Eddie Many thanks for advice - looks like other regions had variations on headcodes - I thought it was just us people brought up on the Southern ! I have half written a Turnout article re SR discs and their use but its such a minefield my head needs a rest so I will complete later. Better get on wit...

Paul many thanks for your comments - perhaps I should stick to S.R. only! I had not thought of a brake van being propelled - hence the S.R. need for five brackets and no known picture of a van with the odd two in use !! Will see you at Gilling and discuss further - meanwhile back to the project(s) M...

Having got a good design for self contained LED lamps I want to make a batch for night running. When I mean a batch it strikes me that I need a lot ie: a minimum of 4 for the loco to whatever design is applicable (BR/GWR etc), 3 for the brake van and these are to 2 different designs (the central one...

If you can have a look at the 'Model Rail' magazine for july 2008 - it has a very informative article on Milk trains with a few shots of trains/tanks in service. Good info on how these trains were run which is of interest.

Looks like the forum is getting some dialogue on this 'formal' and 'informal' debate on GL5 events. I get the impression that I am not alone in thinking that whilst the mainline rally is an important part of the years events the rallies are considered by most to be a bit more of a FUN event. We need...

Jonathan

Give the Colchester Website a visit - http://www.csmee.co.uk - we have a good double track ground level you might want to visit as you are not far away.
If so contact me to arrange

Mike