The Stationmaster

I am still alive.

Very special area for the demonstration area at Warley NEC show.....sorted

has an unavoidable meeting with a nasty little weather system off the Dutch coast tomorrow. Hatches battened down and everything secured already...

A railwaymans film..

Groovy news in the industrial steam loco department.

I wonder if Pecaboo track would weather as well here in Paphos or would I be expecting too much ?

A tad warm in California today - touched 40degC

One very proud father in Cyprus and a loving daughter now married. A most wonderful day from start to finish

has just listened to 'pop master' on R2 and the winner was a Mr David Lane of Aylesbury. Was it our own 'David Bigcheeseplant'?

I get up when I want, except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustman

I would just like to make it clear, in unequivocal and unambiguous terms, that I am not in the business of re-felting other people's shed roofs, nor am I particularly keen to even consider installing a bath on the roof of any shed whatsoever, at any time or in any place.

I have spent half the afternoon on my shed roof, talking to one of my neighbours and repairing the shed roof. I'm now thinking of spending the other half of the afternoon in the bath.

If there is a greater being who has any control over anything could I just ask for a day without an idiot in it please? You sent me six yesterday, surely some mistake?

THE great railway question of the day is undoubtedly that of the Gauges — a question in respect of which there can be no neutrality on the part either of established or of embryo companies; for to all of them the final settlement of the matter at issue is fraught with consequences, prospective as well as present, of no slight importance.

Been watching all the James Bond movies since Friday. Railway continuity is just awful on From Russia with Love

The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force: With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument.

I wonder if I may to learn Japanese now

The Sausage Commandments

Standing on the island of distilleries, you can almost see the coast of heaven.

I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.

I was offically made an Assistant Signalling Designer a couple of weeks ago and now I'm about to put my Designers License Application in for Assessment!

has Probate. Time to issue a bill.....

has Probate. Time to issue a bill.....

Wouldn't it be funny if there really was a castle in the UK called Hornby castle

(On 3289 Trefusis taking over at Exeter): "There is a marked air of 'bulldog' determination about this type of locomotive. The idea suggested that whatever may happen, it will pull the train through somehow. And it usually does."