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StevieB

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  1. What’s the little one in the right hand corner? Stephen
  2. I’ll be sorry to see no more of your videos. Is there any chance of saving the layout for re-erection at a future date? Stephen
  3. Do my eyes deceive me or has the UG got a twisted right hand footplate? Otherwise an excellent buy. Stephen
  4. Seems like 131 caused widespread damage or is it just bad reporting? Stephen
  5. I don’t have the benefit of the findings you refer to. I bow to their greater knowledge. I was simply speaking having been actively involved with the works at Worcester. A physical model of the roadworks at Worcester was built and tested at Aston University, Birmingham. Stephen
  6. Proper design of a raised embankment would make sure that the problem is not passed on elsewhere. The use of physical/mathematical modelling will give the correct size and number of openings in the embankment. That carrying the Worcester southern link crosses the wide floodplain of the River Severn has just one large opening in it. Stephen
  7. Do I spy a derailment in the left hand background? Stephen
  8. Thanks for that. Were some of these sold to the MGWR when the GSWR took over the WLWR and decided they didn’t want the engines on order? Stephen
  9. What is the GSR/CIE classification of the WL&WR 0-6-0, please? Stephen
  10. Absolutely love the ‘natural’ background. Stephen
  11. There seems to be a belief amongst planners that people are ok with having to change trains multiple times. Am I in the minority who believe that puts people off train travel? Stephen
  12. There was also a proposal for a new high speed line bypassing Portadown. Some really good stuff in the AIRR but we’ll have to wait and see. Something I learnt many years ago, it’s not how fast you go but how slow you go ie how many stops you make. Stephen
  13. What’s proposed above includes a brand new high speed railway from Dublin to Kildare. Therein lies the problem. Largescale improvements of existing infrastructure are much more likely than brand new. Stephen
  14. I note that they use the word could rather than will, which suggests…..or maybe it doesn’t. We’ll have to wait for the formal announcement. Stephen
  15. There seems to be a reluctance to integrate all forms of transport, even though they may also be in competition. Steohen
  16. Warley at the NEC has re-invented itself as Warley at Statfold on 12th/13th October. That is excellent news. Stephen
  17. An interesting photo looking out of the GNR(I) passenger station rather than into it, if that makes sense. Stephen
  18. Well said sir. Stephen
  19. What beautiful models. Lucky chap. Stephen
  20. I know Guinness was mentioned in the first paragraph but I was simply pointing ou that it wasn’t on the list of industrial sites with their own locos. Stephen
  21. Guinness was not on your list. Stephen
  22. StevieB

    Murphy Models Mk2d

    They’re on eBay already. Stephen
  23. It’s not the first and it won’t be the last. Some time ago Wyre Forest and more recently Leamington & Warwick have thrown in the towel because they couldn’t stage a show at the right price. Both were good shows and still missed. On the other hand there are plenty of good shows around, eg Cheltenham, Wells and Ross-on-Wye, the latter put together by the local Rotarians, not a railway modeller amongst the but a first rate show nonetheless. The point about volunteer run events is well made, never enough people coming forward to help. Stephen
  24. It would appear to be not just the UK government that is to blame for the decision to throw in the towel. A sad day indeed. Stephen
  25. We had to give Bayley renal medication by syringe every day and he played his part by co-operating and making it so easy for us to help him. No other one of our 12+ cats has been so good like that. Enough about our love for our feline friends, let’s get back to Irish railway modelling. Never before has there been so much support for such a small market. Long may it continue. Stephen
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