line...

Just having thoughts - although I model in 4mm scale, I am pretty sure that a 2mm scale tube line running under the baseboard, with a cutaway station towards the front would work well - with a complete scenic break between the two due to "ground" rather than a bridge/tunnel/hedge etc. I think the difference in scales would work, and the smaller size of N would make it a more practical proposition.

Stepping on lego is bliss compared to stepping on a plug...

People were allowed to have responsibility for their own actions at Rufford Ford, but not not only did it not make them think more about doing stupid things, it eventually led to it's closure which would not have happened if your premise was even remotely true.

And what of other people? Should they have to accept the consequences of your actions even if it kills them, just because no-one prevented you from doing something stupid?

It is now closed by a TRO so they have to go the long way round if they like it or not.

Would love to see a double (quadruple?) Fairlie version...

No, but often good enough to get within shouting distance. For ease of use and accuracy "What three words" is probably the best app. I believe all emergency services are familiar with it and many others like RAC also.

People seem to forget about the poor old GE. Until recently the intercity stock on the line had been hand-me-downs for generations, the DBSO's being ex Scotrail - you can't get much more north to south than that!

Well if pineapple and ham is such a bad idea, then presumably everyone against it hates pineapple on gammon steak too?

Well I suppose that the answer is basically powerful enough to handle the longest required train on the line taking into account gradient, with enough coal capacity to last the day, and enough water capacity to ensure it does not need watering too frequently. Good visibility in both directions is useful too. For most lines a medium to large six coupled tank would probably suit, although for the longer line a small to medium six coupled tender engine with a fairly small tender (for better visibility when running in reverse) might be better.

Did they chase the train in an old car called Caroline?

Are you sure it is "Chip" and not "Ship"? The Manchester Ship canal had it's own railway system for a while using amongst others 0-6-0 engines with flangeless wheels on the centre axle. I believe that this connected up with the Chershire Lines Committee Lines. If one of these got as far as Stockport would it have been referred to as a "Ship" engine?

I can't help thinking that this set up would be ideal for SM32 (16mm/foot) narrow gauge. As the locos are self powered (by just about any power source/fuel you can imagine) no worries about track pick up. It can be as cheap or expensive as your budget allows, and as the locos and rolling stock are more weighty with perhaps coarser wheels they can cope better with the odd leaf. Most locos will manage 2'6" radius curves which will help with the space too.

The signs have a flip down, so that when the ford is deep it can be changed to the warning triangle with "Flood" and below is revealed a big red "Road Closed" sign. People still ignore it and wreck their engines though.

In the last days of BR, contracted design life was 35 years for diesel, and 40 for electric. Always thought it was a bit of a pointless figure, as so many factors could affect it - not least of which the likelihood of the respective manufacturer still being around to make a claim from!

That's pretty much it, stray currents on 25Kv are negligible. However Class 92 has insulated buffers and couplings to ensure that when working on DC all the return current went via the brushes on the axles, and not via the bearings on the wagons it was hauling!

Is this inside a chocolate factory?

Would that not be the Wales way station?

I don't like the "smart" motorways either. The original concept was not great - that the hard shoulder could be opened to traffic to ease congestion, but at other times it remained as a hard shoulder, complete with thick white line. Then they flipped it so it was open all the time, and only closed if a broken down car was detected, and then relied on motorists actually obeying the signs. A few years ago I had a near miss with the original type of "smart" motorway. I was getting a severe vibration from the trailer I was towing, and being concerned that a catastrophic failure might be imminent I pulled onto the hard shoulder, which was closed to traffic. However it had only just been closed to traffic, as the signs had changed from use hard shoulder to emergency use only as I was driving a few minutes previously. I got out and inspected the trailer to discover one of the tyres had got badly out of shape, but was still holding air. I decided that it would be good enough to get to the next emergency refuge, and as I really did not feel safe I drove slowly along the hard shoulder. A couple of minutes after I got to the refuge a HGV came barrelling along the still closed hard shoulder at 56mph...

Normally yes, but when it is specifically a case of safety, we are also told "silence is consent" and that on safety related issues it is practically mandatory to speak out - i.e. we are taught silence is not an allowable option.