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I don't believe it ever ran as 4464 with both tenders. I can only find a few photos of it running as 4492 with stainless steel trim and valances with a second tender.

The lining on the real 60009 around the nose isn't correct, which doesn't help. But yes, there's something not quite right about the model. The angle of the nose below the shedplate is almost vertical, rather than being a nice smooth curve.

43300 possibly written off, due for withdrawal shortly anyway. Seems that there may be damage to 3 or 4 vehicles from 800109 as well.

Second run has now sold out as well, according to Derek Huntriss last night.

That layout is bigger than the footprint of my house!

After arrival at King's Cross this afternoon.

I think the only part of the Ian Allan group that still exists is only the shop at Waterloo.

Only the London end vehicle of 313064 has been vinyled in NSE livery. It also has a headboard attached. The country end coach has only the front repainted, and the middle coach has a white lower body side with a slogan on it. 313134 hasn't been touched yet as far as I know.

They look useful. I'm planning a DJLC entry (whether it actual gets built or finished is another matter!) but I've ordered a couple of these to try anyway. They look small enough to attach in a convenient corner of the layout.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F273977241741

My first one took about 4 hours, but 2 hours for the second one. They're not difficult, a little fiddly at times but nothing complicated if you follow the instructions. The plain track is simple as well. I got it down to about 5 minutes to assemble each 0.5m length. Edit - forgot to add, our club layout is being built with fiNetrax plain track and crossing vees, with handbuilt pointwork. I think there are about 55 points on the scenic section, the majority curved, so using Wayne's bases wasn't an option.

There's a post on a Met line Facebook group with the timings. States at the top it'll be a class 20 at each end with 12 and 4-TC in the middle.

Pretty sure the last one isn't the correct answer...

Seems these will be cl. 20 + No. 12 + 4TC + cl. 20. Seems fairly pointless having SS on the train if that's the case.

Which 47555? There were dozens of them in the 80s and 90s - there was no way one loco could appear in so many places all at once!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49319860 This happened locally on Monday morning. The photo at the top is looking north, with the road to Wymondley on the left. The road is slightly uphill on a right hand bend, and just behind the camera the speed limit changes from 30 to 50. Seems the motorcyclist overtook a bus which was heading north, on the hatched markings, and went straight into the side of a 4x4 coming out of the Wymondley turning. Plenty of road further up on which to overtake, but no, the guy decided to risk it here and paid the ultimate price.

I hope you don't mind, but I copied your question on to National Preservation. One of the guys on there is a driver at the Bluebell, he doesn't know the answer but will ask at the loco department. Something to do with valve removal is his suggestion as well.

Quite a lot of his stuff is just the stock manufacturer images. Quite a few other items on there that haven't been released yet either. I'll give it a miss, ta!

I've used them, again, no problems. Alan Gibson also do HO length axles by request, though the ones I received turned out to have been drilled slightly off centre so the wheels wobbled.

I can understand coreless motors in N gauge, but I can't think of anything in OO that would require one. Even the Hornby Peckett manages just fine with a 5 pole motor. Yet a certain ex-manufacturer decided a motor the size of a raisin was acceptable in a class 71....

The "frames" (if you can call a few sheets of metal dumped on a flat wagon in a car park frames) have been around for 5 years. That seems to be the sum of their progress. I very much doubt I'll ever see 2001 completed, and I'm only 35!

Spotted outside Torre Abbey a couple of weeks ago. Ignore the plastic one in the background!

I've managed to find an old photo of 03179 at Hornsey with the cab door open, and the radiators are just about visible - painted dark grey, rather than white.

Until 31st July apparently.

Some nice photos there. I've been on the BRB a few times. The BO card allows unlimited travel on there, so you can spend the day going up and down as much as you like - so I did! It's a stunning line. No idea how nice the SPB is. I've only managed it once and it was in the rain. The cloud at the top was so bad that if you stood near the loco, you could hardly see the end of the second coach!