Ian, In general, you’re right to be suspicious of any link sent without explanation: spoofing a mate’s email address is all too easy. Having said that, this one looks not merely Pukka, but Interesting

Thanks, Richard, I’ll have a look at my copy of Rails Through the Bush.David 1/2d

Thanks, John. Any clues about, anyone please? Thanks, David

I like the look of Phil Bianchi’s recent book, Woodlines of Western Australia, but nowhere online can I find the gauge of these railways Any clues please? Thanks, David 1/2d

And easy to convert to a yardbrush-head holder for scuffing mud off your boots :-) David 1/2d

Bob, I’m pleased you specifically intend that, because the word ‘database’ means different things to different people :-) David 1/2d

Bob is right, but sadly that ship has sailed. Which means Frank’s measured response is necessarily where we’re at. David 1/2d

Roderick, you can evade the transfer price by creating a free Basic group and doing the work yourself. Personal Groupware Offline by Wilson Logan will archive your pub group (as best it can with Yahoo

Frank, Maybe it’s time change the Home Page and Posting Status of the old Yahoo Group? At the moment all 9 800 messages are still visible, but by mid-December they’ll be gone. David 1/2d

Greg, 40 years ago I put a million pounds worth of Computer Aided Design into the Traction & Rolling Stock Division of the British Railways Board.Anticipating your email even back then, I insisted tha

Bum! I’ve downloaded it anyway, and will see if I can find a discarded laptop in my kids’ sty. Another Warning: While the compressed file is only 254Mb, it unzips to a total of 1.21Gb. David 1/2d

Frank, I’d much rather have a printed copy - indeed I used to get them - but the Postage persuaded me otherwise . . . While I’m writing, Frank, what are the changes in the second edition of Rails to R

Thank, John - got it now. Cracking good read, as ever :-) David

John, is there a link if we are members, please? David

Named after a specific Act of Parliament, designed to put finance service deals on a level playing field.Not always. The virtual scrapping of Sunday, the rise of 24/7 anking, and the creeping addition

Too many TLAs in this business :-) David 1/2d Fellow of the PWI (Three Letter Acronym Permanent Way Institution)

I’ve never seen that on a Transfer, Kevin, perhaps because Groups.io looks and feels like ‘right’ as it it were what Yahoo Groups was meant to be.

While I have no problems at all with this Group, and very rarely any Yahoo issues, I’m also a Yahoo activist and aware that some countries are having massive problems. As long as we have under 1Gb of

EXCEPT for Attachments. Having said that, Yahoo had a long period of not storing attachments. David 1/2d

Yes, it’s a really good bookshop! I buy from them at exhibitions from time to time. I last visited the actual shop some 30 years ago, asking for narrow gauge books. The Volunteer said, “I think you’d