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Simply ordering a few downloads does it for me. But don't worry some of the manufacturer's do pay for downloads or use of photos, as also do some publishers. so the cost of the site is covered with some beer money left over. Which is used - I'm very partial to an American hopped citrus ale but do get annoyed by "session ales" of 5%ABV - as The Tap had last Thursday. Very short session if I drink those. Some manufacturer's also give the occasional freebie. My greatest pleasure is being able to pick up a model and say - Ah as at Eastleigh 15 November 1982 (the first Bachmann Queen Mary in full air brake, departmental green). I just wish I had some idea how many of my photos have been produced as models - far more than I'm aware of. As I have said earlier I'm lazy so have given up writing. I shouldn't but am happy to leave to the others. Reproduction fees in the magazines are useful amounts but this has driven up the expectation of payment for books which can be very high (not least from a certain Crown Copyright archive - Crown copyright was developed to assist publication of government information, not control or prevent it - and I'll admit the one photo I've had published in an Attenborough BBC book gained my place of work enough to pay for the entire days work I did on the day I took that photo, including considerable travel - you won't find my name in the book. Perhaps not unreasonable as it was such common book many of you may well have it on your bookcase). Anyway, what is not so commonly realised is that the author is expected to pay these fees, not the publishers despite them making far far more from publication than an author ever does. Not helped by how cheap books are now and how short print runs. The publishers have all the power which is why I am critical that Crecy is not editing or presenting Dave L's work to the highest standards. Paul

Many years ago some of us were of the opinion we should be recognised as industrial archaeologists by the academic community. But be cautious, many of us are qualified by formal examination in our own fields. Paul

Don't overlook the floor boards ran lengthwise, quite different to any other wagons. It was the first 300 BR wagons of diag 1/051 that were built unfitted B743000- 743299 (not 200). These were all listed for Vac brake in 1958. https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brclayhood Non of the GWR wagons were similarly listed, unsurprising as they were relatively elderly and many had received 2nd hand independent brake to replace the Churchward. PS27 is a 'modern' wagon, 17ft 6in oh with 10ft wb. The GWR wagons are only 16ft long. The planking is also different. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/gwropenmerchandiseowv/e51cdfbfa Clayliners as mentioned from the 1960s https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/prenatclayliner https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brclayliner A lot are listed in one of Dave Larkin's books, but his list isn't complete. Paul

Simon Grateful for the kind comments by you and others. But I'm easily the laziest out of our little group - Trev Mann doing huge numbers of scale drawings by hand (we published 100 drawings in about 3 years via BR Wagons and the MRC Datafile) and with David Ratcliffe recording traffic flows big and small; Peter Fidczuk (his series in the Bachmann Collectors magazine would make a great (series of) books). All photographing in colour. And far from least David Monk-Steel taking up the batten of finishing BR wagons - but in the detail now demanded by just a few of you and using electronics to ensure many drawings are published. And others who also do more than their bit - several on here. But, I don't agree the general defence of editorship. Yes, non of us have ever published anything without a fault we immediately pick up the moment we see it in print. But repetition of paragraphs, numbers with an extra digit - these are something that a technical editor should have picked up - indeed some may be the fault of the layout designer. It is just annoying that some on here condemn David for these. Some have also queried the price. I'll admit I was very surprised this series was being done as hard back books. I know books have become cheaper to produce (perhaps not so true since paper prices went up but for a while far less than we were paying for OPC and WS books in the 1980s). However, during my stint as Secretary of the HMRS we had discussions about hard back vers soft back publication - IIRC the first edition of Parkin's Mk 1 coaches had both and even in those days the cost to the HMRS was considerably different. Paul

I'm sure that Dave Larkin would have recorded them if they were in that part of the world. Or do you mean the APCM Vac brake vans https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/apcmvan which were longer than the van in this photo, which is a conventional 16ft 6 in or 17ft 6in length. Also the necessary vac brake. It is the ribs across the roof which are the clincher for me. Paul

Far too late for a Private bagged cement van (non had TOPS numbers), There are strips across the roof - Gunpowder van. Rather earlier but a 25 through Clapham https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/class2425/e5f8a4fa6 complete with two buses on bridge for added realism. Paul

May I simply re-inforce this comment. David and me, separately, took an interest in wagons from the mid 1960s. There was nothing easily available whatsoever to guide. He talks of finding the old PT wagons surviving in nearby industrial sites, and being able to access Hoo Junction weekly to collect his pay packet. [For me it was one member of the Staines MRS, the wagon articles by Don Rowland and the West Herts Group]. Even British Goods Wagons Railway Book 1887 to Present Essery Rowland Steel wasn't produced until 1970. It astounds me how much David and some of our other colleagues have managed to find in the nooks and crannies of the very dispersed archives. But as is mentioned often, much of the information has been lost, either to bombs or the ever present skip. Even more amazing is how much effort he has made to make this information available, in various ways ever since the 1970s. An outstanding record of continual dedication. Yes, he is not an academic. Neither is he well served by his editor which should have picked up many of the mistakes mentioned in the critiques on here. Paul Bartlett

Carlisle D200 40122 up freight to Workington 21st April 87 C8340 Carlisle Class 40 D200 or 40122 up freight to Workington 14th April 87 C8271 It is painted green, the colour is a bit off. The Blue tanks in each of these trains are STS Hays Sulphuric tanks. There were only 7 of this design, with one more that was dissimilar. https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/stssulphuricacid Paul

Another iconic migratory bird is the Osprey. This one has a readable ring which was put on it somewhere in Germany. Paul

Saturday 14 October is World Migratory Bird Day and millions of birds are on the move all across the globe. I was fortunate to see some of north Europes migratory species in their winter home in Senegal at the end of February. These House Martins were on the roof of the lodge room, huddled together. Unlike other birds which all get up at the crack of dawn they - and there were lots of them - stayed a bed for hours longer. Perhaps this was because insects also took some time to become active and become a meal. Paul

A while ago someone wrote up one of these on the GoG forum. The closest prototype is the unusual short van Diagram E199 operated to the UK from the old Yugoslavia - second part of https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/ferryyugoslavianvan Paul

When did the Fords engines begin manufacture, lots of vans on that traffic, admittedly not standard 12tonners Paul

Wasn't a disc in August 2022 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brsteam/e27891c0f Paul

Back in 1981 BSC Workington were producing large numbers of steel sleepers - many of the internal user wagons used to take them to the docks were loaded with bundles of them. https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/workingtonsteel Paul

https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/srguvandb/ecd9e3e7 The end is planked with two planking sizes so suggests a rebuild of the sides. Paul

Better photo of this Stove BZ M32998M https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/departmental975200/e1e21e2ae Paul

Well spotted, here is a Catfish in Hopper Train no. 6 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brcatfishzev/e786cbc9 and another https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brcatfishzev/e8aa6b23 Paul

Lancaster training wagon 17th May 72 C1388 Catfish in Gulf Red Paul

I'll avoid comment on a "heavy bump". If anyone is interested these are photos of the outside of the verandah Observation car 99965 https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/?q=99965 and this is Dining car 1 99967 which I am assuming is where the kitchen was damaged https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/?q=99967 Thanks to previous poster adb968008 for plans of the coaches. Paul

as Eastwestdivide said, not set up yet. Obviously very newly laid. And yes we are talking about the switch blades. Or only to be run through onto the line the photographer is standing on - we don't know what was behind that person. Paul

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/landrecovery at least 4 are Carlsbergs. Paul

Some of my photos of the area - Immingham Docks https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/imminghamdock https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/?q=immingham Conoco refinery https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/conocorefinery Paul

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/mineralmcv10ft And, as Mark is alluding to, there are plenty of the NCB (and similar) conversions in https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/internaluser Paul

Light engine through York today - as the lunchtime engineers train from Doncaster to Tyne Yard Paul https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/class60

Very nice. Date of photos required! I didn't say that after 1959 they didn't get painted. The BTC wrote to BR expressing concern at how awful the freight stock looked and they began to paint everything. And then we get the ridiculous 1963 plus period when everything was freight stock red. Is the second photo repaint or resheeted. Total resheeting wasn't unusual. Paul