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Here’s what you are talking about for a model. There’s a lot to model!

Here are some photo’s that should send you to Porthmadog as fast as you can get there.It shows the slate train that took me up to Dduallt for a free fall trip.Shows lying track at Nantmor and the Garratt That i fired from Caernarfon. What a day.You can also see the NG cross the Std gauge.

Just a note on the blue 20s. Some were all over blue. Then there was all over blue with gray roofs. There were all over blue with black roofs. Blue with black roofs and black buffer beams and red buffers some had black buffers. Blue with black running plates,black buffer beams and black or red buffers. There are two or three good web sights with photos of all the class. So you will need a photo for this model.

Some things in life are never what you think and let me tell you after Saturday April the 25th i can this is so true. What a day I’ve done a lot of fantastic things in my life but on the 25th I went to the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland for the day. Words can not say enough. They have what we all dream of. First they have a good gang running it theres lots of young pepole about in fact ther more of them then us older grays and that can only be a good thing someone has to keep it all going when we all go. I will do a full blog on Thursday with some photos but all I can say now is get up to the Caernarfon or Porthmadog Wait till you see the Garratts slip. boy o boy.

Here we are a Blue Circle trian at Exeter in 1961 and the wagons are Gray with Yellow boards showing the makers logo. There are 20 wagons in this train. So i say that the Airfix Yellow pressflow was only ever made by them. There were never 60 Yellow pressflow wagons.

If this is your first visit try looking at some of the older blogs there are some fantastic photos that are worth finding. Coming next week will be gallerys then we will some of the best.

We are bringing new ideas to the site every day some time there are bugs . Just let me know we will sort it out if you have any problems. You should be able to now blow up the photos. We will keep eye on your blogs for the next few days it will be sorted by the middle of the week. There will be some new pages next week. Dont forget to let us know of any events that are going on.

Llangollen Friday and Saturday Stars ans Steel 2 was a blur for me so sorry to all the guys i was to have a pint with but they had me running about all over the place i’m still not sure I saw all the engines but I did ride on the Dukedog and on the Royal Scot. I also spent a trip with Dick Blenkinsop who’s 50s photos are why we chose Leamington and also kept going though the 70s. So here are some shots of the events. Chris Louth spent the weekend with me and on Sunday we have a full house on Leamington and Mike did a lot of work on the hedges and the grass. On Monday i whent of to meet the youg guys just starting there lives on the railway at Wolverton Railcare. Thanks guys it was great but keep us all up to date with your blogs. The photos show Friday to Monday.

I just wanted to let everyone know that we just rolled out a major udpdate to the site. While you wont notice much on the outside, things have changed a lot on the inside and we would appreciate it if you could keep a eye out for any problems for us!

When I was invited to join rail the Rail Minister Lord Adonis on part of his tour this week, I wasn’t expecting to be  greeted  by a fleet of Pantecnicons  or limos,  but  equally I wasn’t  expecting Lord Adonis adorning a  rucksack , with one aide du camp (who was only doing the journey to Manchester). It was great fun to see this casual approach and I must say I did learn something. Lord Adonis was travelling on an 7 day saver, which took him anywhere in the UK over seven days at a cost £350 –  WOW – now there’s a real Rail Minister.