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Six repeats on this page alone, all duly reported to management.

Because the load is of low density. Rather like coke rails fitted to a coal wagon.

I've had no trouble posting on any thread. Though sometimes it freezes when I click submit and I have to reload. when I do it often remains in the editor and has to be cleared before I make the next post.

Several fellow members of SEERS (South East Essex Railway Society) have garden railways. One chap has it running from inside his garage through holes cut in the (single skin) brick wall. Not only that he has a lean too next to the garage which also contains model railways. Several scales/gauges are in use running at different levels and many are linked together running between the garage, the lean too and the garden. As well as the holes cut through for access to the garden there are holes cut through the wall between the garage and the lean too at all sorts of angles and heights. I wonder what the new owners would think if he ever sold up.

It looks like a Transit type vehicle, as has been said above the cars being carried were probably for scrap.

Registered in Manchester 1961. The reversed ND registrations were issued between May and December that year. That information is from Glass's registration guide 1929-1963. This lists registration numbers between those dates and when they were issued and by what registration authority. Glass's guides were issued to car dealers every year and should have been returned. The registration guides ceased in 1962/3 with the advent of year letters and a few were never returned. They are very useful in many ways and are much sought after and sometimes sell for over £100 on E-bay, not bad for an almost sixty year old paperback.

The link doesn't work in the UK either but other links do.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Dry with a touch of sun this morning but still a bit breezy. I was just going to say that there was no sign of the BIN wagons this morning but they have just arrived and their dawn chorus has commenced. The lesser spotted glass and bottle wagon was last week which was cancelled so it won't be here until next week. Time to run a bath, be back later.

I drove to have my (Oxford A-Z) jab and wasn't even asked if I was driving. Neither was I asked to wait afterwards.

Goodnight all.

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Evening all from Estuary-Land. Chicken and bacon pie and chips tonight all down to the sell by date lottery. BIN day tomorrow, double lot to put out as collections were cancelled last week due to the weather. Interesting item on BBC breakfast this morning, Captain Toms daughter Heather was talking about her fathers decision to visit Barbados, apparently it was on his bucket list. She was speaking about his last moments in hospital which stirred up memories of my own fathers passing over thirty years ago. Like Captain Tom he was rushed into hospital but unfortunately he had to be heavily sedated for his final hours but before he was sedated he was at least aware that the family were all present.

Hasn't this bridge been hit before?

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Two pages of ER's since lunchtime, thats why I'm a bit late. They are going to have a metro system including an undersea tunnel between Malta and Gozo On my 7th birthday it was 'Unchained melody' by Jimmy Young.

What a pillock indeed. Once you've got it immunisation is useless.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Great to see Pete back but sorry to hear that he had covid, hope you make a full recovery Pete. I have had no reactions to my jab on Monday until this morning, when I woke up the area around the jab was very sore. It may be due to my laying on my left side and on my upper arm where I had the jab. The soreness has mostly gone now but its still sensitive. Also this morning almost every joint was stiff although there was very little if any pain even when I moved. ChrisF's mention of the Soller railway reminded me that that is on my bucket list despite the modern stock, I would much prefer the old matchboard stock. The matchboard stock also reminded me of when I visited Athens in October 1977. The local rail services were still in the hands of wooden bodied matchboard stock dating back to the 1920's on a line that ran alongside one of the ancient sites. It was an interesting place back then for the transport enthusiast. The colonels had just been kicked out and democracy was returning but public transport was still a 'living museum'. The trolleybuses were very noisy ancient Italian vehicles obtained second hand interspersed with brand new Russian built trolleybuses. I wish now I had paid more attention to them but it was a Musical Beds Club 18-30 holiday and I had other things on my mind.

Goodnight all.

I paid £5 for one not so long ago.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Haven't done a thing today so why do I feel knackered? It might be the result of yesterdays covid jab, I had the Oxford vaccine but I'm not aware of side effects if any.

I can't see anything like normal happening this side of next Christmas. What I will be doing is planning events for 2022, before the rush for staycations kicks off which means booking coaches etc. well in advance (by summer this year).

The trolleybus is a Sunbeam not a BUT.

He is a distant cousin I'll have you know. Unfortunately I'm from the poor side of the family.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. The rain seems to have stopped for now but it will be back thats for sure. When the batteries of BEV's are replaced the old batteries are not scrapped but used as electricity storage. Bus companies with electric buses use the old batteries removed from their buses for storing off peak electricity and then re-charging overnight when demand is at its peak. Even after that its only when the batteries are completely worn out that they are reprocessed into new batteries. As for replacement batteries I wonder if its viable for BEV owners to lease the batteries and the battery companies replacing them every two or three years.

Had special 'mirror image' engines so that all of the engine components were accessible.

Limited to 80 kph, 50 mph, not much danger of it breaking the limit.