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Lancasters, Wellingtons, etc.... This was a raid on Mannheim. May 19th, 1942. 197 aircraft, I think.

That wouldn't load for me off the link, but here it is - I knew you would be along in a bit....

I seem to have missed this report at the time - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27824910 - I think I was away...

Woodland Scenics do a range of four Hob-E-Lube oils - ultra-lite, lite, medium and heavy - ranging from paraffin-like to honey-like consistencies - covers most situations and they come on a very accurate dispensing bottle. Last for ever.

This - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=stafford&ll=52.82142,-2.11695&spn=0.001431,0.002411&hnear=Stafford,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=h&z=19 - is the old Common Road station. The track was the path parallel to Aston Terrace. There was a siding off to the north, into the Salt Works. There may still be some track left at the southern edge of the plant yard - I'll try to have a look, there are some vestiges there, it appears from this view. There were still movements on there up to about '76, but only to the RAF Depot about half a mile to the North East.

There's quite a bit of Salt Works stuff on here - http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ - worth a perusal....

I can see the remains of Stafford Salt Works from the bedroom window - I've picked up a few salt wagons over the years.

Yu Ming is ainm dom - the process has begun....?

Elephants being hit by trains is surprisingly common - but one falling out of a monorail car might be unique. http://eurasiangondolas.com/wuppertal-schwebebahn/

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I can recall ticket collectors starting at the back of the train and giving advice to those with tickets to stations with short platforms to move a coach or two up, before attempting to disembark at their destination..

Yet again, I have no real idea what's going on here.

I pray for Saint Patrick Murphy every night. He has been our salvation. He has taken us from the wilderness and put us upon the right track. I am happy to be his apostle and to follow in his righteous path. It is up to those who follow the creed to collect the manna that falls amongst us. The locomotives are fundamental to Irish railway modelling. Rolling stock can be codged up to a fair degree, but a decent loco was a daunting prospect before Murphy Models arrived on the scene. The arithmetic of model production on this scale may not suit everybody, but if it doesn't suit enough people, then it will dry up. I try to do my little bit to keep funding the future and will continue to do so.

Jewellery! Absolutely magnificent.

Lovely.

He might be able to get it commuted to a wife sentence....

The gap, if it exists, is very slight - sometimes it's enough, sometimes not. I had to remove a tiny amount on one, and a little bit more on the other. Try your locos a few times in both directions through your shortest left- and right-handed points and the tightest curves - if they survive, you should be OK. You only need to shave the very outside corner of the coupling socket, nothing that will affect the location dimensions, should you ever wish to replace the coupling later on.

I have found, on a couple(!) of occasions, that it has been necessary to shave tiny bits off the corners of the coupler socket, or they strike the pin-mouldings on the back of of the front skirt insert and then cause the odd derailment. Only happened on two locos out of about a dozen that I know of. See what happens in your case.

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It took several days to finally convince him, but one of the lads had a picture of a mine that had just been stone-dusted. They did this as an explosion suppressant, the dust would be lifted into the air by any blast and mixed with the coal dust, greatly slowing the combustion - also, the dust would be very light-coloured, almost white, and this reduced the likelihood of further ignition from the radiation from the flame front. He was completely convinced by that point. Probably still is....

I was going to suggest it only burned white coal. I was at college with a load of National Coal Board lads and we managed to convince one of the more innocent types, who worked for Michelin Tyres, I think, that coal mines weren't really that dark, as coal was actually white until it was exposed to the air for a few hours after being dug out. In fact, some miners even wore sunglasses because of the glare and that was why they often had those clean areas around their eyes. I wonder if he still believes it...

It means it's oil-fired - there's a (dirty) white circle on the smoke-box, too - it meant that they had some priority in movement. Damn! A second longer than Flick - but, I did put all the letters in mine....

They don't mind, it's what they're for.... http://imgur.com/

I upload mine to Imgur and paste in the link from there.

Definitely. Always willing to learn from others in delicate situations. The Cravens would really benefit from slightly less vivid seating - and a few passengers.