FarrMan

55 Class - Oban bogies. Lloyd

Who is this Gay Abandon, and what are you two getting up to? Lloyd

If I am not too late I will go for the Caley Jumbos as well. Lloyd

Even if you are, what you see 'every day' is not as interesting as somewhere railway related where you have never been before. I might find the electrics at Woking interesting, though probably not for long, whereas the Kyle line and Far North line trains or Inverness station would be a bit boring. Even Garve station with a bit of time to explore could be quite interesting. Mentioning Garve, can anyone think of anywhere else where a road bridge has been replaced with a level crossing?

There are far too many who give off more heat than light, and talk about stuff that they know nothing about. It is easy to make a fool of oneself! It reminds me of a minister describing such a minister's preaching, referring to Solomon's parents being told of his birth, 'The Angel wrought wonderously and Manoah &his wife looked on'. His decription was @the preacher wrought wonderously and the text looked on'. Lloyd

From my experience in Zimbabwe and in Ghana, it is very difficult to photograph the subtle shades of African faces. I'm glad they were delighted with the results. Lloyd

I'll join in the S15 band wagon. Lloyd

Not as consistently long lived as Black Motors, though. Lloyd

My vote this time is for the 700 class Black Motors. The whole class lasted 60 years, and over half 65 years with few modifications other than superheating. Surely that counts as successful. Lloyd

And for which company. I did learn that much. Lloyd

I have duly done my research, the result of which is that I have found out that I know nothing about Mr Worsdell's locos, so I will abstain in this poll. Lloyd

Clive I have never kissed a Masso in my life! Lloyd

If I am not putting feet in it again, O4 as well. Clive Whatever you do, don't ask for Wallies in a Glasgow chippy! Lloyd

Clive Are the Wallies to eat the fish and chips? Wallies is Glaswegian for false teeth. Lloyd

Oh dear. Not been able to respond to this thread for the last couple of months, and then first time I do respond, I put my foot in it! In that case I will stick with the Directors for this one. Thanks for keeping me right - I need it. Lloyd

I'll opt for the 8K which became the O4 class. Lloyd

In Scotland, they are known as having 'Special Educational Needs', which is supposed to include those that are super brainy, but all those that I found were mentally of physically challenged, and quite often from broken homes. I was supply teaching in a special needs school for a time, and most of them were nice kids - often better than you get in mainstream. My best teaching experience was in that school, when I got a lass in a wheelchair who had to speak through an artificial voice box to be able to saw a bit of wood - she was absolutely delighted! Lloyd

There are times, though when these experts are more ex than pert, but what is not recognised is that they are very much in the minority. One of the things we tried to instill into our students (with difficulty) was how to check the reliability of their information sources. Lloyd

I thought that bankers were odd by definition! Lloyd

Same for me. Lloyd

Same for me Lloyd

Does that mean that today is Yes Tor Day? Lloyd

Ben na Caillach, after 1926 when the spelling was corrected. It means 'Hill of the Old Women', and is in the Red Coolins on Skye. I used to pass them often when living in Portree. One of my jobs involved looking after the airstrip at Broadford, near the Coolins, and private pilots would often ask us what the weather was there. As we were 30 miles away, we used to look out of the window and tell them if we could see the top of the Coolins at 3,000 odd feet. That gave them a good enough indication of cloud level. Talking of the airstrip, one of my last jobs with the Council was to fill in a claim form for a fire at the fire station. We also had to send in to Head office a list of plane registrations that had landed each month, for them to collect landing fees. HQ had a book with a list of all the registration numbers and contact details, including what model of plane. We got a phone call back one month - 'Did you really have a 747 land at Broadford?' The Secretary had put the wrong registration number down! Lloyd

Oops. Forgot that. Now where can I put it? Lloyd

You missed out the fun fare, circus, hot air balloon and UFO landed in the field. But then you would not want to make it look rediculous, would you? Lloyd