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Had some of these in 'o' gauge, GW livery back in the 1960/70s most were of the standard sort of collett come stanier type design, but i had one clerestory/corridor brake which was in post 1928 GW livery with a roundel !. The paintwork was flaking badly so we sent it back to Exleys (who were still advertising in those days) for a repaint, I remember being quite dissapointed when it came back,as it had lost its shiny baked finish, and had a satin/matt sheen that seemed to be the fashion at the time. The shell was a one piece, the roof was quite flat and it had the clerestory section made of a wood strip moulding with a separate aluminium roof strip pinned on top It had the sprung type bogies mentioned.. It was sold to a model shop in Cardiff with some other 'o' gauge course scale stuff, in the 70's, i often wonder where it went, as i dread to think what its worth now!

1633 Photo dated 1910, somewhere on the 'Vale of Neath' line, with my grandfather, the tall young bloke to the right.(at 1910 he was still a fireman). The loco looks to be unlined and with no lettering, and although has a headcode showing that some of the vehicles are vac braked, appears to have a iron mink as the first wagon? i didnt think any were vac braked!

Hi , I have a photo of my grandfather (a GWR driver) standing next to 1633 with his fireman and a shunter, not shure of the date taken, possibly 1914 to 1919, as the loco is as built, eg saddle tank square lamp sockets, all polished with a brass dome etc, and would have been in the Neath (87a) area. I've had this photo on a wall for years, but thought i might try to find a 7mm kit, so had a look for some info on the web and found 'bufflo's blog. I'll take the photo out of the frame this week (time permitting) and post it on here for you. paul