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[Calum]

Indeed they are Alan. I will be interested to see how many come out the other side intact. A lot of our business at work is with preserved railways, most of which haven't got the money for us to continue working on their projects at the moment. As a result our works has been closed since the beginning of lockdown (management have still been doing stuff behind the scenes to keep everything ticking over, planning for the future etc). I'm due to go back into work the next couple of weeks as there are some private customers who can still afford to pay us to keep going.

[Fluffle-Valve]

I watched this program and thoroughly enjoyed it.
We should have more like this instead of the soaps that dribble on and on and on and on about nothing.

[Willitend]

Sorry to hijack the thread but definite signs of withdrawal symptoms coming on:

I often take a run up to the Mid Hants Railway for a photo opportunity.

[Willitend]

Not sure why the photos have appeared on their side- but you get my drift.

[oilstain]

^^ I would like to get out and look at trains and things but in Wales we can only go out 5 miles from home

[andyjb]

On again now Ch5.
Repeated at 8pm on Ch5+1
Enjoy 

[richardhula]

Worth popping over to Bressingham (as and when it re-opens) to see the massive 2-10-0 Kriegslokomotive (German for war locomotive) "Pere Gynt" built during WW2 . It was rescued in 1972 from a sealed tunnel in Norway, after being placed there for storage in 1958. Same gauge as UK but unable to operate on the network as bodywork overhangs too much.

[Dave M]

On again now Ch5.
Repeated at 8pm on Ch5+1
Enjoy 

Andy - Bit too far for a drive out from the North West?

[w3526602]

Hi.

I was told that the two big "names" involved in closing the UK railways went to the same school ... but I have not verified that.

602

[oilstain]

Hi.

I was told that the two big "names" involved in closing the UK railways went to the same school ... but I have not verified that.

602

Was the school approved

[andrewR]

Some surprisingly good steam-train action comes towards the end of "The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery" if you can handle it!
Interestingly, Wikipedia suggests that the filming location (Longmoor Military Railway) had a "Land Rover Mk 8" locomotive, number (I guess this is a military reg.) 25 DM 51

[oilstain]

Some surprisingly good steam-train action comes towards the end of "The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery" if you can handle it!
Interestingly, Wikipedia suggests that the filming location (Longmoor Military Railway) had a "Land Rover Mk 8" locomotive, number (I guess this is a military reg.) 25 DM 51

^^^ OT sorry but
Andrew,
looking at your profile picture I note you have managed to have Military bumperets  on top of your bumper yet managed to get a square 2 line number plate between that and your lights.
I wanted to do this but it seemed impossible to fit, is the number plate a standard size?
(hard to tell in a profile picture)

[andrewR]

Hmm. Yes. This goes way back to 1988 when I first acquired the vehicle and had no money, and little care for attention to detail. Sometimes this is a good thing in terms of just "doing things", rather than worrying about small technicalities.

The bumper was swapped in from an an old REME S2 vehicle that (sadly in retrospect) probably never drove again. My original bumper was twisted all over, so it was a good swap.

The number plate is the 1970's or 1980's standard square white one with black plastic sticky-out letters on. It was fitted by the PO (to the original shape?) and was fully visible behind the original bumper. (When did the yellow/white plastic reg plates come in? I am assuming in 1960 the plates were different?) It doesn't really fit behind the military bumper and the bottom of the lower letters are very slightly obscured if you were too look at it from absolutely horizontal. However, between 1988 and today I never once got pulled for it, or failed an MOT.

You'll see that I also changed the plate to silver-on-black. I had no money. The black paint is just Wickes' version of "Smootherite" and the silver is Airfix gloss silver G8. At the time it was just a cheap way of doing it and I expected to get comments at MOT but never did. I went over it a couple of years ago and it actually looks really good. When the sun catches it at the right angle the 3D nature of the sticky-out plastic letters, and the silver paint looks really cool (well I think).

So, various levels of marginal non-compliance if you want to get technical.

[andyjb]

Andy - Bit too far for a drive out from the North West?

Hi Dave
No it's not. But it's a take a large flask two lots of sarnies and some cake drive out. Plus an early start 212miles for me no motorway. I'll plan it now.
Andy