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Jim, this year is all getting as bad as Beeching - all my favourites disappearing.

Thanks for the enjoyment it's given me and, more particularly, all the best for any future venture - you know you really want to!!

There's a one-off programme currently on catch-up, "Secrets of the Royal Trains". The worst mistake was calling it a "loco", it's a train you dunderheads. I recall it being referred to as "The world's most famous locomotive" at least twice - totally agree about the unr...

The last two years, nothing to purchase. . For me it's much longer than that (apart from the tender body for my D49 conversion) with the D11/2 some years ago being my last Bachmann purchase. On the rolling stock side they have priced me out of the market. There again I have a fairly limited interes...

Firstly welcome to the Forum.

As you mention Birmingham Moor Street, did you consider incorporating its traverser, and which would dispense with the crossover between the platforms?

See first & third photos at: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/bi ... ex21.shtml

Bring it on Jim!

I thought of suggesting the same thing, on the basis that not everybody looks regularly at the Photography section - in that respect I fall into that category and didn't come across your posts for some considerable time. I would imagine there would be much more feedback from posting elsewhere (possi...

Saturday & Sunday 29th & 30th June 2019 - see :

http://smet.org.uk/show-pmrc

Quite evocative - reminds me of photos of engines laid up during the General Strike - only the policemen are lacking!

I quite agree!

Sorry but I just cannot let this one fade away, I gave a lot of consideration to joining a club but after discussion with Mrs Luckymucklebackit she actually encouraged me to look at building something in the loft - I think the idea of lots of weekend exhibition attendance had something to do with i...

More haste less speed!

I was looking at Bolger's SR Steam Locomotive Depots and in a hurry totally mis-read "U 2 - 6- 0" as U2! (I'm much more at home with 5 digit locos starting with 6.)

Looking forward to more.

How do you define "cheating"? Perhaps It's what I term "research"?! The cylinder shape put both U1 and U2 into the frame and I opted for the latter as my limited info showed those 2 numbered locos to have been allocated to Basingstoke during your period and no U1's allocated ther...

? U2 31611 or 31806 perhaps ?

(No research done on the other channel!)

From memory and without checking, I'm reasonably certain that Peterborough North, Derby Midland and Leicester London Road had overall roofs at one time, and Rugby, Preston and Darlington also had one and maybe still do. Nottingham Victoria I'm pretty certain also had one.

Good to hear that things went well and hope you get something sorted with Kyle MRC - but you'll just have to get something running somewhere in the house!