Adam88

This immediately reminded me of the magnificent Mount Clare roundhouse in Baltimore which houses a large and fascinating collection of locomotives and other historical artefacts.

I visited this preserved Vicinal line at Érezée in the Ardennes recently and travelled in this smoky diesel railcar and trailer.  Their snow plough was rather interesting too.

On 28/09/2022 at 22:46, ChrisN said:

I think they are part of the Met now

I'm pretty sure that they're still distinct organisations.

What a topic!

1. I had a boss who emigrated for about ten years to Australia and during that period he needed to order some concrete for some foundations.  Now by this time Australia had started to slide down the metrication slope and his order for X cubic yards of ready-mix got translated into X cubic metres.  He had the deepest set of foundations in all Canberra by the time he'd finished.
2. Seeing the whitemetal model horses made me think of the famous Silver, horse to the Lone Ranger, and that sent me down the YouTube rabbit-hole, reminding me that I am no intellectual when it comes to classical music.
3. I was always cautioned that with horses you should always keep well clear of the moving parts.

You can take this sort of thing too far though, especially if you have a cavalry background,

Scatalogic Rites of All Nations

cropped up in project Gutenberg the other day.

11 hours ago, Nick Holliday said:

That's a good picture showing how the tops of the planks forming the sides have been chamfered on the top outside edge, and are square on the bottom, so that water drains off, and doesn't sit in the joint.  3D printers please note!

Don't anyone tell Airnimal (S7).

On 23/05/2020 at 08:12, Mikkel said:

Ideally you would want a figure looking dead scared at the horrendous speed.

Dr Lardner?