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by cheshire lines
Tue Sep 03, 2024 3:23 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: As yet un-named
Replies: 50
Views: 19048

Re: As yet un-named

Great interior detail - very impressive.
by cheshire lines
Sun Aug 25, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: A significant event.
Replies: 15
Views: 1057

Re: A significant event.

Hope everything goes OK. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
by cheshire lines
Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: WEST ORTON
Replies: 1585
Views: 218874

Re: WEST ORTON

I think Dapol bought the old Airfix moulds a while ago and are still using them. I've used one of their signal box kits on my layout. After doing nothing on my layout for a few months I've recently started to re-do some of the background scenery, trying to reduce the 'flat earth' look. Not sure how ...
by cheshire lines
Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Reminiscing
Replies: 10
Views: 1109

Re: Reminiscing

My local station was Northwich, on the ex Cheshire Lines Committee line from Manchester to Chester (hence my user name). The original termini were Chester Northgate and Manchester Central. When Northgate closed trains were re-routed to Chester General. When Manchester Central closed the trains ran i...
by cheshire lines
Fri Aug 09, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Beacombe in the Sunny South!
Replies: 6
Views: 621

Re: Beacombe in the Sunny South!

Nice work.
Looking forward to more pictures in due course.
by cheshire lines
Wed Aug 07, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Reminiscing
Replies: 10
Views: 1109

Re: Reminiscing

Living in Northwest England I got to see the last couple of years of steam from 1966 to 68 (my local shed Northwich remained open to steam until March 1968). Unfortunately I didn't have a camera back then. The passenger service between Manchester and Chester had been operated by DMUs for several yea...
by cheshire lines
Tue Aug 06, 2024 5:40 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!
Replies: 1158
Views: 314088

Re: Wykeham - Somewhere in the south!

Looking good.
by cheshire lines
Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:42 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Power banks
Replies: 8
Views: 790

Re: Power banks

Don't have any experience with power banks, or inverters, other than reading about them in Waterways World magazine.
by cheshire lines
Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: As yet un-named
Replies: 50
Views: 19048

Re: As yet un-named

Looking good.
by cheshire lines
Fri Jul 26, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: The Real Thing
Topic: The Railway and Travel Monthly, July 1918
Replies: 1
Views: 423

Re: The Railway and Travel Monthly, July 1918

A fascinating snapshot of a bygone era.