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Meh - Someone playing with graphics whithout stopping to think about the practicalities of building a transport system. It has all the usual shortcomings, tunneling under Glasgow is not like London, the eastern circle of the underground would be a nightmare to build, no integration with long distanc...

Hi al - star of the Model Railway Exhibition at the SECC was this little gem from Greenock Model Railway Club, it is based on Kilbowie Station at Clydebank, plenty of little Glasgow cameos to be seen. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8666/16405588947_95c69f551b_c.jpg Model Rail Scotland 2015 011 by Lo...

2015 Show Opening Times : Friday 20th - 11am - 6pm Saturday 21st - 10am - 6pm Sunday 22nd - 10am - 5pm On the Door Prices : Adult £10.00, Child £6.00, Family (2+2 x 1 day) £25.00 Child ticket is valid for children of 5 years old and upwards. There is no charge for children under 5 years old. Weekend...

Glasgow's answer to Mary Kings Close

Mac I am loving that lost shot in your Fort William sequence absolutely terrific John And also unusual. As well as being double-headed with a pair of beautiful Black 5s, the train is 'double-braked', with two brake coaches up front: usually, there would be one at the front and one at the rear. Thes...

I know that all new houses built in mining affected areas since the 1970s need to be built on raft foundations, which is effectively a thick flat concrete base. The Sikeside area of Coatbridge was badly affected by subsidence in the 1980s and the five storey high maisonettes built in the 1960s all h...

The Scottish Railway Preservation Society have taken under their wing a very important piece of Glasgow Railway Engineering History, the fully working NBL MAN L12V18/21 diesel engine was originally fitted to a class 21 (type 2) locomotive built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow. And...

Oh my god..

A flying insect just flew into my kitchen and exploded.

I think it was a Jihaddy long legs.

Botanic Squirrel wrote:Technical Drawing. I mean, how does that even qualify as a subject??

Depends on your career choices, study Tech Drawing, become a draughtsman or design engineer and build useful things. Engineering Science is the practical side of Physics, which is very theoretical. I got a Higher in all three.

If there is a God, there WILL be Deltics in Heaven!!



And Black fives, Duchesses, Britannias, 8Fs, Glens, Directors, etc etc..........

The University of Sheffield has just put online four thousand photos of Britain in the 60s and 70s. They were the collection of JR James, Chief Planner at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in the 1960s, later Proferssor of Town and Regional Planning at Sheffield. There are a lot of maps a...

An interesting modern version of this was used at Dawlish where the coastal railway was washed away last winter, as a temporary breakwater, standard ISO containers filled with rubble were used while the sea wall was rebuilt behind

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/28632203

BBC research shows that on a population-adjusted medals table. we were 13th, behind Wales.

I don't buy the "accidental" fire excuse as you have to make a determined effort to start rubber burning, it takes a lot of heat, however once it is started it will develop rapidly. So some form of accelerant was used (petrol most likely), that has got to be deliberate.

Noticed that the ole on the Rutherglen-Whifflet line is up (using the new omnia system). Anybody know how the new electrified service will integrate into the existing timetable? Only change will be instead of Class 156/158 Sprinters , the trains will be formed of 318/334 emu stock. Not expecting an...