Oldddudders

Thankyou, Bill. People like you save lives. End of message! Anyway, Good Morning from 1V48, 06.40 Newcastle to Plymouth. After a weekend in Crewe, including a marvellous evening at the Theatre Royal, Hanley, watching Sherry's granddaughter and many other youngsters dancing with English Youth Ballet's version of Sleeping Beauty, we are on our way home to Torquay. Sadly a tree has fallen on the line south of Cheltenham, so we are currently looking at the Severn Bridge! The Tunnel is our way back to England, I believe. Three cheers for the XC driver having route knowledge!

Speaking as you have found about a decoder is actually far more useful in this sort of thread than blanket recommendations only ever to buy Brand X.

No doubt the snapper will be interested in - and helped by - your detailed knowledge of what is on the layout and where. So you direct the angles - and include some close-ups of the little cameos you have no doubt included. He/she will make suggestions, too, but that is when you look to see if it will reveal any bits that are 'less than'.

Solitary Man - Neil Diamond

It's A Nano-world - Spacer

Purple? ACL got there first. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/555631672773533818/

New York City - Miroslav Vitous

Yes, S69000 was the buffet car in 1956 4-BEP 7001. And a lovely vehicle!

Not quite Sussex, but Screaming Alice, at least. https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/85077/967233-Rapido-RCH-1907-7-Plank-Open-Wagon-number-232---Moger

Rush Over - Marcus Miller ft. Me'shell Ndegeocello

Kadee has for decades offered powdered graphite as its recommended lubricant for its knuckle couplers. It comes in a tube that acts as a sort of puffer-bottle.

Killer Joe - Quincy Jones

Surely PO liveries and ownerships weren't directly affected by Grouping?

Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes

"A moment's impatience - a lifetime of regret" was the slogan in SR EMU compartments, with a pic of a lady on the platform felled by a prematurely opened door.

Unlike Porsche's much-vaunted 917!

Sweet Sticky Thing - Ohio Players

Much against her expectations, when Sherry had another field of vision test at the hospital today she was pronounced fit to continue driving. Having had the threat of her licence being withdrawn hanging over her since November, and been told last week that she must desist until the result of today's test, you can imagine the relief is substantial! Her optician had referred her to the hospital in November on the grounds that she suspected glaucoma. This happened some years ago, but the hospital said then that there was no sign. This time they said the same - but the field of vision was restricted on one side, perhaps indicating a slight stroke. A subsequent brain-scan confirmed this. Today the field of vision test was a better score - but they see signs of glaucoma, so she has been prescribed drops. How can the same hospital come up with such opposing sets of results?

"Just have three afore ye go!"

That sounds terrifying, and incompetent, in equal measure. I hope all resolves happily soonest.

Give Up Your Guns - The Buoys

https://sremg.org.uk/headcodes/sheadcodes.html

In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans

And of course the early '90s was when BR had an abrupt turnaround in attitudes to safety overall, stemming from the Hidden Report into the Clapham accident. Prior to that safety was assumed, the Rule Book having, as it is always put, been written in blood. Suddenly the sort of risk assessment techniques already mentioned became the way forward, not least in looking at how regular maintenance was conducted on the live railway. Little surprise that protecting passengers suddenly leapt up the agenda, too.

Particularly if the coroner gets involved.