Hello David and others,well, I did not realise that Budapest offered such an "experience" as the trailer depicts ! In the small sections that we...
Hello All, as a Gateshead or Heaton shed allocated A4, photos of 16 are uncommon, regards, Echidna.
Hello All, with regards to HD 3 rail pick up plungers,i have always thought that the Märklin skid to be a mechanically better option with less...
Dear Wolseley, and others, Re #273 above, HD Stanier 8F no, 48158, Lot 154 below. According to "Stanier Locomotive Classes" AJ Powell ( Ian...
HelloVinylepea and others, 1 / whilst I had not seen a P class / 1000hp with HEP ( rebuilt 1st series T / 870hp ) on the Stony Point shuttle, I...
Hello Vinylepea, the closest F209 would get to Frankston was Flinders St. It was used in lieu of an E1103 class to dock/shunt the Eastern Pass...
Hello Jim and others, 1 / thanks for that. 2 / I actually think that the two pairs of single bridges makes the scene look longer and deeper, and...
Hello Jim and others, 1 / very nice ! 2 / Picture 5, what's the source of the two sets of grey truss bridges in the background please ? 3 / I...
Dear Ron, may I suggest you try a a retailer selling 2nd hand Hornby Dublo / Wrenn Grain wagons, though a bit short in length, they are well...
Hello All, Gormo got lucky there, those hair clips have become as as rare as hen's teeth ! Echidna
Dear Jim and others, 1 / re US railroads, the current wagon data panel displays in North America date back to the 1940s, and I recall a Trains...
Hello All, re spray can vandalism. 1 / in the mid 1980s ( that seems a long time ago now ! ), according to the US trade magazine "The Railway...
Dear Jim, thank you for your reply. My wife and I were fortunate to do a Rhine Danube River cruise to Budapest last year, and the Budapest...
Hello All, let us not forget Vivian Thompson's LBSCR Eastbourne and BR SR Eridge, both 00 gauge 4mm scale, and the PECO book "Period Railway...
Hello Jim and others, re #203 above, Dinky Cat nos 755 & 756, the typically English UDC / Urban District Council street lamps that you would see...
Dear Jim, thank you for the follow up, and your nice comments are greatly appreciated, with warm regards, Echidna
Hello All, well and truly an accident waiting to happen. Bloke in wagon shovelling coal out of wagon suspended in mid air, wagon pivots around due...
Hello All, BR stopped running pigeon trains in the late 1960s (1968-9 ?) due to changes in transporting livestock regulations, and pigeon clubs...