John Besley

Take it steady, I know what it's like to try to rush the getting better, still signed off after 2 months for a busted wrist... Ashton will still be there, think out a job list plan of action, write lists and read up stuff...

Looks like it's got got a Triang Scotsman tender body fitted...

Very nice looks very much like parts of the SR mainline to Exeter... is it possible to reload the missing photos? Noted your comments on heating, I have used two tubular oil filled radiant heaters in my garage / workshop for the last 20 years running them 24/7 executive in the hight of summer, they keep paperwork dry and tools rust free

On another point is this stock only going to be propelled along the line as or have you got a cunning plan for coupling up this end?

Personally I'd go with what ever was standard for GWR PW stock...

Very nice, wish I had a pound for everytime I cleaned her in the early 70's

I thnk it was Ashley the ganger who walked the length every week who flagged the issue up having found evidence of flange side cutting in the wooded area below Greenaway

Ah the early morning milk train...

Of cource you'd never see that on a real railway.... imagine if you ran a set like that at an exhibition no-one would believe you

Gone With Regret....

Silly question which one would you recommend and from where?

No wonder it was the GWR ... Go When Ready

Good to see its from a smoke free home condition - Used (should be useless)

With the talk by @KNP over at Little Muddle it got me thinking I need a weed killer train on Exhill.... I am away at my daughters so rummaged around found paper and pencils in the granddaughters art box and came up with the concept sketch below... The first wagon has the drum containing the weedkiller will be a small barrel that came from the Falkirk wheel shop originally contained whiskey 😀 - now long since enjoyed.. This will have the sprayer bars and nozzles. The middle one will have a small donkey engine and crankshaft driven pump and controls. And the third wagon will have the concentrated weedkiller in drums and possabily sacks along with a second water tank. Still in the design thought process stage...

C1=Q1=33001

Q1 = C1 = 33001

We need a Charlie quickly or a Spam Can.... to correct the balance

Saw a Artic one going to a rally last summer pulling up the A30 from Honiton toward Exeter with a 2 axle twin wheel trailer complete with a period brick pallet Hiab on the trailer There's also one used as a lowloader with a Swan neck single rear axle trailer with removable rear wheel set for loading

Hope all works out for you Graham, I too am on the move once Dads house is sold (proceeds to be split with my brother and grandchildren) and our house on the market.... hopefully we can find somewhere with a decent garage for workshop etc. Then Exhill MK 2 can be reborn... I have one or two ideas up my sleeve. But we need a buyer first

Didn't someone use to produce a plastic kit for traction engines and road rollers?

Having a tidy up in the office found these two pictures from the early 70's taken at Exhill Works

Here's a further taste of the era...

Just to while away the time been pondering which colour picture looks better... A -1950's Black and White B -1970's film print from the corner shop C - Current digital era Be intreseted to see what is preffered on the odd occasion

Excuse my ignorance, but when did the RG finish with steam on a commercial bassis and become a tourist line