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There are also the type of crowdfunding platforms where money is collected by an administrator and placed into a kind of escrow as they say in the USA, and should the project fail to deliver then monies are returned. Two points - the developer cannot access the funds to develop the product, and the administrator charges a hefty fee (might be 10%) to the developer should the project succeed. Small wonder then that so many developers use a direct type funding approach. All in all a great shame and difficult circumstances for all concerned.

Just received ********* *********** & ******** of SCOTLAND. Nobody told me it was out No matter, its another fine volume!

Any joy with suitable squaddie hauling trucks yet? There seems to be another batch of these critters on the market at present: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BEDFORD-OYD-MODEL-TRUCK-LORRY-1-43-SCALE-MILITARY-ARMY-GREEN-BRITISH-WWII-IXO-K8/202605659431?epid=19029587816&hash=item2f2c3d0527:g:Z5cAAOSwxphccQos

Oh I'm sorry - just realised you said HOOVER.

Did you ever take any photos of the bridge pier remains on the erstwhile Debenham branch?

Faithfully copied from the Fowler works photo - with one small addition made we think after the works photo was taken and before delivery in 1934.

I know the thread title is Beast on the Mid Suffolk Light railway, but here is Beauty on the Mid Suffolk Light Railway:

Hornby would have produced a faithful copy of an Adnams beer tank wagon, and the Town Council would be chuntering about the red lights on the container cranes.......

A Ken Cooper colour slide of an abandoned-looking No 6 here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Railway-Slide-Lilleshall-Coal-Company-No-6-Date-unknown-11-6-/163829824406?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Please note that until very recent years (maybe 2016 / 17?) it was quite common practice to allow a dormant company to be 'struck off' in order to extinguish it as a legal entity, simply by failing to return annual accounts. It therefore does not follow that a company having been 'struck off' was involved in any financial or other problems or wrong-doing.

Bump! https://www.derbysulzers.com/7511collision.jpg

My copy of West Riding Steam arrived yesterday. Gerry Dixon's superb, often 'from a high distance' shots are an absolute joy, putting the railway firmly in context within the 'urban industrial' landscape. Even in close-ups the railway seems just a natural part of the everyday scene. His work is complemented nicely by that of Derek Huntriss and a few others. Highly - no, very highly - recommended.

Another view from a slightly different angle here: http://www.berneyarms.co.uk/html/yarmouth/rail/quay/quay_white_swan.htm and here: http://railthing.blogspot.com/2016/07/through-great-yarmouth-streets.html and here: https://www.eastanglianrailwayarchive.co.uk/Railways/Abandoned-Lines-and-Stations/i-JWptHKW and in context with the quayside line: https://www.eastanglianrailwayarchive.co.uk/Railways/Abandoned-Lines-and-Stations/i-Knhn5RW

A tantalising glimpse of internal textures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52554553@N06/10421504663/in/album-72157636831415256/

Can a Moderator please move this to the Vegan section? Thank you. Its making me feel hungry. P.S. Does anyone do a 7mm GIGANTOR HOG Spit-Roasting conversion kit for the Warwell? You know the type - two shaft supports on each raised platform, the spit shaft and a long fire grate for the deck......

Various early 0-4-0 tender engines listed within this resource - quite possibly one was the basis for this rebuild: https://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/locomotives.php Worth placing an enquiry with the study group?

Same photo, and another of the same loco, here: also with a clue that might be worth pursuing? https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/4735776113/in/album-72157624214785241/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-diesels/4736413782/in/album-72157624214785241/

https://www.mslr.org.uk/news/ Somewhat improved from 2004! :