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    Not forgetting this classic.
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    Or meat (possibly rat) ona stick. Cheers David
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    Surely in honour of Leonard of Quirm it should be called the Ankh Morpork Light Large Kettle On Wheels That Travels On Long Bits Of Metal Device. Will the trains have a "Luggage" van? And of course Death has to be in there somewhere! Cheers David
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    Hitachi trainsets for Hull Trains under construction https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/hitachi-trainsets-for-hull-trains-under-construction.html
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    Is this the greatest Twitter scheme of all time? Read the first word of each tweet from 24 August onwards. https://twitter.com/CostcoRiceBag
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    Depends on the mineral. If it was shale you might not want to set it on fire. Cheers David
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    It took a while to find a picture of a Queensland sugar loco with a visible fuel load! But here's one of Homebush (Hudswell Clarke 1067 of 1914) at Homebush Mill, Mackay in 1968. Since 1978 it has been preserved operational at Victoria Mill, Ingham and hauls tourist trains over the mill network, and on a few occasions (such as its 100th birthday) the first cane train of the season. Cheers David
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    In Queensland it varied between wood and coal depending on the mill and the price of coal. Sugar cane waste was usually the primary fuel source for mill itself. The Bundaberg Fowlers were designed to burn coal but could run on wood if required (but not efficiently). There were a handful of Queensland sugar locos were converted to burn oil in the 1960s. In preservation some have been run on diesel and even LP gas. Cheers David
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    Worth noting that FCAB has bought a fair number of Cape gauge locomotives second hand from Australia and regauged them, including the Queensland Railways 2100 class which is available RTR in HOn3½. Cheers David
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    Very common on 2' gauge sugar cane railways/tramways in Australia and across the Pacific (is the linked photo the Hudswell Clarke from Fiji at Statfold Barn?). Some examples from Fowler and Hudswell Clarke, and for comparison Baldwin and Krauss. Cheers David
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    Wales & Borders train and tram-train contract signed https://www.railjournal.com/index.php/rolling-stock/wales-borders-train-and-tram-train-contract-signed.html
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    Seemed a bit odd they didn't have a Plan B. Cheers David
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    The "blood moon" lunar eclipse from the other night.
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    Testing starts of first TransPennine Express Nova 1 trains https://www.railjournal.com/index.php/rolling-stock/testing-starts-of-first-transpennine-express-nova-1-trains.html
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    Tomix has announced the Hello Kitty Shinkansen in N. https://www.tomytec.co.jp/tomix/products/img/20180712-2.pdf
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    Croatian fire fighters during the World Cup penalty. Absolute class! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1g1DaKaG8
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    I find this fascinating! https://rcahmw.gov.uk/cropmarks-2018/
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