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Could you turn one up in a drill with a file perhaps? Andy G

I think one of the best jokes of all time is Bob Monkhouse's : 'When I told my family I wanted to be a comedian they laughed.....they're not laughing now!' Up there with: What cheese do you use to hide a horse? Mascarpone Andy G

The problem with DMU's in particular is that they didn't have red lamps built in when first built, these were added later, and certainly when they were in green livery they should never show red built in lamps.... they must have an oil tail lamp. The model manufacturers are creating a 'fake' history.... And I can assure you that some of the WIPAC LED clusters on 37's are almost impossible to see if the reds are lit in any sort of sunshine! Andy G

A tail lamp is really only of use to us Bobbies, to tell us that the train is complete. Its not really there to stop other trains hitting that one (though of course they do, especially on permissive sections and in yards etc), which seems to be the misconception that the general public seem to live with There have been many things used as tail lamps over the years, from newspapers to bog roll! I can recall oil lamps well into the '80s, and I've got a sneaking idea that they made it into the '90's as well. Andy G

Yes there are cab fitting drawings in the drawing list too. It's a long old list, but looks like everything has survived, which is rare! Andy G

just visited the Sentinel Drivers Club archive pages ( https://www.sentineldriversclub.com/archives ) and if you search (control F) 'railcoach' there are 1751 drawings highlighted, I wonder if there are body drawings in that lot? Andy G edit: drawing 7082 is for toolbox, railcoach 6224 drawing 8047 includes tank filler drawing 8210 diagram of railcoach and trailer drawing 8455 arrangement of type 'A' railcoach for LMS rly

Ebay will provide. Andy G

What I don't understand (as a 46 year old) is why we need so many things connect to the interweb these days? Yes the technology is brilliant, but is it really required? Do I really need to see who is at my front door when I'm not there? But it appears that the future is to own nothing and lease (which is what this is) everything... But a 30% rise is still small fry, both SWMBO and I have recently had our car insurance renewals through. Mine was up 70%, and the Wifes 100%+, neither of us have had any claims for years, and the values of the vehicles haven't gone up, so whats that all about? Andy G

Thats what I meant, but you put it much better! Andy g

Looking at the film of the loading of veg(?) in the yard, I'm thinking that that is at Upwell on the W&U Tramway. Andy G

When is the Vogon Constructor Fleet expected? I fear it's actually going to be a relief when it arrives.... Andy G

I'm also slowly moving over to 'coroline' (Onduline is the same but different!), again put over the top of existing good felt, works really well. The key with coroline/onduline is to have it supported by something underneath over its whole length, or it goes saggy very quickly... My repair to the garage roof is a quick and dirty fix which keeps things a bit more watertight for a couple of months until I can strip the whole lot and replace with new. The garage has been a bit of a pest, timber with lots of rot, but now its sat on concrete blocks to keep it out of the ground and a lot of new timber and nice SWMBO tinted cement board weather boarding. A bit like Triggers broom! Andy G

Funny you mention leaking roofs, I spent yesterday patching a leaking roof on my garage, pending a full replacement in warmer (drier?) weather later in the year. I discovered that roofing felt can be staple-gunned into position on to OSB (which is the under roof of my garage). I'm interested to see how long it will last like that though! I do suggest getting up there and getting the roof repaired as soon as possible, as the under roof will rot quite quickly. Andy G

You seem to be being deliberately provocative for the sake of it again. Its as if you have an axe to grind against Network Rail..... There are things that have to be done for an operational incident that has been said above, and you seem to think that TOC's have train crew all over the place ready to take over at the drop of a hat, this simply isn't true. With knowledge of how these things work, getting them moving again in 4 hours seems pretty slick to me (don't forget that the Bobby in the box also probably had to piss in a bottle too). Again it brings up WCRC's driver standards again though doesn't it? Andy G

And before that the asbestos lagging was often made up into 'mattresses' for putting around the boiler (there are photos about that show locos in the '30's without their cladding sheets on that show these mattresses. Some however were of felt). I believe that the asbestos mattresses were superseded by sprayed 'limpit' asbestos (thats asbestos fibres mixed with a cement slurry), before the use of fibreglass. There are stories told of when asbestos was first used to lag boilers, there were problems getting it to stay put, men would chew the raw fibres (hence getting them wet) and then throw it at the boiler to which is would then stick. I seem to recall that was where Turners (or Roberts) got the idea for Limpit asbestos from). Andy G

I've used one to make pre-grouping carriages, so don't see any reason why EMU's couldn't be done with one. Andy G

The rule book is quite clear that small animals don't need to be cautioned for (that includes dogs), but what every bobby I know (me included) do is to caution for the owner that is probably somewhere nearby looking for said dog. Andy G

No. The guard at the rear of the train would communicate (lamp signals/flags etc) to the driver to indicate when clear, and when to set back. Andy G

If you are talking about the bits for the rocking bar that transfers the drive from the post to the front of the platform to the dolls, then those bits are tiny things on the white sprue, above the ladder. The double holer goes in the middle to support both drives, and then you use the angled single holers at each end of the platform, one pointing upwards, one pointing down. The two bits above I think are the bits that go on the end of the rod, but there should be another two somewhere, which I can't see. Andy G

What are you struggling with? Its a balanced doll type bracket, so the post to the ground goes in the middle of the 'deck', with the two dolls evenly spaced either side, as shown in the drawing bottom left. Andy G

Possibly with something as simple as a tuning fork.... We used to use tuning forks with 'shutters' on them to check the speed of pulsing machines in telephone exchanges... Andy G

Asbestolux and supalux were both Cape Asbestos products. UAM plastics doesn't come up in a google search... Andy G

Why would the distant be fixed because of a tunnel? There are reasons why it would be fixed, but just because there is a tunnel is not one of them. The wire run would normally be as per a platform face, pulleys cleated into the brickwork (with provision around recesses so the P-way don't fall over them). The distant could of, course be motor worked, so just a pair of wires in the cablework through the tunnel. Andy G

The way I do rainstrips is to use 0.45mm brass wire (yes I know its round, but once the roof is painted you don't notice). Work out the top of the rainstrip arc, and put a dab of superglue there. Put the centre of the length of brass wire into place on this and let set. After it has set you can then do the same at the outer ends, which will then give you a lovely smooth curve to the rainstrip. When that has set you can run some superglue along th w hole length of the strip to hold it there. I would also use some 0.45mm wire in the horizontal score marks you have made to the body to act as the beading, as it is obviously proud of the body on the real things... Andy G

I too have signed the OSA (compulsory when you worked for BT) but what doesn't seem to be understood is that every person has to comply with it, even if you haven't signed it, the act of signing is effectively a reminder that you are already bound by it. Andy G