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One I've only heard once. Lazy Man's Society. I have a notion that might be a jibe from folk in another industry. Alan

Mine's currently about that too, but it appears a higher specification ev may bump things up. I believe the issue is delays on spares that puts up the costs of the replacement hire car and also a shortage of repair centres. Alan

A quick run through my photos shows 157 - 175 (maybe 176 too but not 177) as showing outside brake pull-rods in LMS days. These were 6'6" locos built from 1876 onwards (using 1907/LMS numbers rather than the system preferred by those who think the proper Midland ended with the arrival of Richard Deeley 😉). Alan

I've been pretty committed to ev driving, nearly, 70,000 miles in my Zoe. But the continuing frailty of the charging network is making me re-think as I need to change cars fairly soon. This therefore came as a bit of a shock. Alan https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/30/the-quotes-were-5000-or-more-electric-vehicle-owners-face-soaring-insurance-costs

It was normally raised when running, although I can't see why it need to be put down otherwise. Was it set before a run or could the crew raise it from the cab? Alan

It isn't sense at all. After pooling the wagon fleets became increasingly mixed and, by your period with over 20 years of shuttling around, pooled wagons in any large location were probably seen pretty much in line with their proportions in the fleet overall. Alan

Bachmann have used both 3mm and 2.5mm axles, unfortunately I don't know which is fitted to either of the locos you are interested in. The wheelset must be worth a punt, the gear may even be the same. Alan

It's not a huge step to convert DC to DCC. Feeds to every length of track, frog polarity switched with the movement of the point blades. Then all you would need to do is set all your DC section switches to live and you're good to go. If you have your section switches accessible you could hard-wire them out, but keeping them could be useful for fault finding. If it's a small layout you don't need to think about power districts and there's probably not a reversing loop involved. Given you will already have had to sort frog polarity and any diamond crossings there's no need to think about frog juicers. Alan

That's very interesting and quite inexplicable. Presumably there had to be some sorting of the ownership in 1923, but even so, to persist with a tiny partnership with just a few assets and a mail contract seems most strange, let alone the vehicles then wandering. I can't answer either, except that I think it was a square panelled clerestory vehicle. The slideshow images were Highland-related photos from the Cumbrian Railway Association's collection with commentary from Jim Summers of the Caley Association! I've had a search of the Cumbrian Zenfolio but drawn a blank, Phil @SteamAle might be able to assist although we may have a wait as he only pops in here now and then. Alan

There is (or was) the remains of an LNW carriage (complete with original etched glass) on one of the Edale campsites (just behind its caff).

Taking advantage of this threads revival I have a question or two. At the HR Society AGM a photo of a Midland & North Eastern Joint Stock postal van popped up (at Inverness IIRC) in the livery of that concern. I thought the Joint stock was for working between Newcastle and Bristol. If that is correct, what's it doing in Inverness? Was the stock postal vehicles only or were there passenger carriages too? On an LNER thread @jwealleans noted that all the photos of M&NEJS postal vehicles he'd seen were in Scotland, although in which period wasn't clear. From the mileages involved, I would guess the Midland was the senior partner. Alan

I think James is a teacher and I suspect a pretty good one as his explanations and presentation are very accomplished. Mind you he has invested in some serious and expensive machinery such as the laser cutter. It's good that he also sells some of his creations. Alan

There's a very good video about assembling these from James at Bexhill West. His is 18.83mm but the principles are the same. Alan

That's not what I suggested at all as evidence. An example on a readily available printer would be enough. One would hope a designer could manage that either themselves or through a contact, otherwise how do they know it works. Alan

On spiders, I don't know if they can detect the variety of mint, but if you run 60100 as the first loco of the session it might work. Alan

There have been a few articles in the magazines, Sam Turner's Gladstone (filament) and the recent Diary series progressing slowly in BRM. Additionally there have been editorial comments and references within other articles. However, there are so many variables, let alone the additive or resin issue, that providing an article that is a comprehensive guide is probably impossible without taking over the magazine completely for a few months. The debates about printers, resin type, orientation, settings, supports and oversizing detail are lively (in a positive way) on here and no doubt if you pursue those matters on more dedicated forums there'll be even more information. If I were to buy an STL, as a minimum I would expect to be informed and shown that it has printed successfully on a named machine with a particular resin at a specified orientation and printer settings. I would happily live with the designer's support choices in those circumstances. Alan

If you hired a saloon is it certain you also had to buy tickets for the travellers? Was it not an all inclusive hire price? Alan

That touches on a significant issue with wagon modelling in particular (because you need a lot of them). Detail needs to be consistent across your fleet and with safety loops, horse hooks, brake cross rodding, bottom door release catches, chains, stops and so on, it soon mounts up to significant time. Alan

There must be either a size cut-off or a point where the animal is not packaged in some way that determines whether it's counted as a head. Otherwise enumerating pigeons for races, day old chicks and similar would get silly. Alan

I suspect goats could contribute to the miscellaneous animals quite a bit. Alan

Certainly not down the toilet. If it solidifies somewhere it'll be a heck of a blockage to clear. Put a bit of mesh over the tub if you're concerned about wildlife, but most animals are quite sensible about what they eat. Alan

Maybe she didn't participate in the sand dance routine. Or perhaps they were between Bettys. Alan

All the LYR Radials had identical wheelbase and wheel diameter, the only difference was a lengthening of the frames and IIRC some weight to balance the superheater on those fitted. Alan

There a bloke called James who is building a model of Bexhill West in S4 and has produced some interesting videos on YouTube. They're a bit all over the place as he has several projects on the go at once. Anyway, in his most recent video he shows a book of Midland Railway drawings he's acquired of bridges on the line south of Dewsbury. It's the first section of the video. The book is very dilapidated with mould and other ravages of time and James is looking for advice on its proper restoration/conservation. Just thought it might be of interest to followers of this topic. Alan

On professional secrecy, there was an Armenian woman in America who ran cookery courses in Armenian cuisine. Even under her direct tuition her students could never get the richness of flavour she did. It turned out that whenever she went to put her own dish in the oven that was in the next room, she would secretly add herbs or spices that she had never told her students about. Alan