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And really not true, either. A neighbors cat came to the rescue of their dog when their dog was attacked by another dog (and very effectively, to).

To misquote A.E. Housman: "Now, of my threescore years and ten, Seventy two will not come again, And take from seventy springs seventy two, It only leaves me minus two more."

Been alive under three monarchs.

Don't think I will be going to visit Didcot Railway center until the bridge is open again.

Don't know what all the fuss is about, Nigerian Railways were quite happy to carry on running across this bridge near Ewekoro:

Collating some info to hand about the bridge, the original Brunel Timber Viaduct was built in 8 months in 1844. Timber replaced by iron girders c 1846/8. Steel decking installed 1877. New bridge built by GWR 1906/7 but old south abutment (the one that has failed) retained with some refurbishment and refacing. Northern viaduct spans infilled 1929.

Provided the wagon was properly cleaned and did not have residual sulphur etc to catch fire.

No box is too small for a cat: Badger fitted it when he was a kitten!

But the spring and screw must be worth £90! (of Monopoly money)

Glad he didn't do any more damage to himself. Tilly broke a tarsal bone in her back leg doing that. Cost Petplan £4,000 to put it right.

Little Farringdon road crossing on the East Gloucestershire had a crossing keepers cottage and small box (see: http://www.fairfordbranch.co.uk/Kelmscott.htm) It had no stop signals and after the installation of the experimental single line AWS in 1906, no visible distant signals either. The signal levelers in the box only served to energize the ramps. Should be easy to model!

The Rocket in the Science Museum ex Brampton Railway is obviously a forgery!

The Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Co was leased by the LNWR in 1846 and bought outright in 1857 (prolonged the life of several canal branches as they gave the LNWR and later LMS access into GWR territory). So trial of a Crewe 18" loco on the canal is not surprising. Looking in Mark Smithers "An illustrated history of 18" gauge steam railways" (thanks for reminding me of that, Mike) there is a picture of the 7th Crewe works loco (2nd of Webb's) "Dickie" pulling 6 narrow boats in May 1888. Apparently could manage 7 at a maximum and pull 4 at 7mph. Dickie was built in 1876, so predated the experiment by 12 years and went back to Crewe works afterwards. No mention of Dickie being modified for the trial which appears to have been short lived. The LNWR Society (who's photo it is) gives the following; "LNWRS 846 0-4-0ST Webb 18" Gauge. Cheshire. Worleston. 'DICKIE' Trial of steam haulage on the canal - the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union. Six boats are being towed and appear to be in a muddle. Mr Webb in distance. Several by-standers, mainly women and children, have gathered to watch the men at work. Worleston. R3F Crewe Official C217. Source: CRPRT C217".

There was one time between my opening and shutting the back door and then opening the front door, it stopped raining. Sally lived in hope ever afterwards.

Checking through the maps on the NLS website, it looks as though the error is on the 1 inch to a mile series from revision in 1921-6. The 1/2500 maps show it as owned by the LMSR only.

I am sure I have read somewhere that the primary purpose of the partitions was to prevent the hirer getting more square feet of cattle wagon than they paid for when railway companies decided it was not worth while building small size cattle trucks.

Managed to get this clip from Farmer moving south, which I think answers the question - all the cows seem to be pointing the same way, across the wagon. At least, this is how BR in Yorkshire did it in 1952, other regions and times could have been different. For accuracy, also note that the floor was covered with sawdust. Also note that although external rings are provided on the wagon, the tarpaulin is tied down to the iron bracing strap!

In the Farmer Moving South film by BTF, I recall seeing the cattle wagons being covered by external tarpaulins to keep the rain and snow off of the cows.

And dead!

But not the Worsdell Q1's of the NER? (Later known as D18's by the LNER)

And also indicating that Derbyshire County Council had no idea about how the earth works. Limestone (of which there is a lot in Derbyshire) is one of the main sources of Radon Gas (see https://radonassociation.co.uk/guide-to-radon/introduction/). Radon levels in limestone country are as bad as they are in Granite country. Any assertion that Derbyshire is nuclear free was a load of poppycock. As an aside, anyone using geothermal heat is running on nuclear energy. As is anyone relying on the sun - although that runs on nuclear fusion rather than fission, it is still nuclear power.

Pre-owned should logically relate to anything you buy in a shop however old it might be, as whatever it is, it was presumably owned by the shopkeeper before you bought it!

Quote from "Canal and River Navigations" by E W Paget- Tomlinson: "Locomotive and Tractor Haulage: Steam locomotive haulage of canal boats was considered as early as 1830-31 by the Grand Junction, but no experiments were undertaken. In August 1839 half a mile of track was laid alongside the Forth and Clyde Canal near Camelon and an 0-4-0 mineral locomotive hauled canal boats with some success. However, due to the high cost, it was not pursued. In May 1888 the Shropshire Union laid a mile of 18" gauge track along a straight section of the Middlewich branch between Cholmodeston and Minshull locks, but later abandoned it. Motor tractors offered canal haulage possibilities. There was one on the Forth and Clyde in early 1953, a three wheeled machine towing oil barges for Shell-Mex. In the same year six Tractors were put to work on the Regent's Canal by the British Transport Commission who undertook towage after about eighteen months of experiment. They could tow80 ton capacity lighters and there use spread to the Lee and lower Grand Union. They were pneumatic tyred and petrol driven with a single cylinder four stroke air cooled motor of 5 or 8hp. .. In 1963 the petrol tractors were replaced by Ransome machines with single cylinder 9hp diesels."

As birds evolved from 4 legged dinosaurs, with their front legs becoming wings, that is technically true!

Wouldn't that be a Portaloo?