Phil Bullock

Absolutely Neil! 856 distinctive as OH flash in front of not behind drivers door and low position of data panel Is on our list to do when those Bacchy 43s arrive - could I use this as our master shot please? Phil

Newton Chambers double deckers?!?! That makes us even sadder anoraks Peter! Phil

They were special days for sure The count wasn't as high in other visits - full days on Reading station in December and January! Brrrrrrr 4/12/75 - 12/81 9/1/76 - 13/95, included 40175 on cartics 21/5/76 - Westbury - 3/17 And then the rot really set in 4/10/76 - 4/94, including 8 HSTs with 252001 amongst them. My last record of one on a service train was 8/12/76 - I know its been seen on here before but some how it seems more than appropriate on this thread, hope you don't mind Neil http://www.miac.org.uk/class52.html- 5th picture down, Mike King (now chairman Worcester Loco Society) took the shot, I was there... Cheers Phil

Awesome. Trojan at Newton Abbott alone is worth re-reading the whole thread for Phil

Keep finding more jobs! Correct speaker for D1048 Change buffer beam at one end on D1015 Additional pick ups on D200 and D6320 to cure their crummy running And despite the result no spare room - the Welsh Dragon was accepting of their fate .... hee hee Phil

That's one grimy gronk!!!! Rugby finished - yippee - time for a glass of wine Phil

Time to update the list! Vanwides - finished Conflats - finished Scrap loaded minerals - finished, will post phots tomorrow when I can get outside to take them 5528 - just needs handrails completing and some final weathering Other jobs not yet started - plus Mr Hornby bowled a curved ball by getting those hoppers out so soon, so 20 of them weathered, PD kits yet to be started, same applies to some Cambrian Herrings Night off to watch rugby tonight, might be sleeping in spare room depending on result.... Phil

Wow wonder why? We did charter our own autotrain one evening a few years ago. By common consent - and others involved were not railway enthusiasts - it was a brilliant evening out, see my facebook avatar! Cheers Phil

Tell me about it! Had to let the hoover loose in the modelling room yesterday - heaven knows what I lost!!!! Phil

That's all far too tidy and organised Mate!!! How can you ever find anything? Phil

More note pourings here - you've started something now Jonny! Even as late as April 23rd 1976 it was still possible to see 15 Westerns in a day at Reading - 1005/9/13/15/28/33/37/51/53/56/57/58/70/71/72 - most of those survived until pretty well the end of the year although 57 and 37 were only a week and month respectively away from their nemesis. I hesitate to mention other power but 2 x 08, 13 x 31, 5 x 33, 2 x 37, 41 x 47, 22 x 50 contributed to 100 locos seen in approximately 8 hours. The proliferation of DE power shows the end wasn't too far off for the hydraulics but they sure as hell didn't go down without a fight. Most would have been on Class 1s and every departure, particularly in the up direction, was a sight and sound to behold. Not an HST to be seen! Happy days Phil Edited to correct withdrawal date for 1028/37

IIRC it was the solution used in the washers - Exmover, containing oxalic acid http://www.superfine.co.uk/sds/cnvw4qfk.pdf- which was to blame Phil

Ah - if you have a mix of tortoises and cobalts don't try pairing them up - tried that, the different current draw means the cobalt wont switch Cheers Phil

Absolutely! Its a favourite - along with the Central wales line Phil

Theres a thread here that might help http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/54505-home-signal-position-relative-to-fpl-lock-bar/ Cheers Phil

Have to echo all the supportive comments above Please don't take this off as have thoroughly enjoyed it Phil

Cheers! Enjoy trip to Chester shame theres no hydraulics to phot en route Phil

Pretty sure 7041 is Cardiff Neil - isn't that Canton depot in the background? Cracking shots again, you keep spoiling us! Many thanks Phil

Ah go on - you know you want to!!! Phil

That's the muckiest deltic I have ever seen!!! Phil

And heres the wagon with the added wash Phil

Hi David Large batches need an industrial process -its my son James's method So with 2 of us working on 20 wagons... Wheels out - painted gunmetal -dark grey/black, very matt unless polished Airbrush laden with thinned frame dirt, wagons attacked from all angles Allow paint to nearly dry then attack with cotton buds to remove/steer gloops in to corners as appropriate then leave to dry Internal black wash Aerosol of matt acrylic varnish once everything very dry Wheels back in once varnish dry Have also added a black acrylic wash to one which looks even better over this initial weathering/varnish and may add to more once we get around to renumbering All 20 done to current standard in about 4 hours work over 2 weekends - just need to remove some adherent cotton fibres as seen in bottom photo, disadvantage with these wagons with all their rivets and angles is they catch the cotton buds. Hope that helps Cheers Phil

That signal box looks familiar! Isn't the location the West end of Swindon station before rebuilding? Cheers Phil

No accounting for taste!!! Phil

Great stuff Peter - how many more I wonder? Warship on 1F33 at Hereford? You might expect Strongbow! But point of order for Neil - D849 = Superb, sorry! :-)IIRC she carried the most variations of BFYE Cheers Phil