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It was first produced almost 60 years ago and is recognisably at Class 37 (as opposed, say, to a Deltic, Class 40, or Baby Deltic). I'm not sure what your point is.

This particular shot reminds me of the days when many things were going wrong in my personal and professional life and I realised that that if I took all the books out of a paperback boxed set of the Inspector Morse novels, I could easily keep 8x440ml cans of bad cider in (reasonably) plain sight behind the till. You certainly can't do that with a Kindle.

Ah yes. Several points of interest here. The novel was published pretty much simultaneously (1940ish) in the UK and US, but has always gone under the title "And Then There Were None" in the States, where susceptibilities may have been slightly more acute than on this side of the pond. A 1981 copy of the UK paperback (with the original title) recently passed through my hands, and what was perhaps more disconcerting than the title, was the fact that even at that late date the 1960s artwork for the paperback edition (a golliwog and a lizard, or something like) was still being used.

Not in the EPL. Otherwise we could also have Cas Newydd (Newport?) and Amwythig (Shrewsbury)

Is it edible, and did it melt? Also, interesting use of a PP3 battery connection for the headboard.

If it's just a question of having a Welsh version of the place name, then you can also have Dinas Manceinion (Manchester City), and Unedig Manceinion (Manchester United)

I thought G (crest) W was a later livery than shirtbutton? As per: http://www.gwr.org.uk/liveriesloco1942.html

Tony, I know you're not doing so much in the way of prototype research with your excellent examples of refurbishing older models, but 8729 was one of the earlier low-roofed panniers. They were numbered (as far as I can remember): 5700-99, 6700-49, 7700-99, 8700-49. The later style cabs started with 8750.

That is quite excellently pedantic (and obviously correct) - and I applaud wholeheartedly - but also refer you to my use of the word 'probably' in my original nit-picking post 😊

If I wished to be pedantic (which, self-evidently, I do) the half-cab pannier would probably have been a saddletank during 101's brief lifespan.

Was "Government Issue" a mark of ownership or a comment on what it was used to clean up?

I thought that Dame Vera was long way past any kind of conversion, but then realised that we were talking about the locomotive named after her.

Spot on. You could have said "They looked like the engines I wanted them to look like and that was enough". The role of the imagination in play - which is what all our train sets are - is significant, but often understated or taken for granted.

FOMO in a modelling context is pretty much a First World Problem. I think most FOMO is a question of over-abundant materialism (but that's not quite my point here). My modelling (such as it is right now) is based on 4mm GWR branch lines and N gauge diesels (not on the same layout obviously). If I think I can't afford something (either now or at the expected time of delivery), I simply do not commit. There are some excellent GWR items forthcoming or already at hand, but do I really need to upgrade my detailed Bachmann 45xxs or Airfix B sets? I appreciate that our society has changed massively since the 1970s, but I'm not convinced that the 'progress' towards a point where we have a far greater range of models available - so long as we buy them in the particular window of availability - is entirely a good thing, although it may well be reflective of changes in society as a whole.

`And no doubt, when both editions have sold out, I'll be touting the copies I have left on here 👍 Certainly worked last time. (Meanwhile get them direct from @Not Jeremy wherever possible)

I haven't read a copy of Hornby Magazine for over a decade. and I've never bought anything from Derails. Bearing both those points in mind, would it cynical (or just plain wrong) to suggest that the shortlisted retailers were the most prominent advertisers in Hornby Magazine?

Four words: Bassett. Lowke. Steam. Punk.

That echoes the well-known story of Churchward and Collett inspecting things at Swindon. "Fetch me an illuminant" says Collett, to general nonplusment "Bring me a bloody gas" says Churchward, to universal comprehension.

Not needed Captain, I have reason to believe* that NuCast Partners are bringing out a revised version with a new etched chassis to replace the depleted uranium block provided with the original Cotswold kit - which as we all know was impossible to get running true, particularly in P4 *no I don't, not at all

Again, I don't have the knowledge to disagree, but to take one quite specific area - is there statistical evidence that shows that a lowering of permitted road speed within a given proximity to a school has reduced either incidents or casualties? And not, obviously, just one school but enough examples to derive an opinion from. Re: Newcastle, is that the abandonment of a speed restriction, or, as it reads to me from what you say, the abandonment of an LTN? Apologies if I've got the wrong end of any particular stick here.

I appreciate your far wider experience of these issues than I have, but while saying (as I understand it) that lowering speed limits are perhaps merely a form of gesture politics, what statistical evidence is there regarding the pros and cons of lower speed limits in terms of injuries and fatalities (particularly pedestrians) in areas where they have been applied? That, I think, would be a better measure of effectiveness of such measures than whether or not the responsible authorities have the resources to actively police the measures and prosecute offenders.

I refer my honourable friend to the the post I made as the 20th reply to this topic on page 1 of this thread.

Possibly, but the examples that @Barry Ten supplies were all, I think, well before that.

The quarry served by the Welshpool & Llanfair was close enough to the mainline station that transshipment by road was probably quicker and cheaper. The line was mainly built to serve the agricultural areas around Llanfair. Lead mining in the Rheidol Valley was virtually dead on it's feet by the time the VOR opened, and all freight operation on the line was discontinued around 1930 anyway. The Welsh Highland was promoted as a tourist railway, and towards the end of its existence would presumably have had access to the Festiniog's stock. Not sure about the Corris, the Padarn, or the Plynlimon and Hafan. Pedant alert. Neither the Snowdon Mountain Railway or the Fairbourne served quarries 🙂

He was certainly a Gentleman of the Road