Dan Griffin

14 years this year, started as a signaller at Helpston, went onto the Relief and covered all the 'out based' boxes in the Peterborough area, then when that jib was dissolved, I took up residency at Eastfield, for anyone who knows Peterborough, that's the sidings next to Toys R Us. After a few years there I went into the PSB as a signaller, and now im a Shift Signalling manager in the same PSB. I was recently successful in being promoted to a Train Running controller in the York ROC, but had to turn the job down due to various reasons, so an SSM I shall remain for the foreseeable future. I also did my work experience with Railtrack in the same PSB im now manager of, little did I know then what that work experience would lead too!

where did you get them red lamp posts from

Having looked at Napier Chronicles, and IF my small(ish) nameplate theory is correct it looks almost certain to be 55020 Nimbus which work 1E05 twice in Sept 72, once on the 14th and once on the 24th . http://www.napier-chronicles.co.uk/20-72.htm Pinza didn't work it and Meld spent all of sept 72 in the plant at donny

I reckon, by zooming in, J3111 is either Pinza, meld or Nimbus as the name plate looks quite small with no crest

I am planning on building a new layout, again in my garage when my thoughts have turned to insurance. I have found one company online who deals solely with model railways but I thought id ask who people use on here to insure the layouts/collections, especially those housed in garages/sheds ect. regards dan

I was in the TSSA, now I'm in none! its a bl**dy expensive way of getting a diary. plus when I lost my job as a relief signaller, I obtained a copy of the meeting minutes and all the TSSA rep said was 'good morning'! there was no fight for our case. so that was that! It was a shame really as my grandfather had been the local TSSA rep for years and years before he died. IMHO it seems any power the unions used to have, have been eroded away over time and by the 'cotton wool' culture that is so apparent now-a-days.

Thanks, i will keep an eye out for some.

Hello, time for a belated update, as the glorious weather and work have taken there toll, this up date comes not long before the next new pack should arrive. As you may have seen previously I have a working model now, but that was not all that came with pack 8. After the leg build and test the next item was a fan favourite, The Mole. first off was chassis and support structure. next the wheels, (the same build as previous POD vehicles) were made and the bottom of the chassis glued together. next the support for the drill machine was constructed. the holes on this were too small and had to be opened up with a round file for the pieces to fit. the support was then attached to the chassis and was tested to ensure that it still operated by tilting forward. the Mole body comes pre painted and pre printed. one slightly humorous error that is printed on the body side it 'Head hats required' as opposed to Hard required. but the printing is so small it does not detract from the model. the finished result. there were a few small extra details to add to the body and the drill was two parts, only one of which, according to the instructions needed glue, the actual drill should have been loose, but mine was such a loose fit it kept falling off when the model was posed in the drilling position. so I tagged it on with a spot of plastic magic. Ready for action. Following now are some picture of the leg build, assembling the motor and gear box into the main superstructure of TB2. In the video the model is quite shaky when it lowers, but asking around and looking at other peoples builds it looks like tis a common problem, which is resolved slightly when the rest of the body and wings are in place. I will be coating all the plastic gears in Vaseline before the whole thing is finished. The completed motor, gear box and leg spring assembly. Also in the build was the start of another POD, POD 4, home of Thunderbird 4. I have skipped the build for this as it is identical for the POD 3 build so far, but this one will have TB4's launch ramp inside, so I will detail that when the time comes. Until next time guys, F A B.

Is the announcement date ahead of when we subscribers get our copies, or will we be getting it later thab usual?

So we Have GWR, Southern and now LNER, all we need is the LMS to take back the west coast and we will have arrived in 1923, sorry 2023!! Seriously who’d have thought that 95 years after the grouping that three of the ‘big four’ would still be working the main lines!

That Rover did well, its last tax ran out in 1999. It must have been nearly brand new when that picture was taken

I have been working on the Thunderbird in the background, as a bit of a prequel to the next lot of pics, here is a video of the legs being tested, as pack 8 had a test circuit board. Thoughts? Regards Dan

although out of my time frame, I will be setting my sights on 66740, as I always tell my wife it was named after her, so it'll sit nicely on the shelf.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lima-oo-gauge-class-33-33205-railfreight-loco-Hornby-Bachmann-model-railway/332642808605?hash=item4d730e731d:g:AEcAAOSwFUxa73VS I find this listing hard to believe, the picture is clearly a screen shot of a previous listing, one which sold for £16, and its listed with a buy-it-now of £30! gotta be a wind up surely.

well, its 09:02 and I've not seen anything! have I missed it? ha ha ha

Bachmann already have some rights to sell Thomas in the UK, as they sell the G Scale train sets, so maybe it'd just be a case of extending it now to cover HO/OO models. Bachmann as a whole is a very much larger company than Hornby and can maybe absorb more of the financial hit imposed by the licensing fee's. Personally speaking the Bachmann models are in a league of their own compared to the Hornby products of old. for a start the actually look like the characters, and are easily dcc fitted. My kids have loads that I have picked up from various places.

Hello all, I have fitted a Hornby TTS sound decoder to one of my dads Bachmann 8 pin class 20's, and all works well and as it should, he also has a br green Bachmann 20 that has a 21 pin decoder fitted. I have altered the cv to allow them to run together, however, the green one, with its 21 pin chip it a heck of a lot faster than the sound fitted one. running them together at the moment is proving an impossibility. can anyone advise me on what cv's to alter on the 21 pin equipped 20 so that they run in unison? I am using a Dynamis to alter the cv's if that makes a difference. I have no other dcc system to use. many thanks Dan

Awesome, i do liek these volumes.

All this talk of hyperloop’s, i think someone should invest in some rescue equipment! http://thunderbirds.wikia.com/wiki/Hyperspeed

Hornby are to announce a merger with Morrisons? seeing as Asda and Sainsburys are doing the same?

following with interest, I like the roof idea. great work.

If I remember correctly, B&Q stands for the surnames of the people who founded a small hardware store, Borris & Quail

I enjoyed this months issue, a very good read so far, IMO better than the last couple of issues. I also found the HMRS feature on the dvd very good, and I always thought I had a lot of books!!, i'll have to show SHMBO that my collection really isn't that big!