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Pedant mode in operation - The Mortimore Coat of Arms as shewn is,strictly-writing,incorrect. The 'Mantling.' either side should be counter-coloured: ie.: what is red, (gules.), on one side should be gold, (or.), on the other and vice-versa. In practice crests started coming into use on the battlefield about the same time as the introduction of gun-powder -- the siege of Caerlaverock Castle, near to DUMFRIES, in July 1300 AD..

I can't write that off-hand I can recall the above-mentioned locomotives. - hence my vote for 4-4-0s. would go to the L&SWRs. 'T9.', aka. 'Greyhound.', class. But, of course, my vote for locos.. overall would go, undoubtedly to Mr. Collect's 'Castle.' class.'.

I hope that you have listened to Widor himself playing his Toccata on the Cavaille-Col organ - a great achievement for an arthritic & 80 YO. on a 'Tracker.' organ. :-)

Not sure what Flanders & Swann would have made of this variety of 'Gnu.'?

Should I be reading this posting aright might there be a suggestion that this might not be a model of a five-plank wagon? I'm prepared to state that it is a model - albeit a very good one - based on scrutinising the three-link coupling, where one can see the non-prototypical but very small gap between each link's ends.

Further info. for those who might be interested - >>.1. - 'NARROW GAUGE IN THE ARRAS SECTOR.'; (First vol. of a projected series.),; M&J. Farebrother; 9 781473 82118 7.; Pen & Sword, pub'd. 2016.; 01226 734222.; www.pen-and-sword.co.uk >>.2. - 'LIGHT RAILWAYS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.'. W. Davies; 9 780715 34108 7.; David and Charles; 01392 797680.; http:://fwmedia.co.uk/about/ >>.3. - 'Tracks to the trenches.' - Light rlys. exhibition & show; 13 -15 July 2018. - advance booking tkts. available; Apedale light railway, Loomer rd., CHESTERTON, Staffs., ST5 7LB.; 0845 094 1953.; www.avlr.org.uk Usual disclaimers. E&OE..

Thank you for your informative reply.. But in answer to your question my reply is "No.", The Pen & Sword book was most definitely about the behind-the-lines rlys. in France; memory suggests that it was the first of a proposed series of such books. See today's, 02 April, posting with further info. about a couple of pertinent books.

Pen & Sword, book-publishers, have published at least one book about the WW1. 'Behind the lines.' light railways. From memory of the review at least one such rly. was still in use until the 1950s. and used to move farm-produce from the farms to the factories for processing.. So such rlys. served in peace as well as war. As for feeling squeamish about such behind-the-lines & light rlys. and their uses during war-time one might ask 'What about the use to which Britain's main lines were put to move men, munitions, hospital trains, POWs. and so on and so forth?'. At least these behind-the-lines rlys. freed-up men for other and more military employments and probably saved a good many draught & pack animals, too, thus bringing the war to an earlier and more satisfactory conclusion.

II do not claim to have any optical knowledge - but that admission out of the way, I have a couple of friends who have suffered from 'Floaters.' in their eyes. Both say that they've received successful treatment with LASER. surgery by an ophthalmologist in a local hospital's ophthalmology dep't. - inexpensive, quick and painless; but they do have to take eye-drops for several days thereafter. Usual disclaimer and E&OE..

If I remember aright wasn't there an earlier conversation in this thread about different varieties of Loctite. Memory suggests that there is one variety that might be termed 'Temporary permanent.' as opposed to Completely perm't.. Regret that I can't remember the date of this discussion.

Thank you for your approbation. That particular spelling of the verb picked-up from both the GWR. and from the Aldershot and District Traction Co., (from the time when I happened to be to the RAE.. F'borough. 1959-'60.; when a couple of DH. 'Comets.' were being tank-tested to discover the causes of their crashes.)),.

Of course - it's GWR.!

Not being an L&NER. person I write under correction - but one of the reasons I gather against the 'P2.' class was its longer & rigid wheel-base which militated its use in North Britain. Could not the same solution as employed later on by the class '9F.' have been done - remove the flanges from one of the pairs of coupled wheels?

Dare I write that in this modern age that, when Jill judges that she's as good as her mistress, to read, to speak or to write the Queen's English is looked-upon as elitist?

As for engines traveling 'Light.' but shewing the incorrect head-code might one not attribute a measure of common-sense to the signalman whose 'box. is adjacent/near to a MPD? Surely, if he's served in his 'box. for any period of time he would know what engines have 'Come off.' or are 'Going on.'.to join their trains.? Firemen are human, after all, and after a long spell of firing might be excused for not changing the lamps from 'Express passenger.' to 'Light.'. for an engine coming off its train for an exchange

'. Ha! Ha!! I like that collective noun: 'A profligacy of Panniers.'.': Presumably one can have 'An abundance of Atlantics.'; 'An ocean of Pacifics.';. 'A multitude of Moguls.' and so on. Or even a 'Plenitude, or progeny, of Panniers.'? Possibly the LB&SC. folks would like 'A tenacity of Terriers.'? For the LMS. partisans just a 'Jubilation.' would suffice? Any other or better offers, please?

Pre-WW2. I can well remember the LPTB's. trolley-buses' stop at GOLDER'S GREEN at the tube-trains' stn, northern line, forecourt. Does anyone know of or has heard of Mr. Golder's after whom, presumably, the green was named?

But aren't warships also called 'Men o'war.'?

I keep an eye open on military history, among other interests. I am sure that I can remember reading about the use and the after effects of handling 'Depleted uranium'. in a book about the Gulf Wars; from which I gathered that to handle depleted uranium without wearing protective clothing was unwise.

As far as concessionary ent'ce. fees are concerned why not turn the principle on its head and offer a concession to the under 18s., for example., (proof of age req'd.!),.

The 'Broad arrow.', or more correctly 'Pheon.', was the badge of the Sidney family, in Kent; one of that family was among the early Master-Generals of the Board of Ordnance and used his badge to mark all ordnance equipment.

A fine model indeed. If one is concerned with the curly-cues on figure sixes then why not the fact that there appear to be no handles on the doors for the sand-boxes, and why is the name-plate removed? Minor niggles, I'm sure, especially if one believes that perfection is for the gods alone.

Even in the real world of 12":1'. accidents/mishaps do occur. I can well remember, this would be one snowing and pre-Christmas in the early 60s., our UP train crawled into LEICESTER MIDLAND, with strange & mechanical noises coming from the 9F.. Wondering at the apparent delay I descended from the carriage and walked forward to have a look-see. The driver, fireman and a fitter were attending to the motion on the driver's side, banging away industriously and uttering strange oaths. Finally they seemed to be satisfied and, after a few moments more, away the train crawled on its journey up to LONDON. II only wished that I had my camera with me, loaded with a 'coarse.' grain and B&W. film. Or how about even on the GWR., #6007. 'King William III's bogie jumped off the track at Shrivenham on 15 January 1936. The driver and the fireman managed to bring the locomotive to a halt without any further upsets. I believe that the PAX. were so relieved that an impromptu collection was raised and given to both the driven and to the fireman. Apparently the 'Spring-rates.' for the bogie were incorrect, and required re-calculating before a satisfactory answer was achieved and all of the class built to then were modified as necessary. I believe that for the 'Kings.' the then CME., Collett, adopted rather a hands-OFF approach and delegated most of the Drawing Office's work to the Chief Draughtsman, Hawksworth, (his eventual successor.),. And I darewrite that hot-boxes were not unknown, too.