swampy

Latest proposal from Network Rail http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/environment/trains-to-run-on-lorries-2015062699619

There is a similar index here, but not as easily filtered as your spreadsheet. http://lightmoor.co.uk/BDLpdf_files/Private_Owner_Wagons_Index.pdf

Ross Pochin?

All (Most?) of these books were listed yesterday at £2.10 BIN. Too good to miss, I thought, but after "confirming payment" on the first one, ebay displayed something like "This item is no longer available". Trying again showed "The seller is on vacation, shop is temporarily closed", and the prices changed shortly after to £999. Maybe a spot of finger trouble resulted all the books for a particular upload showing as £2.10. If only I'd been a bit quicker...

Yes it does! Petersboro I believe it was called (not Peterboro, as the original article said, and which was corrected in the 2nd part). This was the layout I spent ages watching with a school pal at the 1967/8 SSMRC exhibition in Brownsea Hall in South Shields. I remember it well, exactly as you described. The tunnel return was on the right hand of the 'L', the left hand was another station with out-and-back circular fiddle yard. An automatic half-barrier crossing was on the mainline, with the marshalling yard above the joint of the 'L', IYSWIM, complete with black foam carpet underlay groundcover. Next day, we dismantled my old triang layout, cut up the baseboard, and put the bits back together as an L-shaped attempt at a new layout, so on that basis it well merits its inspirational inclusion in this topic. It certainly revived my interest in the hobby. Brownsea Hall was demolished some time ago, now housing.

It's a good job the bomb bay's empty as the route home might take it over Slough

Doing the rounds... Whats the difference between Cinderella and the England football team? Cinderella wanted to get to the ball………… Osama bin Laden has just released a new TV message to prove he is still alive. He said that the England Team performance on Saturday was completely s**t. British intelligence have dismissed the claim, stating that the message could have been recorded anytime in the last 44 years. Robert Green - The only man to leave Africa with out catching anything . In a statement from broadcasting house, all future England games will now be shown on the gay porn channel. It is thought that 11 arsεholes being regularly shafted is too explicit for regular TV. I can't believe we only managed a draw against a s**t team we should easily have beaten......I'm ashamed to call myself Algerian. The England team went to visit an orphanage in South Africa this morning, "its so good to put a smile on the faces of people with no hope, constantly struggling, and facing the impossible" said Jamal Omboto, aged 6. Fifa have released a statement saying the fan didn't break into the dressing room after all, but was let in by Rob Green. What's the difference between Rob Green's spill and BP's spill? - Robert Green has got a cap for his. Fabio Capello was wheeling his shopping trolley across the supermarket car park when he noticed an old lady struggling with her bags of shopping. He stopped and asked, "Can you manage dear?" To which the old lady replied, "No way. You got yourself into this f*****g mess, don't ask me to sort it out..." The FA have launched an inquiry to find out how a fan found his way into the dressing room. And another enquiry into how Aaron Lennon found his way into the dressing room. David Blaine is gutted that the record he got for doing F*** all in a box for 42 days has just been beaten by Wayne Rooney

There are some more photos below. I grew up 100yds from Dean Sidings near West Park Road. Dad (who worked as a C&W examiner in the freight depot between Felling & Gateshead) always said that the West Park Road bridge over the Harton Railway was "the oldest bridge in the country" and that an old building near at Felling was "the oldest station in the country". I think he was wrong on both counts. ( Causey Arch & L&M Manchester station presumably taking the honours) Some more photos