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Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin

Where Were You Tomorrow - Wishbone Ash

Clydebank to Dumbarton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5meEFX-aR9M But here is a real gem - the same route when trains still ran

Part 4 - the route out to Clydebank. Next bit will be Clydebank to Dumbarton Partick to Clydebank Jim

I've learned a new Welsh word today!! "lluq" I think it means 'push' I saw it on a glass door at the Co-op.

Being Wimbledon, was it a wrongly Set Point? Jim

I believe that there are a further two sets of photographs to come, not sure which routes are covered, just need to wait and see. There is less and less evidence of the old routes as land is reclaimed for other purposes. FOr example the site of Psrtick West station, shown as still being discernable in the video has been totally obliterated and the site of the station is now a public park and gardens, try following it in Google Maps and you will see what I mean. I think the gus that followed these lines taking photos was a very brave man, most of these routes went through fairly rough areas and as you can see from the burnt out cars were frequented by guys you would not really want to meet! What I found interesting when I researched these old lines was that although the passenger service was withdrawn in 1964 there was still a lot of freight and the lines were closed piecemeal, an example can be seen on the second video, where north of Rutherglen the line from Possil is joined by a stretch of track that went into a scrapyard, this was the old London Road goods depot, and was still rail connected until 1989 or thereabouts, the yard scrapped 13 class 08 shunters and had its own NBL diesel shunter which inevitably was scrapped on site. Jim

Part three

Another posting today Part two

Having joined a few Facebook groups I get the impression that copyright has been thrown out the window. I commented on this as some of the views are scanned straight out of books, and not so long ago the Stenlake publishing company in particular were known to robustly defend their copyright. It is obviously becoming more and more difficult to control and enforce on the likes of Facebook. Jim

Series of slide shows currently being uploaded to You Tube and being widely shared on Facebook, some excellent photos with a lot of potential prototype inspiration First Slide Show Jim

The Lanarkshire champagne - pour into a Soda Stream and serve, total inebriation 100% guaranteed!

Even Buchanan Street only had 26 departures per day! It was known for short periods of frenzied activity between long stretches of quietness. Jim

Suppose that one might spawn a few more......

I will see your 2-8-0 and raise you a 2-10-0 with a class 311 at Oubeck! I Jim

Well you can only have six round for Xmas, but if you claimed that it was the Turkey's funeral you could have 30 round (with drinks and snacks)

20 likes gets you a "popular post", what does 20 groans get you? A part in the next carry on film?

......and somewhat inevitably, plastic pollution finds its way to the lunar landscape.

I think it has been discussed on this forum before, but there is also an episode of Morse where one of the suspects, an American Tourist, is under observation and they think he is doing a runner, only for him to be found visiting the GWR centre at Didcot. Jim

21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson

Breaking News just in: The Liverpool manager has quit and he and his whole family are off back to Germany. Yes - The klopp's went back this weekend! Get that groan button pressed!!!

Is this a street name? Or a warning? Jim

One of members doing a bit of movie work??

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12979915/harry-meghan-wild-bear-california-mansion/ Not enough jewellery on the fingers and wrist.

Not a level crossing, but total stupidity that came close to being a tragedy