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  1. Orion
    Happens in Nottingham too
  2. Orion
    Caption says 31192 & 31241 Foxlow Junction. Possibly the Lackenby - Corby steel. Resignalling in progress, & singling the curve round to Hall Lane Jnc. 27/08/1981
  3. Orion
    No12 Georgemas Junction?
  4. Orion
    The LNWR flyover track crossed the LNWR station too. The first two images are of the LNWR station. You can tell by the track arrangement ( 3 parallel approach tracks with a crossover direct from 1 to 3) and the DMU stabling on the LHS.
  5. Orion
    See https://www.slp-emg.com/c/rft.php
  6. Orion
    No, they used Tilling Red IIRC
  7. Orion
    Fantastic model. Another suggestion, if you haven't thought of them already - few fly posters on the frontage?
  8. Orion
    So did Skoda
  9. Orion
    I am sure you mean in the UK. Abroad, they existed too. The Gare de Bastille in Paris had them, for example.
  10. Orion
    Some of the plastic kits on eBay are pretty good and quite cheap. The London ones are pretty specific to London, but the Tower Models SHMD one is pretty general in application and has bogies, so more wheels to pick up from and smoother riding. Keil Kraft ones are OK but not quite as good. Hadfield ones are a bit on the crude side, IMHO.
  11. Orion
    You can see both the old GN formation towards Annesley in the cutting and beyond that the bridge abutment over the old Midland line from Kirkby town centre (left) towards Pinxton (right) just to the right of the digger.
  12. Orion
    Just found this, so sorry for the late posting. I wonder if this one might be Irish broad gauge. Putting the W irons of coaching stock on the outside of the frames is typical of Irish practice. The loco's frames look a bit wide in relation to the cab and boiler too. Maybe a Beyer Peacock 2-4-0?
  13. Orion
    A picture or two of this appeared in the publication 'Railway Wonders of the World' in the 1930s. Awdry quite possibly read the article. I certainly rmember the photo of the loco in its discovered state with greenery growing through it.
  14. Orion
    Personally, the few gremlins in no way prevented me from enjoying what is after all a truly great layout. I have operated a busy fiddle yard myself in the past and realise how easy it is for things to go slightly wrong from time to time. Having your fiddle yard on full display was an extra bonus for me.
  15. Orion
    Interestingly, my experience was the direct opposite - Mostyn and CF operating very well, but hand shunting on the scenic side of Grantham, plus derailments and more hand shunting/wrong points being set etc in the fiddle yard. With very large layouts like these it always amazes me just how well they all run given the mileages the trains run at an average exhibition and the concentration required by the operators. Well done to the show organisers. I don't think I have ever been to such a good show. The quality was fantastic.
  16. Orion
    The NLS map site has early OS maps of Dundee showing track layouts etc e.g. https://maps.nls.uk/view/74415319
  17. Orion
    It always strikes me as odd that Newark should be in Notts anyway. It's the wrong side of the Trent. A bit like Ostend being part of England, rather than Belgium.
  18. Orion
    Seen on the web page of The independent this morning ‘Super Earth’ plant discovered orbiting nearby star
  19. Orion
    It's Black Beetles in Australia, I think
  20. Orion
    That's putting it very politely. He made some real howlers too, IMHO.
  21. Orion
    One to confuse the locals... a field near Tissington, Derbyshire
  22. Orion
    many of the characteristics would be more or less the same as other Sharp Stewart locos of the era - for example the 0-6-0 in The Engineer April 30th 1858, which is a very detailed and fully dimensioned drawing with between-the-frames detail etc.
  23. Orion
    The Edenham & Little Bytham Railway finished in the forecourt of the GNR station. Not a tramway as such, but tramways hardly existed, if at all that far back. https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/RALWAYS-EXCLUDED-FROM-THE-1923-GROUPING/EDENHAM-LITTLE-BYTHAM-RAILWAY/i-sddVTkL The Sandy & Potton may be another, but I can't find a plan.
  24. Orion
    The L&B was not included in the Act, but was absorbed by the LSWR immediately before grouping, I think.
  25. Orion
    Looks very nice. A small query is that the large X looks just a tiny bit odd to my eye with the red arrow to the left. It's your fleet though, so you can of course do whatever you like!
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