Talk of lifting the steam speed limits in GB, to avoid scheduling issues.
Tornado ran at 100mph today, as a test.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-leeds-39568701?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=58edc9b7e4b053c7bc789434%26Steam%20loco%20hits%20a%20ton%20on%20main%20line%20for%20first%20time%20since%201960s%26&ns_fee=0#post_58edc9b7e4b053c7bc789434
It was the motors again, the British loading gauge is a good bit smaller that the US one and so the internal space in the model locos is correspondingly smaller - too small at the time...
Essentially the same problem as had occurred with 00.
This book was recently available for the princely sum of €3.
My copy has just reached me and I notice that the bottom picture on page 14 is captioned for TPO 160, but the picture is actually of the four-wheeled vent van No 764 - this picture is used again with the correct caption on page 64 - I was hoping that the picture had been inadvertently interchanged, but no such luck.
Is there an online image of TPO 160 anywhere?
The 'code' numbers refer to the height of the rail in units of 1/1000th of an inch.
Thus, Code 100 rail is a 1/10th of an inch high (100/1000) and Code 75 is 75/1000ths of an inch high.
I often quote this article for its positive 'spin' - the fourth sentence starts with "Aided by his autism..."
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-21208113
Very few films or TV programmes even mention Laois, much less are set in it...
Even all the CI registered vehicles in Father Ted have failed to raise the profile.
Graham Rooke, the man behind the ModelTorque range, died just before Christmas 2012, and, although there was a possibility of things continuing at some point, it looks as though they haven't.
In the 60s, we lived in a very cute cottage in a tourist hot-spot - people would often take photographs looking in through the windows while I was having my tea - I sometimes check the internet - one may turn up one day..