The Bluebird Project

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I read on another forum that the canopy was not made of strong enough perspex and this is why it blew off. Was that true or did you ever discover what happened to cause the accident? Would that be the same forum where Bill Smith is depicted as the spawn of Satan and your good self accused of being ...

Wow! Quite an exped there and the first time I ever heard of getting jetlagged in a car - or carlagged. Great pic's too, though I do confess to being a little lost when it comes to loco's and such. It's something I don't understand myself. Put a steam engine in a ship and I'm all over it but put it...

Thanks! Love the little Barclay :) It's a cute little thing. Here's a slightly better detailed (albeit backlit) shot of the same loco about a year ago. Could do with a lick of paint, as it's very close to the sea. https://live.staticflickr.com/7922/47035847131_96dfae77a1_c.jpg Sister loco "Pozieres...

Rightio. Went on a bit of a train chasing holiday with my mate Rob. We covered about 5500km worth, driving from Ballarat in Victoria, right the way down to Ceduna in South Aus over six days. I did all of the driving, and am still suffering from what can only be termed as "Car Lag" - absolutely knack...

Splendid and very interesting photographs. I never saw Hush Hush and rather surprisingly until you mentioned it I had not heard of it. We learn something every day. My wifes grandfather was an engine driver whose claim to fame was he once drive the royal train in the early 1900's with old Queen Mar...

Thanks Richie, glad you liked 'em.

...they want to borrow ours too... Notwithstanding dispute of the claim that it's 'yours', when it was paid for by donations against your own website stating that the aim was to return K7 to Coniston, and without any legal agreement assigning any reward or part ownership of the boat to BBP as 'rewa...

A few from recent times which may (or may not) be of some interest... GM22+G513+602+C509 passing through Tatyoon with 6KN2 grain. The train number means 6 = Friday, K = Western Victoria, in this case Murtoa, N = Newcastle (NSW - sorry Bill) 2 = second train to depart that location for the day. This ...

You're a terrific modeller, Ernie. I hope your health improves too.