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It works in Holland, the line to Schipol runs down the central reservation. It is not just getting from Manchester to Sheffield that is a via a poor Trans-Pennine route, try getting from Central Scotland to North East England. You have a choice of the A69 or the A66, both awful roads, neither of which are even dual carriageway for their full length. Jim

C2963 - The tree on the left looks very like a model ! Jim

Are we not allowed to use part of the word??? Hence Misunderstood = Underfoot Has worked in the past Jim

Trampled Underfoot - Led Zeppelin

Great photographs as usual. As a comparison to C7906 here is one I took in May 2005 after the line was realigned to the west of the station. Jim

Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers

Since completing the station building the last few months have not been the most productive due to a combination of external factors and general frustration at not getting the tenement project moving to my liking. The windows were the real sticking point, I had wanted to use my tried and tested method of building the frames up using microstrip but the amount of windows just became daunting so I experimented with card, initially not a success but I have managed to get something reasonable now. I then had what initially looked like a disaster when I did something I had not done before and followed the general card and brick paper instruction to give the brick paper a spray coat of matt varnish. Don't know if it was the cold in the loft but the matt varnish dried white and initially I thought I would have to start again, but giving it a second look I thought, "well it is the grotty run-down" look I am looking for so I am going to push on and try and weather over the top of that and see what happens. The bits painted matt black are now cut out and recessed as this is where the bay windows go, (another headache), these are the bits that gave be the most grief on the station build so I need to have a think how to approach them so that they do not warp. The general view shows that apart from the bare patch to the right of the shop and the bit that has pooled at the bottom right the general appearance is not bad, these can be rectified so onwards and upwards, at least I am getting something done!! Jim

Surprised that nobody has mentioned the "cursed" 47299 (aka 47216) http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_zoom_v3.php?img=1260020025000. There is a good story about the loco here http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/Oubliette/47299.html Jim

Don't Bring me Down - ELO

47274 http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=6422 Jim

So another one to add to the list! jim

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/fort_william/ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/fort_william/index13.shtml Jim

We Built this City - Starship

Illegal Alien - Genesis

The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine - Laurel and Hardy!

Little Red Rooster - Rolling Stones

Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin

I think that C23380 was more likely a Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central working, as 158751 was not a Scotrail Unit (you can tell by the "Express" branding) and the Cumbernauld service terminated at Motherwell in the Hamilton platforms, it didn't run to Glasgow Central. Jim

Does Scunthorpe have the same problem? Jim

Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi

Well we could refer to the Parrot Sketch, but that would be silly!

Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? Not today sir, no!

Elizabeth Line is in New York!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35647994/meet-the-real-life-elizabeth-line---not-the-renamed-crossrail-project-in-London Jim

Shine on you Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

Keep hearing in the news about "LGBT", is this about Lehmann Gross Bahn getting into "T" gauge? Jim