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Due to the awful weather conditions I have not been able to attend the show with Two Sister’s Farm. Regards Peter M

It’s time to give all my motive power a check over and run on my test track before the next outing for Two Sister’s Farm which will be on Saturday 3rd March at March. March Braza Club, Elm Road, March, Cambridgeshire PE15 8NZ Opening times 10.00am - 4.30pm Admission Adults £4.00 Children £2.00 Family £10.00 There will be some twenty layouts in various scales and eight traders plus some demonstrations. I am looking forward to the event, hope to see some of you there. Peter M

Hi George, If you get really desperate and need something small to fill a corner I could bring Two Sister’s Farm along, as I don‘t have a booking for that date. Dave T has operated it so he knows what it is like. Just a thought. Kind Regards Peter M

Many thanks Steve, It's good to be back. I will be at March on the 3rd March. Post code PE15 8NZ Regards Peter M

I am pleased to say that I am once more back on the web. I have got rid of the BT special deal, about £40 pounds plus per month for 12gb per month, this includes the line charge and then it was only working 50% of the time. Now I am with Vodaphone which is high speed unlimited, with no line charge and comes with a discount at £20 per month. (my wife has a Vodaphone phone) Seriously though, it is very good to be back. Peter M

Thanks Mal, It's good to be back. I've done very little on the layout other than adding a few small details her and there. I have spent a lot of time operating though which I really enjoy nowadays. With regard to photos I've nothing new that has not already been seen. Kind regards Peter M

I am pleased to say that I am once more back on the web. I have got rid of the BT special deal, about £40 pounds plus per month for 12gb per month, this includes the line charge and then it was only working 50% of the time. Now I am with Vodaphone which is high speed unlimited, with no line charge and comes with a discount at £20 per month. (my wife has a Vodaphone phone) Seriously though, it is very good to be back. Peter M

This will be my last post on this thread. After a great deal of thought I have decided to give up my internet connection. I live in a tiny village and the use of aluminum wire in the telephone system causes all sorts of problems. Of late as the cost has gone up the service I receive has got worse, being very slow and often unusable. As my only income now is my pension I think the money saved could be put to better use elsewhere. I have enjoyed posting pictures and accounts of my layouts and will keep the PC for keeping and downloading my photographs. Thank you all for the interest you have shown in my efforts over the years. Regards Peter M

This will be my last post on this thread. After a great deal of thought I have decided to give up my internet connection. I live in a tiny village and the use of aluminum wire in the telephone system causes all sorts of problems. Of late as the cost has gone up the service I receive has got worse, being very slow and often unusable. As my only income now is my pension I think the money saved could be put to better use elsewhere. I have enjoyed posting pictures and accounts of my layouts and will keep the PC for keeping and downloading my photographs. Thank you all for the interest you have shown in my efforts over the years. Regards Peter M

Very nice Max I really like what you have done so far. Regards Peter M

The SW1500 then collects the out bound train and pulls it into the loop so that it can run round it The switcher having run round its train couples on the front and after a brake test heads out of town. Peter M

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The switcher then rolls down to the Medusa Cement facility and collects two cars full of bagged cement for delivery to individual building material suppliers. The cars are then spotted on the entry track at the west yard. Peter M

The Mopac switcher pulls into east yard at Benson and uncouples from its train. Peter M

As I have not posted any pictures for some time I thought a few of a recent session might be of interest. The locomotive featured is a super detailed Athearn Blue Box job SW1500 # 1318 wearing Mopac livery. She is well over twenty years old and has seen plenty of use in that time but she still performs as well as ever. She is seen arriving early one morning with an empty UP box car and a UP caboose. The articulated tipper in the foreground has just delivered a load of grain hence its dusty appearance. The pulpwood flats are waiting in the yard to be loaded. Peter M

I saw this layout last Sunday at Wilbarston, where it was creating a lot of interest. I thought it looked very good and ran well. Peter M

That is it I'm afraid. Can I thank again Chris Nevard for taking the photos and Model Rail for letting me share them. Peter M

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Terry, never mind, the Two Sisters and I will be at Corby on 8th/9th October 2016. NN18 0EH Come and have a drive. Regards Peter M

Terry, Two Sisters will be at Kettering tomorrow. Westover Road NN15 Open from 10 am Regards Peter M

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I have kindly been given permission to post some of the superb photographs of Two Sisters Farm taken by Chris Nevard for Model Rail magazine. He came up last year to take the photos which appear in the July issue of Model Rail magazine no 223. The pictures are in no particular order and will take a while as they all have to be re-sized. Peter M

I am pleased to say that Two Sisters Farm has a nine page article about it in the July Issue of Model Rail magazine. I was very lucky to have Chris Nevard come up last June to take the photographs, and what a superb job he made of them. Regards Peter M