Phil Copleston

Sunny and 12 degrees in Mancunia. Good day for some woodwork out in the garage :-)

Who makes the best sausages? - discuss

Who makes the best sausages? - discuss

Gardening - the prospect is usually worse than the reality...

Reading 'Britain's New Railway' (1966). You can tell it is 1966 because Mr.Nock refers to problems and not challenges ;-)

"Are you using Lenz DCC?" "No, I bought my own."

Hoggg

Nicht hinauslehnen!

E pericoloso sporgersi

Re-reading 'British Rail after Beeching' after ?? years. Contemporary (1966) history.

Aargh! Why does the last handrail take umpteen attempts to get right when the previous eleven didn't?

Manchester living down to its reputation as the rain capital of the UK. When will it ever stop?

Out and about in the Duchy today

Low-flying pheasant vs. car windscreen. Not good!

Mrs L calls them 'lycra cyclists'. She means as distinct from normal cyclists . . .

Expo EM North this Weekend

Imaginary modelling, much underrated...

Some of my most ambitious and interesting modelling sessions occur on long train or car journeys...

I just got a crazy idea...

I'm trying to find a forum for British outline Railway modellers in the USA

I used to have one MGB, now I have two

Staring at railway photos from the 1900s and wishing I could enter them. Just for a while though, until dinner time ;-)

Artichokes

Fruit cake is always best when free...

Union Pacific restoration of Big Boy #4014: Commentary from Trains Magazine worth reading http://cs.trains.com/trn/b/staff/archive/2013/07/26/southern-4501-norfolk-amp-western-611-and-now-union-pacific-4014-can-it-get-any-better-than-this.aspx