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Great to see another Gosling Tram - and a chain drive too. I am lucky enough to own Phurcombe Hall, the prototype of these built for Graham Lamb, which was previously thought to be the only one with a chain drive. The others have a drive shaft & gears instead. There is a register of Gosling GVT ...

The Bluebell Railway had some nasty legals thrown their way telling them they weren't allowed to use the name 'Stepney' for their Bluebell Engine as Britt Alcroft owned the copyright on the name..

Whatever are they going to do about stories once they realise they were written by a REVEREND Awdry?! Narnia stories are out too as they are based in bible stories.. I have no religion - I have an open mind to such matters, I see no offense in Christmas any more than I am offended by Diwali, Ramadan...

All together now....

'Spring is here, spring is here, life is skittles, life is beer...'

Have a great night Zach - may all your elements be in order... ;-)

I still hope to hear your renditions of the complete works of Spike Milligan too.

Sir haydn:57665 wrote:Waterside in ayrshire

Cheers me dear... excellent!

Still keen to know where site is... credits give rough idea but not entirely sure where the ironworks is... have seen site at Dunaskin as a possible on google searching (a comedy name if ever I heard one) but not found recognisable image as yet.

Fabulous!!!!! excellent find thank you... was wondering what the heck it was all about...

Excellent stuff...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShbC5yVq ... r_embedded

Just found this thread Doug... excellent... love the photos. There is a wonderful coincidence with this loco - which is an amazing thread that ties it spiritually to Llechfan - and doesn't quite use up all 6 degrees of separation that is supposed to bind us all together....... Whilst Doug was sittin...

Curious... has the air of a free translation engine to me.... has the Queen gone abroad? will be interested if anything comes to light....

Surface good and clean... and a sealing coat of waterproof PVA as primer can give paint something to stick to

Hello Folks, long time no forum... Great to see the flock are still happy and very well homed... lovely to hear about Queen - looks to be very similar to Sir Compton. Well done Jack... look forward to seeing action shots of Polly! Had a good set of engines, some resident and some visiting running he...

the engine is due for 10 year overhaul, needs new axle bushes and axles plus full repaint on engine as well. ps the links bit dosent like my computer for some reason. Thorpey It has certainly clocked up some serious miles on its adventures - that fabulous coal fired smoke has filled a few places (i...

Thanks for sorting - have had a few quirks crop up meself when posting photos. Hope you enjoyed pictures anyway, was a nice start to our year on CDR - A happy one to one and all

Who needs Coronation Street?! I hope no fish & chips were harmed in the making of this programme - am also loving the Thunderbirds stunt hands

Extremely lucky girl that I am - I was playing with the real thing at Kew. Ffarquar branch as built by Rev Awdry in the late 50s. Now owned by the Talyllyn and having it's first outing in years to show at Kew, I got to run through the sequences as written by the man himslef... :D http://i799.photobu...

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... -27541321/

have you seen what the pressure gauge is doing during the "shot out water tower" scene?  I've never seen a pressure gauge that fluctuated quite as much as that one!  Also they imply that if you run out of water in the tanks, the boiler will explode, regardless of how much water is in the ...

Fabulous - thank you for the link...