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  1. Olly Cromwell on the ECML....very, very nice thank you.

    1. 69843

      69843

      Cor!

       

      Last time I saw a working Pacific was in 08/09...:-(

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      One advantage of living near the ECML is the Pacifics.......

  2. Class 60 No 7 Named Sir Nigel Gresley; never knew that till I saw it yesterday at Donny

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    2. Steve Purves

      Steve Purves

      Was still SoTK at 1pm today?

       

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      NO way......unless of course it was my mate taking the p*** 'cause I didn't actually see the nameplate.

  3. From whom did I borrow two weathering DVDs?

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      I'm Spartacus

    3. Londontram

      Londontram

      That will be me then (I get all my DVDs this way)

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Nah, wrong name......

  4. Today I have been mainly soldering my Lavatory Composite (Thompson version).

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    2. Brass0four

      Brass0four

      Talk about coincidence! I've been soldering my Lavatory Cistern!

       

    3. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      Any photos Phil ?

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Wot; pics of my lav composite? Nah, it's a bit rough compared to the Hornby version.

      P

  5. REbuilt Spam on the ECML today......yessssssssss.

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    2. Indomitable026

      Indomitable026

      That's two lots!

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Lucky so and so. Had to make do with a stealth Duchess thingy elsewhere in S Yorks

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      It was a bit late but thus was going at full tilt through Botany bay Xing; very nice and very different. Now for a cuppa and bikki and then out for another one at 14.00ish. 34046 returns this evening and I want to see it slippy slip slipping up Gamston....yummy.

  6. Bittern in a thunderstorm.....excellent.

    1. Kev_Lewis

      Kev_Lewis

      Someone call the RSPB! ;-)

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Boom boom..........!!!!!

  7. Oh dear, some more thundery stuff.....

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Send it over here. Garden's looking very dry.

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Thunder and Lightning, very very frightening...! Ooooh! Galileo!

    3. Mallard60022
  8. I've borrowed two DVDs from someone on here and can't remember who it was.....

  9. Anyone want to share the purchase of Stoke Summit?

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      You don't need a bottom then Trebor?

    3. Trebor

      Trebor

      Nope, already got one and I am sitting on it...

       

    4. Mallard60022
  10. ....and now, to investigate which Bulleid coaches had their buffers removed whilst in sets.........hours of fun and Zzzzzzzzzz

    1. darren01

      darren01

      Hi The buffers where not removed,they had them so could be dropped down and locked up

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Honestly, some Bulleids had their inner buffers removed once in a set. Yes, really.

  11. Just seen triple headed steam on the ECML.....

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    2. Nelson Jackson

      Nelson Jackson

      Wow, simply amazing.

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Yes, it really was a one off event going north. I had missed them going south last Thursday, but spookily I was only a few miles away from them at the weekend and didn't know until it was too late!!

    4. Kev_Lewis

      Kev_Lewis

      Very impressive.

  12. Do I snooze or continue with my coach build.......?

    1. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      snooze, coach will still be there later

    2. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      zzzzzzzzzzzzz

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Eat those sausages first, though (btw, I had a steak and stilton pasty for lunch, right tasty it was, too!)

  13. Great news, there is a gluten free option at a fish and chip shop near Sheringham.

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Do they do sausages too?

    3. Barry O

      Barry O

      lost of fish and chip shops in the Leeds area have offered this for a while

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      As long as these aren't sausage-free chip shops...

  14. Hotter than a very hot place on a very hot day.......

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      My hosepipe has been banned for over twenty years.

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Free water on East Coast HST with no aircon. Like a sauna, but not in a good way.

    4. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      You must have a over size bladder then Mallard60022. LOL

       

  15. UOSA up Gamston in the sunshine.....brilliant.

  16. 4mm coach door hinges. Don't you just love em?

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      ...I wouldn't bet on that....however he is sensible and tends to only put in the bottom one. I didn't mention to the new owner the door bumpers on this coach either!!! He can do those if he is desperate.

    3. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      Can we see a photo then.

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Too late, sorry.

  17. Duchess on Gamston - wow!

    1. newbryford

      newbryford

      Better than an A4?

    2. Frappington Jct
    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Not better, just very different for 4 cylinder beat on the ECML.

  18. Off to see the Duchess soon; Gamston Bank?

    1. Coldgunner

      Coldgunner

      Will see it at Marholm

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Good luck! Right time at York

  19. Thunderbolt and you know what, very very you know what.....

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    2. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      'Say somethin' funny...'

    3. LNER4479

      LNER4479

      Scary...(!)

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Apologies but it was thundering here when I wrote this unusual song lyric.....

  20. The sun has got his hat on, hip, hip, hip.......

    1. DavidLong

      DavidLong

      Not around Manchester, he hasn't. No change there then . . .

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Well no change in the weather but maybe at a certain footy ground?

    3. CovDriver

      CovDriver

      I think the sun has just put his flat cap on here !! the rain is coming

  21. Really annoyed at an RMWEb member (ex now? ) who bought one of my loco's at a knock down price as he was a member andf then sold it for a fat profit shortly afterwards!!!!! Pah.

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Appreciate the support chaps.

    3. AGR Model Store

      AGR Model Store

      At the end of the day, you could of sold it for more.

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      The 'problem was I let him have it at a very'reduced price mate. I could have sold it for a lot more and I feel 'diddled'; but that's life.

  22. The chief bloke of Tesco sounds like Cliff Richard....methinks he could be going on a summer holiday very soon...:))

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      ...somewhere where the sea is blue..... (so not Smugglers Cove, then! ;-))

    2. Mallard60022
  23. Comfortably Numb guitar 'solo'......wow......

    1. Crisis Rail

      Crisis Rail

      First or last solo?

      ......I agree quite good :)

    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      last moreso, I wasn't really listening at first...

  24. Tornado with 14 on up Gamston Bank....,lovely.

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