Phatbob

I'll be driving over the road bridge at the end of the layout to pick up another of the operators for Star Lane at Macc. Small world innit? ;-) See you there.

That's the price per bogie. Not per pair. I blagged four of the Fishbelly type for my B-set project as soon as I was aware that they were available. They are very nice and great vale for the money IMHO. Arrived in the post PDQ too. :-)

Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present The Malbororough Arms, St John's Street, Chester. Local legend says that back in the day a cac handed signwriter added the extra "or" to the Malborough Arms and as most folk were illiterate at the time nobody noticed until it was too late.

No. Different tooling and decoration would be required to do 20001 instead of 20002. At no point in time were 20001 and 20002 exactly the same! So they've saved a lot of time by "just hitting repeat" on their original BR(S) green 20002. it sold out on pre-order, so there's clearly more demand than supply. I was lucky and blagged one the first time around but had I missed out I'd be greteful for this opportunity.

EFE have apparently announced a new batch of their OO gauge model of the Southern Railway ‘Booster’ electric locomotive No. 20002 in BR green livery as it sold out on initial release. Source: an e-mail from TMC.

As previously discussed, a shunting locomotive should display a red and white light at both ends. Unfortunately, Heljan have fitted this locomotive with directional lighting, so the lights are only illuminated at the “front” end and not both ends. Has anybody any experience of modifying the wiring in these locos so that both ends are lit when the power is applied and not just the front? For the avoidance of doubt, I use old school analogue DC and not any kind of DCC digital witchcraft. Cheers, Bob.

As much as I would love to continue to support Warley MRC through their exhibition, the chosen date this yearclashes with the unmissable Furness Model Railway Club exhibition. So, as the "dragons" say, I'm out! Now, the previous weekend is the former Wigan show weekend and largely free from clashes IFAIK.

I'll throw in my expectations as an exhibitor. This is verbaitim from my layout information sheets. "Transport: 2 Private Cars. No van hire but fuel expenses, tolls, ULEZ and congestion charges will be required. Travelling: Distance no object, but overnight accommodation is required for journeys exceeding much more than an hour." Although "accomodation" doesn't specifically include "breakfast", in the UK context one can safely assume that "acccomodation" will be read as "bed and breakfast". HTH

"Hello Thomas", said Gerttie the gas axe. "Oh ****" said Thomas. 😉

It's just that I switch on the blower while the train is waiting in the platform, like what I've heard real engine drivers do. So if you could map it to F8 on kettle 762 that would be most helpful. :-)

No blower on loco 762?

I doubt that Warners would do this is, but for RMwebbers it's now "The Warnley Show". 😉

AKAIK Chiltern do not have any onboard catering. So the MkVs will serve them as they are.

Rob, This is entirely correct. A locomotive engaged in shunting should show a red light and white light at both ends. A through back to the days of oil lamps when it was impractical to change the lamps every time the shunting locomotive changed direction. If you altered this you'd be introducing an error! HTH

On the class 12s the roofs were pinted black, not green / grey. Photo of preserved loco as I can't find an original colour pic online. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_12#/media/File:15224_at_Spa_Valley_Railway,_Tunbridge_Wells_West_depot.jpg

On the subject of class 33 ends, don't forget to model the dimple in their chin. Most, if not all, off the 33/0 and 33/2 locos acquired a dent above the coupling hook for some reason unknown to me.

The BR green examples are still shown with erroneous green roofs. They should be black. I shall not be ordering one until I've seen it in the correct colour scheme.

AFAIK the middle one and possibly also the second one should have a black roof to both the cab and bonnet. i.e. not grey and geen respectively as shown in the illustration above.

Ditto. Also the 5-set that Bachmann did in blood and custard would be more than welcome here in BR(S) green.

BR green late crest 20001 for batch 2 please Muz. 😉

Apparently not so: HTH.

Let's be clear about this and not gas light ourselves. Civil servants do what politicians decide. The evil hand of the DfT is guided by the Secretary of State and Ministers. The Civil Servants are doing what some clueless politician above them has already decided they have to do. Blame lies with The Government, not the people who work for it. This move is clearly intended to increase revenue and "get better value for the taxpayer" and yes, the ToCs are not allowed to say so. But please don't blame civil servants.

As a rule of thumb, my typical purchase of a DMU, DEMU or EMU of interest is two or three. Having said that, by example, "two" of the 4CIG/4BIG familly would be four 4CIGs and two 4BIGs, as that is two complete trains worth! Ditto 4COR/4RES. Likewise, I'd buy a 4SUB or 4EPB in pairs to make a complete eight car set. I'm not adverse to renumbering sets in order to do this BTW. I have a fleet of renumbered 2BILs and 2HALs made by you know who. ;-) Speaking of which, how about a "tin HAL"? A low hanging fruit for the Margate posse that they don't seem to want to pick. :-( Hope that helps.

I'd bee in for a couple of 4SUBs too. This suggestion raises a point that manufacturers may or may not find significant. Essently, a 4SUB only requires two vehicles to be tooled. The two DMBS and two TS vehicles are the same. This is by no means unusual, at least for BR(S) and SR third rail units. A 4CIG, 4BIG and COR family need three tools each four coach set, not Four. A 4EPB needs only two sets of tools and so on. By example, three toools, DMBS, TS and DTS enables both 2EPB and 4EPB to be produced. Add a DTC to the tooling suite and you also have a 2HAP. Add a "thumper" motor coach and you have a 3H. I'm not familiar with the BR A/C overhead units, but I'd imagine much the same kind of tooling the whole family would be achievable?

I am looking forward to my annual expedition to Pontecarlo. Always well worth making the trip.