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The Beast
This behemoth has been sat idle in the Kennel for two years whilst I pondered whether a suitable step down could be found to adapt it for airbrush use. Thanks then due to my mate, Jon Hunt who unexpectedly came up with something suitable the other day. This really is a step change in how…
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Vincent van Gogh: transport artist
Originally posted on The Beauty of Transport: Vincent van Gogh. Sunflowers. Chairs. Night skies of swirling blue, butter-yellow stars and fat crescent moons. Tortured by mental illness, unable to make a living from his paintings. After his death, so famous that he was the subject of an episode of BBC TV series Doctor Who without…
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FIRST TRAIN ON THE BORDERS RAILWAY!
Originally posted on Campaign for Borders Rail: Monday 6th October saw the first ever train on the Borders Railway when a Dutch track-laying machine began its work at Newcraighall. CBR’s intrepid photographer waited two and a half hours in a howling gale to record this unique occasion, as portrayed in two photos reproduced here: 2522…
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Playing around in the light.
I graph my I always prefer to photograph my models in daylight. Of course that means that I have less opportunity now the days are shorter. On the other hand, the light is less strong and perhaps imparts a more subtle look. I’d wanted to show the Black Five off in daylight so here it…
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Transitions
Well, in spite of the lack of musical content on this blog it seemed like a suitable opening gambit for the first real post on here in a good while and it’s actually a pretty good album anyway! That aside, after a pretty frantic few months in which I have been navigating my way through…
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a coffee shop with a tale to tell (St Enoch Subway Station ticket office and company offices, Glasgow, UK)
Originally posted on The Beauty of Transport: Matters Scottish are much on the minds of those of us in the UK this week because tomorrow the people of Scotland will vote on whether they wish the country to become independent, or whether to stay within the UK. As such, a trip to see one of…
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Wings Wee Blue Book
Originally posted on Wee Ginger Dug: At last, it’s here. Wings Over Scotland has published the Wee Blue Book, all your questions about independence in a handy wee reference guide. It’s invaluable, and many thanks to Stu Campbell for all his hard work in producing it. http://wingsoverscotland.com/weebluebook/ Download version for smartphones and tablets here: http://wingsoverscotland.com/WeeBlueBookMobileEdition.pdf…
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The Duke, The Mines and the Black, Black Coal
Originally posted on Radical Independence Dumfries & Galloway: By Alistair Livingston While a few dukes and industrialists made their fortunes on the back of Scotland’s industrial revolution, their wealth flowed from the low wages paid to the workers who mined the coal, forged the iron, built the ships, engineered the locomotives and who were crowded…
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Iain MacIntosh; 196′ – 1040′
Iain has created another staggeringly good piece of railway art. Prints can be ordered through the 77021 Loco Group who will hopefully benefit from healthy sales. I’ll let Iain himself do the talking from herein! 196′-1040 was completed this morning. Belah Viaduct stood 196′ high and stretched for 1040′ across the infant…
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The Scottish School
Back in the autumn of 1977, when it appeared that the railway interest I’d picked up in the summer wasn’t going away anytime soon, I joined the East Kilbride Model railway club. At that time, they had their ‘Nerston Junction’ layout in operation and to a new enthusiast like me, it was a thing of…
Max Stafford's Kennel 