Bucoops

I've just seen this (hopefully this works for non-Facebook members). Absolutely stunning - massive congratulations to all involved.

One of the bolt heads is misalinged by 0.2mm.

I don't think this is the kind of forum for that kind of 'ography.

Don't make me post a picture of a gas axe and a dull green loco

Everyone knows perfection is GE

Toally agree. These nice bright colours make a refreshing change from the quite dull BR green.

That's what I'm hoping - it's not my book either. it was however later owned and updated by the LNER, with the final updates around 1948.

I thought perhaps it had a Rolls Royce engine in it.

I was referring to the Newport spelling - assuming Wikipedia is correct, Pete Buttigieg's father was Maltese so that may be the original Maltese spelling and the Welsh variant may have gained an extra e at some point Having said the version without the e also appears in web searches for Newport . Haven't managed to find a photo of the sign or any paperwork to confirm which. Might have made myself look a plonker, not for the first time.

Hmm, am I in the clear with the GER diagram book photos I have been posting? The book the photos are of is not the NRM copy - but they do have one and charge for (good quality) copies of the diagrams? It was last updated at around the time of nationalisation.

Buttiegiegs or Buttigieg? I asked the manager of our South Wales office how they pronounce it. I also asked if any relation. I will advise!

Network Rail have also made a promise to Harvey Price https://inews.co.uk/news/entertainment/harvey-price-katie-price-harvey-and-me-documentary-rail-announcements-849470 We need good news stories right now.

Mostly GER designed. One of the big reasons why so many NER (and other) design bogie coaches got cascaded to that area. As well as I think mentioned above the quints built in a hurry for the Jazz service. By 1938 the bulk had been replaced. Here's an example - D408 4 wheel 3rd class: Note the "Number Existing" to the right hand side. 124 in 1932 121 in 1933 116 in 1934 Gone by 1936

I see they are open again (mail order, telephone order collection only of course)

Regardless of ownership that retaining wall should have had regular inspections (not saying it didn't). Interesting that the fire brigade roped the car to the brick wall. I can't see that holding it so not sure why they did that.

I suspect it won't be as fun?!

We have warm air heating (why people rip it out for a wet system I cannot understand - it's fantastic!) and it has a statically charged filter. Takes so much dust out of the air it's amazing.

I've always assumed those that model in TT are sadists who refuse to have anything ready to run so not sure there would be much market? I guess you could get them made, then always send them by hermes so guaranteed to arrive in kit form* *Or not arrive at all, so realistic timetabling too.

The Popular Front of Retford? What have the Retford Mob ever done for us? Retford Junction Mob?

Non-generic pre-grouping. So much of it made it through to BR days I don't understand why it isn't better represented.

Nobody expects... ah, you know the drill. Fetch the comfy chair.

With regards to widened coaches, I believe they were different to the ones above. I know very little about them, although there is a picture of one in the process of being widened in "Railway carriages 1839-1939" - G M Kichenside published by Ian Allen. There is one end section remaining, no other know survivors - http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2550 D507 brake 3rd is one of them (and D&S did this as a kit in both widths I believe - not sure on others).

For completeness, here are the photos I have of the other diagrams available from David: Apologies for the first two being upside down - they are the right way up on my PC?! And apologies for the last one being blurry. I didn't spot that until too late. The missing ones are because that diagram number had been re-used (during the life of the diagram book, when the last of a type had been withdrawn, that diagram number was sometimes re-used and so the diagram had a new one pasted over the top).

With regards to the 6 wheeled brake 3rd in David's range I spotted something yesterday - there were TWO wheelbases for these, split roughly equally. So be careful on choosing running numbers if you want to be completely accurate - David's underframe is 22'6" so the second set in the list (marked as "No fitted with 22'0 wheelbase"!). Edit - just also spotted there were at least two classified as 2nd class just to confuse things!