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Ah, I just thought that might be why I couldn't find it....

Ah, I looked for a while, but I just couldn't find it - thought it must be a B2....

Ah, right, I wasn't sure if it was a closed group or not - sorry - somebody might conscript you.....

Some discussion here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/modelrailways/search/?query=dolier - if you can see it.

Bus is just a shortening of busbar - a major conductor that other circuits run from. Bus is being used more and more these days and seems to be an American form - if you read Apollo 13, they gone on about the Main Bus frequently, Old World terminology would be Main Busbars, note the singular/plural difference. A busbar can take many physical forms - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busbar - what is, or isn't, a busbar is dependant on the circuit form that's in use, it can be a bit of a matter of opinion, sometimes... In general, the bigger it is, in cross-sectional area, the better, but the gain is very slight if you go beyond a reasonable size. It's just a matter of knowing what the maximum total current will be and having a suitable cross-sectional area to cope with that. In a static situation, it doesn't matter if it's solid, single core cable or multi-core flex. If you are running high frequency signals down a busbar, then there could be some advantage to using multi-core flex - this is because the 'skin effect' will be reduced, but I would be surprised if it has a significant detrimental effect in a model railway scenario - I would be interested to know if anybody ever finds this to actually be the case. There would, of course, be no harm* in using multi-core, and the extra cost would be marginal, so it might be worth doing anyway, to be on the safe side. * apart from the need to secure it a little bit more often, maybe?

Edit - answered the actual question - 32/0.2 would be about 17 AWG.

By 'Mainland', I am referring to the UK view of the World - the Continent is an offshore island, when seen from here.... As the famous headline once, allegedly, said "Fog in Channel, Continent cut off"..

'Mainland' stuff, but always worth a watch.. [video=youtube;-ugIoMD495E]

Interesting article here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29992974 - that suggests that a single new brick design for Lego costs around €40,000 to get into production. It's not directly comparable, of course, the moulds are intended for much longer runs, but the designs will be much simpler.

I've been to it once - a couple of years ago, I think - I found it a bit of an ordeal, to be honest. The lighting and ventilation at the NEC always seem to leave me with a dull head. But, it is an impressive show with good transport links.

Well done!!

The Butterley station building has some potential for Irishisation.... http://www.hornby.com/shop/black-friday-sale/butterley-station.html

What a fantastic first post - asking where the toilets are! And a great name, too. Somebody will be along shortly with the necessary recall, I'm sure.

We still have a lot of level crossings here on the 'mainland' and I'm fairly sure that I haven't been over more than one this century - I go out of my way to avoid them. The one that I used to have to use, I have now discovered a route to avoid it. The crossings can be on quite serious high-speed mainline sections - we had this one only recently - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-30047183 . A few miles from me is the Hixon crossing, which was, at last, replaced with a bridge a few years ago, long after the 1968 crash. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hixon_rail_crash As you can tell, I don't really like the things...

Gardaí struggling with the crowd - .

Short article - http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/william-dargan-pioneer-of-irish-rail-1.2010783 .

This was yesterday's 'amusement' over here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-30138390 .

These days, it's necessary, in some areas, to have anti-RPG cages on, to force the detonation a bit early. They also give an opportunity for hanging some camouflage on. This is a Spartan under all that.

Working OK for me.....

For stuff along the lines of the cement bubble, I've always been in favour of the models being supplied un-numbered, but with a sheet of numbers to be applied as required by the (new) owner.

That's eminently sensible - the cement bubble might be a good place to start - popular, unique, and probably required in some numbers.

You have read my mind! Any idea where I've put the charger for my video camera...?

Entire site here - http://www.uk.morettoshop.com/mens-underwear/t-shirts/garda-mens-underwear-v-neck-t-shirt-size-mm-0046-73.html - devoted to Garda underwear, for those with a specialist interest...

Internet surveillance suggests that it's somebody's birthday today.... Many happy returns of the day.

There's Irish interest this year. You can even vote, if you like. Here - http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/puskas-award/index.html . Some noses could be put out of joint......