My grandfather used to have the pre battlespace operating giraffe wagon. That was great - you set the trigger thingies up right so it would duck under bridges.

Quote from: Bealman on March 29, 2026, 06:28:40 AMI do have some pics of my childhood layout somewhere, but given my current location I'm not able to look for them. Here, however are a couple of items from that layout from my albums, photo-bombing the B&CE.

Operating helicopter car (note that this model even pre-dates the Battlespace one):



Triang yard crane comes to the rescue of a broken Poole Farish Flying Scotsman:

Ah Tri-Ang "Battle Space", Who wouldn't love a turbo-car in N   

Meanwhile, a bit of chillin' from The Alan Parsons Project

Quote from: Foxhound on April 07, 2026, 10:28:58 AM

Quote from: Moonglum on April 02, 2026, 07:23:25 PMI think Abrasive Trees is growing on me @Foxhound !

Tim

They're such a nice bunch of people to boot.

They'd probably be even nicer if you stopped kicking them!

Quote from: Moonglum on April 02, 2026, 07:23:25 PMI think Abrasive Trees is growing on me @Foxhound !

Tim

They're such a nice bunch of people to boot.

I have been searching Sunnybank for a photograph taken in 1962 but to no avail.

Why the photograph, well it was of a three rail Duchess of Montrose hauling a 16t coal wagon around an oval of track, my second train set.

You may ask what's so special about that, well it was what was in the wagon, certainly not coal.

Sat in the wagon was a day old poult or chick if you prefer. This chick was part of a small consignment due to catch an early morning train.

My Dad at the time worked for a small hatchery in Luddenden Foot sat between the River Calder and the Rochdale Canal he had brought this box of chicks home on the bus, they were booked on a train from Mytholmroyd in the morning and my dad was to put them on the train on his way to work.

Interestingly Mytholmroyd was home to Thornbers chicks whom distributed chicks all over the country, they even had their own dedicated loading bay at the station.

Mind you it was some 12 years away from entering the world of N gauge.

No chicks were harmed during the writing of this post.

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 07, 2026, 09:26:32 AM

Quote from: GrahamB on April 07, 2026, 08:26:17 AMI cut the Dapol magnets in half. They can tend to splinter so care is needed.

@GrahamB That's my intention. Can I ask what you used, please? Cutting disc? Razor saw?

Razor saw. VERY slow and gentle cuts.

Quote from: GrahamB on April 07, 2026, 08:26:17 AMI cut the Dapol magnets in half. They can tend to splinter so care is needed.

@GrahamB That's my intention. Can I ask what you used, please? Cutting disc? Razor saw?

Following a cardiac scan, the pneumonia is off the table but the diagnosis is severe heart failure. One side of George's heart is not moving, hence the shortness of breath.
The poor lad is being transferred to a cardiac ward. He's really going through the wars

Yes, I have that track on their "Live in LA" release*, haven't heard it for ages!

Tim

* try this Martyn @port perran