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  1. Tim Hall
    Frankly, it sounded more realistic than some DCC sound locos I've heard, and a lot cheaper!
  2. Tim Hall
    Fair enough, I'm still in no great rush, but that is interesting.
  3. Tim Hall
    Lord and Butler had Barclays and P class on the shelves...
  4. Tim Hall
    I won't be buying anything 6 wheel, from either of them until I've heard how they run, having sold on a Stove R and a rake of Dapol 6 wheel milk tankers (even rewheeling didn't go well), which just wouldn't stay on the rails whilst everything else (almost always) does. I know both of those vehicles had some history, but until I know that these don't have similar problems, I'll wait.
  5. Tim Hall
    I was wondering about that, couldn't work out what service it would have been on. Man Vic would make much more sense. I was on a North West Rover, staying with a railway friend in Warrington. Original posting corrected.
  6. Tim Hall
    I'll keep ear muffs and a supply of loco sound recordings handy then....
  7. Tim Hall
    I don't know (or need to know) exactly where in "The mean streets of inner-city Cardiff" you are, but I'm fairly sure that I'll hear your outpourings of delight (or angst) upon opening the box and placing your 94xx on the track, from here a couple of miles away in the slightly leafier suburbs near the old Roath Branch line......A day to look forward to ;)
  8. Tim Hall
    Why, is he vaguely interested in one? You can't really tell from his posts......
  9. Tim Hall
    45040 was still carrying at least one plaque on 18th Aug 84, when I photographed it at Man Vic.
  10. Tim Hall
    03180, Norwich Sept 27th 1983 03112, 03066 Gateshead Depot 21st Jan1984 03078, 03094 Newcastle station 21st Jan1984 Runners can be seen attached to all of these.
  11. Tim Hall
    A terrible photo taken from a moving train of one at Llanelli taken on 7/1/84, showing MW cables. D2152 (03152), seen here on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, Oct 13th 2019, still has a patch on the rear of the cab where its MW cables emerged. I saw virtually all the survivors in 1983-85, photographing many, and the Norwich and Newcastle pilots had runners, but the Ipswich, Birkenhead and Landore allocated ones didn't.
  12. Tim Hall
    Just reading your "Railways of the West of England in the 1980s", very enjoyable, thanks. Ended up with two copies, though....
  13. Tim Hall
    03079 is one of those with a cut down cab to fit under a bridge on the IOW from when it was allocated there for engineering work. You'd have to repaint the NSE liveried 03179, which was the other cut down IOW one (the model sort of reflects that, though the cab windows don't go quite high enough), and remove the air braking equipment (079 vac only, 179 dual).
  14. Tim Hall
    Yes, it's not the most efficient use of space, but someone (Murray Brown?) said on a video many years ago "enough room to hold a dance".
  15. Tim Hall
    Very spacious inside the Clayton cab, these photos were taken with crew permission at Eridge in Aug 18.
  16. Tim Hall
    I'll be ordering a Ken Cooke once Derails website has calmed down a bit. Having driven it on the Derwent Valley a couple of years ago, I have to, don't I ?
  17. Tim Hall
    I jump started this with a Hyundai i10.....
  18. Tim Hall
    Having been forced to have more time at home again, I've cracked on with road markings etc. A few recent purchases as well.
  19. Tim Hall
    I've just tried my other two photos, and they come out the same.... Truly bizarre, I've inverted one of them whilst cropping, and it still comes out up side down on here.... Even more bizarre, I've uploaded one the right way up in my blog, Loftshire
  20. Tim Hall
    Well mine runs nicely on a GWR D set, smooth and virtually silent. The cab doors are a pain to fit (as are those on the J72). For some bizarre reason, my photos will only open in Antipodean orientation....
  21. Tim Hall

    Class 59 in 00

    Tim Hall replied to No Decorum's topic in Dapol

    You might be right. I assumed it wasn't the first train, as it would have been late morning, as I'd travelled by train from Wolverhampton via New St and Bristol. I have no other details, my note taking being usually just locos seen and/or ridden behind.
  22. Tim Hall

    Class 59 in 00

    Tim Hall replied to No Decorum's topic in Dapol

    I happened to be in the area on 17/2/86, purely by chance, and saw the second train behind 59003, passing Westbury.
  23. Tim Hall

    Class 33 Book

    Tim Hall replied to slilley's topic in Books

    Just reading my copy now, very good so far.
  24. Tim Hall
    I wouldn't have a leg to stand on..
  25. Tim Hall
    Oh heck, you've nearly cleaned me out in the last few weeks as it is :0
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