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It's only when I had posted the photo that I realised that the lion is facing the wrong way. Must have been a Friday afternoon in the paint shop

Completed. I'm really happy with this engine - it looks just right with a non-corridor three coach set.

The PDK D30 Scott is nearly complete. It is a good runner and the high level two stage gear box is very quiet. I am yet to test it's haulage capability but have managed to get some lead squeezed above the driving wheels. The second photo is comparison with a rather dusty gauge 0 Bassett Lowke clockwork George V 'made in Bavaria' which must be 100 years old. That is a good runner too !!!

Four pics taken today of freight trains

Well, half a Waverley Route loco anyway....

. The RCTS coaching stock book 1978 has a photo of M32987M in maroon at York in 1973. It is unlined.

Does anyone supply 4 mm transfers of the LNER D30 names which were painted on the loco splashers ? Eg Wandering Willie; Lucky Mucklebakit.

A bit of signal maintenance today. The first repaint in 10 years.... Whinburgh South down inner home. Not sure why the pics are sideways though.

A couple of images from new angles. The first is a view that the P Way patrolman would see when setting off from Slitrigg on his walk to Whitrope. The second is south of Whinburgh showing a B1 easing a fully fitted freight around the sharp curves on the descent towards Carlisle. This one is a bit wonky because it requires the photographer to practice Limbo techniques !!

More akin to the Stainmore line, nevertheless here is a north-bound excursion passing Whitrope Siding hauled by an Ivatt class 4 2-6-0 and a BR standard class 4 2-6-0

Hi everyone, I have recently inherited approximately 50 gauge '0' clockwork four and six-coupled mechanisms (Hornby, BL etc). I'm not sure what to do with them - they are too good to scrap - is there a market ?

Further progress with the 'Scott'.

A few shots of a lunchtime semi-fast at Whinburgh and a view of Slitrigg from the level crossing

The current ongoing project - a PDK ex NBR LNER D30

And a few more. The main theme is an Ivatt 2MT hauling a southbound train of 16t mineral wagons. It passes an Ivatt 4MT hauling a northbound fitted freight and a 4F waiting in platform 3 at Whinburgh after arriving with a stopping passenger train.

Here are some new pictures from a few minutes of freight train operation on the Waverley line last weekend:.....

This George V (Ptarmigan) has been 'improved' and repainted at some stage in its history. A stamp under the tender states 'Made in Bavaria' so I assume it is based on a Bing product and pre 1914 ? It looks like a Bing mechanism however the coupled wheel base is shorter than the splasher spacing.

The Midland Spinner was built for OS Nock and ran on his Silver Cedars railway. Clockwork tender drive - its provenance is described in his autobiography.

That could have been me in my parents garden when I was three (1960s)

I have recently inherited some of my late father's tinplate trains. My other hobby is pencil drawing, for which they are an excellent and nostalgic still life subject....

And last week, we ran the pick-up goods....

I've been into the loft again, now that the weather is warmer. Here are a few pics from Sunday:

Two original Bachmann cars with replacement Comet sides thompson 1.htm thompson 2.htm

http://www.transacord.co.uk Just enjoyed 2 hours of listening to 'real' steam sounds recorded by Peter Handford in the 1950s and 60s whilst undertaking some modelling. Really inspiring stuff... I particularly enjoyed Pacific Power, with a procession of A1s, A4s and Duchesses plus German and French pacifics in the early 70s. At £3 each for an LP formatted as MP3, a bargain :-) I note that Transacord have published the sleeve notes of all of the material on their website. Coronach