BoD

6 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

A sad reflection that we don't have a tight head to replace Dan Cole

Or anyone else as good as Joe Marler at winding up the opposition.  I can’t remember how long ago I first saw him doing it but, gosh, he was and still is a master at it.

2 hours ago, Southernman46 said:

Another microscopically close game in Paris (no spoilers from me) - thoroughly enjoyable 👍

Which game were you watching in Paris? 😉

More seriously though, that passage of play where the ball was kicked from 22 to 22 and back again seemed to go on for ever.  I know that, sadly, it is part of the game these days but today’s instalment was just silly.

That really looks the part.

Have you converted to all dcc or will the tortoise points remain electro mechanical.  I need to investigate the DCC concepts stuff. Currently I run everything through accessory decoders via a computer. Not a switch, stud and probe or push button in sight.  I do really fancy a lever frame like that though,  

I see Bachmann has announced more Mk1 TSOs in blue/grey.  Hooray!!!!

End steps removed where appropriate. Hooray!!!

Bogies fitted with electrical pickups. Maybe useful. Extra drag ?

Optional version with fitted passengers. £10 extra.  Jury’s out.

The prices though.  Ouch!!!!!!

I’m sure that he will join the waiting lists along with thousands of others.

5 hours ago, whart57 said:

England were many people's tip,

Where?  Who?

I don't recall many tipping England.

If I thought Friday night’s game was going to be the grand slam decider, I’’m now thinking that England v Italy probably decided the wooden spoon.

7 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said:

 

 

 

I always knew that vacuum brakes would make a comeback.

Would it be fair to say the the grand slam decider was the very first game of the competition?

Platform (sides at least ) so you can ballast right up to them and you don’t have to clean ‘stray’ ballast away before planting them.

On 22/01/2024 at 18:10, melmerby said:

Where's the eff in feathers?

 

 

Seen in Wetherspoon news

As of last Friday:

The F is back

That scaffolding has gone.

So have all of those people

The beer and food is still ****

13 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 

I might have bought one if they'd advertised what was in it!

Are they all the same though?

Gosh, not so long ago I had a couple of hours to fill there.  I wish I had known about this.

Ah, well.  Next time.

45 minutes ago, Mike_Walker said:

Drivers obviously have access to these and in the early days these were hard copies which they might have in their bag but a dim view would be taken of a driver running with them on the desk in front of them! 

Given that many (most) road users drive with a Satnav in front of them, when arguably much more attention is needed on the road, why would a dim view be taken of this.   Well, perhaps not the hard copy, but some sort of electronic equivalent.   Sorry if this seems to be going of at a tangent.

9 minutes ago, fulton said:

On my last order to Modelu I took a punt on a mystery pack of miss prints, was not disappointed.

I did the same with Cadbury's  mis - shapes once.

Definitely not disappointed.

The Barrowmore model railway group have kindly uploaded the BR diagram books

Barrowmore Model Railway Group (BMRG) (barrowmoremrg.co.uk)

Book 200 coaching stock is the one you want.

Or Parkin -  Mark 1 Coaches may be the book you are thinking of

I wonder if the RAIB will be taking a look at this one.

Does anyone know what their criteria/threshold is for deciding when to investigate or not?

Good to see that you are still modelling and haven’t lost the mojo whilst things are ‘packed away’.

I too get the (very) occasional urge to start a new small box file/diorama/shunting type layout but knowing that I still have much to do on the main layout, I manage to resist the urge.  Or at least I have so far.  
 

Let me know if your shrink is any good.

I am puzzled as to why you don’t (as Nigel has suggested) just read the current or set a new address using this facility on your DCC system, assuming this facility exists on yours.

1 hour ago, James Hilton said:

I wonder, if looking at the photo above you can see as much as I can? As my eye traces the familiar shapes and colours, from the large logo 37 to the Mk1, I imagine the line of the distant hills yet to be painted

… and if you look to the right the waters of the Kyle and towering hills of Skye.

I am looking forward to seeing how this developed. 

2 hours ago, jwealleans said:

We'll see how long this lasts.

I’m sure I’ll be able to ruin it a week come Sunday.

I can be fairly confident with my predictions on how ‘The Falcons’ will do.

Definitely not a tunnel.

As far as I can see it doesn’t have a church on top.

Thanks @37081LochLong and @Nick C.

I know point rodding has the expansion widgets and often wondered how signal wiring was dealt with.

Looking good, Rob.

What was the purpose of the wheels?