In the real world Russell has returned to service on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway following a long, and thorough overhaul.
I suspect I am not alone in wondering how long it will be before the old boy ventures onto the original formation once again. (The last time was trips from Dinas to Waunfawr)
Of course here on Bron Hebog Russell has already returned to Beddgelert and hopefully soon this scene will no longer be just a piece of modeller's licence.
The other exciting news is that Bachmann is dipping a toe in the OO9 market and has announced plans to make a ready-to-run model of the Baldwin 4-6-0, and some WD wagons, as tie in to commemorations of 100 years since the start of the Great War.
This is amazing news because I have hankered after a model of a Baldwin ever since I saw 778 running on the WHHR a few years ago.
The railway is in the process of restoring another survivor to run as number 590, the loco used on the original WHR, which is one of the versions Bachmann is proposing to build.
Although body kits for Baldwins have been around for decades I've always been put off by the lack of a realistic chassis option because there is noting that has the distinctive gap between the 2nd and; 3rd axles.
We have already put in an order for a model of 590.
We may have to wait around a year for it to appear. How long, I wonder, before a real Baldwin steams back to Beddgelert?
Now finally, there is an issue for the Bron Hebog HR dept to address.
You may have heard of a story which cropped up here in Scotland a couple of weeks ago where it emerged one of the volunteers taking part in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games was (allegedly) doing it having told her employers she was on sick leave.
Her cover was blown, so the story goes, when her bosses, watching the show on TV, noticed that one of dancers looked strangely familiar.
I guess she hadn't considered that....
Well something similar has happened to Himself.
He's been caught on camera skiving from the task of getting Bron Hebog ready for its next exhibition in a few weeks time and is instead apparently having a jolly good time in North Wales.
He's clearly forgotten that I have spies everywhere.
Ah, but don't you need a new "Russell", now the bufferbeam shape has changed? :-)
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