Hi everyone In today's Daily Telegraph there was a half-page obituary of Ollie Johnston, who died on Monday, aged 95. He was a leading animator with Walt Disney and the last survivor of the .Nine Old Men' who had shaped the style of the studios files from Snow White onwards. This may not be of much interest to member of our List - but wait - be patient! I quote further: Johnston was a great steam man and constructed what was regarded one of the world's best handbuilt scale model railways in his back garden. More ambitiously still, he restored over a period of years a locomotive (which he called the Marie E) on his driveway and then purchased 40 acres of land at Julian, California, where he and his sons laid out track for the engine and the carriage he had built for it. So now you all know! Cheers! Hubert MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.