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Thanks. Wow!

I have a Class 56 "Harworth Colliery" (R3033XS) body and I would like to pair it up with a suitable chassis. Which of the following Hornby Class 56 models could I use for a donor with no modifications (I may have missed some models)? R2645 (BR Blue) R2646 (Red stripe) R2647 (Coal sector) R2648 (EWS) R2750 (EWS) R2751 (Loadhaul) R2752 (Metals sector) R2776 (Fastline) R2962 (Oystermouth) R3050 (BR Blue) R3052 (Construction sector) R3181 (Large arrow) R3265 (Colas)

Anyone who has bought this and weathered & laid it got any photos how good it looks?

Read somewhere about an underground oil depot up in Liverpool and once came across details regarding the MoD's Box Tunnel complex in Wiltshire. Although I'm not referring to the tube I'm aware there also used to be a very complex underground network around Farringdon in London. Wondered if members knew of any other underground railway "systems" (i.e. something besides a simple tunnel) in Britain?

Hi, anybody have any grey Bachmann Shell TTA wagons? New/used, whatever. (Not Shell-BP)

Could perhaps post the peco email address and everyone in this thread could contact them, persuading them to change a design (I don't know how likely that is/if its too late in the design stage)??

I could be wrong, but seems like this new Peco track is gaining admirers, which can only increase the effort Peco put in to this range and therefore beneficial for us.

When are the Peco points due? I'm wondering what will be better between Peco and D&C concepts. Either way its good there is now choice!

Why do people keep mentioning protection etc? Force payment via paypal and the only people who resolve disputes will be paypal. Simple.

We have a "Wanted" forum, could we not just have a "Available" forum? I have a lot of items I'd prefer to sell on here rather than ebay. I doubt an "Available" forum would take much time setting up, compared with B&S?

I found a fair few pics on flickr of unbranded green TTAs at Ipswich. Just couldn't find any BP-branded.

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I'm not sure how close it relates to what you said, but I found a media release from VTG saying they had bought BPs tanker fleet: http://railwaystrategies.co.uk/article-page.php?channelid=94&contentid=10989&issueid=335 VTG Rail UK, a subsidiary of VTG Aktiengesellschaft, has signed a deal with BP Oil for the purchase and leaseback of its fleet of 124 tank wagons. The deal represents a significant increase to the VTG fleet, and introduces GB Oils and BP Air as new customers for VTG Rail UK. Under the agreement, all 124 wagons will operate out of the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland, with 57 two-axle aviation kerosene wagons being used to deliver fuel to Prestwick and Linkswood airports, and 12 bogie wagons being used to deliver aviation kerosene for engine testing at Rolls- Royce in Derby. VTG will now become responsible for all maintenance and regulatory matters.

Hi. I was referring to the BP-branded green TTAs. Hi, thanks. Aware of this but I wanted to find pics of the BP branded green TTAs, as per the Bachmann BP TTA model.

Hi, appreciate that regarding 70s/80s (no idea why I mentioned that now) but I was looking at groups including up to the present day too. I must have come across ~1,000 pics of TTA rakes, but no green wagons. I'm not just after pictures of isolated wagons, I wanted to see the rakes and which engines were pulling them.

Spent a very long time on flickr last few weekends, mainly groups aimed at Class 37s, British railfreight, industrial railway photos and I came across hundreds of photos of brown bitumen and grey petroleum TTAs, but I only saw a single photo of the green BP TTAs (as per the Bachmann and Farish models). I did find a few photos of tanks in Ipswich which were green, but had no BP logo. I just wondered if someone in the know could give me some background on when/where these green TTAs (with the yellow BP logo) were used? I know they are probably the same wagons which are currently based as grangemouth, but I'm referring to when they were BP branded and not used for aviation fuel.

Is by the end of 2017 a realistic expectation? Or beginning of 2018?

Can someone guess how long Class B Bitumen TTA tank wagon will take if its at the "Drawing Office (China)" stage?

Was watching a video on youtube last night, from Warley 2016: If you go to 12:55 in the video. Will this new Peco track ever allow us to get something closely resembling this track? It just looks so great (but its O gauge).

Bachmann 32-379 Class 37 (weathered): in both directions the forward lights work as expected, however, again in both directions the rear lights don't work at all and instead the forward lights flicker. Interestingly the forward lights only flicker when ran at medium speed. When ran at the highest speed the forward lights at the rear don't flicker at all. Regardless of the speed or direction, no rear lights are visible. I am of the understanding that "running in" will not solve this problem? What is required?

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Sounds good. Nice to know if I mess-up building my own points there's another solution!

Could somebody summarise what DCC Concepts have announced they will offer and how does it compare with the existing C&L, SMP and this Peco announcement?

When it comes to (diesel) locos I find its easy choosing between Hornby and Bachmann because they tend to focus on different models. Bachmann tends to focus on 37, 47, 57, 66 whilst Hornby focuses on the 08, 31, 56 and 60, whilst they both produce a decent class 08. However, in terms of wagons there seems to be a greater overlap? Hornby TTAs seem vastly inferior to Bachmann. However, I couldn't see much difference between both manufacturers' seacow wagons. In terms of BR Sectorisation era wagons, how does the detail compare between Hornby and Bachmann? Is Bachmann generally better or does it totally depend on which exact wagon? I don't have a model shop nearby so I am totally reliant on photos/videos and sometimes they can be deceiving. Are there any wagon models to particularly avoid?

How old do the models have to be for this problem to apply? Was the problem fixed in later 66 models?