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  1. Wickham Green
    Indeed ........... backgrounds are a valuable source for all sorts of information.
  2. Wickham Green
    Hiding in shame ! Yes, I stand corrected - !/240 & 1/241 DO seem to have retained 9' wheelbase ( http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/BRFreight1Issue.pdf ) ...... no wonder early BR bananas got bruised !
  3. Wickham Green
    Take a gander at this thread :
  4. Wickham Green
    Filthy silver tanks with less filthy ends p'raps ...... ? .............................. Looks like Rowfant handled both classes of liquids : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowfant_railway_station
  5. Wickham Green
    My 'earlier' one has solid steam pipes, no boiler bottom, chassis screw down the chimney and a dirty great motor* in the cab ......................... seriously worn out but will still just about haul itself on a good day : must build that Comet chassis for it one day. * pre-Ringfield
  6. Wickham Green
    "Oil on the Rails" will have all the answers. If the Rowfant train has two barrier wagons at each end it's probably carrying 'Class A' liquids ( silver tanks in '59 ) rather than 'Class B' ( black ).
  7. Wickham Green
    They were principally used around Southampton Docks - so steam heat may have been of use for Ocean Liner Expresses too !
  8. Wickham Green
    Reminds me of this - which I photted at Anerley Station back in '88 .......... wasn't visible last time I passed that way. ................ not visible because the building's gone !
  9. Wickham Green
    Re-gauging MkII coaches ( or un-re-gauging in some cases ) no problem ..... re-gauging a three-cylinder compound ( among other locos ) not so easy. Maybe re-gauging Scotrail would be simpler ? - and may involve less mileage ( I guess here are figures SOMEWHERE on the interweb.).
  10. Wickham Green
    it's been said that the Richard Montgomery would wipe Sheerness off the map if she ( he ? ) blew up - clearly Sheerness is not inside any exclusion zone .... and I've been within, perhaps, a hundred yard on board the Waverley'
  11. Wickham Green
    WOT ? - an' leave the RPSI nowhere to run its May Tour ( etc.) ??!?
  12. Wickham Green
    Do you mean you actually managed to take a photograph at East Croydon without getting pounced upon by the Security Ogres ??!? ( or is it just taking photos of trains they object to ? )
  13. Wickham Green
    it's normally electrics that bring down the wires 'cos they have funny pantomime things on top ............ how'd a diesel manage it ?
  14. Wickham Green
    Amazing that the LMS were still building anything on a 9' wheelbase after the war - must've been in a hurry an' just dusted off old drawings. ( The BR vans were on 10' WB )
  15. Wickham Green
    Nothing that didn't appear on 8Fs built elsewhere ......... I think the tenders were part welded - but would have got swapped around later in life.
  16. Wickham Green
    Never had rail tracks on them tho' ..............
  17. Wickham Green
    Indeed - we have the lowest unemployment figures for many a year .............................. but zillions of people who are 'working' are only doing so part time - lots of them on zero-hours contracts. Warning - this thread's getting political.
  18. Wickham Green
    That, of course, poses a few problems for through rail communication - necessitating stock capable of running on standard gauge over here, 5'3'' over there an' 3' in between ! - not to mention motive power, generally diesel over here, generally diesel over there and electric, horse an' steam in between ......................... but I'm sure the Irish Department of International Overland Transport can sort things out.
  19. Wickham Green
    Anything finished in teak - or 'teak' - in '47 or early '48, say, wouldn't have received carmine & cream 'til a number of years beyond 1950.
  20. Wickham Green
    Yes, very nerve wracking as there's precious little that's solid enough to hold onto while persuading levers into the gap ............ but I've got one open and know what's involved for the others now ..............
  21. Wickham Green
    But then LSWR-contemporary colour film was notoriously unreliable ....................................
  22. Wickham Green
    Indeed - but I bet no amount of research would track-down this little incident at Lostock Hall - near the end in '68 .............. sorry, nothing whatsoever to do with Long Wheelbase Fives - but it's a nice photo an' it is a Five.
  23. Wickham Green
    The Great Western were still building - what might be considered - antiquated 0-4-2Ts for their branches long after the other Companies. Swindon's accountants obviously thought it more cost-efficient to scrap and start again while the larger Companies preferred to close any branches that couldn't be operated with time-served motive power.
  24. Wickham Green
    Yes - it should be reopening this spring ( http://www.enjoymalahide.com/home/all-about-malahide/casino-model-railway-museum/ ) ......... hopefully before I'm over for the 'International' Railtour in May.
  25. Wickham Green
    I'm pretty sure the South Western's two Terriers were bought specifically for this branch - but found to be under powered .... so the Southern tried the 'next size up' - a Brighton 'D1' but this was overweight and had to have the coal & water capacity severely restricted ( I don't think it was any more successful than the later 0-4-2Ts ).
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