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Conversely, if you want to model to scale, real railways get as close as 11’ centres, 44mm in 4mm to the foot.

Dear RM Web,

 

I'm currently building a western region secondary city terminus set in the early 60s. I wondered whether colour light signals would be appropriate at this time as on other parts of the system and particularly in suburban areas.

 

If so, are there any on the market that offer a solid resemblance.

 

Warm regards,

Nicos

Worcester still hasn’t got colour light signals 70 years after nationalisation, 30 years after the effective end of the regions.

The signals would not be paired deliberately. There would be an entry signal at each end, and possibly an intermediate signal for each direction, to allow two trains to follow each other in the same direction. The positioning of these will depend on visibility, gradients, speed restrictions etc. as applicable in the direction of travel.

With colour light signals, its probably track circuit block, (no tokens). The location cabinets are likely to be adjacent to signals or at the start/end of track circuits. If cable joints are needed, they can be entirely sealed in a cable joint in the troughing run, no need for a loc.

I feel 4 aspect would be unlikely in the scenario you paint. Watch someone come back with a prototype though!

Two better shots of HK9 in this mornings glorious sunshine.

In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry

On the subject of power tools, I bought a Worx Lithium-Ion hammer drill for general DIY odd jobs, which, due to changing circumstances, has been used to do a full rewire, board out a loft and is currently tackling a fascia and barge board replacement without any detectable deterioration thus far.

PM me with your address, if you are close enough to me I’ll quote you mates rates to put a supply in.

Nice Legs, Shame About the Face - The Monks

For every modeller who records his work in detail on RMWeb or social media, how many are there who hide their lights under bushels, like this?

I really like it. Well done sir.

We had an engineer called Steve Pratt. He went to work at a well known helicopter engine factory in the states. We were the company who put the Pratt in Pratt and Witney.

We had an engineer called Steve Pratt. He went to work at a well known helicopter engine factory in the states. We were the company who put the Pratt in Pratt and Witney.

We had an engineer called Steve Pratt. He went to work at a well known helicopter engine factory in the states. We were the company who put the Pratt in Pratt and Witney.

We had an engineer called Steve Pratt. He went to work at a well known helicopter engine factory in the states. We were the company who put the Pratt in Pratt and Witney.

Get Down and Get With It - Slade

Hard to believe the Citroen BX is considered an ‘interesting’ let alone ‘collectible’ car. We had one, C377 DUD. It was a BX19 RD estate. It had a bonkers digital revolving drum speedo. You had to take your eyes off the road for at least 5 seconds to work out how fast you were going. Non-cancelling indicators operated by a rocker switch on a binacle extension, not a stalk, which got disturbingly warm on a long journey.

In the past I have found Tight Fight to be the preferred weapon for seized components. Available from engineers’ factors.

True that, Rockershovel.

A cheery pic before I get the Ovaltine on the go... Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg in Oxon, I think it might be Witney, if the old A34 went through there...

 

GT6 OXON.jpg

Woodstock is 10 miles north of Oxford on the old A34. Stratford is 31 miles further on.

Not a bad “what if” premise for a layout. 1979. Lots of very tired, patched and bodged standard steam locomotives, serving stations taking design cues from Birmingham International and Milton Keynes, wires going up and shiny new 87xxx starting to appear.

Alternatively, fix vertical 2x1 battens to the walls, and fix brackets, accurate for level, to those.

Google Fischer frame fixings. These are used to fix replacement window and door frames to the walls. DIY sheds do them, ScrewFix or Toolstation might be cheaper.

Norton Hall between Honeybourne and Mickleton in the Cotswolds have one of the original plates in the foyer.

Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf

Agency staff working under my direction knicked the coupling of a water pipe while trying to lay a new cable to the telephone exchange.

This was the result.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/01/13/3000-homes-hit-in-tipton-flood/

Why is it that we say W-W-W instead of "world wide web", we've taken a three syllable phrase and turned it into a nine-syllable initialism!

That is also mutating. The www bit gets omitted more often than not, and modern browsers know what you mean if you do so. Until we colonise another planet, it’s really superfluous.

It’s always been “an ‘otel” in my father’s family. He pointed this out to my maternal grandfather, who promptly tried “An Hotel”, having been taught never to drop his aitches. The clash of culture and education between London and Manchester 55 years ago.