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Great to have you back on this thread Iain.

The boss was starting to get bored without you around.

He's been churning stuff out just to pass the time away

waiting for you to reappear.

Stubby has arrived!

More importantly, so have the scones.

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Hi Jim,

 

Nice photos,

 

So the good news is it's not just the model ones they like to sit on, but at least with the full size ones the hair does not get in the way!!!

 

Kind regards

 

Ian

Re Jim's comment about the lack of hi-vis vest, if it was a ginger cat, would it be exempt!

Hi Outcastjack.Thanks for the compliments but though the guys keep the thread going, it just ain't the same without my ol' mate Iain C Robinson and all we can do is hope that he'll soon be back with his brilliant contributions which of course aren't as brilliant as mine !Cheers.Allan.

They are investigating reports of a large hole being stolen....

In that case it would be

'ollo,ollo,ollo'!

I think its the loco off the earlier St Blazey to Riverside http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H35357/2014/05/22/advanced

Its running back down to collect the other half of the train, thus-

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H31842/2014/05/22/advanced

You know you want to tile that dome really Alan, now come on, be honest!!!

After 2 months of railway inactivity Teignmouth station is having work done to it on the down platform. Why not do it in the last 2 months?

Probably all available staff employed at Dawlish??????

That's exactly what these lads do - their company is based on Torquay and they work for various organisations apart from NR. Apparently the Church of England use them to inspect high spires etc. (beats climbing up one, AFAIC!).

Fred Dibnah!

Any news on Iain yet.

I was half expecting him to emerge from the mudslide at Dawlish.

Looks like a couple of days old but worth a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IIiED7SMF0

Webcam time is more then five minutes ahead of real time And now it looks as if concrete pumping has finished at least for the while. Big red spidery thing has moved. 201403201459.jpg

They've been going by the webcam time not GMT!

Ah, but  1 Corinthians 13:11 applies.  Except for model railways, an ever growing pile of Airfix kits, the desire to build a den and camp fire in the garden...

Good to see the good book getting a mention

The fewer seas in Dawlish the better, it would seem

Edit: Duplication removed

Apologies if this has already been asked but it would be interesting to know how much concrete has been used to fill the hole???

 

Also not wishing to sound pedantic, but Dorset has many long dual carriageways (Bournmouth/Ringwood even the Bere Regis/Puddletown bypass A31) and many of the other routes are new and wider upgraded single carriageways. Much of the problem with the road network in Devon and even more so in Cornwall are the narrow and winding roads. This is probably a combination of lack of investment and resistance by locals over many decades. We have to remember that Cornwall is a dead-end on any transport network, a road or rail journey to nowhere. Anyone going that way has to have the single minded purpose to want to go there (or escape) it will never have passing traffic like Watford.

I never liked to be referred to as an expert at work, at least since I heard the definition.   X--- for the unknown, and spurt ---- a kind of drip.

Derek

Or as I heard it once:

Ex = has-been

Spurt = A drip under pressure

Thus:

Expert = A has-been drip under pressure 

My late Great Uncle had retired by the time "furrin" motive power was shedded at his home of Wadebridge.  But the name Jack Wills is familiar to me in this context.  The Wenford Goods duty was usually reserved for the senior men on the shed being considered a light duty after having often worked hard for many years over the main line to Okehampton or Exeter.

 

It was Norman Wills not Jack Wills. I've edited the previous post accordingly.

Enlargment attached; it was probably 1369. The date may have been 19september 1964.

wadebridge pn img350.jpg

 

 

Ernie

The panniers replaced the Beatties so the chances of seeing both at the same time were pretty slim.

Of the 3 panniers 1369 was always kept in the best condition.

She was almost permanently allocated to the same driver,

I think it was Norman Wills, and he treated her like his baby.

Admittedly she was given an extra clean up for the brake van trips

but I think it's almost certain the loco on the left is 1369

Nah, best place for cooking fish in foil is an exhaust manifold.

We used to wrap pasties in tin foil and warm them on the firebox.

Never tasted a better pasty!

I've done it!!!

I've just finished reading this thread from post 1.

Taken me most of the Christmas & New Year break,

but it was far more interesting that the rubbish on the box.

As a  newbie to modelling, it has been fascinating.

As well as setting records for number of views, etc,

I think the thread must have a record for the highest number of off-topic comments,

but even those have been great.

It's also given me back something I've missed since retiring, 

(probably the only thing I've missed) that friendly banter

What I want to know now is, is there a prize for reading the whole thread,

a cathedral perhaps, a windmill, or even a tin of Colron???

Brian.

The best 6 x 4 layout I have ever seen was the simple oval plus one siding, battery operated, 46201 + 2 coaches, laid on a sheet of hardboard by my Dad after I had gone to bed on Christmas Eve nigh on 60 years ago. It was the best present ever as it led to a lifetimes interest in this wonderful hobby.

It was that set that started me off, although I was only 3 at the time, so of course Dad had to operate it for me!

Still got it in the box, although wouldn't call it Mint in Box.

Remember the massive batteries that fitted in the control box.

Dad soon got fed up with buying replacements and bought a transformer,

then made his own wire wound speed control,

compete with a 'diesel loco style' speed control knob.

They could always borrow 1369 from the SDR for old times sake but there might be a few parked cars in its way up the quay.

Seem to remember there were plans to try this 2-3 years ago, but Elf & Safety or something scuppered the idea.