Help !!!!

Same here. It's a bit of an eyesore, hardly worth modelling. I know it's coming when there's a sound like a gearbox crashing/engine stalling in the far distance. It always struggles to make it into Coventry station. Just a couple of years ago we had picturesque Turbostars in Central green and Midland Mainline blue. Also the 66's are now _all_ Freightliner green whereas we used to get at least the occasional EWS red. Lineside and bridge maintenance is now so poor I can see the line closing altogether in the very near future.

(kim)

Except that he's trying to *discourage*, not encourage the lad! :o)

(kim)

Or something that didn't run on LMS lines [whistles...]

Kim

LMS damned new fangled nonsense, L&Y or LNWR only.

Cor, you're a modernist! S&D only (being Stockton & Darlingon... ;-)

Ian J.

Surely you mean East Lancashire, Manchester & Leeds, London & Birmingham, Grand Junction, Liverpool & Manchester, Chester & Holyhead and Lancashire & Carlisle? Or some combination thereof? None of yer new-fangled rubbish!

;)

Ian J. said the following on 17/12/2007 14:44:

Yeah, but that used this new-fangled steam malarkey to haul the waggons :-)

=2E.. and what's wrong with diesels ?

Would you prefer he wanted a =A3500 Playstation 3 plus games ?

Send him round to mine and our son will be only too happy to let him run a diesel or three :-)

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole stircase, just take the first step.

There's not a huge roster of Diseasles under the L&Y banner - who knows what the LNWR did?

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Quite right, G. Encourage the lad to model what he sees. That's how we old f**ts got started, eh?

If Granddad wants his grandson to develop an interest in Steam, then he should let Grandson play on his GWR layout, and take Grandson to Steam Days, and such.

I do remember the GWR, just. And I'm not a granddad.

Not quite, his experience of trains is only on preserved lines that run both steam and diesel.

Cheers, Simon

Hes already hooked, but trying to branch out - thinks its just the rebel in him. Yep when the B1 is upgraded that will be allowed - well its just an LNER black 5.

Cheers, Simon

Leicester-Swannington was just up the road, would that be ok ?

CHeers, Simon

... and what's wrong with diesels ?

I dont think you have the right attitude to help :-)

Cheers, Simon

Seriously - he has an HST and the stubborn little so and so would not put up with me rubbishing what he wanted even if I was cruel enough to try. I'm looking for more cunning or subtlety thank you.

Cheers, Simon

ee, buy 'im a cute little hymek, all nice and green, so pretty looking as well.....whats that dear? yes, i'm coming.....sigh

scoot

What about Trevithick's "Catch Me Who Can", the first locomotive intended to haul passengers? It could also come with its own circular track, made from set track, although it would unfortunately break too frequently.

;-)

Kevin Martin

He could use a steam heat boiler :-)

Kevin Martin