sir douglas

reminder to not stray far from rail mounted for too long

1907 Cardiff Carlisle Glasgow central Clapham (Yorks) Churchill viaduct on the West Midland wagons being loaded with heather Port Louis on Mauritius

ive been watching some of these in the last few days, lots of steam in Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala and Ecuador in the 2000's https://www.youtube.com/@trianghornby/videos it really makes me want to model it

without a link to see it, "gauging wagon" sounds like loading gauge which checks the width and height of structures surrounding the track like platforms and bridges

just one thing im wondering is that the breach end needs more support under it because its heavier, a bigger saddle and another axle or 2 while this is a lot bigger its the only example ive got is from Royal Ordnance Coventry. note that the breach end has twice as many axles under it

a few weeks ago, a angle pois type lamp arm sat on top of a full skip, i couldnt pass it by just like this but a bit rusty and missing head, foot and 2 springs put on the head from a little flexi stand lamp we're not using, had to shorten the cable length between the head and switch so it sits at the joint. it will be a good replacement for my current desk lamp

ive got about 40 of those Deagostini "Combat Tanks" collection from about 15/16 years ago, but now im having a clear out and have 2 big cardboard boxes of these wasting space. this isnt a for sale post just wanting advice on the right places to look into about finding someone that might be interested in taking the whole lot off me (example photo off the internet, not mine)

ive now found a bit about it using reverse image search which gives a Russian railway forum, "Molodets" at Odessa port in 1869 http://forum.modelldepo.ru/showthread.php?t=9850&page=35&styleid=32

this just came up on my facebook and thought of sharing it

theres one at the Colorado Railroad museum https://railroadglorydays.com/CRRM/DualGauge.jpg

same here, theres a certain mindset i need to be in otherwise i know i'm going make a complete mess of it