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Found this one: https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/GWR-Broad-Gauge-era-1831892/Assorted-Broad-Gauge/i-FbrtQjz A crop:

Article from the Llanelly Star for 26th March 1910: Pete.

I will not buy this record, it is scratched. No, it's the master test build for a new Finney7 release. @JeffP... I've had a trawl through the thread & can't see any plates on any of the etches. As it's now at the 'master' test build stage, I'd hang on a couple of weeks & see what occurs in the thread - it might be that I can't see them on the etches. Even if there's no plate maybe one of the plate etching outfits will step up as it were. Pete S.

Mine's not much better as it's from the same source as yours:— Poring through the NRM's 'OPC' List gets the following:— Microfilm aperture card - 13402, Buffer & housing for Steam Rail Cars & Trailers (under 70') 1910 Microfilm aperture card - 13403, Large buffer & housing for 70' Steam Rail Cars & Trailers So apparently there were differences - Swindon Standardisation strikes again! If someone wants to gamble £15 (£7.50 each) for a proper digital version, the order form lives here:— https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-10/1%20Microfilm%20Order%20Form%202018%2010.pdf Pete S.

I think you have it right as it is. Looking at the photo there's a black-painted curved support for the boiler hard up against the face of the sandbox, however the lining on the box is angled giving the impression that the box is wedge-shaped. Pete S.

It's on both ends: 1289 is odd in that both sides are identical. For some reason tht affects the PCA terminations/slack adjusters, but I can't remember why exactly. Pete S.

There's an A4 magazine-format publication called "Vintage Train" (iirc) that gives the full history. The Group sales stands (3822, Antiquary & Oxford Group) often have copies at low money. Based on this photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/13296226@N02/4541734360 of "The Capital Venturer" on 06/10/1979:— 7371, 5952, 7313, 536, 1111, 1289, 2202, 9118, 9112. 7372 was in the mix as well (possibly on the back of the Saloons). I wasn't on the CT trip, but I did see it at Shrewsbury where it crossed over with "The Devonian Venturer" with 6000 KGV from Newport (which I *was* on) . After Shrewsbury our set (Mk 1s) was diesel hauled to Saltley where we picked up 5900 & 7808 to head back to Didcot & thence Taunton. Pete S.

They're handrails, presumably to aid with fittng/removing destination boards. Drg No. 81080 (E.127 July 1926): Pete S.

Going by the position of it within the shed (2-road with WTC 5 behind & BPC at the back of 3), I'd hazard a guess at 5900 Hinderton Hall. Trawling through some of the other images it looks like 5322 was parked next to 5900 when the photos were taken. Pete S.

Graham, they did both. Both 290 and 1357 had/have "overscrewed" panels whereas 2511 & 3299 are "underscrewed". The SRM was also underscrewed as there was much talk at the time of how the packing laths* had protected the framing by rotting first - cue howls of derisive laughter from the Riding Van. I have seen 1/8" galvanised plate used - notably on the lookouts on 933 & 416 (933 also had plate on the doors in the waist). All were underscrewed & seemed to be original fittings as the rebate was only as deep as the steel. Pete. *The original mahogany panels are 3/8" thick & the steel sheets are nominally 1/16" so a 1/4"-5/16" lath was nailed to the framing & into rebates to make up the difference.

The horizontal beading was retained/re-instated, it was the verticals that were done away with. Using 2511 as an example, the waist (& upper body) panels seem to have suffered less instances of replacement with steel. The beading can be fitted over a wood/metal joint as there's something to nail into; where steel abuts steel a gap would need to be left to allow for nailing & that would needlessly complicate matters. See also this photo of "The Dreadful" in happier days:— Source: https://didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/article.php/147/no-3299-churchward-dreadnought-9-compartment-third (photographer uncredited) Horizontal beading in full effect & what appear to be steel cover strips over the panel joints downstairs. I fear exact dating of changes by photos alone will be very difficult & would require a fair bit of assumption/guesswork. It might be possible to glean some info from the Register as anything major ought to be covered by a dated N.W.O. Pete S.

Pretty much apart from the walls & partitions which would have been Walnut in the Firsts & Mahogany in the Thirds below the cornice/luggage racks & white above. Usual landscape Picture/Map/Picture & Picture/Mirror/Picture arrangement between the luggage racks & top edge of the cloth. Visible area for frames approx 16" x 8". By the mid-to-late 50s odds are the cloth would be red "Sprig & Octopus" (aka "Crowsfoot") in the Thirds and blue "Chestnut Leaf" in the Firsts. Crowsfoot in Dia. E.158 7313: Chestnut Leaf: https://heritagerailfabric.co.uk/catalogue/products.php?product=horsechestnut_leaf Pete S.

Just after Arthur finds that the local council are demolishing his house to make way for a bypass, and just before Earth is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass:

e.g. Lord of the Rings. Allegedly the result of a bet JRR took whilst imbibing at the Eagle & Child in Oxford. The effect of said bottle on a pair of Art-School types in the Swinging Sixties was, to my mind, infinitely preferable:—

Source: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PkW8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=Wild+woman+with+unicorn&source=bl&ots=Awhqyt1l5i&sig=600vop45ZwXEWzh93B11yMyKiHY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipqonvgO_dAhUKL8AKHWy6C0kQ6AEwEHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=Wild%20woman%20with%20unicorn&f=false Inna nutshell: She feels lonely & frustrated seeing all of Nature around her paired up & at it like knives. Hardly surprising if the eligible batchelors of the area regard her as being a fetishistic loony.

The PCA Rodding takes an unusual path behind the Gong, but in this case there's no alternative. The 'Butterfly' tell-tales are there, but as they're white & against a light background they tend to disappear. The End Decoded:— & what's under the Gong? An overgrown bicycle bell mechanism Pete S.

Edit... Add the Fishbelly & Americans into that list too - they both came in 9ft & stretch your timeline back to Dreadnoughts & Toplights. P.

By no means a complete list:— 9' Heavy Double Bolster (Plate frames) = July 1929 (DRG 89130A) 9' Pressed Steel = Feb 1932 (94175B) 9' Pressed Steel Heavy = Sept 1933 (101426) 9' Pressed Steel Light = March 1935 (105415A) Pete S.

This I think. A couple of crops from RCA1:— Fig. 119 P. 48: Fig. 257 P. 103: Fig. 113 (a C.67) has a 3/4 view of the lock. Looks like they were painted cream in the B&C era, but left to get filthy; certainly agree that they were brown (**maybe** black) when new. Pete S.

The grey areas look like weathered timber, so I'm guessing that there's been a reaction between the bauxite & the white lead lettering that's resulted in the topcoat pulling the basecoat off. Damp may well have been a factor too. Note that the roof is covered with green roofing felt - a sure sign that the original canvas has given up & the roof has leaked. Odds are that the bottom planks had been replaced, maybe when the door got repanelled. I've 'excavated' a few paint systems on stock at Didcot but never found anything on the bottom boards. Pete S.

http://www.bestglueintheworld.com/ Acetone/Ethanol, so nail varnish remover and/or IPA ought to have some effect.

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Back in 2007 I was privileged to visit Shakenhurst Hall near Cleobury Mortimer (when it was still a working manor house & not an over-restored conference facility) & asked the owner/incumbent the same question. He said that sometime in the 60s the family had been contacted to see if they were interested in buying a plate & he was also of the impression that other stately home owners had been similarly approached. Whether that was a marketing ploy from Swindon, or a private individual on a 'get-rich-quick' scheme wasn't known. Pete.

In the drawing there are two types of partition. The central compartment has a full-height (or maybe eaves-height) partition, whereas the outer compartment pairs have a half-partition that seems to end at the top of the seat back. In the latter case, there may well have been a central pillar (either of timber or iron) to keep the roof from sagging; there's definitely some vertical component showing in the end cross-section, but I can't interpret it from such a low-res image. (Image used for illustrative purposes only) Holden stock seems to have had full-height partitions if the photo on the relevant LNER Encyclopedia page is anything to go by:— https://www.lner.info/co/GER/coaches.php That photo seems to show a vertical pillar with two panels either side above the seat back rail; it also shows vertical boarding indicating that the vehicle was not upholstered. Pete.

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