Tim Hall

And The Next Station Is...

LNER 3403.. a new V4 launched on Thursday.

Class 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 and if it happened: class 93

Getting rid of my sons old chest of drawers today. Is it bad that I'm looking at them and wondering about turning them into baseboards??

The Tunnock tea cake must be the finest tea cake in Christendom and I've got a whole box to myself yum yum.

Is it just me, or is there a preponderance of threads where folks are just spoiling for an argument?

Ebay discount offer on the same day I’m paid means I have now ordered, Camelot, Camelot (it’s only a model)

Not quite sure how , but I made it to 50!

And here is the electronics engineer, Mr Ode and his two lovely daughters; Cath and Ann

And here is the electronics engineer, Mr Ode and his two lovely daughters; Cath and Ann

Is the term 'pharmacy' now more common than 'chemist?'

Well, thats another person on tripadvisor demanding the NYMR fit airconditioning and wifi to the mk1s and the LNER set!

Well, thats another person on tripadvisor demanding the NYMR fit airconditioning and wifi to the mk1s and the LNER set!

I wonder what watching the Fifteen Guinea Special climb through the Settle and Carlisle 50 years ago today would have been like.

We have lift off !

Why would anyone ever want to conceptualise such aesthetic ambiguity?

Might have found a better place to live Time will tell.

To Shap or not to Shap.. that is the question, 3 diesel assisted steam rail tours, two ascending Shap within minutes, 2 passing at Appleby..the forecast is rain

Modern people don't say thanks.

50 years ago today, Dad's Army, arguably Britain's best ever sitcom, first aired.

50 years ago today, Dad's Army, arguably Britain's best ever sitcom, first aired.

Heathcliffe, its me, I'm Cathy and it's my (Kate Bush) 60th birthday today

Heathcliffe, its me, I'm Cathy and it's my (Kate Bush) 60th birthday today

Heathcliffe, its me, I'm Cathy and it's my (Kate Bush) 60th birthday today

This afternoon I have just endured 73 hours (ish) in the Cinema being forced to watch Mama Mia 2. Whilst my wife (wisely) fell asleep I couldn’t help thinking that the 3 or 4 modelling projects (I have on the go) could have benefited enormously instead.