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Doesn`t work, as I said the tax is eye watering on high end company cars. Cheaper to just buy as a private individual so you DO pay the VAT
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Protest should be within the law. I suspect this lot were trespassing at the very least to say nothing about violating Covid regs. You cannot break the law just because you think you have a just cause. The law applies to all in a democracy
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Problem is, this stupidity increases the costs of construction but it will not stop it. These idiots need teaching a lesson for all time. They talk about the government not listening. So THEY (the idiots) are the experts and the elected government should bow down to them I suppose ! No country can be run like this and the sooner they accept it the better. .
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Very good idea to make them do unpaid "community service" on HS2 just to rub their noses in it.
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You need to look up tax laws. It really isn`t worth it claiming company cars, especially high enders through the tax system , you get clobbered these days. I tried it !
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Just think of the VAT on a Roller ! Everyone DOES pay tax in one way or another
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As Jools 1959 says I have just started a Far North layout based a little further up the line than Helmsdale using Forsinard as the passing station and Thurso as the terminus. Regarding track my previous layouts have all been code 75 with electro frog points but this new one is using the new Bullhead rail with the new unifrog points. My experience with the unifrog points is that they are a revelation. They have been installed for over 6 months now and I haven`t had one single stall. They also look so much better. I would say if it fits your budget (and your stock) make the move to bullhead completely. You will not regret it. I am waiting for more points for the Thurso section but the wait is worth it for the running. Once you have used the unifrog points you will never go back. Good luck with your layout. Ben Alder knows far more than I about the Far North but I might be able to assist as I am modelling the blue period so ask away if you wish Class 26
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FORSINARD AND THE FAR NORTH Began in summer 2020 this layout seeks to represent Forsinard station in full, a section of Flow Country and end in Thurso. It is built in a newly constructed shed measuring 24 x 12. The layout will operate in two periods, both BR blue using Class 24/1& 26`s and then later with 37`s. Here are a few photos but the layout is a long way from being even a quarter finished. There is a thread on the layout pages with the same title.
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All projections are just that but I would wager a large sum that the research done on HS2 goes into thousands and thousands of pages which has to count for something You are dismissing all the experts opinions with what ? Do you have 1000`s and 1000`s of pages to back up your opinions? Thought not. You can keep repeating an opinion as many times as you wish but it doesn`t make it right. Evidence is needed to back it up . Can you supply it ? If so, i will bow to you better judgement. If we are not to do anything because we cannot be sure what will be in 50 years time then why are we so concerned about climate change, afterall it is not us so much that will feel the effects but our children and grandchildren. However, they will curse us if we do not take action NOW. Waiting until the severe effects of climate change is fully on us will be too late. So we HAVE to project into the future. I can`t imagine HS2 ever getting off the starting block being built if only a few cranks thought it a good idea. There is a huge volume of evidence to support it and even if the nay sayers can find a few flaws the basic idea that the line is required is inescapable. The concept will have been tested to destruction in committee after committee after committee to ensure the money is being spent well and that the project is necessary in the national interest. This isn`t a village bypass , it`s the largest infrastructure project for a century (or more)!
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That is your opinion., it is NOT fact
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I think the crucial point re HS2 is that it is a very long term piece of infrastructure. Suppose the Victorians in the 1800`s had the same doubts then the ECML, WCML , MML GWML etc, etc probably would not be here now. We, in 2020 can have no idea what demand will be in 50, 75 even 100 + years time but it is highly likely that - Few, if any more motorways will be built The population will continue grow there roads will become MORE congested Rail traffic will grow again after C19, even if there is working from home, this will only slow the growth. Zoom will not replace meeting face to face. I speak personally but in my business we have already discounted Zoom going forward for the bulk of our meetings. I don`t have figures but I suspect that as our existing Victorian rail infrastructure ages it gets more expensive to maintain and a new line would have been needed in the not too distant future. If you accept this then HS2 , as one line it will take vast amount of express traffic OFF existing lines freeing up paths for slower stopping services which will get people out of cars thus saving tons and tons of CO2
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In those days I was a spotter down at BHX. The DC9 did 3 rotations a day between BHX and Brussels and in between fitted in a peak BHX - Heathrow service. In reality the distance between BHX and LHR is just too small for this service to be viable these days. Recently BA gave up on Leeds - LHR, a significantly greater distance than between Brum / Heathrow
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For the sake of accuracy it should be pointed out that British Midland operated the BHX - L:HR service with ATP`s with 64 seats. They also used the DC9 on this service with c 90 seats You are thinking of the Brymon service from BHX to LGW which used Twin Otters which did have c.20 seats Whatever , it is true that BHX has services to numerous European hubs. I lived in brum for 30 years and often hubbed through Frankfurt, Munich , Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Zurich etc and on these flights I would the bulk of the pax were transiting onwards. Using LHR is a royal pain from brum. 2 hours drive, park up, check in and half a day is lost so the european hub is an attractive alternative if on business.
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Ok, I edited my post I also love trees and have many in my garden but those protesting need to see the bigger picture. Yes, it is sad that some ancient trees have to be felled but for the greater good of getting many people out of their cars then surely it is worth it ? And, as i said , the young trees being planted will absorb far, far more CO2 as they grow than those "ancient" trees which everyone is trying to protect. This ancient tree debate is emotive, designed to appeal to those who don`t want to change anything but the facts say different. HS2 has really not explained itself very well but i also suspect there are many who really do not want to hear.
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Which means I, and I would think many others will take my car (very polluting) rather than the slower train. What does this achieve ? What needs pointing out is that old, mature trees are not absorbing CO2 any more, it is the young, growing trees that are doing so. HS2 is planting millions of new trees
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I probably didn`t make myself clear. i mean the wiring will have no visible effect on the scenic development so not many new photo in the weeks to come Droppers are soldered onto MOST , if not every piece of track . maybe I will regret not doing all pieces later ? Only time will tell. Now I just need to get the bus in and connect the whole lot up. The scenic sections use the new Peco Bullhead unifrog points and I have not had a single stall in over 6 months of running trains over them . The hidden sections use older code 75 electro frog points. I would highly recommend the unifrog points, they are (to me) a big step forward, only wish there was a larger radius version.
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Hi John, Thank you for your kind words. That`s why i choose the FNL or Kyle line, rather difficult to fill with track, at least if you opt to model a stretch of line outside a station. The scenery is what I prefer not being that great at scratch building. I think the real progress isn`t going to come until the spring when its dryer. I also don`t want to go charging ahead with the scenery until the backscenes are in place for which I need to go to Caithness to take some photos so I am handicapped somewhat by a certain virus and the lack of daylight at this time of year. It will all happen from Spring onwards I also need to finish the track on Thurso for which I am waiting for Peco to deliver some bullhead points. Will have a go at the train shed over Christmas. Haven`t even started to properly wire things so that is another job for the dark winter months but of course will have no real visible effect.
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Thanks, will order a copy.
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Would love to know the title of this book when you can find it. Many thanks
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Hello Mark,
Just ordered a copy of your father`s book. Not sure why I hadn`t done so before . It would be interesting to see other photos of this bridge so thanks in advance. My bridge is actually taken from a rather poor photo of the one at Duible between Helmsdale and Kildonan but the abutments are all but invisible in these photos hence me using those from the Achnasheen bridge. The intention was never to model one specific bridge but just to produce a generic one.
The Thurso and Forsinard sections will be as faithful to reality as possible but the section between these two, the Flow Country is essentially freelance, taking various interesting elements that are found along this section of the line such as the snow fences and abandoned croft etc
Thanks Mark
Nigel
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Hello Mark,
Will be very glad for any photos of Forsinard. 1982 is spot on for the 37 era. I also will run 24 / 26`s from the previous decade as I can`t miss out on Sutton Loco Works imminent highland 24`s.
My e mail address is -
nigelpmorley5258@gmail.com
PS saw Portchullin at the Nottingham show a few years ago and your idea of a station with passing loop and a couple of sidings on a long single track line was my inspiration for doing Forsinard , just took several years to get there. The idea that such a simple track plan can give a satisfying layout comes from that day ! I originally intended to do a roundy with the Flow Country occupying the whole of the opposite side of the layout but that would have entailed too much in the way of hidden storage tracks hence Thurso
Look forward to receiving any photos you may have of Forsinard.
Thanks again
Nigel
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Hi Nigel,
Just sent from from my email account; if it doesn't come through let me know and I will send via the firm's file transfer system.
Pleased to have helped with some inspiration somewhere along the way! I enjoyed the Nottingham show; I recall they had a "most realistically operated layout" competition which I threatened to enter and then point out they had missed a train about 20 mins before hand and the next cam past a 7pm, would they mind waiting? They couldn't but score me correctly!!
I am also down for at least one of the Sutton Loco Works class 24/1; I have one Bachie class 37 and will get at least one of the Accursacale ones - obviously large logo!
Mark
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I am going to revise my abutments along the lines of that outside Achnasheen station as in the photo above. There is more than one lattice bridge on the northern section of the FNL and I guess they all will have different abutments as the topography will be different in each case. As that part of the layout is not based on any specific place but more of a general impression of Flow Country it ought to be acceptable ! Will still be interested to see any photos you may find.
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You are right and I found this photo of a similar bridge on the Kyle line just outside Achnasheen station. All the photos I have of those on the FNL are relatively distant shots or do not show the abutments in sufficient detail. I think it is not too difficult to make the necessary amendments.
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Thanks. Apart from loving this area my forte is not buildings but the scenery so this is perfect for me and in all my 30 + years modelling I have only either modelled the Kyle or Far North line, previously in less space, this shed having only arrived in the early summer. Would have loved to have fitted in Georgemas for the operational interest but can`t be greedy ! This is really for solo operating although it could take a second person. i can watch a train for hours on a single meandering line travelling through such scenery.
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A few photos from this evening, all of 26029 heading out of Thurso
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Many thanks Richard, as always very helpful
