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Complete with it's own post box ? Adrian

Thanks for the information. Following the link provided by "Monkeysarefun" I think I've managed to renew the licence for free. I had to click to confirm that I'm not using it on a commercial basis. Adrian

Looking at the volume of traffic going on and off the Island, the level crossing on Havant Road would cause chaos. True some of the road traffic might be using the train instead, but probably not enough of it. Replacing the crossing with a bridge would be an interesting exercise. Adrian

I get mine directly from the publisher, and that seems to be highly reliable. Details are immediately under the index. Adrian

I've been using Fusion 360 on and off for a year or so now. At the time I downloaded it, it was supposedly available for home usage free, but I've just had an email from them suggesting that I need to get a licence for the bargain sum of $40/Month or $310/Year. Has anyone else run into this ? TIA Adrian

The blue tube might not be a blue tube. A length of mylar sail cloth fastened to the boom with double sided tape is quite common. A big enough gap to reduce friction, but not big enough to get in the way. Adrian

Railway Memories No23 Northallerton, Ripon & Wensleydale (Bellcode Books) has a picture of D2077 at Thirsk Town, but the only shunters shown on the Masham Branch are class 08. Adrian

It might be usable, it depends on what you are discharging. Not sure if they are still going, but there used to be a company in York called Walkers who dredged sand and gravel from the river using a barge. If they didn't use the crane on the barge to discharge it, some thing like this would do the job, although I suspect it might be a bit elaborate. Adrian

The use of the three letters for racing craft came in with the 1993 edition of the Racing Rules of Sailing. I don't know what the situation is for cruising boats, most seem to use the racing trigraphs, but I think you can still get K numbers issued. Adrian

I had my first one ever earlier this week. Woman with a south asian accent claiming to be from BT internet. She asked how my internet was today, I replied I didn't know (true, I hadn't used it at that point). She then told me that there was a problem, and I had to turn on my computer, I said it wasn't convenient (not entirely true). When I asked her who my service provider was, she was unable to tell me, but said it didn't matter, all providers were affected. At that point she said that I'd be cut off within 15 minutes, so I said I'd take it up with my service provider, and she rang off. Several days later, I'm still in online. Adrian

A few months on, and a little bit more progress. Nether Blagdon is now pretty much finished (apart from needing more clutter in the yard), and occasional services have started. The Figworthy Flyer simmers at the platform, waiting departure. The footplate crew (or passengers for that matter) are nowhere to be seen. A pity the shed master sent it out the wrong way around, fortunately it has enough range without needing to take water here. Adrian

I think it is the one (and only) carriage on the railway. A quick look through the "The Aberford Railway and the History of the Garforth Collieries" suggests that is was an ex-Midland four wheel, four compartment carriage. It ended it days as a bungalow (I think you used to be able to see it from the A1 when heading north past Aberford). There is a foot note in the book which says that the resident of the carriage/bungalow remembered a Midland makers plate, but some enthusiasts maintain that it had a definite NER.look. Adrian

Nice picture. I remember the staithe operating in the mid 70s (diesel shunter operated by then). The barges (operated by Hargreaves) would have been taking coal to Thornhill power station. I think the traffic continued until the closure of the power station. Adrian

The problem is that the tops of some of those reservoirs are ~70-80ft above ground level (they are a big earth/concrete ring), so the ground works required to build over the top would be horrendous. Adrian

A motorised wagon would be one way. Looking at BurntIsland at Railex last weekend, they were moving wagons with a magnet under the base board. Adrian

The Mill was at the back of the hall in good company, and looking great. A classic example of how a small layout can be just as eye catching as one of the larger ones. Adrian

Wasn't that covered in one of the Black Country Blues topics ?

It was good to see this in the flesh today, and it very much lived up to my expectations. Adrian

The colliery side looks good, but the ballast needs some weathering. Adrian

29th March, so almost on time. Adrian

Old Gringo of this parish was showing the early stages of just that at the Gnosall exhibition last year. Adrian

Probably right for the period, but as you say, civvy spec, not military (there must be some left running). However, did the army run SWB Land Rovers, all I ever remember seeing were LWB. Adrian

Ah well, if we're onto the last night's episode, that Land Rover was looking a bit dodgy, Adrian

It took a while, but a friend armed with a big soldering iron visited today, and I now have a working printer again I've also switched to using a brim, and the print went like a dream. Thanks again for the advice in this thread. Adrian

It often does that to me too. I think what is happening is the page is rendered, and the browser thinks that it needs to be (say) 75% of the way down the page for the first unread page, then it loads all the images up, which pushes the "start" point down the screen. I think Jim usually puts his images on an external site, and then links to them, which probably confuses things. Adrian