cravensdmufan

Anyone else think in terms of red frogs and black frogs when wiring points?

After inactivity for 8 years i have moved house and decided to build a new DCC equipped  WCML  based layout in the loft. Due to Covid-19 I can only have the floor installed at the beginning of February 2021. I have reclaimed a large part of track, points and scenic items from my previous layout Boston Junction. The space available to me will be 18ft x 11ft. At present everything is on hold so have bought 1 new loco which is a Hornby Class 87 87001 and the Metcalfe brick viaduct to compliment my own Bachmann 4 car Virgin voyager, Bachmann Freightliner class 66   66952 and Hornby Virgin Trains HST (Railroad version) with  2 Hornby Mk3 Tso. I sold all my other stock from Boston Junction as I thought that I would not have the opportunity to have a layout again. 

Why can so many sellers on ebay not be bothered to leave feedback? It's only a small niggle, but maybe I'll be petty and shop elsewhere.

The world would be a less stressful place if Telecoms companies and their call centre operatives weren't such lying b#st#rds

New slant on 'delay due to leaves on the line' Abellio Greater Anglia has bus replacement service on Ipswich to Felixstowe and Marks Tey to Sudbury for a week now and ongoing, due to wheel damage from 'Autumn rail conditions'. They say on average, 2 dmus per day are suffering wheel damage.

I see Vermin East Coast now have security guards on the trains with obligatory hi vis vest and the words "Security Ambassador" emblazoned on their backs. A dry train as far as Newcastle, presumably beyond there a special seal is broken and passengers become much more civilised?

Euston to Mancs Picc today on a Pendolino; seat facing backwards, no table or electric socket, distinct 'waft' from the loo - felt like slumming it compared to the usual SV 221 to Prestatyn...!