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G'Day Gents I drove for the PO, back in 79/80 (long time ago) and some of the rosters when like this, Drive to London, with a truck full of mail, have a break, (whilst your truck was unloaded and reloaded) Drive back to home depot, in my cast Southend on Sea, (both ways, via a set route) the sooner ...

G'Day Gents

Nice sized loft, but how high ??

manna

G'Day Gents

I have heard, that Bachmann is to release another version of the Blue Pullman in reversed blue/grey, 800/900BP later this year, along with the long promised V2, we'll see.

manna

G'Day Gents Thank you for the Replies, pity they all came out a bit dingy, if you'd like a close up of anything ????? I was lucky, mum used to walk us up the Trains when we were kids ( something to do) when I was about six, (1957) to watch the trains go by, so I learnt about them from a early age, u...

G'Day Gents

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The Classes involved, are, (Deep Breath) B1, C1, C2, C12, D2, D3, D16, E1, G1, G5, J1, J3, J4, J5, J6, J15, J17, J19, N1, O1, P1, Q1, R1, Y4, Y5. Deltic, Sentinal Rail Car, There may be more, can't remember, Diesels and RTR not inc. P1, Has just had a coat of paint.

manna

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G'Day Gents

Well here goes, it'll probably take a few pages.

manna

Long before the area of Sovereign Street and The Calls became fashionable apartments, restaurants etc. etc. I, as an eight year old, would travel from Dewsbury to Leeds, alone. Get off the bus at the terminus in Sovereign Street and walk along Call Lane and The Calls on my way to the Leeds City Tra...

G'Day Gents Nice to see you back and planning a new railway, I had loft layouts, when I lived in the UK, but now it's all shed work, no climbing ladders, no bumping heads (except when I duck under the layout), could you no fit a decent shed in the garden, as you get older, it'll only get 'Harder'......

G'Day Gents

Thank you for your replies, I know 10c sounds warm by UK standards, but here we get used to Temps around 45c, when it gets down to -1c, we really feel it...............

I'll see what I can do with all my engines, 'On Shed'..........There's going to be a lot !

manna

G'Day Gents Two updates in a week, he's either mad, busy or bored, probably the first :lol: . No the R1 has had a poor coat of paint, just because I wanted to see what it looked like !! Being a bit cold in Oz, barely made it to 10c today, I stayed in and had a go at the P1, it is now balanced/blueta...

G'Day Gents & master Oliver.

Looking good, But I'll let you in on a secret, trains run on the 'Left'.

manna

G'Day Gents

Looking good 'Chops' Love 'Stonehenge'.

manna

G'Day Gents & William

Wow, that's coming on, that 'Goods Shed' is excellent, and I like that little 0-4-0.

What you need now is a Brown wagon, covered in coconut........

manna

G'Day Gents Thank you coops for the reply. The R1, is coming along slowly, beading around the tanks, splashers and buffers. A LNER Brake third has been acquired, for the Princely sum of $10, but has required new bogies, new 'Glass' as it was covered in brown paint, and has been 'Teaked', I also had ...