Kestrel

A rubbish day for LNER enthusiasts. Time to let the card recharge.

How to take up eight pages talking about nothing.

Were the B17s City of London and East Anglian? yes they were have a look at this https://www.lner.info/locos/B/b17.php

All the coach is supposed to be teak and near enough the same colour.. On those it looks as if Fablon panels have been stuck on the side.

This is an impression of what Lime Street Station will look like 2018 style after the addition of a new platform. before and after How the station looks from Lime Street in 2018

We're talking about how bad the Hornby teaks are. Has anybody seen the Dapol N gauge ones? With a bit of luck you won't see the fault because of their size but that apart, they are awful. Just click on each pic and blow it up. https://get.google.com/albumarchive/106036127529689486079/album/AF1QipOq1xWYWOzqAmxLwhKisSvdZabCp_3ePEUFptD1

Are you sure they aren't 'oaks' as opposed to 'teaks'?

Something I failed to mention in my original message was that the new ones have a new catalogue ® number and don't follow on from the originals with an updated suffix letter. I wonder if that is of any significance.

https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2018/page/3.html?

It looks like it's back to the mistakes with the 'new' teaks, R4826-4830, if the photos are anything to go by. They show vertical graining on the doors when it should be horizontal below the window line. This was the case when the original set was issued but was then corrected for future sets. I can't see many being sold if they are produced with the error still on. I've e-mailed Hornby (no reply) to tell them and also rang them but I'm not holding out much hope as the bloke on the phone seemed to be on a different planet.

As Hornby already do the OO gauge N2, why don't you ignore that and concentrate on the OO gauge quadarts and the N gauge ones?

Tallington has a subtle hint of what was there on the western side of the line, I believe the pub used to be a railway hotel - that would certainly explain a bit about the way it is laid out. Sadly it seems to have closed it's doors about a month ago. I'd tend to agree it is difficult to picture a station there now. There used to be a footbridge north of the road. Further to above, I found this about the hotel. The 'Whistle Stop' formerly 'Kesteven Arms'. https://whatpub.com/pubs/PET/340/whistle-stop-tallington http://thewhistlestop.co.uk/ This link refers to a management change last year..

Get on to the Sun. That would be right down their street as we say up north. You could try the Daily Mail as well.

I'm no expert which is why I hesitated earlier but looking at the green RCTS book 8A, I have this info. I don't know if it helps. 68891 was built in February 1914. It became an LNER J51/1 with 3 coal rails made from flat strips. It received its LNER number 3158 in October 1925. It was rebuilt as a J50/1 in March 1935 with a short bunker with cage-type coal rails. Its number was changed to 3181 in June 1945, 8891 in November 1946 and its BR number 68891 in October 1949. It was withdrawn in July 1961. 68894 was built in February 1914 It became an LNER J51/1. It received its LNER number 3161 in January 1925. It was rebuilt as a J50/1 in September 1932 with a short bunker with cage-type coal rails. Its number was changed to 3184 in June 1945, 8894 in June 1946 and its BR number 68894 in April 1949. It was withdrawn in September 1961. 68920 was built in October 1922. It became an LNER J50/2. It received its LNER number 3221 in January 1926, changing to 8920 in April 1946 and its BR number 68920 in February 1950. J50/2s were fitted with backing plates to their coal rails from 1931 onwards. 689209 was withdrawn in July 1961. I think Hornby will be producing all types. See here and you can see rear views. http://www.ehattons.com/stocklist/SiteResults.aspx?searchfield=Hornby%20J50 If you're talking about 1948, all three would be in LNER unlined black with their LNER numbers because as you can see above, they didn't get BR numbers until 1949/1950. It depends how accurate you want to be as the models you chose might have differences, eg the number of lamp brackets. There's been a debate on http://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10879&hilit=J50s about this as some have three and others, five.