Sprat 'n' Winkle.

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Sprat 'n' Winkle.

Post by made-in-england » Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:19 pm

Today the rapier took some skips around the line to check the tracks over the the mothers day special at the weekend.. (yeah right like im going to have time to play trains!)

Up the gradient.
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Past the Porus Pot works ( ;) )
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The name "Sprat N Winkle" comes from the line that once ran through my village between romsey and andover. Infact the railway bridge bricks now form our garden wall :)

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Post by PCLR » Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:56 pm

its the mother day steam at bucks i hope to get a cab ride on the sentails

nice railway better than mine ,its in a box
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keeping steem alive if a little smaller!
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:31 pm

I love the industrial feel you've got there. What else are you planning for this railway?
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The railway which people forgot
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Post by made-in-england » Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:38 pm

No idea atm...
thanks for the kind words mr.B

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Post by MDLR » Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:13 pm

Sprat & Winkle is also the name for a line of couplings in 4mm scale: see http://www.modelsignals.com/sprat&winkle_frame.htm
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Post by SillyBilly » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:14 pm

That's shot with the pots certainly has character 8) .

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Post by made-in-england » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:53 pm

Thanks! When this bloody rain stops ill have crack at getting it a bit more level so the pretania goes round easier.

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Post by made-in-england » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:51 pm

First passenger services of the year where ran today..

see link for pictures.

http://will15.photobook.org.uk/c1832119.html
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Post by MDLR » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:58 pm

I wonder why that coach looks familiar??
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Post by MTA » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:52 pm

MDLR wrote:I wonder why that coach looks familiar??
Instead of a well travelled wagon, we now have a well travelled coach!
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Post by made-in-england » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:02 pm

I must ask to one of you, how did it come to have a laccy band in it :? :idea:
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Post by MDLR » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:36 pm

I have absolutely NO idea! I don't think it had one in it when it left me.............
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Post by MTA » Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:09 pm

MDLR wrote:I have absolutely NO idea! I don't think it had one in it when it left me.............
And I don't know how it got there either! No idea how it could get in there in it's built up state...
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Post by made-in-england » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:46 pm

Put some pictures from today on the website which is in my signature..

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