Caley Jim

Sorry to hear of your upset, Linny, but at least the result is you moving to civilisation! 😁 Jim

I produce the 'gold' lining on the beading round the lower panels of my coaches by gently scraping back to the brass along the corner of the beading. On the upper beading, where the panels are white, I found you had to take nearly all the paint off the beading before you could see any lining, so gave up on that! Jim

Taylor's wagons also had a flag on the door, blue and white horizontal stripes with a white 'T' on a blue background in the top left corner. Jim

The following has been posted on the CRA Forum by Mike Williams :- 'The Society was established as early as 1873 but it is believed that it did not own any wagons until 1936, when it acquired a large number with the purchase of the Dundee business of coal merchant Robert Taylor & Sons Ltd to whom the Co-op’s coal business had been sub-contracted. According to the NBR Traders’ Register there were sixty of these wagons, all conversions from solid buffers, which had carried the Taylor fleet Nos. 152 and 251 to 310. This photograph was taken in wartime, but the colour has not been recorded as far as I know. Robert Taylor's wagons were painted brown oxide.' Not sure if it adds much to the original question. Jim

What's their problem in making Goch valve gear working? To remove it would be a great shame. Jim

When will our politicians see sense, stop kow-towing to the tobacco lobby and take similar action here? On second thoughts, 'politicians' and 'sense' don't really fit in the same sentence. Jim

I wonder how many people pronounced that 'Kirk-cud-bright' instead of 'Kirk-oo-bry'? 🙄 Jim

Don't forget the Three Craws. Jim

Our targets would be magpies. They are vicious bullies. I came back to my practice after lunch one day to find two of them setting about a sparrow. The poor little thing had had its head pecked bare of feathers and raw. They flew off on my arrival, but I don't know what became of the sparrow. BTW, sparrows are known around these parts as speugs, as in the poem: Twa birds sat oan a barra, Yin wis a speug an' the ither a sparra. Jim

In Scotland they are 'greybacks', which was the name CR enginemen gave to the 60 class. In other words they were lousy engines! Jim

Not unless the 's' word is prefixed by 'in'. Jim

Standing in Innsbruck Station waiting on a train coming from Switzerland I was under one of those 'flip-over' digital clocks. As the clock flipped over to the train's arrival time, its wheels stopped turning in front of me. The Austrians have public transport down to a fine art. Jim

The outer washer plate, the loop and the similar inner washer plate are all one piece of metal. Jim

Laughing one's head off? Jim (windae picked as usual)

You do realise that the representation of the end door hinge is a figment of someone's imagination. How that could possibly work is beyond me (and others). The hoop should go right over the end spar, the latter having a metal plate on top at that point. You can see how it should be in this CR example. Jim

If that's 'bodging', then I'm some way off the bottom of the league! I too have an intimate relationship with this carpet! Probably spent more time looking for bits than it would have taken me to remake them. Having said that it always amazes me in what distant corner they eventually turn up! Jim (off to earn my own brownie points by making the coffee)

Is there a difference between 'Old fashioned country' and other types? Jim

To return to the original enquiry, I'm sorry to say that my efforts have so far drawn a blank!😒 Jim

There must have been a fly-over/dive-under early on as the Garrett and the streamliner swapped places! Which was ahead where would depend to some extent on the terrain, I suppose. Smaller wheels = more power for uphill, but less speed downhill and on level. Larger wheels = better high speed running at the expense of acceleration and climbing power. Jim

Nah! T-scale! Jim

I doubt you could etch a hole in something that small, let alone drill one! Seriously, though, a tip I was given for making small holes in thin material was to use a sharp point (centre punch, scriber, needle) to make an indent until a bump showed on the other side (much as you would to create a bolt or rivet head), file off the bump and repeat until a hole appears. That can then be gently opened out to whatever size is required (for which purpose dental root canal files are ideal, though probably not accessible to most!). I would think it would be easier to do this before filing the pin down to size. It has certainly worked for me in the past. HTH Jim

It's one of those layouts where the trains are almost incidental! (says he, never having seen it in the flesh) Jim

The Highland cleaners did the same sort of thing on flat surfaces. Jim

So, do you have a glass of water in front of you when you give the loyal toast? Jim

No nearer providing an answer, but i have put a query on the Caledonian Railway Association forum and will report back. Excuse me if I retain a degree of scepticism over AI colourised photos! Jim