Floreat Industria

Posted 6 hours ago On 31/01/2024 at 11:42, melmerby said: I always think those tenders look as though the designer was worried about the train being in a head-on or hitting an immovable object, and the wedge shaped of the tender is so that the rest of the train will be deflected upwards. I still wouldn't fancy the crew's chances though. That reminded me of when an NER snowplough with Wilson Worsdell and a friend inside ran into the train they were rescuing. Worsdell got a broken leg and the friend was killed

Rails of Sheffield have the L&MR "Lion" set available at £129.95. Hornby had also reduced it but they have sold out.

The last 30 built at Crewe went to the Southern Region when new

I see from Ade's picture that 82029 has the same "water capacity" plate at the front as 82030 on the Dapol website. This is correct on the back of the bunker but the front should have works plates reading "Built 1954 Swindon". These are all pre-production locos. I hope it is corrected on the production models.

Hello. Hattons have just sent me an e-mail advising that the release date is now expected to be March.

I'm very keen as well. Darlington had 82028 and 82029 from new in 1954 to 1958. 82026 and 82027 started at Kirkby Stephen and these four were all at Scarborough for a time. I remember very clearly being in the upstairs front of a double decker in North Road, Darlington, on my way either to prep school or the grammar school when 82028 crossed the bridge, probably on its way to Stainmore. I was intrigued by the way its number was the same either way. I will have to buy the unnumbered one and put the numbers on myself. Not a problem as I've just changed a D20 4-4-0 from plain black BR to fully lined original NER livery!

My A4 had a lot of extra parts to fit in packets but no fall plate, coal load or couplings. Hattons say they unfortunately haven't got any and they are altering their site to say so, but they are all things that I can easily add myself, like the cab handrail. Fortunately, all the obscure little parts are present.

The Hattons A4s already have "A4" at the front, which is all you really need. Fox have 34A shed plates but it took me a bit finding them. I eventually found them by just putting in "34A"!

Yes. Black is the background you want and that transfer sheet is the right one. I am doing one as "Silver Fox" in that period at the moment. They used to pass very near to my house in Darlington when I was young. Make sure your background is smooth before using waterslide transfers as the Hattons finish is rather matt. I am using HMRS transfers.

It's most annoying. Some book dealers will list the same book on say ABE, Alibris, Biblio and eBay and when it sells they don't immediately remove it from the other sites. In my house I am running out of space and the books are having to fight with the locomotives!

Biblio have a copy at £22.50

And another one from Ellis Clark. There were two but I bought one.

For downhill braking, the video in an earlier post is excellent, at 9.38 (1) Seaham Harbour Coal derails, runaways, gravity & steam shunts 1963 - YouTube

I accidentally came across this recent legal case when looking for Pullmans. It is long and complicated but may explain some things:- https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/610924b92c94e0239c457f2c

My 65817 with late crest is on its way from Derails today. 2 shown in stock as I write