Phil Bullock

Cheers Phil it’s my tadpoles that suffer when I hang 20 coke hoppers plus van on them…

I think there were some generic carriage marshalling instructions Clive including that the coach next to the catering vehicle should be coupled with lavatories adjacent to the saloon in the catering vehicle. Not sure how this related to bog carts with catering vehicles …

Hi folks want to be extra prototypical and add some extra ballast weight to my tadpoles. Easiest way would be to pop the roof off and fit car wheel balance weights internally. So can I ask please … are the rooves seperate parts? cheers Phil

Oh Lonesome me - Neil Young

Nice livery … shame about the horns !!

Legend of a mind … The Moody Blues

Run for home …. Lindisfarne

More cracking wagons Neil! Can’t wait to see a completed ammonia tank too.. Too many snags to fix here following Winchcombe but can start on them now family are back in Estonia and this weeks fishing is done… 😉

They loved it!!

Great! Need some sausages for a Barbie this weekend . Where’s that Palethorpes van? 😀 And they are far enough away from senior management for no-one to notice… Phew ! Normal service will resume shortly… where’s that snagging list?

Cracking !!! But at the risk of incurring a yellow card…. 8B51 would be a better headcode, Gloucester tripper jobs. Runs away to hide in a perilously short clearing point… 😀

Thanks for kind words Neil. Currently looking at opportunities! Initial discussions are for Statfold barn and/or Taunton in 2025…

Hoped Trainline5000 would turn up again and do some filming… it’s difficult for those on the crew to operate and film. So here you go! Trainline5000 video of layout at Winchcombe GWSR diesel gala 2024 Think the signalman must have been on the whacky baccy ….

You are right Mike drops to a minimum of 800 kg so we are still ok. Need the tail lift for the boards… And when it comes to estimating weight don’t forget I am a fisherman 😀

Given I can lift a single board comfortably and a boxed pair just about I reckon it’s 50kg per pair of boards so 500kg for the layout plus another 2-300 for stock etc … total 800kg Comfortably within capacity of a Luton which is quoted as 1300 Kg