So sad that such an engineer as Peter can be drawn in by a bit of brasswork. Everyone knows that the most succsessfull design was a black five, go anywhere and do anything, just that the GW wouldn't let Stanier build it! He had to come to the LMS and learn about Black Pudding and decent beer, look what an education does for you, after all, not long after the Duchess appeared, much more graceful than a King, that's why it was a she!. Hope to see you on the SVR Peter, we hope to be running Feb/March if we have a decent winter. Will look forward to that pint, might even take you roung the yard and on a western bucket!! Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: <peter.chadwick@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:34 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: the wife... Dave said: >Lion is no longer working is it?< No, but it was back in the 1980's when she did it. We did hope to visit the SVR for the 20th anniversary, but it didn't work out......maybe the 25th next year. If we can mange it, I'll let you know Dave, so we can maybe meet up and I'll buy you a pint. Even though you're one of those people who should feel honoured to be allowed on a GWR loco! ---------- Zarlink Semiconductor Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales under number 00705031 with its registered office at Cheney Manor, Swindon, Wilts SN2 2QW, England. This email is confidential and may contain information that is privileged and exempt from disclosure by law. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately by return email and then delete it from your system; you should not copy it or disclose its contents to anyone. Emails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. Anyone who communicates with us by email is taken to accept these risks. 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. 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.