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Crikey!!! A Pushme-Pullyou! With an 08 plant under each bonnet, it'd make a... a... Well, it'd raise some eyebrows!

Not wanting to appear indelicate, but With Victorian clothing, there's a fair bit of padding between the bum and the splinter Its to be hoped that the shape of the rail she's sitting on is due to the natural curve of the wood and not from deflection... However, I'm willing to volunteer to assist in splinter removal, in the right circumstances.......

The phrase was probably the result of a personal response to pre-Raphaelite dames and should have been rendered as "wholesale rigor".... But yes, if there had been steam railways in 16th Century Florence, then the movement would have had no problems with the subject (pausing to imagine a p-R take on Friths "The Railway Station"...). At least there would be more detail, and a more accurate rendition of pre-grouping liveries!

I've spoken to Brown Owl and she says that they don't do "Brownie Points" as such any more, but she ought to be able to wrangle you a Craft Badge. You'vew got to do three things and explain how you made them and what you're going to do with them, bringing the third item to the test unfinished and show the tester how you will finish it. So: Design and print out track layout. Done Lay plain trackwork in a layout. Done Build points: Just leave a couple of copperclad sleepers to do and demonstrate soldering them into place..... Simples!

Hurrah!!!! It used to be painted green, you know. Though I suppose that the egg-yellow coating in the photo approximates closely to Stroudleys "Improved Engine Green".... Bottoms Up! As one might say!!

Apart from mechanical reliability, the USP of the EE Type 1 (Class 20) was that they had excellent driver visibility in one direction, the other direction being no better, or worse than available on a steam loco, while the NBL and BTH had poor visibility in both directions due to the inset cab. However, when coupled nose-to-nose, the EE Type 1 made more sense than either of the others and effectively became a Type 2. With a similar cab layout to the BTH and NBL Type 1s, the EE variant would probably have suffered a similar fate. But thats a good example of ThankGodItNeverwazz!!! I'd suggest a Lima Class 37 and two Lima Class 20s - cheaper that way!

Perhaps the "junk" could be realistically priced - its not going to shift at the silly prices - and assigned to a new section, say "car boot sale" or "rummage" Then the "good" s/h stuff could be put in a proper s/h section and not mixed up with the new merchandise. Then we'd all know where we are!

Damn narrow seats! Who are they supposed to seat? Stick insects?

And of course, the whole mid century Wrong but Wromantic, Right but Repulsive thing.......

The Berwick witches, witches in general, his various pamphlets (inc that one about tobacco), the divine right of kings, how he brought up Chas 1, winding up the Catholics to the Gunpowder Plot. A right 9 bob note.....

There was also a model of the FT&O in the Christmas 1970 issue of Railway Modeller (The one with the Mike Sharman Broad Gauge cover) though I can't remember whether they used "creek" or "perch". Also of interest in that issue was full coverage of Sharmans mixed gauge layout, an article on Pearsons 4-2-4 B&E Broad Gauge tank locos (the ones without a flange on the drivers) and a piece from the pedants pedant Robbo Ormiston Chant (former GWR) on reusing Triang siderods. CJF also weighed in with a layout idea called "Rabbits for Christmas" Yep, a convolted OO9 scheme! The strap line on the contents page read "N gauge to O gauge. Historical to modern". A pretty good description ot the contents that month!

If its a Smellie Bogie, what is it fulled with?

Given the overcrowding on sections of the modern railway, being tortured in a vestibule seems pretty spot on.

A "Shooting Break" was a vehicle used to cart sportsmen and their equipment out to slaughter game birds. Its synonymous with Station Wagon and latterly, the Estate Car. According to Wikipedia, its an early 19th C British term and derives from a robust carriage chassis hooked to spirited horses to "break" them.

AFAIK most rakes appear to be pre-railway, let alone pre-grouping..... Damn you, beat me to it!!! At least nowadays, if you stand on one in the grass, the most you'd expect would be a rap on the vestibule....

Sir has not had his coffee this morning, has sir? Of course, one might say "The third brake thirds brake is broken.". But then you'd have to keep a look out and ducket, just in case you'd annoyed someone who desired to give you a punch on the vestibule*..... * According to Wikipedia, "The nasal vestibule is the nostrils, simply lined with an extension of skin epithelium..."

According to OS Nock in his book "LMS Steam", Beames proposed a rebuild of the Prince of Wales class inside cylinder 4-6-0s with a high running plate and inside Caprotti valve gear. Apart from looking rather odd, with an expanse of frame where you'd expect to see big lumps of iron, the loco looks more like a parallel boilered BR Standard class 4/5, minus all the extraneous ironmongery below...... Sounds like a good bodgers Neverwozz!

Thats about 8.5 inches - must be the N gauge version! But a picture of the HO model shows an alarming lateral excursion of the central bogie! Good thing they didn't photograph it from the other side....

Looks around. Off topic? Can't have that, can we!

You'd never get it around a 2nd Radius curve......

Wheels within wheels, eh....... As for other meanings for bogies, I think we've been remarkably restrained! As a child, I used to make artificial bogies by rolling a drop of contact adhesive between finger and thumb until it had a blacky, yellowy, grey look and was pretty solid. Useful for grossing out the more susceptible......

Waggons run on plateways, but sometimes they're Chaldrons...... Time for a cup of tea and a bun, methinks?

Too akin to a "Middle Passage" ship. I can see the current government embracing the idea thoroughly.

There's possibly a "new" partwork due this season, which was trialled in a couple of UK regions earlier this year, with a rather odd L shaped oval trackplan. It was (extensively) dissected in another part of this forum at the time ( http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/119295-new-partwork-mill-town/ ). Again, the first issue would be a bonanza, especially if you wanted a number of LMS brakevans. Naturally I haven't seen BYFTS yet, but I'll no doubt get a copy sooner than later, just because. I should imagine it would be saner than a partwork and, after all, the target audience would probably be starting with a complete train, oval of track and a controller. They won't have to wait to get something running! However, parents might have to prepare themselves for extra expenditure should the bug bite..... And just think of this - possibly the cheapest trainset currently available is the Hornby "Caledonian Belle", sold by Hattons for £49* (inc delivery). Combined with a purchase of BYFTS, you'd get a complete starter set and a bookazine for the princely sum of £57. You won't get a better start than that! * If you don't want a Thomas set at the same price or the slightly cheaper Junior Express toy set. I was given the "Caledonian Belle" set for Xmas last year, when it was £35 (plus delivery). Inflation, eh?

Does it have the one in Whipcord Lane, Chester in it?