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Hmm ... not at all sure Tony? There'll be others on here who know better than me but I'm pretty sure that DB Cargo (EWS as was) don't themselves own any MkI passenger coaching stock. The world of charter trains on the modern railway is a pretty complex one, with potentially multiple organisations involved. And any one charter operation is often very different one from the previous or next one, stock being shunted around frequently. Depending on the nature of the particular train involved, there may not be a catering vehicle at all (eg football excursion). Steam-hauled / heritage charters, yes; the 'premier dining' option is the bit that makes the most money ... but DB Cargo don't usually provide the stock for such trains, although they do operate some. You can read more about it here: https://uk.dbcargo.com/rail-uk-en/industries/passenger-transport If you're looking for something to say in a write up, then perhaps best to say nothing at all re associated catering!
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The effort will be rewarded; the iron ore rake duly appears in print, suitably credited 😉
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Charter train use and occasional spot hire, as I understand it, Tony.
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Just to say that my comp. copy of said magazine dropped on the mat. Front cover and lead 'ROTM' feature over 10 pages. Well chuffed with that! The photos from the August photography session have come out really well. Enjoy. Strong billing for the York show, too. No pressure then 😨
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Perish the thought ...
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Continuing on at Upperby. Was - naively - hoping to lay the goods lines onwards, now that the goods lines part of Upperby Juncs have been laid. But there's a problem! This centres around the single slip at the heart of the formation, seen more or less at the centre of this picture. There's some point rodding required to facilitate crossover operation connected to this point ... and they run under the goods lines. So this slip has to be laid for keeps ... so as the rodding can be installed ... before the goods lines can be laid. Trouble is, to accurately position the slip, the adjacent WCML double junction needs to be in position - the alignment of the main lines is, as always, paramount. The pointwork pictured has thus been prepared (modified), ready to be temporarily fixed in position. And now with the key single slip itself in position ... but not yet fixed down. Doesn't look too bad? The above exercise allowed for the piece of cork underlay to be fitted, matched to the outline of the foam pieces of the WCML pointwork. Duly painted, the single slip can now be permanently fitted Two square holes cut, with the usual rat's nest of pre-wiring added. Fitted! All that effort for one point. Now, where were we?
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My understanding (for what it's worth) was the such vehicles stayed largely parochial in the early BR period (as did ex-GWR types?), but as the 1950s wore on - and certainly by the 1960s - they became much more common user and were seen over the length and breadth of the country. I've seen (1960s) picture of them at Aberdeen, marshalled into fish trains (were their floors strengthened or were they suitably strong anyway? Anti-corrosive coverings?)
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Evening Tony et al. Talking of the Peter Lawson collection, I picked up the latest consignment on Monday. More tempting morsels will be on their way in due course, including some rolling stock items. As some of the rolling stock items are of GWR origin, with the agreement of gwrrob of this parish, I have just posted some details on the Nod to Brent thread, as per the following link. A couple of pics below, to give you an idea - but details of all items photo'd (for now) are on the above thread.
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Some other GWR passenger vehicles from the Peter Lawson collection I've come across three trailers. The other two are RTR, but this one appears to be kit built. Rather nice (to my untrained eyes) And now some Siphons. Starting with a 'J' (even I can read!) Siphon G. Is there an RTR equivalent of this? Another G And ANOTHER G - but different style of panelling?(!) As I say, all are for sale, looking for good homes. There's one or two other items of NPCCS, if they would be of interest. Please PM me or Tony if interested. And do feel free to pass on details elsewhere. As you'll already be aware, there's various kit built locos (all in BR condition). Tony has done a sterling job in selling most of the first batch I gave him, but I've just picked up some more(!), so stand by for further details on Tony's thread in due course. Anyone planning a visit to the York show, there should be some on Tony's stand there (I'm also at the show, with Grantham) Thanks for your forbearance. Graham
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Greetings to all in Glorious Devon, where the sun always shines (even at night time). With the blessing of the genial host of this thread, I am posting a series of pictures which may be of interest. As one or two may be aware, with the assistance of the good Mr (Tony) Wright, I am undertaking the not inconsiderable task of finding new homes for the sizeable collection of my Dad's modelling friend, Peter Lawson. It's largely a LMS / GWR collection, with a bit of ex-GCR LNER thrown in (all in the BR era). Much of it is kit built. Tony and I can deal with the ex-LMS and LNER stuff; however, we're beyond the limit of our competence when it comes to the former GWR stock(!) Accordingly, I'm posting the following here, in the hope that you knowledgeable types can identify the vehicles concerned and (possibly) the origin of the models, ie which kit they might have been built from. They're all for sale, at the best reasonable price, with the usual 10% to CRUK. They will have been built at some point over the previous 40 years, so some may be quite old by now. But I have no information on that aspect. If nothing else, I hope they are of interest as models in their own right. A Corridor third. Sides look fairly crude (thick window bars). BSL? It may have Comet bogies. As with all Peter's coaches, it's fitted with homemade hook and bar couplings, designed to run as part of a rake. A brake third. Looks to be similar origin. No idea(!), other than to say it appears to be a corridor third of an older style. Are those what you folks call 'American' bogies? Nice. Another corridor third? Love those curved door handles! Brake third. Is this one of those long 'dreadnought' coaches? Another brake third. AND another(!) A composite. Looks to be the same style as 4556 above. A brake composite, no doubt handy as a through coach? A more modern style Composite. Collett? Ditto? Some more to follow.
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Grantham's 70ft turntable takes about a minute to revolve 180 deg. It feels / looks about right to me. It runs off an independent power supply so you just leave it running and can be moving something else around on the shed whilst it's in operation. This was first test, 9 years ago. It's long since been detailed and finished! And please don't play the video with the sound turned up - it really isn't THAT noisy!! (one of those where the camera microphone is picking up any sound going).
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So it is! I was thinking that was the Quad set ...
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Meanwhile ... Just a quick note to say that, following a photo session at last year's Hornby GETS show, the layout is scheduled to be in the next edition of said mag, out ... pretty soon now! Bizarrely, Grantham is also appearing simultaneously in April's RM. It's like waiting for a bus! Enjoy.
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You may recall(?), back in the dim n distant past of August last year, we set the layout up for a fortnight in Jonathan's barn, to undertake a little bit of maintenance / improvement work, practice running and ... photography. Below is an example, kindly photoshopped by John Smart. Well ... drum roll, please ... the images captured happily made the cut with a certain long-established railway modelling magazine (the one that used to be for the 'Average Modeller') and the layout is set to feature in the 'April' issue, due out on March 14th, to coincide with the layout's appearance at the York show. This was the plan all along, as originally hatched with the erstwhile editor, the good (albeit sometimes 'stern') Steve Flint. Anyhow, glancing through the current edition (my Dad gets RM; I get BRM and we exchange mags once read), in particular the 'next issue' section, it seems that Grantham will be 'Layout of the Month' no less. Well chuffed about that. By way of celebration, below are some of the images that didn't make it to the final copy - all pix have been embargoed until now. Needs a bit of photoshopping out of the background but otherwise a 'classic' Grantham platform end view. Tom Foster's weathering is shown to particular effect from this angle. Mr King brought along his exquisite iron ore rake and several different views of it were taken. One may have made it into the article. The phantom curtain wigglers haven't quite managed to eliminate the background! All Mr Wealleans' (stock) and Mr Bolton's (buildings) work. Not a streamliner in sight! Aah - here's one! Enjoy the read and / or see you at the York show in a 3 and a half week's time. (and if that wasn't enough excitement, Shap is also the feature layout in the next issue of another railway modelling magazine (the one that shares its name with a red box RTR manufacturer). It's like waiting for a bus ...)
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So now, the exciting layout news ... Should be first post on the next page 👉