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I have always had problems with Tesco deliveries so I do Click and Collect. I also book it for a store about 10 miles away because I found that I was losing my driving skills during the lockdown if I went to the nearest. The club has moved to the community rooms at a nearby ASDA. OK you might think but the new regulations concerning shops mean that masks will have to be worn all the time. My glasses steam up as soon as I wear a mask so no use for modelling. With great regret I've decided that absence for the duration is needed especially as Jen has a severely compromised immune system and the risk posed by this new variant just cannot be entertained. A great pity, I've been thoroughly enjoying the social contact these last few weeks. Pissed off, and back into lockdown.

Ok but why fit them to a locomotive that's limited to 12mph? Wouldn't 3 link be more suitable?

LMS Locomotive Profiles No.10 The Standard Class 4 Goods 0-6-0s This is the book needed to resolve the issues.

I thought screw couplings were very much of the past

No sign of cameras on any of the websites I quoted above. But yes it would be, potentially, a solution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_18 https://claytonequipment.co.uk/hybrid-locomotives-in-a-class-18-of-their-own/ https://www.railfreight.com/business/2020/05/27/uk-clayton-shunts-into-electric-future-with-beacon/ Certainly seems to be an impressive loco, but it's a lot longer than the 08 and how does the driver get to see the front buffers?

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211104115245.htm

See https://wikimili.com/en/G%26SWR_540_Class

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/vaccine-resistant-what-scientists-know-new-covid-variant?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

http://www.ltsv.com/w_profiles_hoppers.php

The LT&S 4-6-4T were 4P I think. IIRC the FR and G&SW 4-6-4T designs were 3P but not sure. Non of them were much good, the FR one being particularly poor. All were replaced by Fowler's 2-6-4T 4P. The only 5P tank engine in UK railways was the LYR design

The LMS put the LYR designed 4-6-4T into service in 1923. It was rated 5P. At the time it was roundly criticised in The Engineer as being too big for a tank engine as it had a small bunker and small tanks. Anything larger would have been more than the Engineer would have allowed. The small tanks weren't an issue on the LYR because it was well provided with troughs but coal capacity was always an issue with them. Class 4 tanks were about the limit in Britain. There was never a need for anything larger for suburban and inter-urban services.

http://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-wise-to-take-precautions-against-nasty-new-variant-b11529-12478859

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/scientists-call-for-travel-code-red-over-covid-variant-found-in-southern-africa?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/24/scientists-warn-of-new-covid-variant-with-high-number-of-mutations?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

It's all a bit silly bearing in mind that no new Porsches with an ICE engine will be made in the near future. Do Porsche have a plan for BEV?

What Churchward understood, and many of his contemporaries didn't, was that details mattered. It mattered that the big picture and the details were integrated together to produce a whole that reduced maintenance costs even if it increased initial costs. This wasn't really grasped on the LMS until the mid 1930s after the disappointing performance of the Jubilees and never, so far as I can see, on the Southern and LNER.

Most BEVs being introduced today have 250-300 mile range. That's enough for me. I'm looking forward to Honda's offerings in the new year.

Don't think those who aspire to a new car will have the option. Ultimately heritage ICE cars will be the preserve of enthusiast ICE motorists and probably not the most reliable machines around for everyday travel.

Do you really spend 7hrs a day travelling to/from work?

Highly recommended

See also https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/21/all-new-buildings-in-england-to-have-electric-car-charge-points-from-2022?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Science is utterly riddled with politics. That's one of the reasons for peer review.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/20/tesla-app-outage-elon-musk-apologises?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other