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And there's me with a pile of unmade N Gauge Society kits. Will have to see how much Revolution will be asking for ready to run before deciding how to proceed.

RTT started providing train data for Swanage Railway services back in 2017, here's a screenshot of the first southbound train on 5th May that year. Data was also made available for the 2018 and 2019 diesel galas. Not being a steam fan I don't know if other special events were covered as well.

On 10th September 1983 I was on the 09.50 Newcastle to Poole service, 47446 with load 11, when it ran over a cow at Bletchington which is just north of Oxford. After an 85 minute wait, I assume to remove the carcass and to check things like brake pipes, we continued south without any restriction such as a reduced speed limit. After changing locos at Reading, to 47433, we arrived 100 late into Basingstoke (where I got off in order to continue to head back to Kent). I wonder if this was the same incident?

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OK number, location and date are easy. For info quite a lot of my sightings will be around Tonbridge. From 1986 I commuted to London for 4 years and sometimes saw ferry traffic heading for the coast as well as mail traffic. From 1990 I think I'll have some sightings around Willesden and Ken O. BTW how are you storing the base data? Excel, Access, something else? Would prefer to provide data in a way that prevents re-typing.

Looking into my database for 47s with Dover in the destination field I could currently offer up 27 workings. However using Dover as the starting point I have 82 workings listed. Those numbers of workings will go up as I still need to complete work on my database, stated for winter 2020-21. So 47227 that I saw heading away from Dover Western Docks in 1989 must've got down there at some point but I cannot say what the inward working was. Is that of interest? If you want the best possible list should you include outbound workings from East Kent as well?

Did anyone else hear on Facebook live tonight that the model will come with one super detailed end i.e. lots of pipework with the other having a standard coupler? I'm rather hoping I mis-heard as a loco without a coupler at each end won't work too well on my terminus layout.

The publishers website says 30th July 2020

Don't know what a D3 is but you might like to keep an eye here http://www.five79.co.uk/ as some of the Chivers range is being put back into production

Would prefer it as a roundy-roundy rather than a BLT

The loop at Tisbury sometimes has nearside to nearside passing. Normally a down train runs into the loop and once tucked away the up train departs Tisbury and passes offside to offside. However if a down train is late the up train completes its station stop runs into the loop and awaits the passing of the down train i.e. nearside to nearside.

Apparently one bit of advice about hygiene when out shopping says don't touch anything that you don't want to buy. Sensible but I don't want to buy a shopping trolley or a basket. I know that Tesco is providing stuff so that you can wipe trolley or basket handles but not all supermarkets are doing that. Of course I could take my own wipes but due to panic buying I cannot find any in my area, not that I've been out too often to look.

IIRC the annual charge for the basic version of FR24 on a PC was / is $10. Was on their Android app about 10 mins ago and no mention of having to pay but there again I've got the automatic update setting turned off so I'm still on the version I originally downloaded.

One sunny day the local police department set up a road block to check that drivers had a legitimate reason for their journey and if necessary provide some basic advice about the coronavirus health crisis. A car pulls up. A policeman goes over and sees an old man in the drivers seat. The driver winds down his window a fraction and asks "Good morning officer, is anything wrong?" Policeman: "Good morning sir, just a routine check, where are you going to today?" Driver: "To do some shopping" Policeman: "And how are you feeling today sir?" Driver: "Fine thanks" Policeman: "OK but before you proceed please can I take a few of your details?" Driver: "Sure" Policemen: "How old are you sir?" Driver: "18 til I die" Policeman: "Oh really sir! You're the 10th Bryan Adams I've seen today!"

No announcements yet regarding the Swanage and SVR diesel galas.

And the SR put them on the down. But there were oddities e.g. Brighton to Eastbourne. On the up side (south) from Brighton, MP 0, to Polegate and then on the down (east). Source = Bradford & Barton Pocket Guide 9.

Another oddity, in the 1984-85 timetable, was the 06.30 SuO Hastings to Bexhill formed of a loco and 1 NFV. This was a portion from the 04.00 ex-Victoria (loco + 6 NFV). The van was then ECS, depart 06.55, back to Hastings. It rejoined the other 5 NFVs and all were worked back to Tonbridge.

Please pardon the question but is 1985 correct for this diagram because the widened and electrified Hastings line wasn't open for standard stock until the beginning of 1986? If the date is correct a change to a 33/2 for Tonbridge to Hastings and return would seem more likely.

By the early 80s the papers to Hastings were carried on the 03.35 ex-Victoria via Tunbridge Wells. The formation was a 33/2 and three bogie 'B' vans. Looking at a 1984 South Eastern Division WTT there was the following mail train along the Coastway 23.42 SX Redhill to Hastings (arrive 01.09) formed of a DEMU. I don't have a Central Division timetable to hand so I don't know the stopping pattern. There wasn't a path for a westbound service.

Rather than ECS from Uckfield it was passenger to East Croydon, the 19.10 departure, and then empty to NXG.

Bridgebury Gate and possibly Barton Hill

Didn't 57601 enter in service in 2001? My records show an expensive trip from Paddington to Reading in September of that year to "get it in the book".

More information here http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/50s/580510gr.html and some more

For completeness here is the relevant paragraph from the report I mentioned "116 - After the derailment, Network Rail introduced an operational restriction to prevent unladen trains departing from Angerstein Wharf sidings onto the North Kent lines unless the second signal (L429) was showing a proceed aspect (indicated by a green aspect at signal L425 - figure 3). The intention of this restriction is to reduce the probability of departing trains having to brake while the rear wagons are still on the unchecked curve through the trap points 851A (paragraph 83)." How the "operational restriction" works and whether it applies to all trains is not specified but somehow the starter at the top of the branch goes red to green, at least that's how it reads to me.

Alternatively would it, in your world, be possible to hold the long freight at LP106 therefore completely clear of the down main? When a suitable gap appears the freight would cross via 304 and 301 and be on its way. If the next down service was headed for the branch it could be held at LP101 rather than at LP103 which might foul the 304 points. However for what you're suggesting, hold at LP110, there is an example in real life and that's the exit from Angerstein Wharf. After several derailments being caused by a departing train sitting part on and off the main line the working practice was altered so that the train only proceeded off the branch on a green signal. I got this from an RAIB report after the second derailment.