Similarly I knew it was coming, heard the wife's phone and thought mine hadn't worked, till I remembered I had left it in the car.   
It worked.
Was timed to go off at 2pm AEST, which meant the people in WA heard it at midday, and SA/NT at 1:30pm.

Quote from: Bealman on July 27, 2026, 08:35:24 AMEvery mobile phone in Australia beeped loudly at 2pm this afternoon. Well, not everywhere, exactly - places like SA and WA had to be different, didn't they -  (different time zones).

I knew it was coming but it still scared the crap out of me!

Presumably the 'time for a VB' warning

Quote from: Bealman on July 27, 2026, 09:00:11 AM  A very interesting question, and one I must admit I'd never given thought to!

Well, I hope the government has if they are planning to use it as a means of warning people of imminent doom.

  A very interesting question, and one I must admit I'd never given thought to!

Anyway it still gave me a bloody fright 

Quote from: Bealman on July 27, 2026, 08:35:24 AMEvery mobile phone in Australia beeped loudly at 2pm this afternoon. Well, not everywhere, exactly - places like SA and WA had to be different, didn't they -  (different time zones).

So would people close to the boundary have received it an hour early or an hour late, depending on where they were in relation to the masts?

Every mobile phone in Australia beeped loudly at 2pm this afternoon. Well, not everywhere, exactly - places like SA and WA had to be different, didn't they -  (different time zones).

I knew it was coming but it still scared the crap out of me!

Very glad that you're still with us Mick!    Will message you now.

Certainly Midland, Western and Southern shed allocations

https://brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&id=746001&type=S&page=alloc

Quote from: geofff on July 26, 2026, 12:12:47 PMHello Mick

Welcome back -  I have a Farish 3MT Tank and it is still a really good runner. Did the Class 4 run on the Western?


Regards

Oh yes. We numbered mine 75013 and Dr Al also sent me a pic of that loco at Oxford

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 26, 2026, 12:06:30 PMAn open plea for anyone to make a RTR model of this loco.
With Farish having made the Black 5 and the excellent class 5 I'm surprised they haven't gone for this yet. No one has even mentioned it.

Totally agree, this is definitely a missing link in N gauge, hopefully as Farish has the 2-6-0 version they will produce it someday