MartinRS

The Metcalf station looks like a MS&LR double pavilion station, or one of the similar later GCR designs for the Cheshire Lines Committee. There is a (floor) plan of the Chapeltown and Thorncliffe station here, but no elevations. There are plenty of photos of former MS&LR/GCR stations on the web. Chapeltown is still standing but is a private residence. Another extant station, still in use, is Woodhouse, though the present building has been spoilt by the application of orange paint! Most of the early MS&LR double pavilion stations shared a similar design and footprint.

Do we get ladders?

I was responding to a suggestion that that a DMU would be a nice addition to the TT:120 range, though it is interesting to note that Hornby's BR blue Class 08 stock level is now shown as being down to the 'Last Few'. It could be the low price which has resulted in the low number of units left for sale, in which case I would expect the two other liveried Class 08s to sell out. I bought the blue 08 earlier this year, though I really wanted a green or black liveried version. I suspect the relatively high sales volume of the blue 08 is caused by BR green era modelers compromising, and going for the nearest chronological era. If another manufacturer does decide to produce a loco in TT:120 then a Class 20 could be an option. Serious modelers would buy them in pairs! (I do remember seeing short mixed freight train being operated out of Tinsley yard behind a single Class 20. I knew the regular driver of what he called 'the tripper', a fellow model railway enthusiast). The Class 20 appeared in many BR liveries as well as GBRf, HNRC, DRS, Hunslet Barclay, London Transport (new and retro) liveries. Some were bought for use on the CFD Autun-Avallon network which would make the model attractive to continental modellers. Industrial users include Hope Valley Cement Works and Corus. Australian kit bashers would also find the loco attractive as the MRWA G class is based on the Class 20.

Something that appeared in BR green livery which had a long service life to maximize its appeal would be nice.

Rotherham Westgate railway station was opened by the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, taken over by the Midland Railway and incorporated into the LMS. As far as I know it was never part of the LNER.

I'm not sure if Lincoln Loco do in fact offer the Deltic bodyshell in TT:120. I don't see it listed on their TT:120 product page and their 'Also available in TT:120' logo is absent from the Delic's web page. It would be great if they (or Blefuscu) designed a bodyshell which could be swapped for the Hornby proposed Class 50 with a minimum (or zero) changes to the bodyshell or chassis.

The BBC reports part of the plans are for a track engineering college. Some of the funding has come from the Arts Council managed Cultural Development Fund, which had a £30 million pot to play with for the whole of England in the 2022-23 period.

Didn't one of Iain Banks' characters in the Wasp Factory come up with an imaginative name for a small Scottish town?

Have you tried deploying these throughout the layout?

So you don't have any plans to model the Hove Park Miniature Railway and the Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway?

I'm not sure about that. Photographs such as the type you describe have certainly been removed from Wikimedia Commons. If you are just using the spoof advertising on a model railway and not posting pictures online I can't see you having a problem. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright might be a good place to look for general advice, though be aware that international issues are accounted for there.

I can understand why Hornby produced the Mallard and the Flying Scotsman. These iconic locos would have been low hanging fruit for continental manufacturers if Hornby had omitted them from their initial range. The obvious problem with these locos is the lack of a front coupling and a reasonably priced TT:120 turntable. Hornby have suggested that a TT:120 layout could be built on a widow sill, which is true, but what rolling stock would be suitable, other than the class 08? Although present family commitments mean I have little free time I do plan to build a double track 'dog-bone' layout, with two junctions, both on the same (hidden) loop, leading to terminus stations. The advantage of this arrangement is point to point running with the option of just watching trains go round and round. I'm not so sure about Hornby's first diesel being a Class 50. Something ubiquitous, with a wide area of operation and longevity to accommodate different liveries would have been a far better choice in my opinion. (A range of liveries would enable the roll-out of a 'new' loco every year, with just the body-shell being different). A loco with a history of hauling both passenger stock and a wide range of freight wagons would have made more sense to me. If you was to accurately model a class 50 with all of the 16T mineral wagons the entire class had ever hauled I suspect you would have a light engine. If you did the same with a a Class 31 or 47 you would have a very tired angry shunter! (The planned 21T mineral wagon appears to be a strange choice to me. I just can't understand why Hornby didn't choose the 16T mineral wagon, a far more common vehicle). Someone on RMweb posted publicity for the initial Graham Farish N gauge range in one of the TT:120 or Hornby threads. What was apparent was the variety (not number) of locos suitable for a wide range of operating requirements. If my present circumstances had been different I would probably been pretty annoyed about Hornby's present range of motive power. As it happens, the lack of ubiquitous diesels and mid power range steam locos mean I'm just not spending anything on TT:120 at the moment. I can certainly remember from my childhood that large pacifics cost more than a 4-6-0s. I would imagine the same is true today. The emphasis on large pacifics could price some potential buyers out of the market. I'm still enthusiastic about TT:2120 but disappointed in the range of products Hornby have on offer.

An even longer shot: I hope they produce one of the Wath Daisies!

You don't live anywhere near Far Twittering do you?

They dug another hole and buried it there. (With apologies to the script-writers of The Bank Job).

Now we know why Fat Boy 3 has an armoured train. It's in order to survive the next asteroid strike!

The MML , as existed when the six car set Midland Pullman was introduced went through Monsal Dale and over Headstone Viaduct, as can be seen in this BFI film. The track didn't survive into the 1970s, never mind the 1980s. You can see footage of the Midland Pullman in Upper Dale, running in both directions about 17 minutes into the footage. The inspector in the cab has a route list which can be seen 17 minutes into the the film and again 19minues 50 seconds in. I never saw the Midland Pullman though I did see the WR 8 car set going through Swindon on a couple of occasions.

Is this the Midland Pullman (as is mentioned in the article title) and if so when did they lose the Midland prefix to the train name on the cab-side?

I didn't buy The Scotsman set though I do remember reading that the Christmas released coaches lacked working lights.

Not strictly a TV or film, and no rail content, the BBC has posted a video on 'Why Henry Ford imported a Cotswold cottage to Michigan'. An accompanying photograph shows a train which BBC claims is 'the longest the UK had ever seen'.

I have just posted a link on the 'PECO announces its entry into the TT gauge market' thread. As it is relevant I've posted it here as well. It shouldn't take too much effort for Peco to tool-up to create a chassis.

I fairly sure I read an article or blog about two years ago which mentioned Peco using a new machine to make rail. I did a web search but couldn't find the artcle. What I did find is this video which shows Peco using Hurco and Roeders machines to make model railway track and buildings.

How could a scale that's been around since 1946 and is the second-most popular scale in Central Europe fail? I'm just curious.

I suspect we have all had horse-meat. Does anyone remember the horse-meat scandal from 2013?

I can remember being asked to take a look at a faulty PET 2001 back in the 1980s. It would run small programs but failed when running larger programs. I wrote a small routine to flip and test the RAM and identified one of the chips as being faulty. (I think the chip was a 6550 with 512 bytes). I bought a replacement for a mere £17-50 which would buy a 128 GB SD card now!