A Web Of Coinfusion
The above is Napoleon III and this is a decisive battle he won.
This man is Fracois-Emmanuel Verguin, a French chemist ...
... and the year is 1859. So this has a link to a railway station in Paris.
The link comes via a cartridge of printer ink ...
... and a colour that is NOT part of the rainbow or the spectrum!
And there was fbb, thinking that ALL colours appeared in a rainbow - they don't.
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In both cases, modellers have used footbridge models designed to be built at ground level. When placed on a platform, they are too high above the loading gauge.
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... or this ...
... or even this!
The tortuous links will make sense tomorrow, honest!
For the time being, Napoleon III won a decisive battle against the Austrians thus kicking them out of northern Italy. The battle took place at a small town that is now part of the Milan conurbation.
Monsieur Verguin had developed a bright pink dye which he called Fuchsine (after the flower Fuchsia after Mr Fuchs who developed the plant! He decided to change its name to Magenta in recognition of Nap III's glorious routing of the Austrians.
We return to sanity tomorrow to sort put the Paris end of the conundrum.
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They Got It Right On Saturday
Transport to Friday's concert by Oasis (it's a popular music group of two, m'lud!) ...
... did not go well. So Sheffield correspondent Roy toddled over the Pennines to Manchester for Saturday's reprise to see it all happen.
There were plenty of trams and signs guided music (?) lovers ...
... plenty of signs. 
Andy Burnham, possibly a little anxious after Friday, was able to relax and see a good job well done on Saturday. His team had assembled a mixed fleet from Manchester ...
... c/o Stagecoach and Diamond and ...
... from the remotest corners of Lancashire.
Roy reports that it all looked impressive and efficient.
Just think what fbb is missing by living in Seaton!
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And Those Footbridges!
Here is one on Sams Trains layout which is used correctly.
So here are a couple of 12 inches to the foot bridges showing a distinct lack of too much height above the trains.
And before readers complain, fbb is well aware that footbridges have to be higher to allow room for overhead electrification.
Also note that the Airfix/Dapol footbridge at Peterville station has one end at ground level and the other on the platform. For the platform end, a chunk was removed from the kit!
So tomorrow we really will go to Paris! Or will we?
Next Greek God railway blog : Tues 15 July
I'm pleased that the Oasis transport problems were resolved for the Saturday. Although I suspect the weekend availability of extra buses from far and wide, and of drivers only too happy to pocket a nice wodge of overtime, would have helped.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if any buses were hired in from t'other side o' t'Pennines, or would have that been beyond the pale?