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I’m tending to agree with Rangers, I too am doubtful that it has screw unloading. You just would’t need it in a body tipped at that angle and if that trailer does have a screw, how is it driven? The lower back at the rear merely accommodates the end of a short internal trough which directs the flow to the lowest point. The bottom corners may have internal baffles to prevent grain lodging there. .

Sadly, yes. No, different photo. Colour, taken at a low angle and within the station environment. Different working too, obvious parcels vehicles in the consist and I’m pretty sure the Brit had one of the inset top tenders. I’ll check it out. Still, that’s more evidence of double headed Pacific’s. .

Not a Duchess double header but a Pacific double header. In one of the R. Preston Hendry albums, (The Colour of Steam IIRC), there’s a photograph of a Britannia double heading a red Duchess on a heavy parcels train at Rugby. .

It is absolutely not mandatory, it is an advisory service. Only a Doctor can prescribe prescription only medicines and a pharmacist is legally obliged to dispense exactly what the prescription states. There is flexibility if the doctor writes the generic name of a drug rather than a brand name, which they are encouraged to do. In this case the pharmacist can dispense an appropriate generic form of the drug from any source. I’d agree with Brian (Fat Controller) above, pharmacists are generally better briefed on the side effects and potential drug interactions than are most GPs. That is not a criticism of the latter, just an observation that they have an awful lot else to do/remember whereas pharmacists are drug specialists. No harm in having the review, particularly if you are on a cocktail of drugs for various conditions, they may offer some useful advice or discuss options. Whatever, your prescription should not be changed without referral back to your doctor. .

So it was, been away for a couple of days and missed that. I see Night Mail is being shown at 7:30 this evening. I use a TV listings app but have found that the listings for Channel 81 can change at short notice. Presumably their own website will be more accurate. .

Timelock is actually a British made film, filmed largely in England though with a Canadian setting and Canadian/US cast. Yes, I found that aspect of postwar living in abandoned military camps interesting. I watched ‘The Breaking Point’ the other day. It’s an okay thriller but does have some good footage of period roads, vehicles and aircraft. Been enjoying the Human Jungle. As a kid, it used to give me the creeps, the haunting music and psychological themes probably. Not sure if it’s been mentioned on these pages yet, the 40 minute documentary ‘Today and Everyday’ a post war look at steam locomotives in everyday use is a must. Ends with footage of LMS 10000, it’s been shown and repeated recently on 81. .

The Ivatts were fitted with a delta trailing truck which was a separate item and did pivot/swing. It was a completely different arrangement to that used by Gresley. The original truck was a steel casting but problems with it led to a welded replacement. .

So called ‘High Speed’ tractors can be driven at 40mph on UK roads. To qualify they, and any trailers they tow, must meet any relevant HGV standards. This includes having full suspension, dual line air brakes, appropriate tyres and lighting. Currently ony two models comply, the JCB Fastrac and the Mercedes Unimog. .

The AEC Matador lasted into the 60’s, available as an Airfix kit. Not sure if any Bedford QLs saw service into the 60’s, they may well have done with the TA, also available from Airfix. .

On a lighter note, in football as in life, don’t count your chickens before.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41728826 .

Ironstone was carried in all sorts of open wagons. Look at photographs and you'll often see a motley collection of wooden opens, generally 5 and 7 planks. Whatever was available. As Jon has pointed out, owing to the weight of iron ore, these wagons would be at capacity well before looking full. To the casual observer they would look virtually empty, no more than a quarter or third full. In later years some particular traffic flows used purpose built wagons, usually steel hoppers or tipplers, Tyne Dock-Consett, Bidston-Shotton, General Terminus-Clyde Iron being examples. .

I'm sure there'll be plenty of variants to come. I'm holding off buying a second Ivatt version to repaint as City of Salford as I cannot see Hornby going to the trouble of moulding the bits for Sir William and not subsequently doing a green 46257. .

I have an idea for a little scene displaying a moment in railway history with a cake link...... First component already ordered. More once I have started. .

Thirty years, that's incredible. I probably started buying it regularly, along with the others then available, around 1980, so for no more than 7 years, yet my recollection is of one of those established mags that I'd been buying for years and years before it's demise. A great mag. in it's day. .

Pleased to see that he's weilding the discerning British villain's weapon of choice, the pick axe handle, rather than the US ruffians, somewhat classless, bit of wood, the baseball bat. .

They also had a plant at Weaste in Salford served by the Manchester Ship Canal railway. It closed sometime in the 1970s. .

I'm not sure what, if any, loco servicing facilities remained in use at Ordsall Lane after it's duties were transferred to the new depot at Patricroft, opened in 1884. Certainly in later years, as evidenced by several photos, GW locos working into Exchange were serviced at Patricroft. I've seen one photo of an outside framed 4-4-0 there. .

Scroll to the very top of the screen and top right, by your name, you should see an envelope symbol. Click on that which will open your messages and you'll find a post, with attachments, there.

Now sent. I did see you original request and then forgot all about it. Sorry! Hope they're of interest.

My old music teacher, no mean keyboard player, used to do weddings, funerals etc. whilst he was a student. He told us that Vidor's Toccatta, a perennial request at weddings, was difficult to play and that he bluffed his way through with a slightly simplified rendition. It is a more demanding piece that most. .

The Benny Hill Theme. Should speed things up and they can all get back for a beer and a vol-au-vent. .

No, I hadn't seen that Tony, thanks. Fascinating and the works map is very useful when looking at the aerial photo. The external view of the melting shop was just as I remembered it into the 60s and 70s. The works was modernised around 1960 with some of the processes semi automated. Thanks Bob, an interesting list. Yes, it's a long time since heavy forging was carried out on the Trafford Park site. Most of the companies listed made wheelsets as part of their general forging operations, unlike Taylor Bros. for whom it was their sole output. John Baker & Bessemer were also largely involved in the trade. On the other hand, Steel Peech & Tozer had a large wheelset forging operation but it was only a part of much a larger steelmaking and working operation. Patent Shaft and Axletree were one of the longest established. They began making wheelsets in the pre-steel age. The axles were forged from wrought iron. If there was a 'fault' in the wrought iron it was worked into the shaft forming an area of weakness across the full cross section of the axle. Eventually the axle would fail along this fault, a fairly common occurrence at the time. They developed an axle formed from six separate lengths of wrought iron forged into a single shaft. In cross section something like an orange sliced across it's segments. Any faults now only affected a sixth of the cross section and the chances of total failure were considerably reduced. They proved very popular for both axles and any shafting subject to stress. .

I called in for the last hour today (it's been a busy weekend). My second visit but still surprised at the number of layouts featured, plenty to see, and decent trade support too. Well worth the effort. .

I was at the Lydney show this afternoon and there was a Continental layout there which featured a working chair lift. I thought about this thread and asked the builder about it. It was the Brawa model and it would most definitely form the basis for a working ropeway. Edit; Brawa seem to do both a chairlift and a cable car. From what I have seen it is the chairlift that would be most suitable. .

That is incredibly difficult to do. What looks right on the screen will be different in print. Trying to match a decal printed background colour to that of a model requires endless trial runs, I know, I've tried it. Like 298, I've long been using Precision Labels for white, light coloured or any complex (drop shadow) decals. Reasonably priced and very quick. Having said that, the ability to print white at home would be very useful. .