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..and on to other things.. Some big fiddle yards..

..and the stock in the yards..

Right, pictures - Abhainn an Scail first, of course.

Some of the smaller Tupolevs are deliverable by helicopter, if you have one big enough... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8002147.stm

A few years ago, I took what I think is a rather nice picture out of the window of one.

Found this, as well.. http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/6/6/5/4665.1080891180.jpg

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At this one, in Stoke - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-31083638 - they're fitting 'sacrificial' beams, as it gets struck so often.

Make sure that your landscaping is sound - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-31081630 . I think it's this bank here - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Harbury+Tunnel+in+Warwickshire&ie=UTF8&hq=tunnel+in+warwickshire&hnear=&ll=52.238944,-1.448575&spn=0.002888,0.004823&t=h&z=18&vpsrc=6 - it's done it before...

This is Hungarian, I think, although it's in Linz, Austria. Similar in style, certainly. http://www.4rail.net/reference_locoseur_electric_taurus.php

A bridge strike in GB - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-31083118 .

Well, I've just returned from what was a great show - an Irish layout, a few Welsh ones, a couple of continentals, but no US ones. Nice to meet Mike 84*, and the extremely nice Mrs 84, who did seem very well trained. Pictures later...... * That's six people that I've seen in real life now...

That bottom ticket is a gem. About fifteen years ago, I had my ticket punched by a girl who looked about fifteen - they had, I presume, let her choose her own punch and she had picked a heart-shaped one - and I had got in the first-class by accident - and she had decided to let me off....

I was once told of a pair of Phantoms intercepting a Bear in the North Sea around 1970. It was customary, particularly with two-seat aircraft, to take copious photographs, looking for any new aerials, etc - of course, the Soviets would be doing the same in return. Their are blisters at the rear of the plane... ..and a crewman was noticed holding an object up in the 'window' as they photographed him. This was mentioned upon returning to base and the film was hurriedly processed, to see what new device this might have been. It turned out to be a copy (or, at least the front cover ) of the station magazine from the Phantom's base - but, it was the next edition, which wasn't due out for a week....

They're a big device, they sit very high on the ground, as a result of the prop-diameter. When Khrushchev flew to the US in the Tu 114 airliner version in 1960, the stairs wouldn't reach the door.. ..they had to put a ladder up for the last bit.. ..and the main gear was too wide for their taxiways..

In the unlikely event of being able to keep up with it, the wake would probably finish you off..... ..you won't find many (any?) pictures of a Bear being intercepted by a prop-driven plane..

They have a fair turn of speed, and some still have these fitted..

I think there's a limit of eight pictures per individual post - not that that may be the problem that you're currently encountering.

Slightly nearer to Persia...?

Dutch flying snails were the other way up...

It just gets madder - https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110506200723AAZqq8U ... "There are quite a few species of "flying snail" that have been reported in the Persian Gulf area."

The link is proven - http://www.payvand.com/news/08/dec/1268.html . ..although, I don't see railways mentioned..

Which, of course, is the real reason why he had to miss that match - http://www.soccer-ireland.com/saipan/iran-match.htm .....

Until it was revealed that they had actually escaped in a stolen train, which survived into modern-day Iran - and even survived through the revolution of 1979... ..but, they had changed the logo to Plug & Socket, to cover their tracks..

00 is 1/76..... ..1/76.2, if I'm to be really picky..