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Slightly off topic, but does anyone else remember Carlos Fandango?

There was a series of ads featuring these gremlin like superbugs that lived around the bend and laughed in the face of regular disinfectants / cleaners. They of course met their gruesome end thanks to the product being advertised.

The ECM compspeed controllers also had red/ white as the track feed. Two orange wires supply the ac input.

I was just about to add Domestos to my list!

Sounds like an ad for a disinfectant/ toilet cleaner. I seem to recall something similar with gremlin like germs being dispatched by the product in question.

Harpic is a leading brand in the UK which had a big advertising budget at the time. The other big name being Detol.

3 hours ago, sir douglas said:

All ive got of it is plate 23 of Bill Hudsons vol 1 and all i can find of the company is that they owned Crigglestone colliery. There is still another line of lettering to do "Crigglestone Nr Wakefield" and above the load weight says "empty to Criggleston (east) LMS"

At a guess they owned some coke ovens. I seem to recall that this was one of the byproducts.

3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

 

'What will you offer me to come out of here?'

 

You have five minutes cat. Then it isMax Bygraves greatest hits. At 11.

14 minutes ago, sir douglas said:

Started lettering the benzole last night (and yes the corner is supposed to be white)

Have you any information about this wagon?

Tilly (1983-2001) was introduced to warm milk by the old lady next door . As soon as we left for work he was round to her doorstep as she had a pan on for her disabled cat. He thought the arrival of a baby wonderful. A big burp and everything was covered in warm recycled milk. A job for a cat. Within minutes he had cleaned baby, bib, baby grow, sofa and even my suit.

Guinness (2001-2021) had a daily milk ritual involving my cornflakes. None of the other fifteen or so cats that have shared our home have bothered.

1 hour ago, Market65 said:

Good evening, everyone. This evening wevhave four more photo’s courtesy of knoxrj, and Paul Smith, both on Flickr.

 

The first photo’ is a view of class C12, 4542, on a local train from Hull to Brough, leaving Ferriby, in the 1930’s.

 

 

Next we have a photo’ of class A8, 69885, seen departing from Scarborough, on the 6th December, 1954. The service details are not known.

 

 

The third photo’ shows class A7, 69771, stood supplying steam at Brough pumping station, on the 9th May, 1953.

 

 

Finally, we have photo’ of 37402, as it stands at Filey, on a York Parcel sidings to York Parcel sidings via Scarborough and Hessle East, light engine working, on the 21st July, 2021.
 

Best regards,

 

Rob.

York to York via Scarborough and Hessle. Light. Would it be rude to ask “why”?

I may be able to help. I have located the folder of photos I took in January 1984 of the barges moored in Castleford. I will ask my clever daughter to assist in getting them scanned and loaded on to this thread. They do include the bow and stern details only of use to a modeller. I also discovered a couple of books that area treasure trove of photos.

First, Images of England series ( there must be one for every settlement with a population over 600. Mygoodlady wife is responsible for the one on Knottingley) titled The Aire and Calder Navigation compiled by Mike Clark.Secondly I have The Canal and River Sections of the Aire and Calder Navigation by Mike Taylor. These are both picture books, ideal for modelling.

PM me if they are any use and I will get them out to you.

13 hours ago, didcot said:

I had the same problem with my 2014 Astra. Remove cover, out with inspection mirror. Two small torx screw to loosen off. So handstand into the engine bay using the mirror, everything is now backward. Manage to get it out, but had to remove bottle washer spout in order to get the new bulb back in. Having psoriasis on your finger tips makes it painful and awkward. 

Drivers side is worse as the air filter is in the ways. Again a handstand into the engine bay is required. What should be a 5 minute job took an hour. 

Don't get me started on replacing the fan or lambda sensors!

 

Don’t Astras have an inspection cover in the wheel arch liner? You still need a wheel off and ideally the car on a two post hoist.

Difficulty? Try the NC MX5. Fortunately I have tiny hands but it is still an eyes closed job as removing the plastic wheel arch liner fully require the removal of the front suspension strut.

35 minutes ago, Mark Saunders said:

The plant at Ferrybridge was still there but moribund when I was last in the coal plant when they were removing the coal stocks by rail!
 

The tower appears to have been demolished on the current google maps.

Not sure if I have told the tale before but as a small child one of our neighbours was an independent bargeman working mostly between Castleford and Ferrybridge. In the mid 60s he went to work for Hargreaves as part of the team that developed the 170 ton pans and pusher tugs. For the benefit of those living beyond area 8, these were a scaled down version of the monster barges that ply the river Rhine. At Ferrybridge power station the pans, which travelled in a train of three or five, were uncoupled and hoisted out of the water in a tippler tower a process that took less than five minutes per pan. By contrast, it took several hours to empty the traditional barges by grab crane. A holiday treat was to take the bus to Ferrybridge and join Mr Claxton on his empty return to his mooring by the flour mill in Castleford.

zAnd then there were the Tom Puddings...........

Almost 60 years ago I helped myself to some of dads Pollystripper and left a badly painted Tiang Minic Corsair in it overnight. Next day I had two axles and a pool of sludge. Lesson learned.

28 minutes ago, phil_sutters said:

https://www.scale3d.co.uk/products/mma001-1-76-oo-gauge-pigeons-x-10  They actually have 20 in the pack  x 25 = £50. Perhaps you need to print your own!

No connection - just a happy customer.

Selby is 7mm so they would be expected to fly!

my recollection is rather more scary. The instant release of perhaps a thousand birds was worthy of a Hitchcock movie.

6 minutes ago, Ruston said:

Is it the one in one of Ron Rockett's books?

I think it is. I do have a set of grainy slides taken with dads instamatic illustrating the transport of coal to Ferrybridge. Support materials  for my first teaching practice in 1974.

Also some of the 57 footers moored at Castleford circa 1982 this time taken on my brand new OM 10.

2 minutes ago, figworthy said:

 

Given that most of the craft loading at the new staithe were the same size, it would be reasonable to assume that the chute was set at the middle of the hold.

 

On the real thing, the deck was often slightly curved, with the middle being lower than the ends.  Assuming that there was enough depth in the canal, the deck at its lowest point would be just (inch or two) above the water level.

 

Fully loaded, they would carry 75 tons, which doesn't quite work with 20 ton  wagon loads.

 

Adrian

At most locations in this area the seven plank end door shipping wagon was more commonly used.

1 hour ago, Ruston said:

I was going from the empty ones in the photos. It doesn't have to be a full one anyway.  It could have only just begun loading. I can always make another, loaded, one and swap them about for a bit of variety as they need not be fixed in place now. 

 

But, yes  the chute is a problem. 

 

I would have thought they would have to trim the load even with the chute in the correct place as dumping 20 tons of coal in one go isn't very precise. 

Somewhere I have a photo I took of barges being loaded at Allerton Bywater with the stern almost awash and the bow out of the water in a “Titanic” pose. I guess the second wagon load levelled things out.

11 hours ago, AMJ said:

Show content is always good. 

 

I feel that the venue needs flattening and then rebuilding afresh to get away from the many levels and randomness of buildings.  Someone I was chatting to said the site looks like a kids has gone through their collection of Lego and erected buildings with whatever they could find and in no coherent style.

That was actually the plan twenty years ago. Sell the site for housing and build a brand new complex across the road on the site of the Prince of Wales colliery. Then they discovered a covenant on the land meaning that it could only be used for educational purposes. They way in which education is funded means that establishments must grab what ever funding becomes available hence the ad hoc nature of the growth.

4 hours ago, stivesnick said:

 A guide sheet without lots of information is not an issue providing that the exhibitors are encourgaed to provide some information on the layouts themselves.

 

Nick

I think that I actually spent almost as much time reading the excellent background information on Halifax Kings Cross than I did admiring this stellar layout . Perhaps this is the way forward. A quick screen shot on your phone will give you the extra reading when you get home.

Enjoyed having Blakey Rigg at Pontefract.

3 hours ago, stivesnick said:

Agree with the others that this is a great show with lots of fine modelling on display. The only small niggle was that there were no layout details in the exhibition guide and many of layouts themselves did not have a discription pinned to the layout. My preference is that it is better to have a good discription on the layout itself without the constraints on page space, trying to include track plans and photos within the guide itself. 

 

My own highlight of the day: When the person on the till in the cafe, looked at the piece of cake and noted "that's not a very large slice, I will only charge you half price!"

 

Regards 

 

Nick 

The guide sheet was partly due to the very small team of active members putting on the show, but mostly down to the sheer cost of the old style booklets. The folded A4 guide was an affordable compromise.

On 28/01/2024 at 04:33, The Johnster said:

I can recall the birds being released under the supervision of the Stationmaster, complete with stopwatch and notepad, at Cardiff (General) in the early 60s, from the ‘fish dock’ loading platforms.  IIRC there was some sort of string cord method of opening all the baskets simultaneously; it was a fairly spectacular sight!  I can’t recall seeing passenger-carrying stock with the specials, but have seen photos of this at Selby station.  
 

The wicker baskets, stacks of which were a feature on the ends of most pre-Beeching platforms, are still in use apparently unchanged; I regularly see them being loaded on to or unloaded from road vans at Roath Conservative Club, other end of my road.  I have a few lofts scattered around Cwmdimbath, for the Ogmore Forest PFA (completely ficticious, AFAIK at least) and will occasionally have a passenger rated van added to one of my service trains or, more occasionally, run a special.  
 

TTBOMK pigeons needed steam heating at the appropriate times, and there were presumably water/feeding/cleaning stops on longer journeys.  NPCCS stock with fold-down shelves was used for this traffic, as it was for flowers and broccili.   

As a small child ( early 60s) I was on the platform at Normanton in time to see a “ release”. Impressive.

If anyone has any more information regarding the Selby releases our “ boss” will probably have me building pigeon stock before commissioning 500 3D printed birds!

2 hours ago, sir douglas said:

yeah, not even Unit Models had much O gauge this time

To be fair to John and Rachel, Uncommon Kits had a bit but nothing that I urgently needed or had to buy.