2E Sub Shed

Had a buyer who within 5 mins of paying tried to cancel, however I did not see the message, and had already printed a postage label. eBay considered I had dispatched the item by buying postage, no way to reverse, so only way was to not send the item and then have the "buyer" request a refund as "item not delivered" after a few days. I did consider the reason I had been given for buyer wanting to cancel was false, as he quoted a word featured in both the title and the descriptive text and also visible on the photo as the reason, and in fact I think it was buyers remorse as he had paid 25% more then the new price for the item, but I did not want the hassle of dealing with it. No idea what it did to my seller reputation.

Athearn also used sintered iron wheels on these Blue Box range loco's. A web search will find a number of "remedies" to improve them.

Could possibly be an early Athearn F7 Chassis, see Link to diagram, if it is not that exact one, look here under diesel diagrams https://hoseeker.net/athearn.htm Early Athearn motors can draw high currents and the chassis is live.

Police have confirmed that the man who fell from the roof of a nightclub and died was not a bouncer.

This seller on eBay makes custom scissors from both Peco & Hornby parts in OO/HO. link to eBay seller page No connection except he turned up in an eBay search for something else.

And the Swiss Air Force operated German aircraft. "Later in the war Swiss Bf 109s were to intercept Allied bombers that strayed into their airspace, forcing them to land and be interned. There were rarely problems, but while escorting a B-24, a USAAF P-51D shot down one Swiss Bf 109 and damaged another. The Swiss tried painting their Bf 109s with loud red and white stripes to emphasize the Swiss cross markings, but this was discontinued because then the Luftwaffe mistook them as Allied aircraft painted in invasion stripes" Source : https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2017/08/28/the-swiss-air-force-in-world-war-ii/

For D-Day Members of the Royal Observer Corp were deployed to Allied Merchant Ships including US Ships during the D-Day landings to prevent "friendly-fire" incidents. Most "incidents" were from Naval vessels. See https://www.combinedops.com/ROC.htm

There is an image of ex USA Army US 6169 Vulcan aka 989.04 in the Neville Stead Collection on the website linked below. Link to copyrighted photo

Still trading under a different name PDERS - history Now owned by Otis

Was told the same story by another (now sadly closed) retailer who had similar arrangements in place to "relocate" out of area products.

In connection with workings in Wales of the class 33's I recalled a picture of a Class 33 at Haverfordwest. I think I have found it - Link to copyright photo It shows a Class 33 working, according to the caption a Milford Haven - Swansea service in Sept 1983, Is this a fill-in turn, or an extension of the Portsmouth service ?

Just to add The Ian Allen book, "Rail Portfolio, The Cromptons" shows on page 49 a Class 33 captioned as "on the 09:15 Bristol-Taunton local at Bridgwater on 29/03/85" displaying "89", further states this was a diagrammed working

Would there also be a relay cabinet near the signal ?

Been around before. See page 1214 of this thread

Probably not strange, as it is opposite the Harz engine shed at Wernigerode, theHotel Altora Resturant, has LGB railway that runs from Bar to tables, and carries drinks, Hotel Altora picture gallery

The Home Defence Government South West Region included, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon & Cornwall. UK Regional Government Structure http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/Page223.htm

Just to note that the layout at the start of this thread, Box Metals, besides being featured on Carl's site, is also covered in Model Trains International issue 81, and features in the Preview issue of the Micro Model Railway Dispatch, announced on RMWeb here last summer, a-new-e-mag-for-the-micro-layout-enthusiast published last year by Ian Holmes.

Around 1963-65 my father worked at a feed mill that overlooked Northampton Engine Shed, (not the old midland shed found by a web search but the one in Far Cotton), many a Saturday Morning waiting for him to finish the half-day was spent by me on an upper floor, looking at loco's on the shed, unfortunately no camera, nor spotting book, just memories of seeing bits of the railway which would soon disappear.. The mill even had it's own siding and still had the odd wagon load of feed from BOCM, although later it was not tripped out to the siding and had to be unloaded at the local goods depot and brought back on a lorry.

A number of references in the text (although no full timetables) can be found in the following publications, GWR to Devizes, by Rod Priddle & David Hyde, published by Millstream Books in 1996 & also A Wiltshire Railway Remembered THE DEVIZES BRANCH by Nigel S.M.Bray published by Picton Publishing in 1984 which contains more train running information. Examples are : 1908 July, Aug. Sep ThO - Swindon - Holt - Weymouth and West Bay Excursions 1925 Autotrain - Devizes to Frome 1940's Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads via Newbury, Devizes. Auto trains from Trowbridge also reversed at Pans Lane Halt 1950's - Autotrain - Patney to / from Trowbridge. Weston - Super Mare to Reading, Newbury to/from Trowbridge 1961 Direct Bristol Trains ended 1962 Devizes - Savernake SO afternoon with a 1 hour wait for connection to Newbury 1964 Reading - Devizes - Weymouth Summer SO April 1966 (year of closure) (at Patney) Patney - Devizes - Westbury, Up, Trowbridge - Reading SX (Paddington SO), Devizes - Newbury

A friend already has a Smart Meter, but gets calls asking them to have a Smart Meter. Points out that one is already installed, problem is no mobile network coverage so cannot operate.

Bargain Buy against these 2 listings Listing One , Listing Two

Useful chocolate teapot Bachmann F7 locos, enough versions, that whatever spare you have is the wrong one for the version you have.

Correct it is his story. The incident is in "Mendips Engineman" (P60), the train was 9F hauled, the following train requiring the banker was the "Pines Express" hauled by "an ailing West Country".

Many years ago, used to hear tales from friends in the TV & Audio Repair trade of the use of WD40 by users in tape recorders and the subsequent arrival in their workshops. Another product used for the wrong purpose.

And alternate universes.