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Gents, many thanks for all the replies, I didn't realise the term Pay Train was mainly an ER or LMR term, what was used on the Western or Southern when the station booking facilities where withdrawn on less used lines ?

Best regards

Craig.

Are you sure your layout isn't set in North Wales ? The climate seems to suggest so , see you soon Mr P 

That is a lovely neat Mancave set up, those under the layout cupboards look great, good luck with the project

Can anybody please confirm what year the British Rail pay trains started ? would it be around the late 60's to early 70's once the decimation of station staff and facilities where cut ? or even earlier ?

Thanks in advance

Craig.

11 hours ago, Rivercider said:

Yes, and a happy one again today.

Top of the league,..... we're going to enjoy it while we can....

 

cheers

Martin, we came down for the away fixture last February, had the weekend in Exeter, my lad was on a course at Limpstone.

it was a great weekend, and I have to say the Supporters Club was great, we was in there for a couple of hours before the game, it’s good to see the Grecians being a Club for the Fans again now, I remember your difficult times.

Good luck for this season

Craig

1 hour ago, caradoc said:

 

peanuts, please look at this again; If 4 are promoted from League 2, and only 3 relegated from League 1, and nothing else changes, League 2 will definitely be a team short ! However claude dreyfus has explained how this will be resolved.

 

Yes only 1 team will be relegated out of League 2 this season, our expulsion will cause the numbers to adjusted further down the pyramid ... 

1 hour ago, Rivercider said:

Hopefully there will be a way back for Bury, one way or another.

 

The National League/s is/are like a rehabilitation ward for former league clubs. 

My team spent five seasons there, having almost gone completely following the intervention of a couple of crooks, (who both had previous).

 

Football club 'owners' are really just temporary custodians, but unfortunately many do not realise that,

 

cheers

Rivercider, are you a Grecian ?

best regards

Craig

1 hour ago, Rivercider said:

Hopefully there will be a way back for Bury, one way or another.

 

The National League/s is/are like a rehabilitation ward for former league clubs. 

My team spent five seasons there, having almost gone completely following the intervention of a couple of crooks, (who both had previous).

 

Football club 'owners' are really just temporary custodians, but unfortunately many do not realise that,

 

cheers

Rivercider, are you a Grecian ?

best regards

Craig

Bury Fan here ...... I'll not lie it's been a tough few months , and this week has felt like a bereavement, I have the memories of going along to home and away games as 3 generations of supporters, we lost my Dad just over 4 years ago, but my Son and I still go when we could, making long distance away games a weekend treat away "he is the Royal Marines", but after a few years of mismanagement by 2 or 4 utter Crooked W#nkers in our club, our little footballing community has been crushed to dust.

I had 46 years support and 78 league grounds invested in watching our beloved Shakers ... but our plight is everything that is completely wrong with todays game, most clubs aren't community assets anymore, they are just play things or Ego trips for the "so called" narcissistic Wealthy to$$ers, who unfortunately leave leave behind a trail or destruction and debt once it all goes to rat sh#t.

The EFL are complicate in our doom also, as their inability to chase down our latest Crook of a Chairman was the final blow, the saying amonst our fans is Stewart Day killed us, Stave Dale put us in the coffin, and the EFL hammered the nails down on the lid, the damage to the fabric of the town of Bury will be hard, small businesses and pubs relied on the home games, especially if the away following was sizeable one.

We have the Boroughs MP's onboard, and we are making a legal case to try and prove the EFL did not follow their own rules in making the initial decision to expel us, and then refuting our appeal to rescind the decision, so we will keep fighting, if all else fails then it looks like an application to join further down the footballing pyramid for the 2020/2021 season.

UTS ... Up The Shakers. 1885 - 2019 

Looking good Andy, has the floor been strengthened in TOPs ? as that is some weight there with all those Locos 

Best regards

Craig.

Gents & Ladies, I am an exiled Shaker (Bury), and our plight really does come down to tomorrows High Court Case in London, as whether our rogue "beloved" Chairman can prove the finances to go ahead with the CVA that was agreed last week, but request after request from the EFL have been met with a lack of communication for Steve Dale, hence why the EFL have had no option to force his hand and dish out the suspension.

Fingers and everything else crossed for tomorrow, our fate should be known by around 11.00-11.30am, but if it all goes awry, that's 45 years of love, joys, tears and emotions down the tubes ... as the late great Bill Shankly once famously said about football being more important than life and death .... sorry it isn't now ... it's all about the purse strings, tax fiddles, sponsorship deals, branding, signing on fees, agents fees and everything that has turned the Footballing Community rotten to the core with chasing the holy grail of money.

Up The Shakers, Bury till I die, or the Club dies before me 

Craig.

Hello, I am contemplating a small 4mm creamery project, and  was looking at the Dapol 6 wheeled milk tankers, I know they aren't correct in detail etc, but it is possible to dismantle them easy enough to work on them for detailing etc, remove the tank etc ? or are they all glued together and nigh on impossible to dismantle without wrecking them ?

Many thanks in advance

Craig.

Hello does anybody have a pair of JLTRT "Just Like The Real Thing" Class 25/1 cabs with gangway doors still present, I would like to either exchange for a pair of plated over versions or buy them.

Please message me if you are interested.

Best regards

Craig.

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May be Larry was rubbed up by some snowflake type comment, who knows !

But in this day and age it is very common for people to get offended for others, who probably weren’t offended in the first place, you know the 3rd party I am offended for you syndrome, it’s so BBC these days.

best regards

Craig 

Ok here is a couple short observations in my eyes.

If any of you have met  or ever get to meet Larry personally he is a lovely bloke, with a wicked dry sense of humour, and a font of information about Railways.

WT - Western Thunder I find is a great forum, very inspirational modelling on all skill levels, and certainly not a clique that I have noticed.

The above are a bit of ying against the yang in the two subjects discussed in this thread.

best regards

Craig

2 hours ago, markjj said:

I didn't know JLTRT ever took payments up front I stand corrected then. None the less it's a shame they ended up like they did. Back when they first started they used to send stuff with an invoice to pay after you got it. 

 

Hi Mark, there was a bit of a kerfuffle when it happened, and a good few had paid up pre-orders for the 47 kit.

Best regards

Craig.

I have to say. this has to be one of my favourites layouts I have come across, the decay and dereliction just oozes atmosphere, and I do like the perception of space, less is definitely more, superbly modelled you have an eye and skill for it.

Best regards

Craig.

On 08/06/2019 at 12:45, markjj said:

 

My point is although I didn't make it very clear was that most of the locos that have failed due to crowdfunding already existed as kits. The LMS twins and the Class 22 to mention a few of them in particular existed in the JLTRT range. Luckily they have been resurrected in the new MM1 company.

Had everyone spent their possibly now lost money on them it may have been enough to keep JLTRT going. They never once asked for deposits or money up front.....  I'm sure that Pete lost a great deal of his own money giving us the wonderful range that he did.

Ps I have no connection to any of the above mentioned companies just a grateful previous customer and glad they ride again..   

Better not mention the first run of Class 47's then ! A few people lost out on pre-order payments when JLTRT when kerboom

I even text him and rang "the" mobile number, unobtainable !!!!

I wander if I'll get my first instalment bank transfer back ? 

Craig

Hi Blobrick, the earliest picture on www.railcar.co.uk shows 55000 in 1969 in early blue with small yellow warning panels, @EddieK may be help with your search.

Hope this helps

Best regards

Craig.

13 hours ago, georgeT said:

Had a cracking day out with Bodgit this afternoon at the DCC MRX show in Manchester Bus museum today where some goodies were bagged, and Bodgit bagged this cracking O gauge Class 56 in Railfreight Grey (Large Logo) as seen having  her first run out on 'Grundy Street' today and she sound's lovely...

Very nice, who was selling that ? Was it the Loco Shed of Besses O’th Barn ?

23 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

F18 (Horn) sounds like a Dooooo Daaaaa

 

No mention of a Crompton mate, but that reminds me, I still have mine to detail and finish off.

 

I do need a Crompton or two for Kingsmill though mate.

 

 

Is that 7mm ??? Ha ha ha ... I am on my iPhone, so it doesn’t load emojis for some reason !!! 

24 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

I was expecting Two new additions to the SMS Fleet today, but with a lighting problem on the 47, I only have the Highland Stag Tractor, fitted with a YouChoos Sound Chip and two large round speakers.

 

Very nice it is too.

 

 

Did the delivery Guy say anything about a Crompton ? 

Looks nice Andy, does it sound the dog's doo dah's ?

Best regards

Craig.

On 29/04/2019 at 07:43, georgeT said:

Through commissions l managed to purchase this beautiful weathered single trailing coach and l am hoping to buy a driving car to make it into a 2-car DMU, l need to do some research now, any help would be much appreciated...  

Hello George, that's nice, it is a Class 121 DTS (Driving Trailer Second), https://www.railcar.co.uk/ the Railcar website is your friend for info, ideally you would need a Class 121 DMBS (Driving Motor Brake Second) Bubble car.

Best regards

Craig.