talisman56

I presume the logo above the running number is an unofficial addition?

E16631E is a 6-bay BTO (Diag. 196, built 1938). It is now on the Epping & Ongar Railway, still awaiting preservation. It really needs this, as it is the last of its type still extant. They refer to it by its original LNER number, 43556.

That number on the nose is on a bit of an incline. Was the ladder not straight?

Happy birthday David, and many more of them. One thing I notice is the prototypical distances between the fast and slow lines which I have infrequently seen in model form...

Llareggub?

Again I can't remember where I saw it, but a SR PMV at Wick...

...and the driver 'on the carpet' the following morning, being directed to nearest Job Centre...

For the minority that regularly carry a mirror with them...

Could be that it's not actually 'buffered up'...

This is the same as announced on a sheet I have in front of me dated '12/2018 V1.2'. They haven't made any progress since, obviously... I have previously been in contact with Richard at Dapol regarding these - the set details I published on the Dapol Forum clearly said '3738'; and I suggested he change the individual BTK to 3733 as 3730 isn't a 6-compartment BTK. Not that you don't need some sort of magnification to see the running numbers anyway...

OK, OK! You can have your trolley back. Just go away as quickly as possible!...

No problem. I spotted a couple of errors and have uploaded a corrected image in my original post. I also have a contribution to the answer for Question 5: What RTR Maunsell coaches are available? Rather than 'are available', this is 'have been produced' - and in 'N' Gauge. These are all low-window vehicles. D The the vein of 'What sets can I make with a Hornby Brake Third coach?', the equivalent for the Dapol 'N' Gauge Maunsells. Where 'not modelled' is written, a suitably renumbered vehicle of the same type can be substituted (except for the P1a CK in the later guise of set 470 and P3 BTK in the post-war set 469, but watch this space for the announced high-window vehicles).

There were two types of Diagrams - that for the rolling stock design - as my post above, and the Operating Diagrams which specified which rolling stock was used on the timetabled services (detailed in the Appendices to the Carriage Working Notices), as in your post. .

It appears that the SR Diagrams concerned the internal layout of the vehicles, not any external differences, as the Diagram Numbers for the low- and first period high-window Maunsells were the same, and stayed the same through the change to double vents and the chassis turnround. However, a triflingly small change such as the provision of a sliding door to the guards compartment from the side corridor of a BTK (instead of a hinged door) necessitated a new Diagram to be issued... I made myself a reference sheet...: Maunsell

So the bus will only operate on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday?

Expecting an Indian Native American tribe attack?

I didn't realise Class 37 engines had a 'make smoke' setting...

5486 swapped its DMBSO 14071 with 14211 of 5468 after the latters' withdrawl in April 1992, no reason given, but assumed to be poor condition. 5486 survived until 5 August 1994.

Yes they're Bulleid-style 4EPBs - 72 of the 97 facelifted units numbered in the 54xx range received late NSE livery (darker blue with curved upsweeps).

No idea in this case. Usually if it was a coming together of some sort, then my original sources would have mentioned it. There were a couple of similar units send for overhaul but condemned on inspection for poor bodywork condition (5451, 5469) at that time so it may be case of 5480 being in that category and a better condition vehicle being substituted for the one in 5454. TSO 15291 was swapped with 15037 of 5449 before 5480 was stripped and sent for scrap in February 1992, so it looks like 5480 was a sacrificial lamb, providing better condition stock for overall better condition units.

Probably reformed due to accident damage. The SR (and its successors) weren't known for repainting stock to match unless it was absolutely necessary... EDIT: Checking my records, 5454 exchanged DMBSO 14555 with 14264 of unit 5480 in October 1991, reason unknown. The latter then ran with three Blue/Grey coaches and one in NSE livery until withdrawn 20 January 1992. 5454 lasted in service until 14 May 1993.

From this angle, it doesn't look that badly damaged. Presumably if it had been in the full flush of youth it would have been repaired and out in service again fairly quickly rather than being a quick and readily available source of serviceable spare parts...

Going back to the Low Fell pictures on the previous page, between Aug 87 and Jun 88 there appears to have been an incident that has caused the frog on the up slow(?) line crossover point to be replaced by plain rail...

The Swayfield photos show rolling stock 'improvement' over a period of 13 years - from Mark 1 to Mark 2a/b/c to Mark 2d/e/f to Mark III in the HST...

If it's an 'N' Gauge layout I'd like to know where he got his 'VEP' models. You weren't missing much with the photos being monochrome. Flat plain BR Blue livery and small yellow panels - the only relief was the raised Aluminium double arrows...