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Drone(s) returned about an hour ago.

Just waiting for other 'enthusiasts' to target Heathrow & Stanstead as well..

Forget the usual 'slap on the wrist now dont be a naughty boy' sentancing these days - just publish their address for those affected

very suitable with the weather there at the moment

From what I understand reading between the lines, ATW were trying to run a service with one hand tied behind their backs. I don't suppose it helped that gubbermint withdrew the finances for the Valleys and west of Cardiff electrification.

Very droll.

Its still reasonably easy to get hold of the real stuff, but environmentally friendly "solder" is the work of the devil!

Lanarkshire Models has just packaged some very nice 145 C solder wire.

Not on the website yet but have been using it and found it lovely to work with, and yes it does have a wee bit lead in it...

So you’ve found that out then! I bought some a few years ago and a few weeks later I’d bought some lead-based stuff too. Some stalls at shows sell it, have a look round when you’re at one.

Oh dear....

Doubt it will attract such crowds as 50 years ago though....

We don't talk about that sort of thing, its not gentlemanly!

London Inverness train through Perth at around 6pm yesterday had indeed lost its virginity and had been "put upon" by some guy with initials LNER. Same blushing red livery however.

Mertons was a "sub-Portillo" travalogue, whilst Hislop did a "reasonable" history of the Beeching era.

I was impressed by Merton's coverage of the disposal facilties at Drigg. Not seen anything that thorough from other journos.

It's the new rule book, they've streamlined it and reduced it to the essentials.

So they can pay drivers less, eh?

Going by the signal it's GW. About normal... ;-)

And what a thing! Relay tomorrow!

There's nothing quite like opening the cabin window to deer, lochs and glens is there?

Let’s hope some snow aswell, and 2 73s to get through it

Lets see how far you get...

Friday before Christmas is always especially bad, Virgin had only called off todays strike yesterday but some services are still cancelled and many booked with TPE because at the time, they couldn’t with VT.

Oh dear, hope you get to your destination safely. Though when they were around London Midland were excellent at that game!

Your seat got a vestibule end, that’s sounds painful, will it be gone by Christmas?

This is your captain speaking.

Pay attention now.

Those listening in cd, at ease.

Those who have vinyl, turn it over.

The Damned had "nibbled to death by an Okapi" at the end of 'Machine Gun Etiquette'. . .very much an 'easy listening' album.

I thought it said, “The big wheels, keep turning, keep turning over and over” as a link to the 2nd movement of the “Concerto for a Rainy Day”. But please turn me over fits in with Jeff Lynne’s sense of humour. Listen to the backwards masking on Fire on High...

As far as people I spoke to are concerned, last year I only spoke to about 20 people - mainly traders, but also the people I was with.

It means that the club didn't task anyone with doing a calendar entry. Not our fault at this end!

Not if you've been on GMT since last March!

(Of course, that means being early for everything through the summer...)

I wish they went back 120 years, so we could determine some undetermined things

Folk might wonder why you were holding a Pantone swatch up against railway vehicles and taking notes...

Oh dear, you'll have to come to Warley then.

I guess so...

So, how's the industrial steam modelling going?

Those Barclays look like two cool dudies.

Please could someone put the kettle on?

I probably shouldn't have worded it like that.

Don't give London Midland any ideas!

Yet another Management/Employee failure to communicate!

Good luck, my turn next year.

Thanks, really pleased with mine.

Well done!

Thanks, all volunteers were amazing and I couldn't have asked for more friendly and knowledgeable guides. I picked up a friends leaflet and will consider.

I was going to go yesterday, but went for a walk round Abingdon instead

Pendon just gets better and better

Too many young people have nothing to do, not welcome at home, nowhere else to go and the feeling that society has forgotten them. The only way to get attention is to kill someone, blow themselves up or vandalise historic artefacts.

One for the politicians.

Cut off their goolies ,slice them through.

DavidCBroad - one for all of us, in reality.

Thanks

Send it also to Steam Railway so they can be named and shamed. Was it one of WCRs steam locos?

Yes. Jacobite on the WHL extension

Once you start on my Optare Solo I'll worry...