Firstly we will be at the following show as Furness Railway Wagon Co, Ultramarine Works or our new layout "Scratchy Bottom"
GuildEx15 Telford 5-6th Sept (FRWC)
Keighley O gauge festival 11th Oct (FRWC/Ultramarine Works)
Workington Model Railway Show Nov (Scratchy Bottom)
GGOG Reading 5th Dec (FRWC)
BGOG Bristol 31st Jan (FRWC)
New Wagons
LSWR/SR/BR Gunpowder Van
LSWR/SR Refrigerated van
LSWR/M&SWJR/SR/GWR/BR 10ton Brake van
S&DJR 10ton Brake
GNR/NBR/LNER/BR Gunpowder
Had a good show at Kettering, lots of new customers. Need to think of a way of letting potential customers know that the Furness bit of Furness Railway Wagon Company relates to where we come from, rather than what we produce!!!! We have no geographical loyalty!!! We now have prototypes from Wick to St Austell, Norwich to Holyhead and all points in between.
I can announce that the next batch of wagons that will be ready in the new year will be:
Taff Vale/GWR 3 plank Dropside
Cambrian/GWR 2 plank (the kit will build both the fixed side and the dropside versions of the wagon)
Cambrian/GWR Gunpowder Van
GNR/NBR/LNER/BR Gunpowder Van
GWR/BR Mink
GWR/BR Fruit
Barry/GWR 1 plank
LYR/LMS double end door coal wagon
We have also completely retooled two of our original kits bringing them up to our current standards. These kits have not been av
A few photos of some of the ready to run wagons that I have been busy building for a number of customers in the last few weeks. 12 wagons in total 2x SDJR 20ton Brakes, 4 North British wagons, 1x MR tanker, 1x MR Tariff Van, 1x SDJR Road Van, 1x G&SWR Box Van 1x GER Box Van 1x GER vent Van. Only two Locos to do before Christmas.
Some photos of our latest 7mm (0n18/0-9) narrow gauge layout Crackpot Mining, that made its debut at the Workington Model Railway Show this morning.
set in the 1950/60's in the Yorkshire valley of Swaledale. the Layout was built in just over a week using Peco 009 track and an IKEA APA toy box.
Three more wagons are now in the range and are available as both kits and ready to run to order.
The first wagon is a Caledonian/Highland Railway open sheep wagon. These wagons were standard open wagons that were fitted with extension raves to stop the sheep jumping out.
The next wagon is a GWR Mica B refrigerated meat van.
The third wagon is a North British 4 plank open wagon the kit for this wagon will build three different wagons a fixed side, a drop side or a centre door (shown).
As a number of people have e-mailed me in the last few days asking for more pictures of our new Highland, Caledonian, North Sunderland and North British railway coaches.
Please note we now only have 3 coaches left from the second production run.
At Gauge O Guild Telford we had on show the prototypes of our new Highland Railway Rib sided coaches. The coaches are now available. There are 3 kits are an All 3rd, an 2nd/3rd Composite and a 1st/2nd Composite. A passenger brake van will be add to the range next year.
Also at Telford could be seen the following new kits
GWR Z1 Gunpowder Van
GWR X1 Mica B
NBR 4 Plank (builds fixed side/drop side/Centre door)
Coming very shortly
NER C9 5 plank open
GNoSR 16ft Box
NER K1 Cattle Van
The list of kits and Ready to Run products new for Telford in September has now been finalised.
LNWR/LMS/BR 0-4-2PT
NER/LNER/BR Class P/J24 0-6-0
S&DJR 2-4-0T
GNoSR/LNER/BR 8ton Box van
NER/LNER/BR Cattle van
NER/LNER/BR 5 plank open
GWR/RR/TVR/BR Mink
GWR/BR Meat van
LYR/LMS/BR Loco Coal Wagon
LYR/LMS Coal wagon
GNR/NBR/LNER/BR Gunpowder
NBR/LNER/BR 3 plank centre door/drop side
NBR/LNER/BR 4 plank centre door/drop side/fixed side
GNR/LNER/BR 10/15/20ton Brake van
GER/L
We are having a few problems up dating our website at the moment please bear with us while we sort them out. All products can also be seen on our gallery pages.
We will be attending the following shows this year
Maryport MRC April 5-6 as Ultramarine Works
North West O gauge Leigh April 26
GOG North Clegheaton May 29
GOG GulidEx Telford
Workington MRC November Demonstrating kit building
Hope to see people at some point.
It's been a while since I added any thing here and many things have changed since my last entry. We have expanded some what.
This years kit list.
Cleckheaton
NER/LNER/BR DiaC2 4 plank Open
GNR/LNER/BR 4 plank open
S&DJR/MR/LSWR/SR/LMS Large Cattle Van
MR/LMS Medium Cattle Van
S&DJR/MR/LSWR/LMS/SR/BR Road Van (re-tooled)
MR/LMS/BR Banana Van
MR/LMS/BR Tariff Van (Re-tooled)
Lincoln Wagon Co 4 Plank Private Owner wagon with raised ends
LBSCR/SR 3 Plank Dropside
LBSCR/SR 5
With Telforn finshed with for another year. I can now add the latest photos to the blog.
New for this year were
S&DJR 20ton 6-Wheel brake van
GNoSR 17ton Brake van
GNoSR 10ton Coke wagon
SECR 4 plank Drop side
Rhymney Rly 4 plank open/Loco Coal
LYR Gunpowder Van
LYR 1 plank/single bolster
NBR Coke.
We were also able to confirm that the following wagons are to be produced next year
GNR large cattle
GNR 4 plank open
LYR 3 box bunker coal
S&DJR/MR cattle
S&DJR pe
Since the last time I added anything we have been a little busy. We have 3 new wagon kits(see Below) and we have been designing the next batch of new kits.
FRWC60 S&DJR/LSWR/Midland Railway/LMS/SR 8ton 2 Plank open Wagon
Between 1898 and 1912 the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway committee build over 43 2 plank open wagons for use in the movement of general goods. These wagons were original built with fixed sides and rated at 8 tons but after 1904 they were built with a centre drop d
Since last writing something I have been a bit busy getting the new range of wagon kits ready for the first show of the year in June. With most of the engineering work complete I am now turning to the pleasurable part building the prototypes.
June's new kits are:-
NER R2 and R4 Coke wagons. These are based on our popular NER P5 coal hopper that came out some years ago.
NER Q1 Loco coal/High Goods
LYR Gunpowder Van
Rhymney Railway 4 plank open/Loco Coal
S&DJR 2 Plank Open
I bought the £20 version of the GrassTech Grass applicator in December and I've not seen sight or sound of it. Luckerly I paid with my credit card so I've let them sort it out. I now have two questions. Do the Large publications Railway Modeller, British Railway Modelling, etc which this chap has advertised with know he doesn't deliver? Secondly how many other people have been ripped off by this chap? I'm expecting the answers to be No and Lots.
We will be attending the following exibitions this year
GOG Halifax June 2nd Stand only
GuildEx 12 (GOG Telford) September Stand only
Barrow-in-Furness Model Railway Exibition October 14-15 Layout only
Workington Model Railway Exibition November Layout and stand
In the last few months I have managed to finish off a number wagons that have been meening to finish for a while.
A Powsides coke wagon, a Slaters NER P7 hopper and a Slaters BR 20t brake van.
We have now been been invited to two exhibitions as a layout rather than a manufacturer so work has started on turning our basic stand into a layout fit for a show.
Also most of the Wagons for this year's production have been designed and the patterns have been made and its only February.
Being forced to take things a little easy this week has allowed me to catch up on a few kits which I have been putting of finishing.
Firstly I have managed to add the transfers to one of our latest kits. The NER/LNER/BR P4 hopper, it went to Telford unpainted and now looks pretty good full painted and lettered. Even if I do say so.
Next on the list was HR/LMS/BR Loco Coal wagon. This one had missed out on Telford as I ran out of time. Not a hard task to finish as it just needed the axle
