A bloke asks a Mackem, "Do you know any card games?"

Mackem replies, "Aye, ice hockey. Carddest game I knarr" 

If you want Toby (Percy, Gordon, Thomas, James, duck or diesel) use the bachaman range as basis. But BoCo (class 28), flying Scotsman, Stepney (terrier) and Wilbert (austerity saddle tank), Pip and Emma (HST) all available.

That said to quote Sodor reading between the lines by Christopher Awdry Toby is a J70. I believe the same is stated in the island of Sodor, it's people, history and railways by Rev W and George Awdry.

A jolly little ditty with some nice guitar work.

Quote from: Steven B on Yesterday at 05:16:22 PMToby is an 0-6-0, so J70.

The original Toby (rev1) is a scratch built Y6 0-4-0 on a Romford motor bogie. Rev2 (12 years later) is a Keyser J70 kit, and a decade after that the reverend built a third Toby which is a Keyser body on a modified Hornby Nellie chassis.

So Toby is both depending upon what year you asked (and the story locomotives are derived from the models - including the wonderful fact the pannier is called 'Duck' because the model had slightly off round wheels so waddled).


All three of the models still survive.

Toby is an 0-6-0, so J70.

I've not read the books for many years, but before anyone gets worked up about him, is Toby an 0-4-0 or 0-6-0?

A reminder of my post #10, the GER cl G15/LNER Y6 0-4-0 was the normal class for passenger work on the W+U tramway, the J70s normally working freight, though the LNER book hints that they were occasionally use on passenger. The bodies of the two classes were not the same.

Martyn

I think that I have just been insulted! However, my mastery of languages I would admit is poor although my "Klingon" is not bad...

Anyway, I have now heard of and heard Mago de Oz, not bad at all, the fade out music over the credits reminded me a bit of Dream Theater.

Tim

Listening to Mago de Oz at the moment. Probably one of the bigger bands in the world that the English monoglot world simply doesn't know about

Quote from: Roy L S on December 15, 2025, 05:23:42 PMOn a more serious note, is the structure listed? Even if it is, I wonder if realistically money would be forthcoming for what would no doubt be a very considerable cost to both repair the failed parts and check/make good the rest of the structure 

It may also not be appropriate. If the structure is in poor condition and deteriorating then it may be better to relocate it to a museum style setting and replace it with something modern. There's not much point putting a decaying old bridge back if it's only going to fall apart anyway at some point in time. Preserving it out of situ might preserve it better at this point.