Slightly off topic...... Yesterday (April 19) 60019 Bittern (an ex LNER A4 Pacific for non-UK types!) was on a special. It left Swindon running late, and I walked the couple of hundred yards down to the occupation crossing to see it and take some photos. It appeared going well, but on the back of the train was a class 63 diesel, presumably for train heating. It had smoke pouring out from underneath in large quantities and a horrible smell of burning lubricating oil. Fortunately, there's a telephone at the crossing, so I called the Swindon signal box to tell them - they appeared duly grateful. Has anyone (e.g. Dave Beaman, since the train was going to the Severn Valley!) here any further news of what happened, or did they carry on regardless? Definitely a case of 'Coughs and Sneezles spread Diseasels' to quote the Reverend Awdry! ---------- 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.