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I have now looked at page 1 and see how you make the realistic clickety clack, I should have taken the time to go through from the start! Is the notch a V shape? Edward

I just happened upon this thread this evening, I am very impressed by the weathering which is some of the most realistic I have seen. On the short video clips I was likewise impressed by the clickety clack of the wheels over rail joints they seemed remarkably loud and realistic. I haven't yet investigated the earliest pages which may have said what the track base is and I wonder if that is the reason for the sound. Brilliant modelling sir! Edward

No one has mentioned Morecambe, now sadly pretty much the last resort, the main attraction being the view across Morecambe Bay and the bronze statue of Eric Morecambe and even that was vandalised recently. Somebody tried to saw through his leg [he's stood on one leg] but failed because it has a large tough stainless steel "bone" in it! However, it used to be very popular particularly in the forties, fifties and most of the sixties. It had a pier with dancing to popular artists, the Floral Hall, another dance venue, a good fairground and all the usual slot machine arcades plus illuminations in Autumn. It was always something of an also ran to Blackpool unfortunately and eventually the butt of jokes by comedians like Colin Crompton [remember him?]. Morecambe was the resort of choice for many people from Yorkshire mill towns and became known as Bradford on Sea, many Yorkshire folks retired there. As for excursion trains, there were many of them, a lot came down the Little North Western through Skipton, Wennington and Lancaster to Morecambe Promanade station. Trains stacked up in the sections so at the bottom of our field almost every train was held at the home signal, often hauled by a 4F 0-6-0, a Crab and sometimes an ex-LNER B1, D49 or even an A1. Coaching stock was often ancient and often non-corridor [and non lavatory], I saw Midland clerestory stock and even a CLC articulated pair. The line from Wennington to Lancaster is long gone as are the excursions now consigned to history Edward

There used to be a boat train into Fleetwood normally pulled by a mainline passenger loco which returned the following day hauling an express fish train, greatly anticipated by spotters who got a good "cop", very often a Scot, Patriot or Jubilee. I don't know when these trains ceased or if they lasted long enough to perhaps use a Brit. The evening boat train into Heysham's loco was serviced overnight at Lancaster Green Ayre giving spotters a similar "good cop" . One morning I had a cab ride in Lord Hurcomb but only from the shed to Green Ayre station. This was all in the fifties which is an awful long time ago now! Edward

Hi Jamie, As a Lancastrian born in a house overlooking New Zealand sidings I have followed the progress of this huge undertaking with great interest. I used to sit on Grandma's bedroom windowsill for hours watching the Lancaster Jinties go about their business, the birth of my lifetime interest in railways. It is good to see it [where are the photos?] making its first venture in the public arena and I can't wait to see it for myself when I am in England and it coincides with a show. Congratulations on your success despite the odd gremlin and here's to the day when it is complete, that is if any layout is ever complete! Edward

Further to my previous post, the most popular brand of PVC adhesive has the following active ingredients: Tetrahydrofuran [THF] 40%, Methyl ethyl ketone [MEK] 30% Acetone 20% THF is the most toxic ingredient so you have to be careful but plumbers often splash it about willy nilly and seem to survive. Most popular brand I believe is Oatey. I imagine it would bond to styrene too. Edward

What about the adhesive plumbers use to join PVC pipe? Edward

Dave was one of those people who you felt you knew even though you had never met. He achieved so much in his life apart from his most excellent modelling, building two houses, enjoying cycling to name just a couple. His posts were always readable and amusing even when he was afflicted by the terrible disease and his fight was heroic. I feared the worst when his eyesight began to fail, then there was a deafening silence on his thread, sadly the worst has happened. I am shocked and saddened and send my deepest condolences to Julie and his family. They will sorely miss him but in a lesser way so will all of us on RM Web. Goodbye Dave. Edward

Thanks for the clarification on barrier wagons, it all makes sense and it's something I didn't know. Always good to learn! Edward

Hello Tony, I really enjoyed the video, how smoothly your trains run. One thing I noticed was a freight with some oil tanks immediately in front of the brake van. I always thought there had to be a barrier wagon between such wagons and the locomotive and brake van or did it just apply to loaded oil tanks? On the "LIttle North Western" which passed our house there was an almost daily ammonia train from Heysham to Middlesborough [?] which always had barrier wagons loaded or not. Best wishes, Edward

Interesting all the pictured Jubilees are Fowler tender ones. Love those fifties pictures, hope you have lots more. 45557 appears to have a strange extension to its chimney! Edward

I believe the man shoveling something with Bronllwyd is Alan Bloom, the man himself, I think this was a favourite loco. of his. Edward

There is an interesting old van in the background of the photo showing the front view of 47366, obviously part of an engineers train. It has two small windows. I think I recognise it or its type but can't identify it. It also has two interesting "boxes" on its roof. Anybody know more? Edward

Seeing the picture of "Bahamas" at Dinting reminded me how odd a Jub. looked with a double chimney especially that one which shows the two apparently separate exhausts above the rim. In my spotting days it was 45742 "Connaught" that carried it. Ugly! Edward

Hi Dave, Great photos! The "Jinty" is not 47431 though, it's a Johnson 3F so it must be 47231, 47431 would have the sandbox "keyhole" on the tank side. Cheers, Edward

44971 had a self weighing tender attached for quite a few years, maybe the same one. Edward

Hi Jason, I think your work is just superb, some of your photos are hard to distinguish from the real thing. May I offer a small suggestion based on observation of the real world regarding chimney pots. I'm sure you must be heartily sick of them by now but I have noticed that there are often odd pots on a stack where one has broken or been replaced for some other reason with a non matching pot, or there is a gap where one has gone or been capped. Just thought you might like to re-place a few............................OK, I'll get me coat! Edward

I believe the road was called St Georges Quay all the way to its junction with Damside Street. There are a lot of new apartment buildings there now and there may well be a Wharf Street among them. If there is it must only be a short bit of road. Edward

I will try to explain....... The topic was ficticious liveries LMS Compounds' livery was standard BR in the fifties, i.e. lined black. This one was painted red, yellow and black i.e. not a true livery, i.e. ficticious. OK, so this was a real locomotive, not a model, but I thought it was amusing and it is not off topic, which is about ficticious liveries. I am sure there are a lot of RM Web members who were not around when this event happened so I apologise if anyone is offended, not everyone appreciates all types of humour! I see it was 41101, not 41102, my memory wasn't so far out, thanks Londontram for finding the picture. Edward

Anybody remember an unfortunate exLMS Compound that was painted red and yellow for an Andy Capp advert after which it was ignominiously carted off for scrap? Might have been 41102 but my memory isn't what it was! Edward

I've just seen this topic and the BBC weatherman's explanation for the continuing storms. I am in the USA where this "Arctic vortex" has pushed the Jetstream almost to the Gulf of Mexico and it has been moving south-north-south like a yo-yo for many days causing a succession of Arctic blasts and huge snowfall in the north. From there as he remarked the Jetstream rushes across the Atlantic way too far south and is moving at high speed so poor old Britain gets a real bashing. I can tell you that the situation is still with us here so you can expect more storms over there for some days yet. Poor old Michael Fish will never live down his "no there won't be a hurricane" forecast and the clip of his forecast was shown yet again! I feel for the folks in those houses near the washed out tracks, looks like one or two of them could easily collapse completely. Edward in freezing Arkansas.

It is the one on the Quay [not called Wharf Street] not far from Green Ayre, it's many years since the last time a bus lost its top there although there have been one or two incidents with trucks striking it. Looking at the photo in the paper it is a good thing there was nobody on the top deck as it has been scalped down to the top of the seats. No damage to that tough old bridge though! Edward

Jamie, This week the low bridge on the line from Green Ayre to Castle Station claimed another double decker bus, there is a picture in the Lancaster Guardian newspaper of Friday the 24th. It's a long time since this happened before, right now Lancaster centre is in chaos due to major sewage works and I guess the driver somehow took the wrong route. It has been suggested that the bridge be demolished and the walkway rerouted around it. Thought you may be interested! Edward

No, that is Ingleborough, the middle one of the three sisters, Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent. Looks a bit large but I suppose you could call it artistic licence, it is actually about 20 miles east of Green Ayre but it does make a nice backdrop. The plumbing fitting looks rather like a 45 gallon drum! Edward

Yes, I seem to recall they were a light colour, I don't remember the details like whether they were drilled plywood or slats but I was nobbut a young lad at the time! At least I was right about them being wooden. Edward