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I think it might be the Pwllheli horse drawn Brush tram, before restoration. Unfortunately both photos on the VCT register are taken from the opposite side to yours, but you can make out ventilated toplights on the far side. There are four windows instead of three, but of course these may have been replaced. http://www.tram.rhrp.org.uk/tms/tramInfo.asp?Ref=282

A few more of the CCLR, mostly taken in the museum which I think is now closed. 'Sutton Belle', 'Sutton Flyer', 'Mighty Atom' and a few others.

Now joined by a suitably wonky Emmett-ish coach built around the chassis of one of the wagons from the set.

It's from the caboose. I have now decided that ATPR stands for the Alwen, Twllan, & Pentrefoelas Railway, built circa 1911 to support the construction of the Alwen Reservoir, which eked out an impecunious existence serving a collection of scattered farms until being abandoned and lifted at the outbreak of WW2.

I recall years ago seeing a 009 layout which used live sphagnum moss to represent a moorland scene. It was on the exhibition circuit for a while and I'm sure it was featured in RM. Early 80s, I think.

Almost done. Just need to fix a few snagging jobs, disguise the join on the sticker I used for the lettering (removed from the caboose in the set), and then cover the sins of my paintwork with weathering powders.

The NG stuff appears to be largely from the Minitrains range.

Yep!

No skill required there. As I say, it's a perfect fit for the body and that is where it naturally comes to rest.

Tenshodo spud under a permanently coupled wagon?

Lovely. I've been meaning to do one of those ever since I first saw this book cover.

Ta. The rods will be disappearing under side skirts, so I might as well leave them as they are.

Come to think of it, the pushalong version also lacks the coupling mounting holes of the original, so a tiny amount of trimming would be required on most Nellie bodies. I dare say that if the chassis fits a Nellie it will also fit the Tri-ang NBL and Barclay shunters, the top tank, and the international tank.

Inspired by this thread, I dug out a train set in a tin bought for me by my nieces a few years back, and was pleased to find that the chassis is an exact - and I mean exact - fit for the Tri-ang Nellie body, with no trimming or packing required. This one is the 1980s Hornby pushalong version of the Nellie, which handily came with plain buffer beams, and once I've added side skirts and painted the thing it should make for a nice little more or less Cape Gauge tramway engine. The cowcatcher is from a cheap plastic Wild West toy of unknown origin.

Love the Grandma Giles figure. Where did you find her?

Wolds Way Lavender, just off the A64 near Rillington, has a nice miniature railway which is occasionally steam worked. https://woldswaylavender.co.uk/play/miniature-railway/

I recently had the good fortune to obtain a scratch built O16.5 model of 'Drumboe.' Only trouble is there's a fairly important bit missing. Does anybody make a suitable replacement chimney, or is there something similar available with which I could get away?

A bit of good news from Aber: https://businessnewswales.com/welsh-slates-steam-loco-finds-its-forever-home-in-aberystwyth/?fbclid=IwAR03rnUVA98LOGpBE-FgqIoWYGU7FTFz6uItuNj9UF5aJU6jClbmKWTrqMo

It wasn't a politician but Humphrey Lyttelton, on American radio, talking about Lord Carrington.

Oh, and before the arrival of the 21t hoppers, Rowntree's had several of these. Three of them also went to the Moors, where one was cannibalised for spares, one donated its underframe to a cattle wagon body, and one was vac fitted for the transport of shed ash from Grosmont to New Bridge before being sold to Rocks by Rail. It is now at Hunsbury Hill. https://www.rocks-by-rail.org/2013/01/18/wagon-reveals-its-spots-hopper-update-ii-2/ http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7359

There was also this, which like most of the redundant Rowntree's stock was passed to the NYMR. If memory serves it was painted light grey. http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7361

The toy museum was in the former St. Thomas Church on East Sandgate, now the Sea Cadets' drill hall.

They've been using the Thomas 0-4-0T for a decade or so. It may be that the deal they struck with Britt Alcroft back in 1984 was nowhere near as stringent as Bachmann's deal with whichever American company held it when they got the American licence.

A thought: when Bachmann released its Thomas and Percy models as generic industrial tanks a few years ago it got into a certain amount of bother with the then-owners of the Awdry licence and had to withdraw them, so it's interesting that Hornby is now doing the same thing.

It's a perverse choice, especially when you consider that the E2 based starter set freelance 'Thomas' 0-4-0T has already been released in March umber with an E2 number.