Happy thread

[Bealman]

Nippers (scale TBD) may well follow, I had an odd feeling leaving Peco today that the next time I visit may well be with offspring.....well it's as good an excuse as any.

Ref proposal: nothing impulse about it. Military planning since last year, funds hidden for ring since April, ring hidden since July 

Skyline2uk

Congrats, Skyline! I know what you mean about military planning... it's a long time ago now, but I recall Mrs Bealman turning into Bridezilla.

Talking of Mrs B, she won a $600 gift voucher at the club last night. Happy thread! 

[jonclox]

 . in all honesty I was surprised when I placed a smallish order with Osborns yesterday afternoon and by 4.30 received a note from them stating that the order was dispatched.  One of the items was a named Archer Station name board bearing the name Ruleoneshire which obviously had to be done especially an a GF Pullman  Second Kitchen car
The parcel arrived at 10 am today with the nameplates . Fantastic service I recon 

[Newportnobby]

Whilst doing some book research for Philip (N-Gauge-US) concerning branch lines in the Oxfordshire area I browsed through 'Steam on the GWR - Severn & Cotswolds' and discovered some things I had forgotten about Oxford which, as I have based my main layout very loosely there, put a smile on my face. One was that 'Kings' were banned from Oxford due to their axle loading weight (so I have no need to wait for manufacturers to produce one) and the other was some great photos of a 'Jubilee', a 'Patriot' and a Bulleid light pacific at Oxford, along with information about 'Schools', 'Lord Nelsons', '8F's', B1's and 'V2's' being frequent visitors. Most of these I knew about but it was good to have them confirmed and has vindicated some of my purchases
How the hell I am going to justify a Midland Blue Pullman and, even more extremely, a Poppylino is totally beyond me, though

[Bealman]

'Cos both of them are cool, that's why. 

[Newportnobby]

'Cos both of them are cool, that's why. 

Back to the Future - that'll do, George

[railsquid]

Not sure if the Blue Pullmans had flux capacitors.

[Tom U]

Not sure if the Blue Pullmans had flux capacitors.

He used flux to solder his droppers, and capacitiors inthe CDU for the point switching....ain't that enough 

[railsquid]

Hmm, Wikipedia suggests a Blue Pullman could do 90mph, which is 2mph more than would be needed... I guess NPN is in luck.

[Skyline2uk]

Hello all.

So, after some minor moaning on my behalf on the unhappy thread and some very kind help from @Caz , I am now able to share with you all what I was up to on Friday (and have been for every Friday before August bank holiday for the last 22 years). I was helping the SNBR run its day / evening services for "1812 night".

Thought members would like to see some of the more unusual members of our fleet.

Kestral is, I am told, currently the largest model of the locomotive in the UK

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And Western Enterprise is I believe unique, at least from Mardyke.

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The rest of the fleet includes a Deltic, Class 47, SNCF CC 40100, Class 25 and a former Hymek which is now running as a sort of HST look-alike.

There are also several in house projects and numerous Kettles.

FYI All the SNBR Mardyke fleet are diesel-hydraulics, which makes "Western Enterprise" the only accurate prototype in terms of drive-train 

Quite a long way from N gauge, but still fun.

Skyline2uk

[Trainfish]

Until now I never knew the SNBR existed and had certainly never heard of a Mardyke either. Now I know about both, thanks Adam.

[Skyline2uk]

Cheers Mr Fish 

SNBR has been a part of my life for all its 30 years, but I have been a member since I was 8.

Have driven all the main-line diesel fleet, qualified on the signal box and even attempted to drive steam locos.

The latter has not gone well. One burnt me and another spat its reversing handle at me 

I have no problem with Kettles, they just don't appear to like me. In contrast, not a single diesel has refused to work properly at my request 

Link to said railway here:

http://www.snbr.20m.com/

Skyline2uk

[Trainfish]

I've already been all over the site Adam, didn't see any dodgy photos of you though, unlike at Melksham or Calne whichever it was.................

[jonclox]

  After  waiting 3 weeks for an appointment with my doctors surgery Iv e at last seen her with reference to my non working to find out if the error I with me or in its manufacturer. Using her dummy practice one I worked it from first attempt  so we set about testing m suspect faulty one It failed to work despite me using the same technic so we retried the sample and it worked faultlessly each test The nurse then managed to drop mine and apologising got me to retest it and it worked 100% so it got retested several times and worked  every time  after which I felt decidedly light headed as its supposed to be I inhale morning and repeat in the evening 
Think I shall leave track laying alone for today and relax 

[MikeDunn]

Ah, so it was jammed & they applied the known fix - 'accidentally' drop it 

At least you know what to do next it jams 

[Newportnobby]

Ah, so it was jammed & they applied the known fix - 'accidentally' drop it 

At least you know what to do next it jams 

It is not recommended to do this with N gauge models. Please do not try this at home