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B&H Livery Delivery<\/span><\/p>\n … and other emanations of the new blue scheme seem equally “cold” …<\/p>\n After all, those were the traditional<\/span> colours!<\/p>\n The corporation buses were in the same livery until they tried blue!<\/p>\n But in these image-conscious times, at least some B&H routes have a distinctive non clothes peg brand. The Coaster had become an intriguing mixture of blue and green.<\/p>\n The new buses for the route(s) maintain the colour mix of green, three blues, red, yellow white but applied in a different style – still swirly but unnoticeably different (now three blobby blues, green and white with no route branding!)<\/p>\n Are there two greens or is it just the lighting conditions? Livery can appear to change according to God’s meteorological whim or simply the settings on the camera!<\/p>\n fbb still reckons that the red and cream offer a more distinctive and quality brand, especially out in the country.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n Look, no chimbley? That is because it has no coal, no firebox, no fire, no smoke and no gritty bits to land in your eye – so no fun at all.\u00a0<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n Here is a summary of the technology. And they DO require steam; they just don’t make it in the engine.<\/p>\n Soon you will be able to buy an OO model of a fireless industrial shunter, a bit like this real one.<\/p>\n You can see the small-sized version in the line-up of liveries available.<\/p>\n The model is from Rapido Trains and …<\/p>\n … the manufacturer’s price is \u00a3140 with some retailers discounting to about \u00a3120. Price per ounce is high but it is a sweet and distinctive model. Maybe layouts based on a gunpowder works or a biscuit factory will proliferate.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n The Press<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n Ciaran is a worldly wise, 24 year old<\/p><\/span>\u00a0having dropped out of a course\u00a0at Leeds University in 2019. He is a Councillor for Hertfordshire and a Local Councillor for Three Rivers District (which includes Watford and Rickmansworth).<\/span><\/div>\n Here is the traditional current map of the ends of the Metropolitan line oif London’s Underground.<\/p>\n But the map misses out a bit of line that is, very occasionally, used for timetabled passenger trains. An additional curve should be included (possibly dotted?).<\/p>\n It is the “North Curve” which should, more accurately, be called the “West Curve” because it faces west! Here it is geographically …<\/p>\n … and here it is c\/o Google Earth.<\/p>\n There is even a diddy tunnel on the “North Curve” (that faces west) to add to the excitement of the journey.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n … which run from Watford Town Centre. The train would leave from the less than appealing location of Watford Metropolitan Line station …<\/p>\n … well away from the centre.\u00a0<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n The Strength But Sadness of Superglue<\/span><\/p>\n Due to an over-enthusiastic dribbling of superglue, fbb discovered that he had successfully glued LED “bulbs” on to his model lampposts (hooray – it was very tricky and incredibly fiddly), BUT he had also superglued Mrs fbb’s clothes pegs to the delicate construction.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n And here are the lights working. You can see illumination atop the lamp poles (4 off), lighting inside the downstairs living area of the holiday let and (just) a glimmer of light from one of the bedrooms in the up-cycled Nissen hut.<\/p>\n There are wires to hide and a few dobs of paint to add but the next time this model features in this blog it will be in situ on the top of Peterville Tunnel.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n An on-line report tells us that the new Not-Very-Super Loop route SL3 is under test prior to a launch, soon.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n
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