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QUOTE (reddo @ 30 Dec 2015, 17:31) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Very nice (were they on special price somewhere?) - you can always see the extra effort Brawa makes in the detail IMO

The Maggi soup tank wagon makes me feel quite queasy at the thought of the contents

Cheers

Hello,

No, these were my planned purchases for 2015, so retail for me this time. Most were on pre-order since the new items brochure came out last February. I went for quality, not quantity this year.

Chicken's noodle for the soup.

The Brawa website has the mailing list setup now for the 2016 new items brochure.
They mail it (in the post and everything) to you FOC.

Adrian,
I grew up with boxer dogs, they are utterly brilliant.
This is not exactly a new purchase, but it is very nice. It is the Trix Telegraphentransport set (cat 24041).



and when you put it in a train it looks like this - stakes in. Need to stain the frame holding the cable drums though, and also the telegraph poles themselves..



It is marked up for the 1954/55 era, epoche IIIa, so just right for my interests. The load for this Trix set was contract manufactured by a company called Heico, which I think ended up under some kind of Hornby control and therefore swept under the carpet.

6991

QUOTE (6991 @ 31 Dec 2015, 19:45) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Adrian,
I grew up with boxer dogs, they are utterly brilliant.
This is not exactly a new purchase, but it is very nice. It is the Trix Telegraphentransport set (cat 24041).



6991
Hello,

The Boxer one was rescued from the pound at 6yrs. I wanted an older one as I don't have the time or the physical energy for a puppy version.

Back on topic (I think...) I have the matrix Era II version of this. But I think the crane workings are messed up with a part missing. I have the FLM Bayern maintenance set also. I don't have a BR98; I have a T8/BR89. But yes, some of the small 'theme packs' with a unique freight load are always interesting.

QUOTE (tonkatoy @ 3 Jan 2016, 14:10) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nice one Cyril... That first TGV colour scheme and power car design are still the best looking in my opinion.
Cheers
Ian

Agree with you. The TGV Sud Est is also very special to me. I grew up in Dijon and would see them almost every day on my way to school.

Here is a photo of Dijon's platforms from early 80s with my two favorite trains:


My first train ride was in a red Micheline to visit my uncle and my first visit to Paris was with a TGV like this one.
My house was very close to the big black and white building and I had to cross a railway bridge to go to school where i would watch the trains passing.
This bridge:


The best, my kids (6 and 8) love going to Dijon's station to watch the trains