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Quick update - photos to follow presently. The pond at Tanyperth has been dug, and the liner went in yesterday - still needing a name. Construction of the causeway across the pond now underway. Then about 5 yards to go before the circuit is complete.

Perhaps I'm just being dumb - what links a Deanery to a Christmas carol? OK, I think we'll have to give up - here goes. The Deanery was, up to 1869, the residence of the Dean of Raphoe. Among its visitors would inevitably have been William Alexander, who was Bishop of Derry and Raphoe between 1867 ...

Well, I can only apologise that my question-setting doesn't meet with your approval, and invite you to post a question of your own as you have got the furthest to date. I had thought a more cryptic question might be enjoyed by some, and have tried offering further clues, but no takers so far - fair ...

I'm not sure, but I believe the basic series wheels are force-fit onto the axles, which might result in a little metal lifting around where the axle comes through the wheel hub. I believe this is all that is happening in your case. There's a little grub screw (which appears to fit a 1.3mm Allen key...

Hmmmmm, this seems to be harder than I thought. (I'd have thought IrishPeter would enjoy this one.)

Narrow Minded:87845 wrote:RE: I LOST VIC

Or shouldn't that be a slightly embarrassed Er, I lost Vic?

Do please also note another anagram which points to what may happen to people who lose him: Virile cost

I have just un-earthed an 0 Gauge Jinty live steamer that I thought I had lost years ago after my first divorce. I remember that I never managed to get it to work properly, if at all. I have a feeling it may have been made by a company called Brunton. It is a single cylinder, slip eccentric meths f...

MDLR:87693 wrote:You're thinking of these:

I am indeed!

Photos now at http://www.roundhouse-eng.com/stock.htm - I thought them a little reminiscent of some of Brian Clarke's stuff, for those who've been round long enough to remember Saltford Models...

Narrow Minded:87551 wrote:That's looking excellent Zach!  :thumbleft:

It is, but you should see his latest photo on Facebook

Chris Cairns:87550 wrote:

hussra wrote:The connection is tortuous!

Sorry but 2 days of work at our railway group now has more priority.

Does it end with "The 12 days of Christmas"?

Chris Cairns.

No problem, just meant to be a bit of fun. No connection with the 12 days of Christmas.

Locomotive is DLR No.2 "E of O", owned by G R, who applied to allow alcohol to be served in their Railway refreshment room. The connection to a well known Christmas carol is obviously too subtle for me! Chris Cairns. Excellent start. The connection is tortuous! Next step is to think about...

Hmmm, was this a bit too tricky? Has anyone got even part-way there and want to pause to share their thoughts so far?

hussra:87466 wrote:Outline the chain of connections between this photo and a well-known Christmas carol.

Outline the chain of connections between this photo and a well-known Christmas carol.

May Day in "A View to a Kill".

Andrew:87455 wrote:How about the Titanic museum in Belfast

You've got it - this is on the slipway where Titanic was built. View in the opposite direction:



There are 8 parallel lines (now just a short length of each), two down either side of each slipway.

Your turn!

invicta280:87452 wrote:Airships at Cardington?

Nope! Clue, this is located at major, recently opened tourist destination.

This thread has been inactive too long...



Which famous but short-lived transport icon began life by this narrow gauge track? (Gauge is 2' or thereabouts.)

on the out side !    :lol: Sorry, wasn't clear. This looks to be a model of carriage 1 or 2; no 2 got new door locks in preservation and now has the doors hinged on the left and handles on the right, whereas no 1 still has the hinges on the right and handles on the left. (No. 3 also got the same tr...

Well, I shall ring Mr. Bailey and sort out which whistle will fit my engine. I'm sure the Billy won't be much different from a Fowler or a Lady Anne in terms of installing it. The Fowler is slightly different in that the resonator is long and thin and sits on the right hand side of the boiler point...