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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

D-limonene, IIRC, emerged on here when folk were assembling styrene parts cut on a Silhouette machine, particularly the lacework for panelling coaches which was 10 thou and liable to distortion with standard solvents. D-limonene is slow acting and very gentle on the styrene. A larger join area or where the weld is taking some strain would be more suitable for a standard solvent. There were supply issues a while ago, partly due to Royal Mail not accepting it. This isn't really a substitute for D-limonene as it's aggressive by comparison. Alan

I'm feel very uncomfortable demanding anything. Can I ask politely, please? Alan

Have look at there are other notes on creating 6170 scattered through the topic (I think Iain's ( @92220) done it twice) so it might be worth doing a search for both Legion and 6170 in "This Topic". Unfortunately the pictures in the link above have gone, but I seem to recall there are some recent images later on. Iain is modelling BR, I presume you're LMS. There is a distinction in the 1930s between the earlier raked steam pipes and straight. Raked is really quite distinctive. Alan

Sheep can happily graze around and under panels, other animals, cows or goats, will inevitably cause damage. Wildflower meadows left ungrazed provide habitat for a wider range of necessary pollenating insects than a single crop. I agree that buildings should be used as much as possible and roofing over open car parks with panels would be an idea. Please keep an open mind on the options needed to generate and store electricity. Alan

You clearly can, I'd no sooner marvelled at impressive progress in the Pennines when I find you scrubbling about in the Peak District! Alan

Had a look at the Grantham thread just now - all very quiet - is nothing happening there, Graham? Alan

Are folk recalling the Spurs song for Cyril Knowles or the bread advert, or both? Which of course led to the query about the result of rodent FA cup. Mice won squirrel. Alan