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Picked up a brand new Colas 47 for £65. Even though it's a Railroad model at that price it's a good deal. Have added some extra weights to it, so it's now Chunky Duff' :lol:

Phone signal between Norwood Junction & London Bridge is often extremely patchy & poor. Given it's so close to London I'm still amazed how bad this line is compared to the line to Victoria.

On trains & windows yes it probably is. In specific areas where it's encouraged & non-offensive & doesn't affect public operations it's not. You have to admire some of the artwork as it's incredible. Where i roller blade the walls/area are dedicated to urban art & it is VERY impressive.

WNXX says they're being repainted into BB livery at Bristol Barton Hill by Arriva Traincare.

I've been in London a few times in the last 4/5 wks & these two ALWAYS seem to turn up at Clapham as my Southern train arrives. Maybe they don't want to leave SWR :D

A Hornby 0-6-0 Sentinel 'Stanton'. I've de-Statoned it & gave it a level of weathering I like. Also some OTA timber wagons I'm scratchbuilding from old Bachmann VDA & old Hornby VBA chassis

Looks like one of their SD70s.

As someone who works in an industry connected to defence DO NOT worry or let it affect you. You shouldn't let anything you see in mainstream media scare you. A lot of the time the journalists writing the stories don't actually know what they're talking about. 90% of the media are out for...

In my SR150 book it's mentioned a couple of times that the Southern proposed electrification in 1939 from South Croydon - Haywards Heath via Horsted Keynes with additional plans to T Wells West. Ultimately scuppered by WW2. Had those plans come to fruition I reckon we'd still have the line from...

Turkish-registered lorry in a popular bacon butty layby on the A22 in the summer. Overtook a Georgian-registered van on the M25 heading eastbound near the M26 3-4 months ago. Handful of Ukrainian plates in my local area. Mainly on VWs & Skodas.

This video might interest you. From the wonderful Soi Buakho channel. Gives you an idea of the 1991 layout of the station.

Speaking of Accurascale...Their class 50 decorated samples have arrived. They look absolutely beautiful! Quite excited to get my 50149 'Defiance' when it arrives. Might even be tempted to order 50008 when I get paid too!

They sometimes do! A 377/1 was plastered all over the side (minus windows) a few weeks ago at East Croydon

Quite wide taste personally. Old skool house/techno, 90s trance, older rap/hip-hop, retro/synthwave.

Welcome the UK. It happens with every political party, regardless of their position on the political spectrum (left/right/centre). British political culture is broken & rotten. Then we have the cheek to lecture other countries about corruption.

The mainstream media is more aware of it. They have also got hold (both rightly & wrongly on varying examples) of buzzwords & are slinging them into stories, therefore the general public absorbs it more.

Can you tell what my favourite loco is? :D Both blue box Limas. Both obtained for <£85 combined & I've put slimline couplings on them!

Other than a bit extra surface water & a few twigs down it's relatively normal & calm here in Sussex. Eye of the storm must be passing over as there's not a breath of wind!

Yes my date in the marina last night was a bit scary! :D:D I do feel like the UK is increasingly trying to to embrace American culture though.

With Lima you can give the motor a service, superglue/araldite some narrow couplings on instead & weather up the loco & you have something that will look very resepectable.