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  1. Rugd1022

    '...a splendid time is gaurenteed for all...and tonight, Mr Kite is topping the bil....'

  2. Rugd1022

    'Britannia' looked and sounded woderful accelerating away from Rugby Midland this morning... ;o)

    1. ozzyo

      ozzyo

      Still in black?

    2. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      Yes.... looked great, especially with a blood & custard Mk1 first up behind the tender, very 1950s ;o)

  3. Rugd1022

    'De-ribbing' Bachmann Mk1s is fun, honest! Makes all the difference though ;-)

    1. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      sure does

    2. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      What do you use ? Wet and dry ?

  4. Rugd1022

    "Oh what happened to you, whatever happened to me, what became of the people, we used to be... tomorrow's almost over, today went by so fast, the only thing to look forward to's the past..."

    1. N15class

      N15class

      A very likely theme

  5. Rugd1022

    "Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun..."

  6. Rugd1022

    A Dakota DC3 just flew over our house... oh what a joyous noise, I could listen to that all day long...!

  7. Rugd1022

    Almost went off railways for good this week due to monumentally bad vibes and low moral at work, but having just come home and looked at the good Cap'n Kernow's lovely shots of the Falmouth Branch am now perked up somewhat - cheers CK ;O)

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    2. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      Sorry to here your news Phil, hope he's feeling better. Cheers chaps - been a really strange couple of weeks, job's falling to bits and nobody 'upstairs' gives a stuff... workload is through the roof, we're several drivers short, moral is at an all time low and our customers are getting the wrong end of the stick, thinking we're all workshy lazy ****'s! Talk about piggy in the middle...

       

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Sorry to hear of your news, Nidge (and your's Phil). Apologies if the shot showing the FLHH loco was 'fat in the fire', but at least we've got our relaying done. Even bigger job coming up on the Barnstaple branch in a week or so - 16 days of blockade and 9.3 miles of track being re-laid!

    4. beast66606

      beast66606

      Ditto 10800

  8. Rugd1022

    Another birthday in the bag and another year that's flown by... where do they all go? Daft thing is, I can remeber things from nearly forty years ago quite vividly, but forget what I had for tea last Thursday...

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    2. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      Ta Dave... I think! 'Senior Moments' sounds like a brand name for old chocolate... ;-)

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      Last Thursday ? - did we have one ?

       

    4. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      It came and went Beast.... the days and weeks seem to merge with other now! Woosh, there goes another one ;-)

  9. Rugd1022

    Bah! A couple of asthmatic 31s will shift that lot no problem..... ahem, where's me coat....!

  10. Rugd1022

    Been counting Western liveries in my sleep this week... ;o)

  11. Rugd1022

    Been told I'll definitely be learning Class 70s at long last... pass the fire extinguisher, quick...! ;O)

  12. Rugd1022

    BoD - no, but I've got some smoke damaged fire alarms going cheap... ;o)

  13. Rugd1022

    Cable theft and shopping trolleys on the line at Coalville last night... another late finish this morning then!

    1. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      Brave Copper Fairies about going out in this weather!!

  14. Rugd1022

    Can't go to DEMU at Burton tomorrow... got to wait in all day for a new fridge to be delivered...typical!

  15. Rugd1022

    Caught a brief view of Warship D821 today driving past Old Oak in the staff van - warmed the cockles of me 'eart, so it did ;O)

    1. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      I like this

    2. darren01

      darren01

      saw this a few weeks ago when I went past going back home

    3. Londontram

      Londontram

      What was Warship D821 doing in the staff van

  16. Rugd1022

    Class 66 fuel gauges - not to be trusted! Bit of a close call last night...

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      Nothing wrong with a bit of vapour

    2. Jenny Emily

      Jenny Emily

      The stuff in the bottom of the tank is there to be used.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      What's the point of residue? It's there to be burnt!

  17. Rugd1022

    Conducting HSTs over the Chiltern this week, chocks away ;o)

    1. Pannier Tank

      Pannier Tank

      Nice little number!

  18. Rugd1022

    Damn those cable thieves!!! Temporary Block Working between Daw Mill and Nuneaton again today causing no end of grief for passenger and freight alike. Clamp down on the b*gg*rs at the receiving end and the thieving toe rags will have no excuse to nick the cables in the first place.....grrrrr, etc...

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I'm beginning to think that the only solution is to bury the cables really deep, and build plenty of redundancy into the cable route at the same time, so you don't ever need to dig it up again...

    3. Pugsley

      Pugsley

      I'm beginning to think that chopping their hands off if caught has merits!

    4. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      Its the whole culture of scrap dealing that needs looking at, when you can go into a scrap dealer and BUY perfectly usable bundles of copper pipe, there’s something wrong.

  19. Rugd1022

    dangerously tempted by the lovely G Scale 78xx Manor I've just seen in the modelshop near Princes Risborough station... make it stop!!

  20. Rugd1022

    Delving into previously unexplored corners of the good ship RMWeb.... hidden treasures at every turn with lots of inspiration to boot ;O)

  21. Rugd1022

    Disappearing posts... grrrrr!!!

  22. Rugd1022

    Don't be shy Beast, post away... ;-)

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      Will do - later, I have permission to post them all so no problem doing so, just got to remove the chaff and renumber them

  23. Rugd1022

    doubled headed Manors in the dark on the SVR last night... magical! Was it really this good back in BR days...?

    1. 46444

      46444

      Sounds fantatstic. Wish I could have witnessed it myself.

  24. Rugd1022

    Dug out Colin Gifford's 'And Gone Forever' from the book cupboard just now and heaved a big sigh... ;-)

  25. Rugd1022

    Enjoyed one of the best days ever on the SVR yesterday with D821 and D1062, especially once darkness had fallen... I can still hear those mighty Maybachs now. Deep joy, well done the DTG & WLA!

    1. Dave47549

      Dave47549

      D9520 was good value also. Couldn't cover the evening trains due to lack of babysitter. 50031 did exactly what was expected of it, pop!

    2. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      Well at least the 50 behaved like they used to on the big railway! Had a storming late evening run with D821 heading north before the rear engine gave up... for a brief moment it was very easy to imagine it was going up the Cornish Mainline in the dead of night at full pelt. Top stuff.

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