2E Sub Shed

This one ticks a few boxes Bachmann Oliver & Toad "DELUXE BNIP RARE ELECTRIC TRAINS" The two items can be found for at least £80 less on a UK website. Emily and coaches (not "RARE") over 3 times the price on the same UK website.

Regular passenger trains ceased on the Highbridge - Burnham on Sea section on 29th Oct 1951, although through excursion trains operated until 8th September 1962. (source "Somerset & Dorset Railway" Robin Atthill 1985). Therefore may explain the passenger loading.

Not in the Model Railway business, but some years ago I knew the owner (freehold) of retail premises in a High Street. He was offered a sum exceeding the profit, (including his notional salary), he was making for the business, for a full repairing lease, (i.e. the leaseholder maintained the building). Therefore he ceased trading and another small business went from the local High Street. Hence the freehold in this case formed the owners pension fund. Given the number of empty premises seeking "market rents" these days, probably unlikely to occur now.

On line stock checks of stock at local DIY supplier, removed the "need" to spend several hours visiting them to find bits for whatever job "er indoors" had assigned for the day off. Such journeys could involve a check at local model shop(s) to see if they had the required item . If enough time could be devoted to the search, time to do the actual job evaporated.

As per title, looking for a copy of this Magazine, or partial scan of some pages. Many Thanks to Member "Moxy" for providing a scan of the pages I required. If anyone does wish to dispose of a copy of the magazine, please contact me. Copy found via the Rother Valley Railway Online Shop http://www.rvr.org.uk/shop.html.

From my distant memory there seemed to be a fair few imports from Europe with either poor dubbing or a voice over describing the action, also some American stuff, I think 1st programme I remember seeing was "Fury", think "Skippy" but a horse instead of a marsupial.

On a similar theme. There is a story in the contracting world of an individual who had two contracts at the same time on opposite sides of a large multi-building site in seperate development teams that did not interact. He would leave a jacket in one office and go to the other and leave another coat, alternating attendance during the day.

Never issued kit to a line of PC's without sight of the individuals warrant card, else "PC 99" "Micky Mouse" would appear on the receipt.

I see you have a machine gun on one of your tanks, There is a posting on the US Model Railroad Hobbyist forum which suggests that any belt fed weapons such as machine guns would be removed while the tank was in transit by rail. Link to MRH posting

If you can find a copy of the Ian Allan "Trains 68" Annual, then there is a description of a trip of a Banbury OIC Sidings- Cardiff - Margam train journey made on Friday 20th March 1959. This predates the use of the SMJ, the connection work is noted as well in progress in the article, this journey being routed via the Honeybourne line.. The train load for the journey is described as "29 26 ton roller-bearinged, but loose coupled grey tipplers, plus 20 ton GW brake van", engine was 28XX 3843 a Cardiff Canton engine. It notes this was the full banker load for the locomotive Also the article notes that in a siding near Banbury Junction there were "rusty derelict-looking tippler wagons, these being bauxite painted continuos braked" which were not in use due to objections from users, although it was noted these were in use in 1968. Capacity of wagons in use in 1959 is given as 25/27, 24.5 , 22, 20 &16 ton with 14 ton use dying out.

Even higher hopes ?

Nigel Farage for one

Brackley Great Central viaduct went for hardcore to Milton Keynes according to web sources. Although I seem to recall at the time it was reported (late 70's), that it was for recovery of the engineering blues (bricks) used in its construction, but cannot find any reference to confirm that, unless it was for hardcore rather than recycling as bricks.

Remember doing that after a work's Christmas dinner late one December evening in early 1990's down the A4 in the Kennet Valley between Newbury and Hungerford .

I have a friend who's company policy where a negative reference would be appropriate is "we do not issue references", otherwise he is OK with giving them.

Reminds me of the last car I owned, it had an engine failure requiring a replacement engine (5 years old) in 2013. Q: " How much to repair it ?" A; "Around £2,100" Q: "What's it worth when it's fixed ?" A: "Around £1,800" Took £300 as scrap value and got a lease car for work.

Site closing, sale of a filing cabinet to a staff member, with receipt for payment to show on way out. Security Guard making comments about "weak flabby software engineers who could't lift anything", as 4 of them carried it out to Van. He never looked inside to see why it was a 4 man lift.

1st "train set" - Lone Star Treble-O-Lectric - OOO gauge. Long gone, had loads of it. Treble O page Used a scaled down version of the Athearn "Hi-Fi" drive in the locos.

Many years ago, we had to write a mobile radio off as the fire appliance it was fitted on got caught in the crop fire the crew were trying to put out.

Late 1970's there was the HO (more like 1/64) Aurora system imported in the UK. (similar to Micro Scaletrix). Aurora - History Worked for 3 months for the UK distributor. They sacked you after 3 months to stop you getting employment rights , and they went bust shortly after I left, forgetting to pay my NI contributions.

And another contribution from an eBay regular on here Wrenn Grey Fruit Van One example of a few

More like rescued from a white paint spill and wiped down..

3 and one under construction here, although all are Micro's by Carl Arednt's definition, (under 4 sq ft).

Next time you met Pete Waterman at a Model Railway Show have a pen handy Signed Show Guide And no free postage

Better look for that while I am trying to find the Hymek