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Well a small but very important update! I now have one box of bullhead flexy track and two bullhead points. Depending on which end I start relaying one of the points my get modified to make a trap point Having being looking at a model railway group on Facebook I find the someone has a 3mm ply, laser cut, station building of Haverthwaite. These are for sale on ebay for less than £20. Guess what I have just bought...… The same man how organised this for him self (and not the man that makes the kits) has one of Haverthwaite signal box, and one of the good shed. But he tells me that these are a one of, although the signal box kit seems to be available.... Would it be wrong to contact the supplier and ask if he can do one of the good shed???? SHMBO said that the house needs work doing to it.... So apparently we are getting a new kitchen, the house re-rendered and the roof redone. The roofer is also putting in a loft window, although I may have neglected to mention this to her..... o well, hello new railway room.... So, I plan to start the replying soon, so will pop up few photos. Likewise the same when the station arrives. Hopefully Haverthwaite station will not arrive the same day that I am at Haverthwaite station..... Ian

Thanks for the replies guys, The other thing will be that that the 60ft length is on the outside of curves. Ian

Hi all, What may appear to be a daft question...… but...… Having taken the plunge and got a box of Peco Bull head rail, I was thinking about making the 1yrd flexi track look like 60ft lengths of rail without cutting through the rails, but putting a fishplate in every 240mm so you get the 1 yard of continues connection, yet from above it looks like a joint! Having thought about this, I have come up with the idea of scoring the rail, and then highlighting the score with black paint. What would be the best way to score the rails deep enough without cutting them, of making the gap look unrealistically large? Or has anyone got any other thoughts of how to achieve this? As always, many thanks Ian

Good luck Jim, hope you will still be able to keep up what is effectively a photo diary of your working life. I wonder if you will sign the 92's? All the best Ian

Good luck with the move Jim. As you rightly say the grass may not be greener, but it may be a different shade of green! Hope all goes well Ian

47547 and 47521, has been to Preston on a mail train (google BR class 47 network southeast preston) 47587 has been to Carlisle (google BR class 47 network southeast Carlisle) Hope this helps Ian

New toy arrived yesterday.... Ivatt 2-6-0 46441 Ian

Daft question time....And I think the answer may also be on here.... Is there any difference in the sleeper length between the BH track, FB code 100 and FB code 75? Thanks Ian

The good news is that I am clean! The six weeks and three month blood tests are all clear. And a change in policy says that this is all I need. Happy days Ian

Sorry, My brain and fingers weren't talking to each other last night. I ment class 20, number 20087 Ian

There was a 31 with the same livery Ian

Hi all Your views please? Having decided to replace my track with bull head rail I have a question and would be grateful of your thoughts/views? I have a siding that runs next to the main running line on the entrance to my station that is a branch line terminus, like there was at Lakeside (Windermere) only access would be out onto the main running line in the direction of the station. But back in the days of steam would there have been some sort of catch point or trap point to protect the running line? Thanks Ian

There is also this topic http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/128853-whitehaven-huddesfield-tpo-mid-70s-power/ Ian

And a different cab! Ian

Did you get put in platform 5 at Lancaster? Thanks Ian

Quite common really, started by the GWR I believe

Just needs some concrete sleeper flexi track to complete the set.....

Well, just when things are on the up..... it has been a bad few weeks due to an incident at work for me, but this could be something that affects the rest of my life! I work in an A&E department and between Christmas and New year I was on the receiving end of a "needle stick injury" from a drug addict that had hidden their dirty used needles in the sock. They arrived with us unconscious and breathing. At this point no one knew that they inject drugs, and one of the first things we do is a heart tracing (an ECG) and attempt to gain vascular access (a cannular). All was going well until I rolled up their trouser leg and found two used needles stuck in my fingers. Queue my turrets! It then turns out that this scum has a blood born virus and I have been exposed to it. Now I have to have blood tests to see if I have caught anything for this dirty little scumbag. The blood tests are at six weeks, 3 months, 6 months and maybe 12 months. I am told that the risks are low, but there is still a risk! The following day I get a telephone appointment with occupational health to get the obligatory "safe sex lecture" from the nurse young enough to be my daughter! To compound this the HSE want answers.... Just to make things even better....this was an extra shift to help fund some of the new Peco Bullhead track.... Model railways are currently helping me keep my sanity along with my good lady wife. Arr!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ian

And so it begins. Driver training today on the 68's. 68029 leading and 68003 on the rear of the 0748 Carlisle Kingmoor to Carnforth D&UGL Granted, not the best photos, but the sun did not want to play! Ian

Or the Barrow to Lancaster/Preston leg!

There seems to be a recurrent theme on some of the local Facebook groups regarding the Cumbrian Railways. One of the big things people are saying is they seem to think that the issue is the Northern drives. When the service was driven by DRS drivers there seems to have been fewer cancelations, granted there where some delays, but the thought/word on Facebook seems to suggest that DRS drivers where able to identify minor faults, sort them and get the service running again. Whereas some of the people posting give the impression that the Northern drivers are not permitted or do not have the skill or knowledge to do this. Intern, when a fault appears they require their drivers to fail the train. NB some of the people that post these comments on Facebook tell us that they are either DRS or Northern train crew, and looking at some of the phots they post members of the public should not be able to access the places they have been. The other main point that causes issues up here is services getting cancelled because of a lack of train crew. Again, you would like to believe that Northern know which staff can crew these trains i.e correct route and traction knowledge, and train some more is required. Just shearing a this with you all. These are not my own personal thoughts, but from members of a closed Facebook group. Ian

Found this today at my parents house 59103, RMWeb's Ozzyo and 59002 at Foster Yoman Merehead depot. 21 Oct 1995 Ian