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Like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom#/media/File:British_vehicle_registration_plate_NI.PNG

NI uses 3 letters and 4 numbers (as do "Boris Buses" in London - LTZ xxxx*) Also some of the Crown dependencies have similar systems. * that's a surplus NI registration range

Jenkinson & Essery's LMS Coaches Vol 3 has some quotes from the various divisions and they are mostly not very complementary about them!

Hi Iain I have entered the max speed for all the locos I have added to the app but whatever the max speed the slider still goes from 0 to 126 It doesn't matter whether I have set km or mph or speed steps. I assumed I was doing something wrong. I am using the older app (that was the one that I dowloaded some time back) so I have downloaded the later one and will give that a try.

In the Google Play store there are two "Z21" apps. What's the difference? Something I have noticed with the app on my Android tablet is that the speed sliders always go from 0-126 whether you have set km/h, speed steps, or mph. Is that something I am doing wrong?

I keep getting a mail from ebay with "Reduced by £3.29, something you have looked at:" "Silvine A4 Narrow Feint and Margin Refill Pad" No ebay I haven't ever looked at that! (well I have now because I wondered what it was that I had supposedly looked at!)

Even that isn't as long as the MT etch ones

That sounds like a positive outcome. Let's hope it works.

Yes Went straight back and did the second update. (And the Z21) All done now

That's annoying as I dowloaded the maintenance app yesterday and have just (5 minutes ago) updated the Maus from V1.04 to 1.06!

Dave I think today's "Identify the Deltic" photo is a bit too easy Nice photos as always, from my least liked period of the railway!

So did the GWR, In 1925 they built some Brake First/First twins as well as Brake Third/Third/Third & Third Diner/Kitchen/First Diner triplets They were all converted to individual vehicles in the mid 30s They also had some suburban artic triples from around the same period, they lasted until about 1960.

Hi all I have some Mainly Trains etches, which I thought would add to the detail on some locos. However I am having second thoughts as they seem to be somewhat overscale for some things The lamp irons look huge and the Loco Detals Fret 1 (MT227) includes a reversing lever a scale 5' 6" long, another is 4' 9" . Surely that is wrong?

Hi all What version is this latest download? My Android has version 2.6.9

That is really nice modelling. I wish I could do that well!

Baker Street (original Met platforms) I like. It harks back to it's 1863 originality but still being up to date and light & airy in feel.

Second week Michael will be in Northern Ireland starting in Newry He will also be travelling to the Scottish Highlands 1830, Monday 11th February, BBC2

"Damage caused by wear, normal use or improper use of the equipment is excluded from the warranty" Pretty well excludes everything then! Keith

A few posts back there was discussion about Heavy Rail running through street islands in the US I have found this one in the UK where the Catterick Camp railway cuts through the centre of an island: https://www.francisfrith.com/catterick/catterick-camp-centre-1955_c50036 Originally this was a staggered cross-roads but later the roads were re-aligned and an island built, so the island came after the railway! It closed in the '60s (I think!) Keith

You can see in Little Dan's original picture that the gear looks, at first glance, possibly in reasonable condition. As regard the wheels. I bought two of these locos in good condition at £20 ea S/H I swapped the one pair of tyred wheels for the plain ones off the other loco, then used Alan Gibson wheels for that loco. They don't have great haulage but do run reasonably well. Both have small DCC decoders. (You need to isolate the motor brushes for DCC!) IMHO for a 40yr old design they aren't too bad.

I have seen them with 2 each end. Little Dan How are the plunger pickups? They need to be clean and free to operate and is one of the main complaints about bad running with the Airfix 14XX There should be 6 in total (I can see one in the picture), 3 connected to chassis and 3 insulated from the chassis. The long extension on the motor brush holder also has a plunger which reaches down to contact the bottom plate and the three insulated plungers, that should be free to operate as well.

These days there isn't much difference between tablets and phones, some tablets have a mobile built in such as: https://www.samsung.com/uk/tablets/galaxy-taba-lte-t595/SM-T595NZKABTU/ The (smaller) Samsung one I have was available with and without

Unfortunately human vision does not. Going above a certain definition is just promotional bullsh*t 4K sctreens on mobile phones? Pull the other one.

Hi Iain Looks like I'll be sticking with the Lenz system for block detection. I don't fancy replacing all those RS 8s Keith

Of Reverse Loop Modules. I have used these (I have 2) and they are superb as they don't rely on shorting the track. https://www.ldt-infocenter.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=en:ksm-sg Works fine with block detection as well. Keith