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Looking good as ever Steve Richard

We had a great time with Down Sidings, nice to talk to people, play trains and drink tea ! It was a great show Richard

The Northampton article was in Model Rail, I also wrote an article for the DEMU magazine The Rail was brought in by road from local sites, it was moved from worksites and stockpiled alongside the track at sites with road access, The Rail was cut into lengths and sent by rail to Aldwarke or Sheerness. They also loaded rail into 20ft containers for export to China, Rail was also loaded into Norbert Dingledangle lorry’s and taken to a rolling mill in France Most of the Rail sent out by rail from the CMD went to Marples and Gilliott at Attercliffe in Sheffield, either loaded on bogie bolsters with runner wagons for the overhanging lengths or open wagon types with short Rail offcuts, old chairs, bolts clips etc Richard

Well done Steve, keep up the good work ! Richard

Great stuff Carl, wagons and updates are very good Richard

Hi Carl The new stock and fuelling point look very good, keep up the good work ! Cheers Richard

Great to see you and Carl on Saturday at Shenfield, enjoyed watching the layout B-) Richard

Great show, good selection of layouts and trade Enjoyed seeing Lymbrook Yard and Tonbridge West Yard, well done to TWY team for winning Best Layout in show ! Richard

The coal yard at Northampton had upright sleepers sunk into the ground, spaced alongside the Sidings to rest wagon doors on, usually 16 toners ! They also used old oil drums Richard

Pitsford Sidings signal box is ex Wolverton Works, controlled parts of the Internal Rail system Richard

Currently on holiday in Cromer, several pubs, shops and restaurants closed on a busy Summer Sunday. Several police cars cruising around. Passed the camp this morning, 25 + very large and very expensive camper vans scattered around Council car park. Several vans on the move through the town, no number plates, kids in the front not wearing seat belts, Pity their next destination Left Northampton last week, travellers causing chaos there, groups moving around, camping on public parks and football pitches, breaking down barriers to access sites, vandalism, mess, damage etc in their wake Playing the system, taking the mickey and getting away with it Richard

Pleased to report it's still open and trading as usual Richard

Great layout Steve, enjoyed having a play Richard

Enjoyed seeing the layout at Lydd, Layout and stock is very good Keep up the good work ! Richard

HSA wagons worked out of Corby with steel tube and pipe offcuts to South Yorkshire Believe SSA wagons took over the flow, several HSA were used as internal mobile skips at the steel works, scrapped a few years ago Richard

We made the journey from Northampton, got there a bit early, walked into the village, found the Retro Greens tea room, 2 delicious full English breakfasts and a large pot of tea for £4.95 each Really enjoyed the show, packed with people enjoying the layouts up close, eating pasties, drinking tea and talking trains Even came away with a pack of Hornby cable drums for my layout from Marks sales stand Enjoyed studying all the detail on BCB Great show, well done everyone Richard

Very smart panel Paul, looking forward to seeing layout Richard

Well done Dave The Peco track had come out well, just need to replace the couplings with Bachman mini loops ! Get my coat RC

Keep up the good work Carl, looking good. Did you forget to build the van underframes ? B-) Richard

Great modelling Enjoying layout thread Richard

This months Rail Express carries a review of the new model and a article on their workings Richard

Wondered if they are markers for magnets for the Kadee couplers ?? RC

Are they smarties holding track down ? RC

Dave Very interesting pictures, thanks for posting Richard

Adrian Booth from the Industrial Railway Society produced a book on the PWM Ruston shunters that worked in the engineers yards There is a detailed track plan and description on the yard in it Richard