A bus has to be on a bridge - its model railway law!

Whilst the Airfix Stolly is coming on I thought I would just go back to my visit a few weeks ago where I took Mrs. Woody to the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum which she found fascinatingly interesting! Visiting such a place that relies upon money it raises to keep running means that making some form of purchase from it is a good way to help out. There was the usual selection of books and DVDs but also model buses. Having a number of road bridges on or planned to be on My Last Great Project 00 gauge railway layout means that by model railway law you have to have a bus crossing them. This is little known outside of the model railway faternity but its the law! Therefore, and I have to point out that this logic is not understood by Mrs. W, being in an establishment selling a selection of 00 gauge buses, the sale of which helps that establishment to keep going and the purchase of them helps fulfill model railway law, two buses were selected to go back to WMD HQ. I should probably say a bus and a coach before any bus enthusiasts get upset with me!

I have no idea what these two are but I liked the look of them. The double decker has no information on the box but looks very smart in its red and cream livery.

The coach is an Alexander Y type which is what is on the end of the box.

Having now obtained the vehicles I just need to build all the bridges for the layout so that I can justify the purchases to Mrs. W or I would be breaking model railway law. For reasons beyond me, Mrs. W doesn't think that there is such a thing as model railway law!

Mrs Woody really wanted to go to the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum!

Following a post on Phil Parkers Blog about the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum (click here for that) I knew Mrs. Woody would want to visit (possibly if there was nothing else left to do on a wet Sunday afternoon and if she didnt know where we were going) so creating a surprise for her I just said we were going out and off we went today! I must admit that I had never heard of the place before but it is one of those hidden gems tucked away but well worth hunting out!

It is not only full of buses, lorries, cars and motorcycles, but the walls and any free floor space have the most amazing display of memorabilia and information.

They carry out their own maintenance in the workshop which is very tidy and organised. Must mention that at the Rocks By Rail Museum!

There are a lot of bicycles around the walls with this being about the most modern but I recall it!

Equally I also recall this particular bus that I travelled on many times!

And I also recall as a lad wanting so badly to be sat behind the wheel of a double decker bus just like this!

I also wanted a Ford Capri and eventually had four of them over time!

There is so much I have not shown here and I will be taking Mrs. Woody back as I am sure I did not see everything and that Mrs. W will also definitely want to return! At £5 each admission what a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon - check out the website by clicking here.