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Or the porn movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Womb

Just t show what a 'proper' double deck steam tramway carriage should look like

I think the legal position on Tramways in this country was not straightforward. Originally, they needed individual Acts of Parliament, just like railways. Anything could be stipulated in the Act, depending on what interested parties managed to get added. Then, tramways moved from individual Acts to local authority approval under the Tramways Act 1870 - but with the Board of Trade issuing guidelines on rules and regulations. Finally, the Light Railways Act of 1896 provided another way of legally starting what enthusiasts might still call a tramway. This got away from the threat of the Local Authority having the legal right to take over the tramway after 21 years. The Board of Trade set the overall framework of regulations, but there could be individual requirements to suit local circumstances. Therefore, there could be wide variations in regulations. There was also a lack of enforcement in some cases, allowing operators to get away with things they were technically not allowed to do. The Wantage Tramway was supposedly notorious for this, but even in urban areas strange things happened. I have seen photos of conventional privately owned 0-4-0 steam tank locos with no protection for coupling rods etc. running on the Glasgow Tramways, for example.

I think you may be a little confused there. It was the Ravenglass & Eskdale that ran to Boot.

Of course, if Sutton docks had been built, then Immingham Docks may never have been constructed. Proposals for Sutton preceded those for Immingham by a decade or more. It would have been difficult to justify two large new docks on the Lincolnshire coast.

see #4162 above!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have seen a model of Sutton-on-Sea, which was speculative but used real LDEC buildings, I believe. Several models have used the basic trackplan for Chesterfield Market Place, including (I believe) Borchester Market. I have never sen an actual model of Chesterfield Market Place though. Do you have any photos or information?

If you plot the route on http://gb.mapometer.com/ it will give you a gradient profile - a tip from another forum topic, if I remember correctly.

If Rootes, I wonder what model they are? I could be horribly wrong, but those bodies look a bit like Mk1 Vivas to me.

I have tried Masokits etched chairs myself and found the jig idea used in MRJ totally pointless (if you will pardon the pun). I just followed the Masokits instructions and found no problems. From a motivational point of view, bending the etches is the hardest bit. I found that bending them as required didn't work for me. Doing all on one etch sheet together then storing the ones I didn't use for future use worked best - a kind of production line. Once they are bent up, using Masokits etches is pretty reasonable and produces some extremely robust track.

Agree with that completely!

Jennie Linds, Sharps and other early single driver locos were converted to tank locos by several concerns. The CV&H had something like that, I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_early_locomotives_of_the_London_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway#/media/File:CVHRsharp222.jpg

You are publishing some really fantastic photos - much appreciated!

How about Fort Nevis? . I also feel the layout now need a better name. Fort Bill would seem logical for a shortened version of Fort William, but seems a bit of a cliche..

Strictly speaking, the Sutton-in-Ashfield factory was on the GN line from Langwith to Annesley and Nottingham. The MR Pye Bridge line was diverted to join the ex- GN line just south of Kirkby, rejoining the ex-MR trackbed just north of Kirkby - immediately south of what is now Sutton Parkway station. The connection to the factory was retained, using a short stub of the GN line. Some of the rails for this connection still exist in places.

Eigg and Rum from near Mallaig, a couple of weeks ago

I have read about several attempts to do this in 2mm and 4mm scale, but not heard of anyone making a total success of it. It would be good if this technology can be made to work.

I have a feeling that Masokits do Staffordshire Paviers in 4mm scale

The closest parking I have seen is in coach bays, where coach drivers deliberately block misparked car drivers in, or park so close that the car doors can't be opened at all.

It is interesting that no other wheel suppliers are breaking into the market to fill the voids. Maybe there is little money to be made - also none of the pioneering enthusiasm shown when finescale was new and exciting? Everyone, including myself expects someone else to come up with the goods these days.

I really like the way you have integrated the backscene into the layout. The whole thing looks really impressive!

Just seen this for the first time. It looks beautiful.

Maybe they plan to do earlier GW railcar designs in the long term? Redoing the chassis just for the Farish body does seem overkill?