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Just to wish Tony and Mo a very happy and healthy new year. Thanks again for us having a great day with you on the 22nd. Even the sight of the Midland Pullman on Little Bytham didn't phase Tony. Hoping 2024 will be as wonderful as 2023 in this part of the world.

Thanks to Tony and Mo for our visit on Saturday. We had a brilliant day. Tony's keen eye and photography have now added a B1 to the workshop for smokebox repair, and A2/3 to have its coupling hook and coupling restored! I also enclose a couple of photos taken during the day.

and a third and final video

Video from Saturday 9th April visit: And the second one:

Many thanks to Tony and Mo for our visit on Saturday. It was a brilliant day thoroughly enjoyed by Jack and myself. It seems to get better every visit! Hopefully linked will be video using a miniature camera. Soon!

That's I not O.

O had two J50s both Keyser kits with scratch built chassis. They were J50/4 so had white metal hopper bunkers from the manufacturers of the LNER Q1 tank. Millholme I think. They both ran superbly, but in 2014 the motors on both gave up the ghost. I built them in 1974. When the Hornby models came out in 2015 I was delighted. They have been modified to look more realistic including bunker handrails. They run very slowly and sweetly.

ABsolutely riveting video. Brilliantly produced. Thanks Tony. It will spur me on to doing another b1 chassis.

Will find photos tomorrow.

Whoops. K's bodies.

I made a pair of K's J50 bodies on scratch built chassis. 1973 I think. They ran really well until the motors became unreliable. Since replaced by two Hornby examples which will have three bunker handrails added shortly (68984 and 68988). The Hornby models run beautifully.

Robert ... Simply superb. Masterpieces.

A2/3 Sun Castle arrived this morning. It looks good and certainly runs well straight out of the box. Brake rigging to fit, crew and real coal followed by weathering. Pity about the steamroller wheel in the Cartazzi truck!! I've no doubt I'll butcher that to put in a flanged wheel that has enough movement to negotiate my layout.

YouTube has been a blessing during lockdown by allowing us to watch real and model trains ... Sometimes without getting out of bed!!

Blue Peter, Bittern and the N7 owned by Fred Youell were all in Neville Hill for quite some time. I did get in to see them after three attempts but without a camera.