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This one came up on Facebook and has stimulated some discussion. A real strange one, class 101 power car on the back of loco hauled stock at Edinburgh Waverley, initial thoughts are ECS, but there appears to be passengers on board, would a DMU car have been moved as part of a scheduled service? Jim

I Can't Quit You Baby - Led Zeppelin

While I was at the Glasgow Show the Hornby Magazine Stand were promoting and selling the Diesel Brake Tenders. I nearly bought one but hesitated which left me kicking myself after I got home so while under the influence of a couple of nice glasses of Glenfiddich I ordered one on Saturday evening and it arrived today. It is an absolute beauty, needing careful handling as there is a lot of fragile details, notably the lamps and brackets as a result it has been returned to the box while heavy work goes on on the layout. Jim

Hammant and Morgan?

Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin

I enjoy a glass of single malt with a small drop of Glayva or Drambuie and ice. Jim

Remember we had a couple in the staff toilets that referred to the management attitudes of the time 1. Scream and shout and f#$% them about, sack an engineer if in any doubt. 2. There is no problem so small that it can't be blown out of all proportion Jim

From the same LP - The Battle of Evermore” thought to have been inspired by the Battle of the Pelennor Fields (“The ring wraiths ride in black/Ride on!”). But a real humdinger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Bilbo_Baggins Jim

Went to Weston-super-Mare on holiday in August 1971, as a Scot this was a big adventure, weather wasn't good, hence I spend a lot of the fortnight on that platform. Happy memories Jim

My late Father in Law was best described as "rather intolerant". I remember my wife winding him up by telling him that to ensure that the ethnic groups did not feel left out, every other Pancake Tuesday would be called Chipati Tuesday, talk about lighting the blue touch paper🤣 Jim

John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of me Life, between the legs of me wife!" That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night! He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the Best toast of the night." She said, "Aye, did ye now. And what was your toast?" John said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, sitting in church beside me wife." "Oh, that is very nice indeed, John!” Mary said. The next day, Mary ran into one of John's drinking buddies on the street Corner. The man chuckled leeringly and said, "John won the prize the other night at the pub with a toast about you, Mary." She said, "Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised myself. You know, he's only been in there twice in the last four years. Once I had to pull him by the ears to make him come, and the other time he fell asleep".

Just so long as the Piranha brothers don't fix the election

Meanwhile today's service will terminate at Ashwednesdayford.

Something a little different for a class 40 front end? Photo posted with permission of Jonathan Dixon who posted this on Facebook. The loco is 40127 taken at Poulton-Le-Fylde on 15 August 1975 sporting two types of headcode. A later poster said that the nose end doors complete with discs apparently were fitted at Reddish in 1976 from withdrawn 40021 Iverrnia, however that creates a date discrepancy. Jim

No hint of bias in your user name😁

The LNER variant is controlled by semaphores on single track on the Highland Main Line. Jim

The scene from Willy Wonka where Veruca Salt's dad has his employees hunting for the Golden Ticket come to mind, only they are hunting for these. Jim

My mate has quit his job at BMW. Naturally he gave no indication he was leaving.

Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd

Can I Play With Madness - Iron Maiden

Black Night - Deep Purple

Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie

Overweight Triffids on the move?