Pete 75C

That clue passed right over my head... all this time I thought it was referencing Newhaven as in harbour as in Sussex... D'oh.

I think the point that most of us are trying to make is in fact just an opinion. That is that the law, in this case, is an ass.

Curiosity well and truly has got the better of me. There's a Hornby Dublo CoBoBoCoWhatever on ebay currently just with a starting bid of 99p and another for sale "Buy It Now" for £265... Hmmm. Assuming the 99p loco will not sell for 99p, it does make Heljan's Cl.28 look attractively priced. I just don't need one. But I want one. Damnit!

What with my "sticky up pipe things" and Mike's "whatevers", there's obviously not a proper engineer amongst us...!

Can anyone tell me what the sticky-up pipe things* are in this view? * I doubt that's correct engineering terminology but hey...

Interesting that if you read the comments attached to the article, everyone's saying what we're all thinking...

In my head, that sounds like a cross-dressing clown. Not that I've met any...

I reckon almost every railway modeller has bought an Ian Futers layout except me. It's becoming really annoying... Can I have first refusal on the next one?

What's in a name when even the loco has an identity crisis? Am I CoBo or am I BoCo???

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/60136-art-and-catalogues/ see post #22. I remember that one. I would only have been 5 or so...

Yep... "Have rubber ring, will travel" has always been my motto, or is it "Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora"... I can never remember...

In the absence of any new insider info from CK who has not been online for a couple of days, it would appear that a little off-topic good-natured banter about the resemblance of a Class 70 to a shipping container is not to be tolerated and has been the subject of a little "thread de-cluttering" by a moderator. There must have been half a dozen posts deleted since I last had a look at this thread? I see very little point adding anything else to this thread if there's a 50-50 chance it will disappear in a few hours...

A shot of the survivor (courtesy Wiki) as a reminder that it is kinda cute in a bookish, non-cheerleader way...

All the talk on the news (and even in this thread) of an alternative route may well have cost this guy a few grand... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-26163597 I'd buy it though. Assuming someone could lend me the other half a million... http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43506245.html It's rather lovely.

Agreed - I'd take my chances riding out a storm inside a shipping container any day. Using Pacer units might result in someone a mile inland getting an unexpected new Pacer-shaped garden ornament...

Common enough that I've always wanted a blue/green DMU combo for a circa 1970 layout. I don't think I've ever seen a livery mix on an EMU from that period though. Mind you, that's another question!

Depends which way it's parked...

The CoBo was always the loco that never had a date for the Prom, but I too think she's lovely.

Like Ashcombe yesterday, I'm finding the Radio Devon links a good source of images showing the most recent damage. In the second picture, the red and blue containers are distorted so much it almost looks like explosives have been detonated inside them! Whoever had the idea to form a line of ballasted containers knows what they're doing. Without them, I can't imagine the extra damage that would have been done. Such a simple solution, and they're sacrificial too. Both these pictures sourced from BBC Radio Devon:

That's just a polite way of saying I am talking out of my a*se, isn't it!? Seriously, I'm sure you're right. Pete.

Point taken, but compare a concrete driveway to a gravel drive. Even if the concrete drive has a drainage channel (which it obviously should), which driveway drains quickest? IMHO, just because slab track is a modern solution, doesn't make it best or even better. Usual disclaimer that not being a civil engineer, I could well be talking out of my a*se, it's just an opinion!

Yes, I just had a look. The screen grab from the webcam is probably the last decent daylight image today. It also goes some way to explain that non-draining slab track might not be the best idea for this location!

Yeah, but they're not orange. How do we know it's really him...?

Just to buck the trend of the thread a little... I needed a footbridge for my Tor Bay layout in N. A quick look at ebay brought this up: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-LYDDLE-END-N8091-PLATFORM-FOOTBRIDGE-RARE-TAKE-A-LOOK-/271388141107?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f2ffe6633 Looks great, but call me tight, no way was I going to pay that... Just got back from my local model shop and what did he have brand new and unopened for a measly £8 sitting on a dusty top shelf...? Yeah... you guessed. What a happy coincidence - there's no way could I have built something that detailed in N, probably not even OO. Chuffed to bits. Had I spent £33, that would have been ebay madness!

If you follow Kris's link (above), there's another link to the webcam that created this time-lapse footage showing the damaged stretch of track where the containers are. It appears to be on a 30 second refresh, and at 08:50 this morning, it seems to be raining again! Did it ever stop...? Direct link below: http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/bbcdawlish/camputerb86.jpg