Oxford Rail Wish List?

[ThaneofFife]

I don't wish for anymore mk3 coaches to be released or announced until the scotrail ones are out and reviewed......

[BritishRail60062]

I wonder if we could have a "basic" version of the modern TEA tanker model? Being on a budget and planning ahead on the wagon shopping. side of things. The Revolution Trains/Rapido high end version is out of my range at the moment and I missed the pre-order time due to personal change of circumstances that was beyond my control. I would like to see one of the newer TEA tanker models in the Blue and Red Murco livery.

 

I am willing to wait however .

[dube]

I think some Pre grouping wagons RCH 1907 types, 10 ton coal wagons they could do loads of liveries and for later era we still need a decent LMS van, and a NER 20 ton wooden hopper would be nice

[Steamport Southport]

I think some Pre grouping wagons RCH 1907 types, 10 ton coal wagons they could do loads of liveries and for later era we still need a decent LMS van, and a NER 20 ton wooden hopper would be nice

 

I really hope not!

 

Especially since we've just gone through hell trying to get Slaters to reissue the hoppers.

 

 

 

Jason

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

...we still need a decent LMS van...

 It's an open goal for Oxford, or indeed any outher manufacturer. The LMS/BR general merchandise open designs ditto. the largest family of the type running on the big four and BR up to 1970. Never would I have imagined that the LNER would get so much attention in both of general merchandise vans and opens. I am not ungrateful! It just strikes me as odd that the most ubiquitous of all company wagon designs, that every model railway over this extended period requires, are so neglected

[Pteremy]

Which LMS or BR diagram(s) are you thinking of in particular?

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

I'm not exactly fully up to speed on LMS diagrams but from what I recall:

 

For opens the Dia 2110./ 2150 which morphed into BR 1/039 and 1/044; these offer the five plank side, pressed steel end combination. This is  distinctively different from the all wooden sided five plank genral merchanise open that Hornby have, which is reasonably representative of much of the Big Four's later builds (great subject selection by Airfix GMR) and which Hornby should only be encouraged to issue in some variety.

 

Vans, was it Dia 2079 - the one without the diagonal straps anyway - which morphed into BR 1/204, which has the diagonal straps (and of which the Airifx GMR tooled body now with Dapol is a decently accurate representation).

 

Whatever, if an LMS specialist can improve with information on what were the most common of these numerous vehicles, that would be even better.

[57xx]

I wouldn't call myself an LMS specialist, although I do seem to have built more LMS wagon kits than my native GWR! The D1666 was the most numerous open wagon produced by any company, way more than the later steel ended versions (which started life as the D1839). Not so sure on the vans, haven't got my reference books to hand.

 

It may be an open goal for Oxford, but no doubt they will hit the cross bar like they have time and time again with previous wagons. Be nice if they could learn to aim straight before they muck up any more wagons that would be good to have in RTR.

[The Johnster]

This is a good point.  Many of us model the 50s and 60s early BR/diesel changeover period, and the LMS's contribution to the wagon pool at nationalisation was about half the total of opens and vans.  I model 1948-58, and reckon that my ratio of ex LNER general merchandise wagons is too high, and of minerals much too high.  Admittedly this is on a smallish BLT and fleet numbers are not high.  I have a good number of LMS vans (but two of them are Ashford built wartime examples) and one or two opens, but probably not enough GW; I have no GW opens.  The Southern is not represented at all except in proxy by the LMS wartime Ashfords.

 

Despite that fact that the percentage of opens was falling in favour of covered vans throughout this period, and had been since the grouping, there is clearly a gap in RTR provision for good quality big 4 opens which is only really met at the moment in terms of later LNER types.  We are a bit better of in terms of vans.