D860 VICTORIOUS

I photograhed Ramillies in Riverside Yard on 22-12-90,in company with Howe,Barham and St. Vincent. 50019 was still in pretty sparkling condition after it's repaint a few months prior.Unable to post pics unfortunately. An Accurascale 50019 in Laira blue would be very acceptable...

Have Radio 2 with Tony Blackburn on and,it has to be said,he's playing some fine tunes. Am today continuing with some projects that have stalled,due to lack of motivation. Am aiming to finish,or as close as poss,two Replica Railways Mk. 1 FO's,despite my limited painting/applying lining transfers skills,and doing some minor roof mods to a Bachmann BG.Then it will be back to roof mods on some of my Dapol 22's. Nothing very skilled or earth-shattering,but quite relaxing,hopefully leading to more projects coming to fruition in 2023,which is my aim.I may even start a layout... Happy New Year, Neil

My woman from Tokyo - Deep Purple

I worked twenty Christmases for a major drinks firm,where for the whole of December we had to more or less sell our souls to the company.No time off allowed in December,and the hours were whatever it took to get the job done. Looking back now I can laugh,at the outbursts of temper amongst colleagues,customers sometimes screaming at us for getting things wrong,and the sheer hard work involved.I think we all secretly enjoyed it... Christmas is ok if you take it for what it is.And how grateful I am that,at the age of around six,my parents bought me a Triang train set,which introduced me to this fab interest,both models and the real thing. Happy Xmas all, Neil.

20th December 1971 Acton Central-Broad St. 266 3724 12058 Liverpool St. 1527 1548 3320 5515 5517 5633 5667 5862 6751 6752 6968 St. Pancras 44 55 88 100 135 1860 3306 Stratford 1526 1547 1781 3689 5513 5518 5800 5817 5843 5909 6741 6750 6752 6753 6755 6817 6825 6830 6865 6947 6968 Kings Cross 174 1107 1517 1575 1629 1761 1762 1999 5601 5602 5612 5613 5624 5625 5627 5642 5846 9003 9006 9011 9014 9015 Paddington-Southall 806 D1001 D1037 D1051 D1059 1606 1640 1642 1648 1655 1926 1927 D7016 Neil.

New York New York - Frank Sinatra

My old piano - Diana Ross

Get out of Denver - Eddie and the Hot Rods

On a little street in Singapore - Manhattan Transfer

Re-tooled Class 42 Warship..

Song for whoever - Beautiful South

Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

9th December 1972 Cricklewood 38 40 56 68 83 88 93 120 135 1584 1595 1960 1961 3305 3306 3834 5186 5212 5216 5222 5234 5235 5244 5248 7558 7570 7572 7593 7616 Willesden 1523 3017 3027 3051 4116 4134 4135 5221 7661 7662 7672 6724 6965 12058 E6042 E3008 E3021 83006 84003 84008 E3050 E3054 E3067 E3081 E3087 E3105 E3115 E3119 E3120 E3134 E3139 E3149 E3165 E3172 E3177 E3181 86201 Old Oak Common 400 D1001 D1019 D1039 D1041 D1052 1599 1603 1634 1639 1640 1641 1645 1650 1657 1665 1669 1672 1679 1682 1689 1718 1728 1866 1907 1912 1935 1936 1940 1942 1945 1956 3598 3599 3601 3948 3961 4166 4177 4179 4180 5528 5530 5536 5539 5682 5685 5686 5689 5695 5843 D7000 D7022 D7026 D7028 D7029 D7031 D7076 D7089 D7100 On Sunday visits to Cricklewood,there never seemed to be any staff around and we wandered through the depot at will. Visits to Willesden always started in the same way :"Could we look around the depot please?" "Where are you lads from?" "Greenford" we replied. "Be careful,don't touch anything and let us know when you've finished" was the standard instruction,and we were never refused access. We always managed to get around OOC too. Carefree days,and now fifty years ago... Neil

Take a bow - Madonna

Take the "A" train - Duke Ellington

Everybody's Laughing -Phil Fearon/Galaxy (...not 'arf pop pickers...)

All the young dudes - Mott the Hoople

Life in the fast lane - Eagles

One of these days - Pink Floyd

Rock your baby - George McRae

Rainy night in Georgia - Randy Crawford

Saturday night's alright for fighting - Elton John

Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens

Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller Orchestra

The boy with the thorn in his side - -Smiths