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Farnley Junction Leeds in 1976 or1977; a miswire in a location cabinet resulted in a clear aspect when a a crossover was reversed, which allowed a Trans - Pennine unit to collide head - on with a train stood at a signal on the opposite line, killing the driver.

Extreme telephoto!

And that the cash for renewals comes from a different pot to that for investment; indeed, he might like to learn exactly how capitalism actually works

Well, that was a helluva game! 2 - 2, with Celtic scoring a penalty in time added on, and having a player sent off during the gamesmanship melee which followed the award. The game was played in monsoon conditions, and the ref thought about calling it off at half time.

In many ways, quite poignant.

What are you doing tomorrow about 1.00 p.m.? Stalybridge v Hyde at Bower Fold

Also, the platforms were still fairly crowded, weren't they?

Course you do! For all the Unsworth haters on Faceache, what would you think the first job of any manager appointed this season would be? I would guess to stabilise things. Along with Frank, he seems to be doing that. Over at Stalybridge, I can see us playing Atherton in the last game of the season and the loser being the team relegated.

I get the impression that one of each of the portal stanchions is positioned where such a line would run, through the station; there isn't much room anywhere else. As Peanuts has mentioned, it looks as if, on the east end viaduct, the portal stanchions are fixed externally. Seems a shame in some ways.

Over the last couple of days, I've had a mosey around while visiting Tesco in Stalyvegas, and the tip, and noticed the following: The gantries are more or less complete right through the station; there's one missing at the Eastern end. They are also complete from the West Junction as far as the B6175 bridge on the Guide Bridge line, and through Guide Bridge yard; quite a few of the registration arms are also in position. There is nothing at all across the viaduct between Ashton and Guide Bridge yard; I wonder if this is to to with gaining access to the viaduct without disrupting the businesses in the arches below? The new signals look to be of the modern modular type, as stated before. The ones at the western end look like they are 4 - aspect. The feather on the one on the platform nearest the tip site is towards Piccadilly I've no idea on progress on the line to/from Victoria. While waiting at the ASDA lights on my way home, a class 185 came over the viaduct heading East.

I wonder if Jvol4208 is a tulip special on its way to Spalding?

Neither did it show the road from Mamucium to Eboracum, some of which my mother helped to trace, on a WEA class

HS2 Phase 1 is finishing in a field somewhere between Lichfield and Stafford. Birmingham is on a branch.

Four vans, all different!

Yes, just enough superheat to prevent the steam reaching its saturation temperature when the piston reaches the exhaust port opening point, I think

All pretty spectacular, but the last one is still my favourite, for some reason! I suppose it shows just how risky thre early flights were

Trying to remember what headcode 82 on the Kent Coast line was; I can remember them at Dartford.

My reference (British Warships of World War 1, by Dittmar and Colledge) gives only one R.N. Dreadnought battleship built by Vickers in Barrow; HMS Emperor of India, an Iron Duke class battleship, launched in 1913, and no other armoured ships at all. So unless it was for a foreign navy, I can't think what it was for. Others building there at that time were the Japanese battlecruiser Kongo, and the Ottoman battleship which became HMS Erin.

Wasn't that during the exceptional event which occurred between 1939 and 1945, though?

Pretty good CGI, that!

Delph Station, at the end of the LNWR Delph Branch (a.k.a. the Delph Donkey) off the Standedge line. Closed to passengers in 1955 and to goods in 1964. The photo looks as if it was in the last two months of passenger working, when the the standard 2MT tanks had replaced the Fowler 3MT tanks on the push - pulls. The train would be for Oldham (Clegg Street)

I don't think I've ever seen a photo of one of those with a 6 - prefixed number before. in Jvil 7373, Ford Castle appears to be carrying a stopping passenger disc. Looking at all those ex - GER vehicles in the train, I'm not surprised.

Is all that base material on the site of the former chemical works siding?

Not quite, but something similar happened to a cadet at Shields when I was there; it's about as likely as Johnster's story above. Phase 1, second year, we're all in digs. The digs were on Beach Road, fairly near the park. He'd been out clubbing and was fairly happy. Two of his "mates" helped him to the front door, knocked on and left him standing there. Landlord comes to the door, takes one look and helped him to the park and laid him on a seat. Later our lad wakes up, staggers home, and knocks on to be let in but there's no - one awake. The next thing is he's shoulder barged the front door flat!

I hope Aviva are around for many years yet. I have an ISA with them!