New Rolling Stock Finally In Service On The L&TR!!

[Tigger]

I use tweezers. The washers are of the spring variety so they can be picked up easily.

That would explain their appearance!  I thought they weren't quite the right form for an ordinary washer!  Think I might do the same.
I printed off and read your piece on the way home.  Very inspirational - especially as it reminded me that we both got our ideas from John Allen.

Now then - where did I put that routeing table???

Thanks Ted! ;D

[tedp]

My pleasure!

[Tigger]

And of course, the other thing I forgot to mention was that John Allen realised that his operators weren't interested (as such) in what commodities were being carried - only in where they were to go, which made the whole system so simple to work.
There's a lovely story in the Kalmach book on the G&DR about one of the operators who spent a whole evening clearing every freight vehicle out of his yard.  He had a very easy couple of weeks after that - until the sequence on the tags came around again and all the vehicles came back in one evening!  I seem to remember John Allen gave a few rare operating concessions that night!
Those operating sessions must have been wonderful, especially as they usually ended with a good chat in the lounge afterwards.
For those who don't realise it, the G&DR had almost six scale miles of track in the run and he introduced a measurement of 'smiles' which were shortened miles based on things like scale speeds, representing something like 75 route miles.  The G&DR tribute website can be found at http://www.gdlines.com/default.html
Not bad - I've almost hijacked and subject-drifted my own post...