@Adam1701D  is there any chance your expressions of interest page could email a list of items that we have expressed an interest in ?

Craig

Quote from: Bealman on December 19, 2025, 07:05:56 AMI have hummed and hahhed for days over whether to post this because of the content.

But there are a heap of AI posts spreading false information and images of the tragic Bondi Beach massacre last Sunday.

Definitely the dark side.

It's that sort of dark action that then leads to accusations of 'crisis actors', which just stokes further hatred. Really makes me angry.

Quote from: madchadbrad on December 19, 2025, 12:25:28 PMLatest update on this project: first engineering prototypes received ... check Dapol's website.
Decorated samples expected in six months' time:
A bit more time to save up for them then!

I suppose factoring in time lost to Chinese New Year and for revisions to tooling to have been undertaken (and new EPs checked) 6 months for deco samples is understandable. From there (if all is OK) it will then be a case of arranging a suitable factory slot and so so realistically (although happy to be proved wrong) I can't see the models arriving until this time next year at the earliest.

Roy

Latest update on this project: first engineering prototypes received ... check Dapol's website.
Decorated samples expected in six months' time:
A bit more time to save up for them then!

Logged in earlier on my laptop, and just logged in on my Samsung android phone. No issues with either

No problem here on phone or tablet

I missed when these came out.


https://youtu.be/Md4QIpxfm2Q

Quote from: Ali Smith on December 19, 2025, 10:32:01 AMThere was a service from Newcastle to Bournemouth via York (where in some winters it started), Pontefract, Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester, Banbury, Oxford and Reading West Curve to reach .............
Ali

That's good info, Ali, and I'll take what I've left of your quote as a partial success
Likewise the coaching stock info.
Let's face it, I have absolutely no proof but it wouldn't surprise me if a Deltic wasn't allowed along the Varsity line maybe due to weight restrictions. There have been various recent appearances of Deltics at Oxford but there seems to be no info as to how they got there

Seem to be seeing an odd log-in issue this morning.

Normally I use the forum on Laptop (Windows/Firefox Browser) and Phone (Android/Chrome) and set to remain logged in "forever".
This morning both devices had logged out and trying to log back in returned the error message "Token Verification Failed"

No other sites are affected.

Clearing Site-specific cache & cookies on the Laptop seems to have resolved it, but doing the same on the Phone hasn't cured it, however switching to Firefox on the phone I can log-in.

So appears a cross-platform/cross-browser initial cause, resolvable by clearing the cache in firefox but persisting in Chrome...

There was a service from Newcastle to Bournemouth via York (where in some winters it started), Pontefract, Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester, Banbury, Oxford and Reading West Curve to reach the Bournemouth line at Basingstoke. After the closure of the Great Central the train was re-routed from York via Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham New Street, Coventry, Banbury, Reading (reverse) to terminate at Poole.
There were two sets of coaches: one belonging to Southern Region, the other to North Eastern Region.
According to an article in BRM Oct 2016, the formation of the 10:50am Bournemouth West to York in 1963-4 was BSK, TSO, RMB, TSO, CK, BSK(York), CK, BSK(Sheffield). The NER set had RB instead of RMB. All coaches were Mk 1 stock. From 1962 the motive power over the Great Central was EE Type 3 or Brush Type 4.
I have a WTT for June 1963 which should have the timings for the Basingstoke to Bournemouth section of the journey. If you are interested I'll dig them out.

Hope this helps,

Ali