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Foster Street - Time to Play

paulprice

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Well as Christmas day is rapidly approaching, the usual colds and sniffles have hit the Price mansions and the Domestic Overlord has been hit with the dreaded lurgy :)

 

Every cloud has a silver lining though, and it has meant that I can play with my trains, so today I have managed to spend a hour our so just running trains around Foster Street.

 

While I was doing this I a couple of thoughts hit me, one of which was a little concerning, do I have too much stock? The question raised itself from the depths as I looked for a couple of con-flats I knew I had somewhere, but could not lay my hands on. Eventually I found the con-flats all three of them, which is a bit of luck as I thought I only had two :) as well as a load of tank wagons I seemed to have forgotten and some Toad brake vans I just wished I could forget about :)

 

So the first question is... If you have too much stock to put on your layout, does that mean you have too much stock, or as I suspect you need a bigger layout (I already have plans for Foster Streets replacement, but don't tell the Domestic Overlord its a secret).

 

The second question, is..... Am I the only one who seems to connect certain types of locomotives with certain types of train? For example my Ivatt Class 4 does not seem right unless its at the head of the milk train. Or my Patriot seems to suit my parcels train, or the coal trains need 4F's. Does this happen to anyone else, of so let me know what locomotives you associate with which trains?

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As ever until the next time Happy Modelling :)

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petertg

I have a mixed lot of OO and H0 stock. I only have four OO BR coaches which will be associated with my City class steam locomotive. I have two Renfe sets, one push-pull with its double deck cars and the other an Arco with its corresponding coaches. I then have several old Lima passenger coaches which are appropriate for being hauled by a SNCF CC40101 electric locomotive and half a dozen goods vehicles for which I have my Swiss 6/6 electric locomotive. This leaves me with two tank engines, one in BR black livery and the other in red LMS livery for which, for the time being, I have no stock to pull. In addition, I have two 2-car DMUs. For tht time being I cannot contemplate purchasing any more passenger or goods vehicles.

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paulprice

I have a mixed lot of OO and H0 stock. I only have four OO BR coaches which will be associated with my City class steam locomotive. I have two Renfe sets, one push-pull with its double deck cars and the other an Arco with its corresponding coaches. I then have several old Lima passenger coaches which are appropriate for being hauled by a SNCF CC40101 electric locomotive and half a dozen goods vehicles for which I have my Swiss 6/6 electric locomotive. This leaves me with two tank engines, one in BR black livery and the other in red LMS livery for which, for the time being, I have no stock to pull. In addition, I have two 2-car DMUs. For tht time being I cannot contemplate purchasing any more passenger or goods vehicles.

Peter I wish I could resist temptation, but there is far too much stock out there I still have to have :(

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Will J

Little Pannier Tank (N Gauge 1501) plus totally inappropriate LNER / Great Northern carriage set... the joys of modelling 'modern steam'!

 

And its my train set!

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paulprice

Little Pannier Tank (N Gauge 1501) plus totally inappropriate LNER / Great Northern carriage set... the joys of modelling 'modern steam'!

 

And its my train set!

I have given this more thought, well I tried to but every so far no matter what I do, when ever I put a $F on the layout, I think of long coal trains, which means I need double heading (see justification for the multiple examples in the fleet).

 

Jubilee's to me only seem right with long passenger trains, the Ivatt 4MT only looks right with the milk etc etc

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paulprice

You can never have too much stock, especially Jubilees! Nice article in Railway Modellor by the way!

Andy

 

There are other LMS locomotives you know....... thanks for the remark about the article, I did not think anyone would notice.

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paulprice

I don't normally buy that mag, but saw you were in it so had to buy it! Some great pictures.

Thanks for the kind comments, Im glad you appprove

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