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Hello everyone For the sake of 'transparency', I have to state that John is a much-respected and valued colleague within The 00 Poll Team - but this really is an excellent book. All credit to John for having yet another highly detailed work reach the bookshelves of many!👍 Brian

Hello Andy There are a number of loco classes that are 'similar' yet have still been made RTR. Brian

Hello Andy The B16/1 was in The Top 50 of The 00 Wishlist Poll 2022. The B16/2 and B16/3 (which we listed as one entry) were High Polling. As I have noted here before - and similar to 'poor old' 60113 - the B2 is always Low Polling. I still await any rational explanation.🙂 Brian

Hello Bob David Percival wrote an excellent article entitled Hitchin's Hundred which appeared in BRILL June-July 1993. He notes that L1s went to Cambridge (not ECML, I know). They normally only ventured north to Huntingdon but, in 1959, one was diagrammed for the 2.55pm stopping train to Peterborough returning with a freight from Huntingdon. According to David, 67744 went to New England in November1960. Hope that helps. Brian

Hello Tony You mentioned the K2 a few posts above... Within The 00 Wishlist Poll, the class was Middle Polling in 2013 and again in 2014. Since then, it has steadily climbed into High Polling. In 2022 - the last Poll to run before we run again near Christmas - the class was not far from The Top 50. The J6 must surely come to market soon, but poor old 60113 has always been at the low end of the results! Can anyone explain that? We first listed the XP64 stock in 2013 where it was very low polling. We deleted it for a few years but, since relisting in 2018, it has remained very Low Polling. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello rapidoandy The 00 Poll Team will empathise with you there...our hobby has a fair number of makers working within a fairly limited range of possible products (if they are to be profitable). Just because we submitted a document to the maker, we don't know if they have had other documents from others. Our policy is that any document we send is 'in confidence' to that maker only (unless they were to give us a direct note of 'not interested'). This may sound like we are 'submitting documents' all over the place! But we have only prepared a comparative handful over the years - some have contributed to successful outcomes; others are gathering dust in a file.🙂 Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Phil I'm not 'seeking medals' nor disagreeing with Combe Martin's approach, but the document we submitted to the maker was exactly as you describe. We live in hope that it will convince them.🙂 Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Wickham Green too You are making a broad presumption there! Brian

Hello Wickham Green too Yes, indeed we did. However, I can't publish that here as it was it was part of a broader document submitted 'in good faith' to a maker. The Hugh Longworth books - BR Pre-Nationalisation Coaching Stock Volumes 1 & 2 - hold much of the detail. But bear in mind...the devil is always in the detail and research needs to be done to get things right. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello everyone Just to put some more context into the above, we listed six different style Milk Tank Wagons and two Milk Tank Trucks in The 00 Wishlist Poll 2022. Below is how they fared (number of votes in left column) : In the Top 50 235 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladder & filler in centre GWR/SR/LMS/LNER/BR (29+ diagrams) 149 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladder off-centre, small platform GWR/SR/LNER/BR 149 Milk Tank Truck 6-wh 20ft 6in. 4-wh Milk Road Tanker Trailer load GWR/SR/LMS/LNER High Polling 116 Milk Tank Truck 6-wh 24ft 6in. 6-wh Milk Road Tanker Trailer load, GWR/LMS/LNER (4 diagrams) 115 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladder & filler one end, GWR (Diag.O57) 108 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 2000-gall. Ladder & filler in centre, LMS/LNER (Diag.1992 & Diag.222) Middle Polling (both were at the high end of the segment, close to High Polling) 91 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladders each end, twin tank/compartment, GWR (3 diagrams) 86 Milk Tank Wagon 6-wh 3000-gall. Ladder & filler one end, sloping tank, BR-built (3 diagrams) The Poll Team itself has made a fairly detailed study of the subject - it has its complexities but, as noted by my good friend Combe Martin above, there are rewards for any maker. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Rob and everyone Within The Results of The 00 Wishlist Poll, the Bloater Fish Van has been steadily climbing up through the ranks from Middle Polling to High Polling. In 2022 (the last Poll to run before we run again near Christmas), the van was very high up in the NPCCS category - only being beaten by six milk vehicles. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello everyone Certainly a 'bumper bundle' from Bachmann/EFE! We wish them every success with the projects. Within The Results of The 00 Wishlist Poll, the Bloater Fish Van has been steadily climbing up through the ranks from Middle Polling to High Polling. In 2022 (the last Poll to run before we run again near Christmas), the van was very high up in the NPCCS category - only being beaten by six milk vehicles. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Tony The Olney Club run a small but very friendly, varied and interesting show each year - September I think. Brian

Hello Graham and everyone The YOB Crane was in The 00 Wishlist Poll up until the point that Hattons announced it in November 2018. The project then seemed to be 'mothballed' in 2020 - so we left it out of the 2022 Poll on the basis that we hadn't seen any 'official cancellation'. Up until 2018, the crane had been Middle Polling - a highly creditable result for 'modern' items (which tend to poll lower but, seemingly, sell just as well). Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello everyone Many congratulations to Dapol on these clearly popular announcements! The 14xx was listed for the first time in The 00 Wishlist Poll 2022 (the last poll to run before we run again near Christmas this year). It was in The Top 50, being the most-wanted GWR loco. The class came in at overall position 6th. The 517 has been steadily climbing the echelons. It came into High Polling - at the lower end - in 2016 and remained there in 2018. (We didn't run in 2017.) The class climbed higher in 2019 and was just four votes short of The Top 50 in 2022. We wish Dapol every success with the projects. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Rob and everyone The 14xx was listed for the first time in The 00 Wishlist Poll 2022 (the last poll to run before we run again near Christmas this year). It was in The Top 50, being the most-wanted GWR loco. The class came in at overall position 6th. The 517 has been steadily climbing the echelons. It came into High Polling - at the lower end - in 2016 and remained there in 2018. (We didn't run in 2017.). The class climbed higher in 2019 and was just four votes short of The Top 50 in 2022. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Many congratulations to Ben and Revolution on this announcement. We listed the WIA Car Carrier in The 00 Wishlist Poll for the first time in 2019 and again in 2022 (the latest Poll to run before we run again this December). The vehicles were high up in Middle Polling in both - a good result for 'modern' vehicles. We wish Ben and his team every success with the project. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Well done, Rapido, on this announcement! Very welcome!👍 Brian

Hello Gilbert I wonder if we will ever see the 'shortie' stock in RTR. I would love some examples. All part of 'the overall scene'. Brian

Hello Rob My wife and I saw the show sometime in the 1990s and it was very well done. If I recall rightly, 'tracks' went above the audience at various angles as well as on stage. Brian

Hello Gilbert I just wanted to 'check in' and say very many thanks for your consistent hard work and efforts in supplying us 'PN Fans' with daily updates and evocative photos. It is much appreciated by me, even if I only comment on the odd occasion!🙂 Brian

Hello Accurascale and everyone John (above) rated the vehicles at 11 out of ten - I second that emotion!🙂 From the excellent packaging - a 'work of art' in its own right! - to the vehicles themselves, it is clear that an immense amount of work has been input. My banana train is now up and running. Well done all at HQ!👍 Brian

Hello everyone Many congratulations to Bachmann on this announcement and we wish them every success with the project. The Palvan has been (generally) very High Polling within The 00 Wishlist Poll and was the 'most wanted' vehicle in the Freight Stock: 1948-1963 category in 2019 and 2022 (which was the last Poll to run until we run again around Christmas this year). I can't speak for my colleagues, but I personally will have some!👍 Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

An excellent set of results! A dead hobby? I don't think so!🙂 Brian

Hello Fran A kind soul at HQ sent me a text to say that I had ordered another item on the same order but that they had now 'split it away' so that my Bananas can be despatched. (A Banana Split?🙂) I guess I 'cancelled' with Hattons and 're-ordered' with you - hence a slight delay as I no doubt went down the queue. I have received the TMC Specials and they are just lovely! Many thanks Fran and all the Team at HQ! Brian