Bernard Lamb

A few more shots here. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=18797151 The odd shape does, to me at least, indicate some sort of disturbance that needed remedial work. Particularly noticeable when compared the other end in it's original state. Bernard

Thanks for that. It does throw up some interesting possibilities. Bernard

With a load of four coaches it must have over strained the poor things. Where else could you run a prototypical double headed four coach train? Next question. Did the original and rebuilt versions ever double head together? I know the time scale is fairly tight for it to have occured but was there any technical reason why they couldn't operate together? Bernard

In that part of the world when they say 'offers over'they usually mean 'offers considerably over'. The brain is ticking over estimating the cost of connecting to the leccy and the water supply and the provision of drainage. Not to mention the upkeep of the access road. Then it's a case of finding a builder mad enough to work there. It would be a bit too isolated for me. Bernard

Unless in the context of steak. But not as bad as 'unopened' or 'new' when applied to some thing that by definition has been sold by a retail outlet. There are dealers with boxes of these things who do not even bother to take them to shows as they know they will not sell any of them. I was going to quote an inter trade price but I better not in the interest of protecting the market. Gosh, ditto. Bernard

One? I thought that Sabden had been done to death. It certainly would have been a cliche at one time, but I suppose that nowadays it would be termed original. Bernard

The date seems to fit for a service train as Robotham gives a closure date of July 19th 1965. Bernard

Should be an order form in the next(in the UK) issue. That's how I read the blurb in the last issue. I think that this is the email address to send a note to about expressing an interest in ordering one. projectsentinel@bauermedia.co.uk Bernard

First thought would be to agree with you. Next thought would be. What else could they have used? Hawick Allocation circa 1959. Taken from Robotham. 4MT 43141 D34 62483 62494 J35 63463 64494 64509 J37 64539 J36 65234 65275 65317 65331 C16 67489 V3 67606 N2 69510 2MT 78046 78047 I presume that most locos were allocated to regular turns. This would leave very little choice in the event of any failure. (Shades of the MRJ Christmas quizz. Starts drawing up an allocation roster in his head). Bernard

If the wedding or funeral or whatever scene is based on a real event then yes to part a and no to part b. But see below. If we take a cliche to be a cameo that has become overused and work backwards, we must eventually find the occassion when it first appeared. At that point and for it's next ? how many appearances, it cannot be a cliche. After that it becomes a cliche. Who decides where and when? Which leads me on to another question. Can something be a cliche in one location but not in another? Bernard

But the postage charge is quite reasonable. Bernard

Many thanks for flagging that up. I have one in the back of the wardrobe somewhere and had no idea that it was worth any thing. I better dig it out. It is actually a very good camera. I used it as a back up when working with Mamiyas and Bronicas. A couple of stops down and it gives quite acceptable prints up to 15" x 12". Bernard

A quick look in the RCTS Green Book states painted black at first overhaul but does not give a date. Not a lot of help but it will save any one else checking that source. Bernard

I like rhe one of the new bridge in Galashiels. This was just a very big hole when I was there last. Memo to modellers. Always ensure that your fence posts are perpendicular to the ground and not to the slope. Bernard

It's either me being stupid or simply not paying attention. I havn't seen this flagged up on here. It must have been as I cannot believe that the full time searchers have not found it before. If it has been posted before my apologies for time waisting. Would make a good quiz to identify the places in real time as it runs. Bernard http://www.nostalgiacollection.com/pages_new/dvdpages/DVD%20Zones/pages/waverleyroute.html

If you come from central London. From the end of my road in Hemel Hempstead you could at one time catch the 302 bus. If any one knows where I can get 4mm decals for this route I would be very grateful. Been OOP at Modelmaster for years. Bernard

This is what it is supposed to look like. Bernard

Barbara Castle left Transport in April 1968 so it was actually Richard Marsh who struck the fatal blow. AFAIK extracts from the official reports made by Barbara Castle and Richard Marsh have never been published. Any books that I have seen predate the 30 year embargo on such information. I have been reading these reports of late and they are now with 'the three wise men' as an aid to their forthcoming book. Anything that is not used will be published here in due course, if there is an interest. Forty odd years after the event the full story relating to the closure will finally soon be told. (Puts away large wooden spoon and crawls back under his stone.) Bernard

How about a new year resolution not to promote this seller? He only needs to sell a small percentage of his stuff at these prices to make a good living. I think it's called niche marketing. He does do it rather well. Bernard

Even better. It was a Bishop's Stortford loco after moving from Stratford. Slips into pedant mode. Note the apostrophe. Thus it could turn up on the bank holiday services to Clacton etc via the Braintree branch. Well that's my justification. I do prefer the curved front to the fotplate. Sooo much more stylish. Retires before the flack starts flying. Bernard

Isn't there just. The cutting on the M40 is far too steep for a rail line from what I know of it, so logic would be to put it next to the existing rail line. The piece of the spiel that I did not bother to quote went on to say that we, I am speaking here for them, should not act like NIMBYs but should counter the idea of HS2 with rational arguement. If that is rational arguement I would not loke to meet them on a bad day. Bernard

He's taking the 'seep backwards'. Bernard

For those that do not know what the locals are saying here is an extract from one of the propaganda emails that are doing the rounds. Bernard It is clear that the Coalition intends to press ahead with HS2 along its preferred route - the A413 corridor. The fact that they now have an Exceptional Hardship Scheme in place only for this route, and none of the others theoretically under consideration speaks for itself. They are unwilling to quantify the business case that will allow the desecration of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - in the national interest - and have not released a detailed Environmental Impact study. The consensus among those speaking at the rally who have had meetings with various government ministers is that the case, such as it is, is weak, and based entirely on financial constraints: the compensation that will have to be offered for cutting a swathe through this part of the Chilterns is negligible when compared with, for example, the obvious alternative of the M40 corridor. A tape of the deafening noise generated by one of these high-speed trains as it would sound in Gt. Miss. was played at the rally, but it could not be delivered at full volume, because of Health and Safety regulations!! There will be 28 trains per hour, day and night travelling at up to 260 mph, with line repairs going on throughout the night. What could not be demonstrated was the light pollution from the line, which will be illuminated all night supposedly for maintenance purposes. The proposed route will be officially announced before the end of 2010, after which there will be a consultation period, with the government acting as advocate, judge and jury.

Mention of this collection leads me to this:- http://digitool2.abdn.ac.uk/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1292923396419~483&locale=en_GB&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/singleViewer.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=10&search_terms=WCK%20waverley&adjacency=N&application=DIGITOOL-3&frameId=1&usePid1=true&usePid2=true No detail shots of the railway came up in a quick search but several general views including a couple of Melrose. Worth a look, particularly if you are interested in an earlier period. Several other shots show old rolling stock in the Waverley station area. Bernard

Great Missenden from all accounts. I had to put up with quite a bit of it at a lunch in Ballinger last week. A cross toast for all who supported the project got quite a few people on their feet. The NIMBYs did not have it all their own way. Bernard