The sad news of Colin Binnie passing away

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The sad news of Colin Binnie passing away

Post by alan2525 » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:38 pm

I've just heard that Colin Binnie of Binnie Engineering has passed away. He suffered a heart attack and had been on life support for several days, he died in hospital this weekend.

To those that do not know of him, he was a great engineer, cartoonist, bodgeller and a real asset to the world of 16mm Garden Railways. Many of his articles appear in back issues of Garden Railway magazines and the likes of SMT.

He will be dearly missed.

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Post by pauly » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:43 pm

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Post by andysleigh » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:01 pm

We shall greatly miss him. :(

What cartoons did he do? I knever knew he was a cartoonist
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Post by SillyBilly » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:11 pm

Yes, it's a terrible loss to the hobby.

May I add that it is not he but his son who runs Binnie Engineering.
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Post by mhlr » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:34 pm

Yes, even though I never knew the lad, its sad :( . But hey, his memory still lives on, at least his son Peter is there to carry on in his father's footsteps.
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Post by Matt » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:24 pm

RIP :(

Did he do the cartoons for Garden Rail?
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Post by pauly » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:03 pm

some of his cartoons have been uploaded to the Yahoo 16mmngm group in the files section

Iv been getting E-mails about his death all day
I think his sons been running the show for a while now when I order some tippers fro him a while back I'm sure it was his son who took the order and all that :?
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Post by SillyBilly » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:21 pm

Like I said before, it is his son who runs Binnie Engineering.
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Post by laalratty » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:42 pm

Very sad, his postings on the E group were always of interest, and I must say some of those cartoons in the e group files are hilarious, whislt also showing a great talent for drawing, im sure he will be missed in many ways
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Post by grumpfuttock » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:48 pm

Very sad news indeed. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few years ago, and saw his little vertical boilered loco in action.
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Post by Aizoon » Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:21 pm

There's a tribute to Colin on my web site. We shall not see his like again.
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