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Jim, I am confused. I posted to Photobucket, and it appeared o'k there under my personal viewing; however when the IMG feature was used on this board for the transfer, it comes out in block graphics.

As "gardenrail" notes, UK Hornby have a working TPO set, not only in LMS, but also GWR livery.

The last run of the UK TPO trains was only recent, 1/19/2001. They originally started in the UK in the 1880's

Regards

If you are into buying a packet of 10 No.52 drills:-

For anyone who lives in a large city with a lot of engineering activity, there will be machine tool suppliers.

There is a 1300 page 8½x11 catalogue, well illustrated, that local suppliers put their own cover on. Mine is from Marshall Tool & Supply, Phoenix.

You name it, they've got it, or can get it.

PS

The UK TPO's also collected bags from trackside equipment into nets that swung in and out from the carriage.

Google gives plenty of entries "Travelling Post Office"

Jim : I agree, it looks ok in Photobucket, but twixt Photobucket and this site it converts to block graphics.

I think this site stores its own copy of pictures, because I have deleted on Photobucket, and the picture persists on this site.

Regards

Thank you all.

I raised the issue because it is always a good line for discussion.

I think we have all learnt a lot from one another.

Don't mess with Shelton when he's on the road!

Sheldon : I think F1 Champion Nigel Mansell demonstrated the differences in finesse winning the Indy 500 in his first outing.

This is how the lack of finesse is played here in Phoenix. Rugby, the game of gentleman, is played around Phoenix with universities also putting up several teams. The ref's often have UK experience of the game. The complaint is that teams come from their dispirate locations with agro' against the opponent, play the game, and then retire to their dispirate locations with their agro'. This is not THE GAME.

A well known local Rugby club has been banned from their base by the psudo British landlord of an English Pub per se. Who ever heard of such behaviour in the UK!

Sorry, this board makes a mess, into block graphics.

Photo of UK lineside equipment, re-built on preserved line.

Incoming mail tossed out to the platform - pity anyne about sweeping the platform!

I think it is more likely the bag swung out on an arm and was grabbed by the trackside equipment into a net, OR where such devices exclusive to the UK's Traveling PO.

The postal staff would count the clikety-clack of the rail joints from a known point to know when to put the arm out so they didn't take down anything else along side of the track.

Hornby do a TPO set with lineside gear.

Milk churns(cans) were a big traffic from local country stations in the UK until the mid-1950's. The GWR had special vehicles with the telegraphic code of "Syphon".

Some of you obviously haven't tried to buy a yard-stick recently!

There's rough n' ready, and there's rough n' ready!

Regards

I think Mallard was lucky to be new and still in a sort of "Type Trials" situation.

I think many of the US claims are possily true because the lines were known to have scheduled services at or over 100 mph.

Mallard only held the speed for a matter of seconds and was over 124mph for only 3 miles.

2% = 2cm/metre etc. !!!!

Sounds like an outdoor layout.

Stop the messing-about mixing your units!

Get outside the box![/]

Go Metric !

When you know your level:-

1% =  1cm/metre

2% =  1cm/2 metres

etc.

Regards

Thank you David & Chris.

The crew were nameless for a number of years, when did they come to public knowledge?

Mallard was down a 1/200 and may be qualified because of other attempts made on the level.

There are several US claims and a German claim to the record. I had hoped to hear what the consensus was among contributors to this site..

Regards