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b308 wrote: .. .. ..
A couple of small moans, though, firstly why on earth are they wearing life jackets, that is H&S truly gone mad!
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.. .. .. I cringed as much as the next Modeller but .. .. ..

Episode 2, between 21 & 23 minutes is; well .. interesting!

Locos too small or light to register on the track circuiting were fairly common. Hamstead colliery (between Bescot and Great Barr stations had a small green diesel "thing" (there was a Rivarossi model of one) . Long after it had gone an acquaintance in Hamstead Village had the plate from ...

Also:
From the Hornby website: https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/br-21t-hopper-wagon.html

Scroll down the page to: Technical Specification & Detail

The Observer.

IRFT = International Rail Freight Terminal. Thank you, I had wondered if "I" was possibly representing "International", but the "R" had me completely in the dark, .. .. but "Rail" never crossed my mind!! Tutt, Tutt and at my age!! .. .. .. but freight trains ...

I am aware that http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/rail/query/ will provide details of freight trains when an ID [like: H32205] is entered into the appropriate search field. I am aware that the ID example used above relates to a weekly 'when required' Monday (rolling over to Tuesday) freight train from...

IS there anywhere on the internet where we can layout plans of stations, specifically i'm after Scunthorpe and sheffield? You haven't stated if you want recent or archived maps, if all else fails you could try the archive of Ordnance Survey maps held by The National Library of Scotland: http://maps...

Good evening All, Thanks for the replies to my post of earlier today, things have returned to normal here in Swansea. .. .. .. However, there does seem to be something going on with the site - the trains keep freezing and disappearing completely for me at the moment. .. .. .. trains do have a habit ...

Reggie,

Thanks for the link.

The Junction Maps page was intriguing, whilst it was available; but I've not been able to access it since yesterday morning, is it still working for you?

Thank you both for your explanations.

It's nice to see that my basic understanding of so many years was not actually wrong, although it was well short of a 'full understanding'.

I am reminded of a quotation we will all know of:

The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Thanks again.

Hello, I was brought up on a feast of "How It Works" cutaway diagrams of machinery in the Eagle Comic of the 1950's era. I have a memory of weights on the inner rims of the driving wheels of locomotives all being 'inline' with each other and on the opposite side of the wheel to the connect...

Hi John

Success! Many thanks.

I had previously been trying to move the clips inwards, away from the carriage wall, it hadn't dawned on me that I should be squeezing the two clips towards each other!

Thanks again.

Good afternoon John, Thank you for your speedy reply. None of these (five) Clerestory coaches are identifiable with "R" numbers showing on their chassis, however four are from x2 1908 Olympic Train Sets, being 23.5cm over the buffers. The fifth (purchased from a colleague at the Swansea cl...

Hi all, I would very much like to add some passengers to my Hornby Clerestory Coaches. So far I have disengaged four clips (two each side) and inserted a piece of 'cereal box' card to prevent them from re-engaging. However I am having some difficulty in 'springing' the four clips (two each end) whic...

Evening all, At 19:08 this evening (Monday, 17 August) I received the following email from Oxfordrail. Dear John , Please be advised the following 7 plank wagons are releasing this week. Most of these are pre-sold with limited availbale still through the Oxford Diecast web shop. There then followed ...

I have purchased several of these train packs with the intention of securing additional teak livery coaches. I then onsell the N2 locomotive with the result that I pay around $50.00 delivered per coach as opposed to $130.00 delivered from Hornby online concessional purchases. I have been rather slo...