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Livio D. Porta..?

I'm also looking forward to it, but still can't decide which livery to get....? I already have two banger blue ones so the electric blue one is tempting, but it'll be a first for Bachmann and is a very difficult colour to get right.

Unfortunately it seems those who are involved are too stoopid to realise their communication on Facebook (which I'm surprised hasn't been taken down) and by text counts as evidence against them.

Panoz..?

Thanks for all the replies, the stranger ones are good but I think i'll go with the idea that it's Michael Schumacher.

This is a T-shirt that my Wife brought for our son a couple of weeks ago, and since then, we haven't been able to decide who the driver on the left is (the other two are obviously Hamilton and Button)...: I don't think you can read alot into the advertising on their suits as they and the helmets seem a bit ficticious, and are probably a copyright and royalty dodge by the manufacturers. Any ideas...?

I thought the existing deal was to run until 2018, which gave me 6.5 years of not having to worry about it. The sudden annoucement seems they were after a quick buck and along comes Sky with a wheelbarrow full of cash and a vague idea that more people might be daft enough to subscribe to their services. Actually, that probably seems a bit harsh but I for one are certainly not itching to subscribe. Paying the licence tax is enough, thanks. I'm regarded as a luddite at work for only having freeview. Am I really missing anything...? Agreed!

As did Wrenn, they had to produce quite a few spares and some were rescued from the skip by one of our club members who worked there at the time.

To be honest, I've usually tried to visit a store if it's convenient and not too far out of our way or itenary, and have never been to a bad one. You guys really are spoilt, even one in Nanaimo, BC, that was closing and never stocked much railway anyway produced a couple of Jordan vehicle kits Special mention must go to the North End Train Center in Seattle, who made a couple of luggage labels for us, and Pacific Rim Hobbies in Port Angeles WA, excellent store and worth a trip on the MV Coho from Victoria, where BC Shaver and Hobby is.

The Great Western Society's coaches appeared on a Railtour sometime in the late 70's. I once had a quick trawl of SixBells but couldn't find it. We've dragged an ex-class 84 Loadbank around on Deepcar, but to date no other AC electrics.

Something I don't understand is why were most of the layouts from this era so crap, when materials were so plentiful...?

Modelrail, or Rail Express...? I sold one of the latter for a bit of a profit when the magazine were still selling the last few for £50 (i did intend to repaint a normal 24 but never got round to it). Rails have also managed to get over 200 quid for the Modelrail Virgin class 90, now they seem to go really cheaply.

Aren't they O gauge...? After the Heljan dissapointment, these still seem to be highly sought after.

Isn't it a bit big for a small standard gauge dock shunter....? Then again, how's about a 5mm/foot ironstone line based on a 3' - 3' 6" system....

Lonely Train - Black Stone Cherry

Can I make a new selection based on just what was at the Nottingham Show...? 1) Netherwood Sidings - A good example of what happens when someone wants to do something, rather than sitting back and moaning that they can't buy a XX or whatever class from their local model shop. 2) New Hey - Didn't really have time to view it as much as i'd liked, but again it's proper prototype modelling, rather than a totally ficticious concept. 3) Peter North's Virginian layout section - Not my favourite electrified US road, but I can't wait to see the finished project.

The last time I was on a Dash-8 Q400 from Edinburgh to Birmingham, we didn't seem to reach cruising height until passing Crewe. The distance from the Interchange station to the NEC/Airport seems to be attracting attention, but here's on reason for the conspiracy theorists to mull over: Ignoring the fact that you can't get it any closer, it does allow space for both facilities to expand towards it, especially considering the latter may rapidly grow and need a second runway. Building the station on the proposed site allows for this and means it doesn't have to be rebuilt if HS2 was closer and more parallel to the M42...

Probably some students out on surveying practice, and when asked what they were doing by a local busybody, replied by saying they were reopening the railway line. And a few days later, the story gets printed. Monmouth still hasn't got the A40 upgrade to motorway standards that I promised the locals 16 years ago....

I suppose there would be operational difficulties, but other forms of propulsion are being looked at...

I agree with Jim S-W comment about being inspired by a prototype, it happened to me after reading a 1985 US magazine and generally becoming obsessed by it. The odd thing is tho, although i've been inspired by certain American layouts (particuarly Peter North's), I've never seen a rateable Interurban layout in the flesh that I could say inspired me to have a go. Anyway, I couldn't list a top three so narrowed my selection down to specific modelling periods I've been interested in: Teenage GWR branchline phase: Breedon, Ashburton, and a funny sounding Welsh plan that was in RM in the 1980's and someone will have the name to withing the hour. Trying something different, Narrow Gauge: Charlie Insley's Welsh 009, Gordon Gravett's first O-16.5 layout. Coming of age dabble in N/2mm: Nether Stowey, Rhosteigne, and generally anything small in 2mm. Bit more disposable income and modern image: Boldon Jn, Carstairs (certainly inspired me to build quite a bit of stock for it). Current American phase: Any Peter North layout, Rock Springs, and a nice D&RGW layout with superb presentation and sound effects.

Does the Express models speed camera now come with an Orange "out of use" bag over it?

Last december, the local BBC TV news made a big deal about the route going straight through a farmhouse, with the usual "it's a sucessful B&B" and it's 250 years old lines form the owners. It might be possible to move that part of the route to the building sits right next to the railways boundary, but why not just move the building to a different part of the farm and allow the business to continue, rather than let the NIMBY's bleat on without thinking of viable alternatives...?