FarrMan

Just for information, Tony wright has a number of GWR items for sale on his forum. Lloyd

Tony Are the brown vehicles still available? Lloyd

Agreed, Tony. The Avoch (pronounced 'Och') to Fortrose track bed is another. Excellent for several kinds of wild fruit in the summer. Lloyd

Shortest in height or duration? Lloyd

Like West Highland roads. I think that they were designed on the principle that one good turn deserves another. Lloyd

According to GWR Engines Vol 2 (page 121), 'One point not generally known, is that these big 2-8-0's (i.e. the 4700 class) in common with the other 8 coupled classes of the GWR, had thinner flanges on the two inner pairs of driving wheels, and also, to allow a modicum of side play, the coupling rods had spherical seatings at the joints in the rods.' Lloyd

Surely they didn't nip down to halfords. How many rattle cans would a deltic need? Lloyd

Excellent, and I fully agree with the last paragraph as well. Lloyd

PFA (pulverised fly ash from coal fired power stations) and GGBS (Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag) are standard cement replacement products often used these days to reduce the cement content of concrete and hence the carbon equivalent on construction products. What will happen when the last coal fired power station and the last steel works close? Lloyd

What a brilliant idea! and what an excellent way to raise money for charity, and hopefully raise the status of railway modelling in some folks eyes. Hope all goes well. The company are probably getting what they want on the cheap as well. Benefits all round. I look forward to hearing how it works in practise. Lloyd

The most important exams for most of our courses (Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Quantity Surveying) took the form of a real life project within the 'local' area (The Highland region represents app 10% of the land area of the UK, and students came over from the islands, Argyll, Moray, etc., with some from further afield). They had to prepare a report indicating their own research, etc, into several different aspects of the project. They were also encouraged to show and discuss their progress with their tutors and others, so that we could encourage them and guide them along the right lines. We tried to design it to be as near to a normal work situation as possible. Part of the submission was a presentation in front of two tutors, which included answering questions. I always asked them what they had learnt by doing the project, and usually they explained how they would do it differently the next time, which showed us how well they were learning. Lloyd

Not one I set!!! Lloyd

A good exam will test comprehension rather than memory. Fact sheets will be included, or you may be allowed to bring your own notes up to a given number of pages. But what proportion of exams are good exams? Lloyd

Had the pozzilanic qualities of ash been identified at that time? Lloyd

More likely over Spittol Bridge. Nearer for cattle market. Lloyd