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Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today? - The Hood.

Sickle Moon - X-Mal Deutschland.

Do You See Me Now - Angtoria.

This Night Has Opened My Eyes - The Smiths.

Sumerland (What Dreams May Come) - Fields of the Nephilim.

(Steps on soapbox.) Folkestone Harbour and Folkestone Harbour Branch. Served Great Britain through two world wars, withstood the might of the Third Reich, now derelict and to be destroyed by a millionaire and his loyal Conservative council, with the utterly feckless opposition (sic) cheering them on. No more ferries. No more trains to the harbour. No voice for the many who want the harbour saved. Lots more seaside apartments for the grasping rich. (Steps off soapbox.)

That's What the Wise Lady Said - Angtoria.

More the inspiration, I'd say. The van is KESR No.128, an LMS vent van. I think the livery was applied for this advertising contract in the mid-1980s. I vaguely recall having seen it, but that could be a false memory based on seeing the adverts!

The Warriors of Modern Death - Emperor. (Does 'The' count?) EDIT. Fine, ignore my contribution then. Thanks for that. Just to fit in with the following posts: Mephisto Waltz - Misfits / Samhain / Glenn Danzig.

Origin of a Crystal Soul - Haggard.

Shadows and Dust - Arch Enemy.

Until My Last Breath - Tarja Turunen.

Body and Soul - The Sisters of Mercy.

Our Truth - Lacuna Coil.

He also notes that 'many' of his items have been discontinued. I can't tell which ones, though, given that I don't have a copy of the current Triang catalogue...

This my take on it, for what it's worth: 'This layout portrays a typical rural station in County Durham, set in both the 1930s London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) period and the 1960s British Railways period. The railways played a vital role throughout the north east of England due to the high number of coal mines and manufacturing centres, resulting in heavy freight traffic. Passenger traffic, although less important than freight, grew with the spread of industry. What we are hoping to achieve is the busy atmosphere of pre-World War Two days, leading to the subsequent decline of traffic through the post-war period, when the railways faced increased competition from the roads.' At the very least I would change the '...BR railways', because that says 'British Railways railways'.

As ever, look at the bidding. Don't be surprised if you see this lot again when the high bidder mysteriously doesn't pay, and the seller has to relist because of a 'time waster'. Anyone who suspects illegal, fraudulent shill bidding could, of course, report it to eBay. Or you could jump up and down naked whilst whistling the main theme from Star Wars. The latter would probably be a more productive use of your time.

Resurrecting an old thread, I'm thinking (still only thinking) of building one of these big Manning Wardles. Unlike the excellent brass one in another thread, I would probably use plasticard. Also, because I'll take any short cut going, I might use the cut down frame plates of an early Triang Princess chassis. Remarkably, the wheel spacing appears to be just about perfect. Anyway, the point of all this is that the 'Magnum Opus' article, with the plans, is in the May 1970 edition of RM. I can be sure of this because I have it sitting next to me at this moment. If anyone still wants a photocopy or scan, assuming that doesn't breach copyright, then let me know.

The Light Railway's currently in Winter mode - limited opening and running, mostly at the weekend. See the RHDR website for details.

Bad luck on being stuck in Folkestone for the day. Don't forget to visit the famous Harbour Branch, which is due to be ripped up, or this British port town's port, which is due to be bulldozed and turned into a housing estate for wealthy incomers, all to suit the 'vision' of Roger de Haan and our hard-working elected public servants (pause for laughter). If anyone was wondering what you get for wishing to destroy a British port that survived two world wars and the Third Reich, the answer is a knighthood. Anyway, rant over. Hythe (Kent) Models is long gone. The only model railway outlet there is a unit in the Malthouse antiques arcade, and that's only open on Friday and Saturday. There's nothing in Folkestone to my knowledge.

Blue Water - Fields of the Nephilim.

I haven't had a good look at this thread before, but I find it interesting. I guess others do too! For the record (or not), today I've been listening to the album "Altitude" by Dutch gothic metallers Autumn, and a classic bit of Norwegian black metal in the form of Dimmu Borgir's "Stormblast MMV" (or not so classic Norwegian pop, as some of the more extreme metal forums would put it). Having read the above post, I have a sudden desire to listen to "Lucretia My Reflection" by the Sisters of Mercy. Can't imagine why.

I seem to recall most of the MLVs became depot tractor units after the end of the boat trains, reclassified in the departmental series (931 without looking it up?). I feel sure Ramsgate and Strawberry Hill used them, although others might know better. I would think any such use would be on the juice, possibly in pairs (thus with two power bogies and reasonable power to weight); each unit had two 250hp traction motors. An MLV also had a vacuum exhauster, so vac stock could hauled. As Gwiwer makes clear, off the juice is another world altogether - contrary to editorial comments in a certain railway magazine over the years, an MLV could NOT happily trundle up and down all day on batteries with an EMU in tow. On the East Kent the green MLV sometimes takes the EPB on the batts, but only on special occasions, and then usually with diesel assistance part of the way. There has been talk of fitting a diesel generator in one of the MLVs. In service days the idea of battery power was to get passenger luggage in the MLVs on to the unelectrified quays at Dover Western Docks and Folkestone (soon to be destroyed, if anyone wishes to object), and so alongside the waiting ferry. In normal service haulage off the juice would have been confined to the short-lived TLVs. They certainly hauled the water wagons, either singly or in pairs, as detailed above and again (mostly) on the juice. I don't know, but I would imagine diesel fuel for the Dover shunters would have been tagged on to the continental freights, or perhaps delivered by road. However, the gronks went gronking up to Ashford some nights (a sound I remember well), so possibly they took fuel only at Ashford. I emphasise that this is speculation.

Kill Me With Silence - Revamp.

The Principle of Evil Made Flesh - Cradle of Filth.