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  1. On Greenhill Street/Alcester Road, so it woud be nice and handy for foreign tourists wanting to visit the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, his birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage. And it shouldn't be too difficult to provide connections into HS2 for anybody wanting to go to Euston.
  2. Most of the stuff on the market at present is foreign outline, but had an interesting discussion at Ally Pally on Saturday with West Hill Wagon Works. They are going to introduce a range of 3D printed British outline OHLE. The had a couple of cantilever masts and clip-on registration arms on display, quite impressive but not yet available. They still have to more development work to do, so they're not yet on the market, such as gantries, transformers etc, and will be released as a comprehensive range, though they won't be doing their own contact/catenary wires. The masts were planted using magnets in the base so that they coud take knocks when track cleaning etc, and the resin they've chosen was pretty robust so it shouldn't fracture easily. It looked very good; if I were planning to do OHLE, I'd be waiting for this range to come out.
  3. Why just the Underground? Hitting a cow or horse would be a greater risk than a mere alsatian. When the ECML was closed, one of my trains diverted via the Hertford loop had to stop short of a tunnel because of a horse had been reported on the line, and the driver wasn't allowed to enter the tunnel until it had been inspected in case the beast was lurking inside. Or perhaps something other than a conventional train horn might be more effective in keeping them away? https://ruralis.no/en/2021/06/09/skrem-elgen-for-toget-kommer/ Not sure TfL would get away with this solution to stray dogs ... https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elk-on-the-loose-causes-metro-meltdown-in-stockholm
  4. Don't tell her one of the main shopping streets is a Shambles.
  5. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwio7_Gg_f2EAxXEQEEAHZHKDhIQFnoECBwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bathnes.gov.uk%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fsitedocuments%2FPlanning-and-Building-Control%2FPlanning%2Fnr_a_guide_to_overhead_electrification.pdf&usg=AOvVaw15xoGB58UVDy8u45WPACcN&opi=89978449 Chapter 11
  6. It's a bit older than my garden shed but rather better constructed.
  7. He might be on here.....
  8. Thanks for posting that. They are an excellent range, but the cost of dealing with Australian postage and customs had stopped me looking for these products when I have a potential project that would want one. Good to know they are back.
  9. He's entitled to his opinion. We've all got a right to be wrong.
  10. Naturally you'd want the Cathedral in the background of your model too - Salisbury's would be nearly 6' long and 5' 4" high in OO
  11. Once upon a time it was St George for England, St Pancras for Scotland. Now International high-speed passengers arrive in St Pancras and will have to catch the tube to Euston (maybe) if they want to go further north
  12. They're still got anti-terrorism announcements on the train but not on the bus, because terrorists obviously don't travel by bus either!
  13. There was an accident in 1961 near Rugby Central where a palvan containing only some empty pallets derailed fouling the opposite line and an express ran into the debris at speed, its engine turned onto its side and facing the opposite direction. The report says the track was in good order, there was nothing the wagon examiner should have picked up, it was blamed on poor design of the wagon.
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