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The terms "inner rail" and "outer rail" still persist today, describing whether the train is going clockwise, outer rail, or anti-clockwise, inner rail.

Amazing stuff there. I'm tempted but my knowledge of computers and my patience with them runs very thin at times! I've got to build a new double double junction on my layout as it doesn't work properly and needs to be moved round the bend a bit more.

Luckily I found the air tanks in my Metropolitan Railway F class loco were the right size for the job. :) My models were converted back in the early 1980s. :). Oh, and I've just found some spare bogie sideframes. Clearing out thre railway room after an invasion of mice!

It needs air tanks on the roof in tops days. :)

It would also be that the signal for the movement from the platform to the branch will display a yellow aspect with route indicator to remind the driver of the speed restriction and it will in effect act as a fixed distant for the next signal along the branch.

Remember too that "permissive working" or permissive block only applies to non-passenger lines except on the approach to platforms where a train can be signalled into an occupied platform using a subsidiary signal. The driver of a train entering such a section must be prepared to stop short of any train already in that section.

They had similar problems at Salisbury when locos were trying to haul the derailed trains out of the tunnel after the collision there a couple of years ago. the trains were wedged in the tunnel!

Remember pensioners go free on the bus as well.

Well made is the key. The Kitmaster plastic glue was awful stuff, it always came out in great globs which meant the builder always used too much of it. I find the modern acetone-based stuff works very well. I've not noticed KM plastic going brittle.

How did you guess? :)

Much the same state the KESR was in quite a few yers ago. Fortunately that railway has survived and flourished. A lot of members there made long-term loans to the company most of which i understand have now been repaid. Some have foregone getting repaid, donating the money to the railway. One problem is that the UK has maybe too many preserved railways all chasing a similar market from both paying visitors and donations from enthusiasts. A bit like the reserved bus hobby with lots of 1950s buses all preserved with the best intent back in the early 1970s now up for sale as their owners struggle with their upkeep and younger entrants to the hobby aren't interested in buses of that age. I know because I'm one of those who preserves buses from the early 1950s.

Surely it's the locomotive's insurers who will pay for damage to other people's property?

I've got a set of about 6 blood and custard KM coaches, all built by someone back in the day. They all have weight in them that were included in the kits. There'sa couple of restaurant cars in maroon that need to be rebuilt as well, and a couple of others have the Peco card interiors which really do look nice when made up and fitted. The main errorI find is the channel section solebar. But run them as a complete train and they look quite good. Back in the day they were ideal for kit bashing, an article in the MRC back in 1962 showed how to make the Clacton electric units from them. I really must get on with my KM Blue Pullman rebuild.

Yes of course, traincrew area a different breed.

Lovely, thanks. Yes, the spurious bits were shared with the Lowmac wagon. I just found a part-built JCB and what appears to be a nearly complete kit in my round tuits boxes! It's amazing what's to be dug up. :)

There's also a quantity of Hartell track being disposed of.

4 more ran out of the box of rolling stock...cat paid a visit, he can go back in there today.

Sorting through my collection of round tuits I've re-discovered my tram kit collection and some of the missing parts. If anyone's interest drop me a pm on here. There's an LCC 4 wheel stores car in LCC brown, a West Ham 4 wheeler in LT livery, an E1 in a cream and brown LCC livery, all need finishing off and have motors, 1 Feltham in LT livery, complete but needs completing, another Feltham, part-built with motors, one end damaged window pillars, a Leeds Horsfield car with XT60 motor and an Anbrico Sheffield Roberts car with motor. And a Varney Liverpool car which was motorised but the bogies haven't been unearthed yes, not has the roof! It's dented but repairable. The London cars have ABS working trolley poles too.I posted pics on here about 5 years ago but they've probably vanished by now.

The domestic cat was utilised later on this afternoon. Rummaging through one of the stock boxes disturbed a family of about 4 mice! Cat was introduced to part of his evening meal. 3 others are still at large.

Pity I can't log in to the channel 4 site, yet another forgotten password. About 30 years ago a Finnish layout visited the MRC's exhibition. The Finnish club subsequently used a foam baseboard with varying degrees of success. I suspect we've all been brought up reading too many of Cyril's "shows you how" books.

The domestic cat is usually good at his job especially with field mice.

So while Avanti are short of drivers, DB freight are telling drivers their services are no longer required! as we know in the past most drivers were multi-skilled and could drive expresses as well as slow, heavy freight trains. Not so in this modern age. Last year I worked in Manchester on tram replacement bus driving, using the trains. I usually bought the ticket from Ashford Kent to Manchester Piccadilly, fare was about £82 with senior card, not to bacd. One weekend no advance returns available, so I had to but a single, no problem. Coming back the following weekend the ticket man at Piccadilly couldn't sell me a walk-up fare, I'd have to buy an advance ticket. But I want to travel today. No problem, there's a train in 10 minutes, you've bough an advance ticket. the knowing wink said a walk-up ticket would be a lot dearer. A computer is unlikely to tell you that.

I've jut found a few Airfix JCBs in a box but can't remember how they go together. Can anyone kindly post a copy on here for me? Thanks.

Most of my boxes and cupboards have suffered a severe mouse infestation. It's a brick-built room adjacent to the garage in the garden, built to "house" standards. Every cupboard has been invaded. Maybe they've eaten it??

I'll wait in hope for the moment...the other one may just re-appear from the carpet monster! I'm also missing a brake shoe from the etched chassis kit.