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Title: What's the most important (railway) thing you have lost?
Post by: jpendle on December 31, 2015, 02:37:23 AM
Hi There,

I'm very disorganized, so I'm always losing things. Today I couldn't find my good wire cutters, but the most frustrating loss is my copy of "Railways in and around Bolton" by Bill Simpson. I know it's in the house somewhere but I can't find it.

How about every one else, what have you lost that's important?

Railway stuff only, please don't say "my virginity" :telloff: :telloff: :telloff:

Regards

John P
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Post by: OwL on December 31, 2015, 03:02:48 AM
my virginity :angel:...... Sorry couldn't help it,

Two things I've lost. First one is a BR liveried class 37 diesel loco. I have lists of all my locos, all are accounted for except this one......only worth £70..... :veryangry:

Second thing but not as expensive but part of a set, I lost my 'Locomotives Illustrated class 47's' part 2 magazine.

Annoying because 1+2 form the set. The printer has long since sold out and people on eBay are holding what copies are left to ransom!

I occasionally lose a coupling spring to the carpet monster but again no biggy.
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Post by: Bealman on December 31, 2015, 03:51:37 AM
All my old Triang  stuff from when I was a yoof  :'(
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Post by: railsquid on December 31, 2015, 04:02:18 AM
Part of my childhood 'Orribly Oversized collection appears to have gone AWOL at some point...

Oddly enough I was pleased earlier to have discovered something I was looking for a while back (some rolling stock detail parts) while searching for something else (unusually I found the something else too). The detail parts I'd actually put in a baggie and labelled correctly, then placed in a box of bits. Actually I should go and put them back with the actual stock before I forget again.
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Post by: Zogbert Splod on December 31, 2015, 06:07:56 AM
British Rail.....
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Post by: Greybeema on December 31, 2015, 08:03:19 AM
Mojo - it comes and goes...
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Post by: Agrippa on December 31, 2015, 08:29:42 AM
My marbles...........
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Post by: austinbob on December 31, 2015, 09:32:20 AM
Quote from: Agrippa on December 31, 2015, 08:29:42 AM
My marbles...........
There must be loads of loose marbles out there now. We'll all have to watch our steps.
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Post by: railsquid on December 31, 2015, 11:13:20 AM
Quote from: austinbob on December 31, 2015, 09:32:20 AM
Quote from: Agrippa on December 31, 2015, 08:29:42 AM
My marbles...........
There must be loads of loose marbles out there now. We'll all have to watch our steps.
I call mine "Elgin" to annoy the Greek government.
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Post by: Mustermark on December 31, 2015, 12:15:08 PM
I lost all my OO stuff when I left home to go to college. Never saw it again.

And like greybeema, i lose my mojo once in a while.
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Post by: MalcolmInN on December 31, 2015, 01:26:32 PM
Steam
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Post by: Newportnobby on December 31, 2015, 04:21:58 PM
Other than my mind, when I first started trainspotting aged around 8 years old, I obviously couldn't afford the Ian Allan books for recording numbers so just kept them in tatty notebooks. Needless to say by the time I could afford the I.A. books, several house moves decreed my old notebooks were never to be seen again :'(
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Post by: fatso on December 31, 2015, 04:34:51 PM
Just the odd pint of blood over years.mike
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Post by: Tank on December 31, 2015, 05:52:32 PM
A telephone from Coulsdon North Signal Box.  I still have the other, along with a load of plates off of the signal/point levers.  Very annoying.
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Post by: austinbob on December 31, 2015, 06:00:45 PM
Quote from: MalcolmAL on December 31, 2015, 01:26:32 PM
Steam
Spot on - nearly - but it has to be smelly, oily, dirty and sooty steam that is the real loss!!
:'(
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Post by: Cooper on December 31, 2015, 08:01:15 PM
I've 'lost' several items of stock, but they always turn up in an unexpected box where I'd previously put them.  :doh:  My Oakwood Press book on the Harton Tramway has been AWOL for years now though, so I guess I lent it out and it's gone for good. Now i properly miss that....  :-\
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Post by: terrysoham on January 01, 2016, 08:24:27 AM
A railway station at Soham  :)
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Post by: Oldman on January 01, 2016, 09:48:34 AM
A season ticket 24hrs after purchase - turned up 3 days later