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Forest of Dean Lines Book review

Posted on November 26, 2015 by bawdsey

Forest of Dean Lines & the Severn Bridge Price £30.00 ISBN 13: 9781899889 98 3  http://lightmoor.co.uk   This is Volume 2 of British Railway History in Colour from Lightmoor Press. Volume 1 dealt with the Wye Valley lines and north … Continue reading →

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200 Not Out …

Posted on November 3, 2015 by bawdsey

In the way that odd or interesting numbers sometimes appear on the car dashboard, an interesting one has appeared on the dashboard here on’t blog. That number is two hundred thousand. The number of hits the blog has achieved since … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday 64xx 31-637

Posted on September 23, 2015 by bawdsey
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Wordless Wednesday 5201

Posted on July 8, 2015 by bawdsey

Double click images for bigguns…

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Independence Day

Posted on July 4, 2015 by bawdsey

Firstly to all my American readers, have a good Independence Day. I find it genuinely warming to see the way the US, and other countries for that matter, embraces and celebrates its history and culture. But what might independence day … Continue reading →

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Pannier Capers & the 64xx

Posted on April 2, 2015 by bawdsey

In amongst the flurry of Hornbys releases over the first quarter Bachmann released their latest Great Western design, Colletts 64xx 0-6-0T Pannier. These were a derivative of the earlier 54xx, very much the same engine but with larger diameter wheels. … Continue reading →

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J15 R3232 Red Box Review

Posted on March 27, 2015 by bawdsey

One of the latest items released by Hornby is the Great Eastern Wordsell designed Y14. The type first entered service in 1883 and was reclassified to arguably its more common designation of J15 after Grouping by the London & North … Continue reading →

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And relaaaax….

Posted on March 9, 2015 by bawdsey

Its been a bit quiet on the blog front of late, and that’s because I’ve been working on a large writing and modelling project with my good friend Paul Lunn. It has re-fired the brain cells though with quite a … Continue reading →

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Projects, Projects!

Posted on February 27, 2015 by bawdsey

Well this month and a good part of the previous two in fact have been busy working on a number of projects with Paul Lunn. More to come later on this but it mixes his layout design skills, our ‘tag … Continue reading →

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2014, Year of the Shelfie ..

Posted on December 30, 2014 by bawdsey

2014 the year of the Shelfie, and a note to say thank you for taking the time to read this blog over the year. Its been quite a busy year, right the way through as far as modelling projects go, … Continue reading →

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