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Some excellent pictures I see here! :D

It's a shame that Rodney doesn't have a website. It is probably this fact that contributes to the general opinion that amongst all the 50s Rodney's situation is currently the most "mysterious" - it isn't of course, you have repeatedly supplied excellent updates in this very thread! I just...

Not a 50 in that list? :( We're always looking for help with Royal Oak at the PVR if you fancied that! Especially if you're so local! (As you may also be aware, the PVR is also home to 37207.)

It's so sad that the MHR has decided to give up on its diesel galas. I remember what was probably the last gala, where I think 50007 attended - but I was really quite young at the time and I don't remember it all that well. I believe that there has been one event since; a rather abortive attempt...

I'm hoping the sarcasm implied by the rolling eyes in my previous post is also evident in your reply...! :wink:

May I say that you're probably the first person I have ever heard express an interest in saving one of these! But of course, each to his own! :D What I completely agree with is your final comment about being 'in at the beginning with preserving something'. That sounds like an excellent idea -...

I'm afraid that I can't quite respond with a similar "looking good" style comment - I'm afraid your lorry profile pic doesn't quite do it for me! :wink: I'm glad you like the pics, as I say they are bang up to date and certainly show the progress that is being made. You must send me a PM...

I think that the most important thing here is to say whether your support towards a society or group is monetary support, or physical support. (The latter often combines the former!) I actively support as many different groups as I can in monetary terms, most often simply by attending gala...

Royal Oak's bodywork is coming along nicely, with multiple layers of primer on the main body sides, as well as filler which is in the process of being sanded down.. The cab sides still need some considerable attention and are not progressing very quickly. Number 1 end front panel is receiving...

Gawd, I should have known that you'd have the required information at your fingertips, Louis! Thanks very much, that is extremely useful! :D

Can't help you with all your question, but one thing I do know is that it's best to actually show your ticket to the staff on the barriers. In the past I've had day rangers be accepted by the machines; other times it won't let me past. And also, if you leave a station via barrier, but intend to...

I have just managed to book a rather late ticket for this tour, (still full price unfortunately), starting and returning to Exeter St. Davids. I have been provisionally told over the phone that the train will leave ExD at 09:35, so adjusting the other pick-up times given on the website should...

Very interesting video - that "blabe5859" has got some fantastic stuff on his channel!

Having passed the triangle on the train last Friday, (May 6th), I think I can say with some certainty that the triangle is not yet in a complete enough state to perform any such turning manoeuvres at the current time. When is this tour you speak of? It may possibly be ready by the date of your...

If the parts that 56 040 has donated help to keep a better condition 56 running for longer, its scrapping will not have been in vain.

I reckon that the amount of people that were jammed into that train it was near impossible for anybody to meet up with anybody else! I was lucky enough to window hang from coach G all the way down to Exmouth, and I must admit that today has probably been one of my greatest railway experiences...

Well, the ones we're going to do for 50017 will probably be graphic stickers adhered to small aluminium plates. By the time we're finished, whatever we will have done will be indistinguishable from the original warning plates the loco carried.

I must admit that I tend to think of that whole area around the A380/A38 junction as Telegraph Hill, for no reason that I can readily come up with! (I know what I mean, even if nobody else does!) :roll:

And can you imagine them trying to upgrade Telegraph Hill to motorway status? It would probably be more cost effective to remove the entire hill!

On the face of it, Waddon, I think it is an excellent idea! The security issues that were immediately raised in this thread are understandable, but as TGVDUDE says, the same can be said for streetview. However, I think that if this service did ever go live, (and let's just for arguments sake...