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Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters

Good Times, Bad Times - The Rolling Stones

It's Your Voodoo Working - Charles Sheffield

Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams

Spanish Johnny - Waylon Jennings

Oh Boy - Buddy Holly

She's a rainbow - The Rolling Stones

I'm sure that the answer will, as always, include the statement "it depends." However, our local dockside railway had the mechanisms in metal boxes which required to be flipped open. The train crew carried a point lever with them. John

The Long Road Home - John Foggerty

Copperhead Road - Steve Earle

Heart of Stone - The Rolling Stones

Blue eyes cryin in the rain - Willie Nelson

Definitely, agree. If you have a garden, try Weglia. Within a year you will have a supply of woody trees. http://thesulzer27.blogspot.com/2017/08/tree-making.html I would encourage you to try to make your own as it really will make a difference. John

The Canmore site says "Not to be confused with former Great North of Scotland Railway engine shed at Kittybrewster." Followed further down the page with, "By the mid-1930's the LNER stationed about thirty locomotives at Kittybrewster, several of them of the largest size." Talk about not following your own advice.

And the winner of the most double entendre in a single sentence goes to .............

Ross, I would suggest your first port of call to be this site - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BRCoachingStock/info It provides the train marshalling arrangements for the ScR in 1948, which will give the basic formations. The HR mainline was complicated to operate as it had two routes to Inverness, both of which operated through coaches. This led to a mix of ex LMS and LNER stock, for which the LNER had set vehicles with compatible corridor connections. This has been discussed and from memory, I think it is in this thread - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/65351-the-glenfarg-route/?hl=glenfarg. [see Page 7 which includes the 48 Carriage information] A great deal of shunting and re-marshalling took place in Perth. There are a couple of things to bear in mind for that era. There was still considerable pre-grouping stock available, which was often used to strengthen the marshalling instructions and the ScR applied the maxim that if it moved, use it. That and between Perth and Inverness there seemed to be a limitless supply of Black 5's to pull whatever was required. My father still tells stories describing monstrous trains coming into Perth from Inverness, with multiple Black 5's. These being replaced with a Stanier Pacific returning south. I am sure there will be much more information on tap here as required, but this might give you a start. John

I'm seeking some advice regarding separating the body parts from Athearn Genesis locos. I am trying to strip a GP9 for repainting but the sidewalks are glued to the hood. Because of how this is assembled it is trapping the cab and windows etc and I cannot get them apart. Has anyone successfully dis-assembled this or similar? Any help appreciated. Thanks John

Hi Duncan. Nicely modelled. Back in the late 80's a group of us would regularly target Shirebrook on an "Away Day" ticket from Dundee. Because of the rules, we could leave Dundee late on Saturday night, travel overnight to Birmingham, then head via various depots to Chesterfield. We made our way back to Doncaster, via Retford and caught the last passenger off of KX. We got back to Dundee in the early hours of Monday morning (and all within the rules of the ticket). Shirebrook was a feast of heavy freight power that we would never see otherwise. Your layout has brought back a number of wonderful memories, thanks. John

Nice to see a Welsh winner.

Of course, Celotex is actually a name for a range of products and they are entirely different from the 'styrofoam' sheets that are being discussed as blue sheet. I did a number of experiments with Celotex to test its suitability as a possible baseboard material (substituting for blue sheet) and it has warped beyond any reasonable use. It is usable for scenery but I find it a horrible material to work with.

The railway of the beautiful glen. Nice, although as a place name, I think Inverbreagha works less well, as brèagha is an adjective. 's math a rinn thu. Iain

Celotex is actually quite unstable and will warp and twist over time. It is especially so if one face has the foil removed. Try to find the proper Knauf material, which I think is available (at least in the blue) from a supplier in England. John

The latest Booklaw volume “1st generation diesels Scottish Region in colour” (or something like that) is very good for photos. Not so great for typesetting, spelling or the fact they whisky is spelt without an “e”, but nonetheless worth having for the images.

Look at the central belt for inspiration, with lots of industry and traffic available. The last thing that is needed is yet another highland layout with the obligatory distillery. Good luck John

What location are you modelling? In the earlier years, the classes were often quite isolated from each other. John