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  1. wagonman
    Regarding that other matter, I am very happy to have a pocket sized computer that can access the internet anywhere, send and receive emails ditto, and should the need arise (which it rarely does) make and receive phone calls.
  2. wagonman
    Even the sainted 'son of the manse' Big Gordy was dog-whistling uncomfortably when he started talking about "British jobs for British workers" c2009. Mind you, he did save the world from financial collapse...
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    The GWR were partners in both the WLR and the WLER, part of the latter being laid on the route of the erstwhile Kensington Canal; there was (indeed still is) a canal basin at Paddington. The GWR used powers of access to Smithfield and to the Millwall Docks but this was purely fir freight. They never seem to have exhibited any interest in passenger traffic to the east of London.
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    Surely "good Conservative" is an oxymoron.
  5. wagonman
    Agreed, but a capacity of around 420 cu ft would be ideal for 10 tons of average coal. Notice it still has grease 'boxes though.
  6. wagonman
    When I was a lad, the Doctor was played by a crotchety old sod called William Hartnell, and the set was played by various spare lumps of polystyrene that wobbled as the cast moved. Not a fan though I dare say it may have improved a bit since then.
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    I seem to remember that some of the early GW vans to this design did have the diagonal framing reversed, but of course I can't lay my hands on either chapter or verse. They did have wooden under frames so early examples.
  8. wagonman
    I think you'l find the whole point of having a nanny was to save mater and pater from having any but the most cursory contact with their heir and spares.
  9. wagonman
    In my day a D grade at O level was a pass, as was an E. F and below were the fails, appropriately enough.
  10. wagonman
    The ones introduced to the Isle of Wight have been known to travel widely – wouldn't you if dumped on the IoW – including East Anglia. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-52528155
  11. wagonman
    Gosh was it really that long ago. Thanks Mikkel – 22 October 1908 it is then. I still haven't changed the number on my model...
  12. wagonman
    They never ventured further west as they were barred from the Tamar bridge. This was due to axle loading rather than wheelbase as the Kings were Double Red.
  13. wagonman
    Having built a model of this wagon – inaccurately as I assumed it was one of the 15' 6" long variety – I did do a bit of digging. Though it would take from here to Christmas to find my notes from that time, I do have it mind that the real 5141 was withdrawn from Bridgwater in 1907.
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    Many of the BG goods sheds had a similar arrangement where the road and rail access were both in the same end elevation. There and Aldermaston as you say were very much of that type, as was the Didcot transfer shed.
  15. wagonman
    Mike. The basic requirements of a small terminus: a means to run round the train, accommodation for passengers and freight – and locos/railscars – would seem fairly universal, but I was making the point that the infrastructure would be very different. I remain bemused by the apparent uselessness of the 'search'.
  16. wagonman
    Given that the associated infrastructure is so wildly different, this does seem a rather pointless exercise. But it's your train set, not mine.
  17. wagonman
    Sorry, I thought we were talking about British prototypes. My bad.
  18. wagonman
    Here's one I made earlier – about 40 years earlier, before the balance of probabilities on wagon colour shifted to red, of a 2-plank wagon with wooden brake blocks, ribbed buffers, wooden frames, curved brake lever, and cracked planks in the door (as per photo). Also a lot of dust.
  19. wagonman
    The information about hired wagons in Pannier 39 is mostly an expanded version of the list Len Tavender published in Coal Trade Wagons.
  20. wagonman
    The white 'X' on a wagon denoted that it was not allowed to be used on the main line – ie internal user. Many of the Docks Department wagons, among others, carried the mark.
  21. wagonman
    Hired from Birmingham wagon co in c.1903. There is an article in Pannier 39 about these hirings (there were quite a lot in the early 1900s).
  22. wagonman
    If you want to use a 43xx (or two) you're looking at secondary lines like the Barnstaple branch, the MSWJR, the Severn Valley – or of course Frome after the by-pass. But at Frome all the interesting stuff happened at the east end! The various Welsh lines formerly Cambrian could be interesting though some trains were quite long. In real life the Kingsbridge branch was almost entirely small prairie country I believe.
  23. wagonman
    I would have put the engine shed behind the platform and gained an extra goods siding, possibly with a side or end loading bank.
  24. wagonman
    Dogs yes, but cats are more particular. My then girlfriend had an urban cat who appreciated indoor 'plumbing' – she would spend the morning in the garden before coming inside to defecate (in her allotted space) then promptly going out again. This was her normal behaviour. Perhaps it's only London cats who are so house trained?
  25. wagonman
    Mr Coward obviously never tried to cycle from Cley to Blakeney on the A149.
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