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Living not more than a few miles away from Piercebridge (had our wedding reception at the George hotel) and Gainford! keeping an interested eye on this project!

I'm currently weathering my Motorail car flats, using acrylic cream/light brown mix then weathering powders, the wood is left a little darker intentionally due to 70/80's car oil leaks!

47 520 shunts a departmental Crab to the repair shop on Thorne Yard.

Tim Taylor's Landlord is very nice! As is St Austell Proper job!!

The brother-in-law always raves about Kraken and is their favourite Rum!

Hi, the 'Three to the sea' railtour was May 2nd 1987, looking at 20 064 closely it has the Thornaby Kingfisher logo so must have been transferred when the photo was taken.

Whilst waiting to book our Transit into the fleet repairer today out of the blue this pulls up with a Nov 1980 Coles crane on the back! reg- HYN 397W. An unexpected leap back to the 80's

Thornaby locos 20 165 'Henry Pease' & 20 118 'Saltburn by the sea' rest between duties on Thorne Yard during the summer of 1987.

One of my favourite photos on this entire thread!!! A single wagon perfectly captured!!

Hi, Earliest picture that I can find named is 31/1/87 https://www.flickr.com/photos/8755708@N07/5262629499And without in March 1990 https://www.flickr.com/photos/63308252@N06/5759038237

I have at last got round to putting a short clip of the class 26 on railtour duties onto YouTube- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7hp9xrv9zG0

Football tonight and an old favourite for the post match beer. Black sheep Ale 4.4%

Yes they are the Bachmann Sea-link MK1's. The intention is to have 3 more than the 2 pictured at the rear of the railtour rake making it load 11.Here is one of the 2 completed coaches after weathering.

Some more photos from this weekends efforts!

Class 47 - 47 520 heads south on Sunday with ECS from a Saturday railtour in late summer 1987.

56 013 enters the Up loop at Charwelton on a gloomy Saturday afternoon with a Didcot bound MGR train.

Well after a lot of work wiring the layout is now up and undergoing DCC testing. We couldn't resist getting some stock out though after track cleaning and here we see 56 013 entering the loop with 30 loaded HAA hoppers.

The latest working Working weekend is in full flow! More pics to follow later!!!

All sorted- thanks guys...... I think.

Well I thought I would have some fun and create a Newcastle - Poole window destination poster. Only problem is how to get it down to 4mm

We have 2 wood burning stoves and have had the first installed now for over 10 years, when lit they give out no visible smoke and are odourless when stood outside! We're currently burning 3 year seasoned wood through a thorough drying regime and have our chimneys swept every 2 years with less soot than can fill a small supermarket carrier bag to show for the sweeps best efforts. So at present we will will carry on with our current lifestyle and personally have no regrets or concerns environmentaly or health related! As an aside- Christmas morning with the woodburner lit and presents being opened will be a priceless memory for us and the kids for many years I hope!!

Hi Barry, If you haven't already tried it Paul Bartlett has several SATLINK Western photos on his site that I have spotted. https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/?q=SATLINK%20 (Edited to add link) Regards Andy

Whilst I agree that most phones are rarely used I have had to rely on lineside/SPT's on numerous occasions whilst on track due to the unfortunate dislike of the iPhone to cold weather. Not good when you have taken a set of points for maintenance from the signaller and he wants to run an EP!

Anyone fancy modelling one??

Hi, it's an EAK lineside junction box (mushroom) for the Thales AZLM axle counter system.