5944

Plus the Romanian build quality was 'interesting'. "Individually handcrafted" was how someone within the Class 56 Group described them to me!

Quite impressive smell as well, if it's a warm day and the wind is in the right direction - the chicken farm next door can get very ripe! I've been a couple of times. First time wasn't too bad, the second time was when the two Lancasters flew over. The smell hit you as soon as you opened the car door!

The next road to where I live is Whitehicks on the signs on the west side of the road, and White Hicks on the east side. The road runs north-south, so each end of the road has a different sign on each side.

District line steam tickets on sale on Wednesday. https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/events-calendar/heritage-vehicles-outings?sc_src=email_5076036&sc_lid=248191662&sc_uid=aIKZbFt958&sc_llid=72819&sc_eh=0150f80ee66805b41 Anyone got a spare kidney for sale?

No need for yellow panels if the headlights and marker lights conform to the latest standards. Your retinas will be burnt if you look at the lights, so you wouldn't be able to see the yellow panel anyway! First pair 717s into service on the GN next Monday, meaning four 313s can come out of traffic.

Exactly. I'd like a King, and a 63xx, but his N gauge output isn't exactly stellar. One wagon, admittedly very good, which hasn't had a rerun. A Shark which to all intents and purposes is ready to be manufactured but hasn't. A Class 17 that was almost there before getting pulled. Expressions of interest for a few other items, and no information whatsoever about others. None of it really inspires confidence. I know a lot of his work has been commissions for other companies, but an N gauge wagon and two OO gauge locos doesn't seem a lot to show for a company that's been in existence for nearly 6 years.

Not bigoted at all. You only have to look through some of his work to realise it's riddled with inaccuracies. Such as stating the D600 Warships would've become Class 41 under TOPS. How could they, when they were withdrawn before TOPS was implemented? Or that the early AC electric locos had two pantographs, one for 25kV, the other for 6.25kV. Again, wrong, they were both connected to the same transformer. There are others if you wish to look. He takes some nice photos, but any text has to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Not sure I'd completely trust something technical written by Colin Marsden.

Stevenage and District club are open a couple of days a week, 10.00 - 13.00, as well as a couple of evenings. Having your own premises is handy.

I'm guessing DJ has done the usual and asked people not to share the email until he gets round to putting it on his website?

GWR HST set should move north on Tuesday, via Midland mainline.

https://flic.kr/p/bnZvk3 Not the clearest sadly, and no idea of you can get hold of a better copy from the LT Museum. I'm sure I've got a copy of a drawing somewhere, as I like you, I'm planning an E class in N gauge. It'll be locked away in the shed if I have got it though! I remember buying an old Railway Modeller from Ebay for Met loco drawing, but I have a feeling that was for another loco.

I've seen a photo somewhere, probably on another Italian site, of a Southern Railway 12T box van in Italy, complete with air brakes. No idea where I saw it though, or the location in Italy.

Exactly the same as the course I've just finished. The 6 hour intervals were fine when I was working nights. 7am, 1pm, 7pm, 1am. Though mine seemed to have the opposite effect, an almost complete lack of flatulence for the last week. Most disappointing!

Arrived in the post this lunchtime. Had a quick flick through - Flaxby looks good. I liked the Z article too. I wondered where the 8F I'd sold on Ebay was going to end up!

The rivets are big enough to count! Yes, the real this is covered in them, but they're barely visible normally. The ones on the Dapol model look big enough to hold a battleship together.

It's the remains of an very elderly Graham Farish J69.

New metal welded in to the front end I believe. The dodgy yellow is tape!

Found this photo on Facebook, showing a slight incident with 99 7237-3 on Monday near Steinerne Renne. Have Heljan started making HSB locos?!

Don't forget a third of one coach will be taken up by an enormous disabled toilet and a couple of seats. If the seats are replaced as well, I doubt 3+2 seating will be refitted, so it wouldn't surprise me if a three car unit ends up with fewer seats than a two car unit. It'll be fun to watch DafT try and put a positive spin on that!

Perhaps it's linked in with other systems, which won't operate correctly without all the components and modules working and in situ?

Excellent, thanks Steve. I tried using a Kato 2-6-4T chassis initially, but that doesn't seem to fit particularly well, so I've now got a Farish 2MT to use. Spent ages scouring Ebay for a decent one for a reasonable price, but I finally managed to get hold of one. I've also got a Farish N class as well to use for the chassis. Not a clue why though! Seemed a good idea at the time. Maybe one of your K3s, or possibly convert the loco into a Metropolitan Railway K class 2-6-4T. Cheers, Nigel.

Hi Steve. The L1 is looking good. How much does it vary from your previous one? I bought one a couple of years ago but still haven't got round to actually doing anything with it! It looked pretty good to my untrained eye, but I guess there's a good reason why you've redone it.

There's not a lot to them. As Davexoc says, check the brushes and the commutator. If I remember rightly there are two screws under the cab that release the body. If it's that old, chances are the commutator could do with a clean. In the past I've just used a small screwdriver with a bit of cloth over the end, and gently cleaned it while rotating the commutator. Never felt the need to use any chemicals but I'm sure other people do. The old Poole Farish stuff is incredibly simple to repair, just a bit fiddly at times.