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Ah! Great pics there Graeme.

You can see how they developed. The last one has hints of the Bugatti streamliners about it.

Forest of Dean?

Indeed, and it looks like the driver is giving it a 'wind'. Maybe its clockwork after all! Its the iconic AEC grille and the quaint front end that appeals to me. Note that its single axle at the back. I think it must be a prop shaft from the forward mounted engine to the back axle. In other words a ...

Thanks for the info guys. Some lovely machines there. The CDR railcars have always appealed to me. Yes Graeme, the sliding door luggage van is a good wheeze. Could even store the key in it to save losing it! This would be my ideal ( or something like it )........ http://youtu.be/NoKuRp6D0qs ....but ...

Great Orme railway perhaps?

Thanks MDLR, yes i did think about a luggage/guards compartment at the back, containing the motor driving onto a single axle with a small bogie at the front. Maybe a sort of passenger/parcels combine. There is a link in this section to various spring drive delights which hints that the meccano no1 m...

i've acquired a meccano no.1 clockwork drive unit which i want to use as the basis of a small railbus on 32mm track. I'm not sure of the best way to orientate the motor (vertical or flat). This will obviously depend on the final drive arrangement - bevelled gears/worm drive etc. Having never done th...

Alderney railway on the channel islands? It uses tube stock. thought it was standard guage but maybe not
Sorry about the dble post. I got an error msge

Could it be the Alderney Railway on the channel islands? I thought that was standard guage using tube stock but maybe reguaged

Fabulous! I think a still taken from about 6.28 would make a great photo of the week on the 16mm soc. website.

I see your area of shropshire has its own 'beast of bodmin' giant feline.

Hi Trevor The usual way is to use a photo hosting/publishing site such as photobucket. Open a free account with them.Then you can load pics from your computer onto the site and then post a link to them from the forum. I use photobucket but i believe flikr is another suitable hosting site. There are ...

Goodness me, there are some knowledgable folk on here!

Totally outa my league. Think i'll go back to University Challenge tomorrow night- much easier!

Bredgar & Wormshill?

That was a good one Methsniffer. Do you set crosswords for a hobby too?

Brecon mountain railway?

Aberdeen?

possibly former military line near river Orwell in Suffolk?

Have you seen the bogie passenger wagon for 5'' guage on ebay?
Currently running at £350 odd i think.

was it CTRL or HS1 as we now call it?

Or like one of these.
These people have done various powervan DMU's including an aluminium airstream style example.

edit They seem to be blocking images, or maybe i'm not doing it right





Anyway view County Gate Locomotives