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    As it happens I bought two palvans cheap on Saturday, and they have already reached this point! I still have both etches for the trusses (£2.50) and Lee' Davis' bogie inners for £3.50 - PM for details. Jon
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    Hampton Court Model Railway Society - Tolworth Showtrain Sat 11th - Sun 12th November 2023 Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey KT6 7LQ OPENING TIMES: SAT 10am to 5.30pm, SUN 10am to 4 pm ADMISSION: Adults £9.00 Children £3.00 Family £19.00 Tolworth Showtrain, the Hampton Court Model Railway Society's annual model railway show, returns and will feature working layouts covering a variety of scales, time periods and locations. Children will be able to operate the popular Edward's Junction and Thomas End. There will be a wide range of trade support and demonstrators will be on hand to provide modelling tuition. Watch this space for information updates. The Society meets weekly at Tolworth Recreation Centre. Tolworth Showtrain in November is a great chance for experienced and inexperienced modellers to see some fantastic layouts, pick up valuable advice and take away plenty of ideas. Tolworth Showtrain provides entertainment for everyone. On SUNDAY one child will be admitted FREE with every paying adult. There is a free bus link from Surbiton station which is served by South Western Railway services. The timetable will be available on the website in early October. Several TfL bus services stop within 10 minutes walk of the show. The show is fully accessible, all at ground level. List of Layouts Attending : Roshven: 4mm Scotland OO Scottish Highlands With Audio Signals. Kensington Addison Road. 1925 West London Line. Old Elm Park O Gauge SR/WR Collingwood 4mm/16mm UK Southern Redbridge Wharf. OO Gauge Southern Region Fawley 4mm Southern Railways 1930s Johnburg 5mm/16.5mm 1950s Ohio & Baltimore Japan in Bloom N Gauge East Japan Railways Edwards Junction & Thomas End. Children Are Able to Operate This Layout. Pine Bluff and Red Dot Mine HO USA 1950s Wickwar N Gauge 1950s BR(M) North Cornwall Brewery 4mm SR 1966 Albula Valley N Gauge 2mm Swiss Sewel N Gauge 16.5mm Early 20th Century East Sussex Brewery Clearwater Harbour 16.5mm Northern USA 1930/40s Ebsworth Street 2000 to Present Day OO Gauge Hazel End 0 Gauge Steam 1920-1960 LNER Canute Road Quay Southern Railway 1946-1949 Blackmoor 1930 South Devon - Southern Railway List of Demonstrations : Soldering For Beginners by Roger Sawyer Scenic Modelling by Roy Hickman List of Other Displays : Merg the Model Railway Electronics Group. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Medway Queen Preservation Society. South West Circle Network Southeast Society Sales Stand Malden District Society of Model Engineers Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway Sub 4 Association List of Traders Attending : Dave Smith Books Richard Panes Model Spartes Aspire Gifts and Models C&L Finescale Track Building Services Heritage in Motion Railbooks Model Railway Bits Addlestone Model Centre Models U Drive Kent Garden Railways Fenland Model Railways Roxley Models Squires Model and Craft Tools Saddletank Books Model Railway Developments Sunningwell Command and Control The Totem Man Plaques and Totems Jb Model World The Wagon Yard Wheels of Southsea
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    Hampton Court Model Railway Society - Tolworth Showtrain Sat 11th - Sun 12th November 2023 Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey KT6 7LQ OPENING TIMES: SAT 10am to 5.30pm, SUN 10am to 4 pm ADMISSION: Adults £9.00 Children £3.00 Family £19.00 Tolworth Showtrain, the Hampton Court Model Railway Society's annual model railway show, returns and will feature working layouts covering a variety of scales, time periods and locations. Children will be able to operate the popular Edward's Junction and Thomas End. There will be a wide range of trade support and demonstrators will be on hand to provide modelling tuition. Watch this space for information updates. The Society meets weekly at Tolworth Recreation Centre. Tolworth Showtrain in November is a great chance for experienced and inexperienced modellers to see some fantastic layouts, pick up valuable advice and take away plenty of ideas. Tolworth Showtrain provides entertainment for everyone. On SUNDAY one child will be admitted FREE with every paying adult. There is a free bus link from Surbiton station which is served by South Western Railway services. The timetable will be available on the website in early October. Several TfL bus services stop within 10 minutes walk of the show. The show is fully accessible, all at ground level. List of Layouts Attending : Roshven: 4mm Scotland OO Scottish Highlands With Audio Signals. Kensington Addison Road. 1925 West London Line. Old Elm Park O Gauge SR/WR Collingwood 4mm/16mm UK Southern Redbridge Wharf. O Gauge Southern Region Fawley 4mm Southern Railways 1930s Johnburg 5mm/16.5mm 1950s Ohio & Baltimore Japan in Bloom N Gauge East Japan Railways Edwards Junction & Thomas End. Children Are Able to Operate This Layout. Pine Bluff and Red Dot Mine HO USA 1950s Wickwar N Gauge 1950s BR(M) North Cornwall Brewery 4mm SR 1966 Albula Valley N Gauge 2mm Swiss Sewel N Gauge 16.5mm Early 20th Century East Sussex Brewery Clearwater Harbour 16.5mm Northern USA 1930/40s Ebsworth Street 2000 to Present Day OO Gauge Hazel End 0 Gauge Steam 1920-1960 LNER Canute Road Quay Southern Railway 1946-1949 Blackmoor 1930 South Devon - Southern Railway List of Demonstrations : Soldering For Beginners by Roger Sawyer Scenic Modelling by Roy Hickman List of Other Displays : Merg the Model Railway Electronics Group. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Medway Queen Preservation Society. South West Circle Networth Southeast Society Sales Stand Malden District Society of Model Engineers Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway Sub 4 Association List of Traders Attending : Dave Smith Books Richard Panes Model Spartes Aspire Gifts and Models C&L Finescale Track Building Services Heritage in Motion Railbooks Model Railway Bits Addlestone Model Centre Models U Drive Kent Garden Railways Fenland Model Railways Roxley Models Squires Model and Craft Tools Saddletank Books Model Railway Developments Sunningwell Command and Control The Totem Man Plaques and Totems Jb Model World The Wagon Yard Wheels of Southsea
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    Connecting another couple of photos to this thread
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    I really enjoyed that tour, but I never understood why it started from Oostend!
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    There is some variation from machine to machine, so what one person can cut cleanly another can't. jon
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    Do exhibitors still need to bring an umbrella to keep the rainwater off their stands, and several pallets to compensate for the terrible levels of the floor? The old exhibitions in the rope walk warehouse were great, but the move into the covered slips was awful! Jon
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    I think you'll find they do... Jon
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    a quick google suggests that there are 76000 people directly employed on the airport, so probably add 2 million journeys to work each month, and at least some of those would benefit from a Southern rail approach. I live barely 7.5 miles from the Central section of T1/2/3 as the crow flies and I can get there in around 1.5 hours with a 20 minute walk and 2 buses (and now Hatton Cross tube is in the zero fare area, I often do Hatton Cross to T123 or T5 as the last leg), and these days I usually get home that way, when I don't have the time pressure to catch a flight, but for an early morning flight a minicab will cost £55 including the £5 drop off fee. Sadly the Southern Access is unlikely to help me as I'm south of the river, and via Chertsey or Woking is still a long way around. Jon
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    I think that SSN have actually given it a 10 year loan to VSM, as they don't currently need 3 operational steam loco's and their 01 and 23 are more useful on the mainline. It was in action last weekend at the 'back to then' gala at Beekbergen, but apparently I only took this and another equally awful photo of it.
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    1) Sadiq doesn't have any money 2) None* of the built infrastructure will be in London, and therefore is unlikely to be paid for by Sadiq, even if London voters/taxpayers are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries. *depending on where the pre existing station tunnels actually stop under T5 there might be around 1km, but I think you see my point. There are other examples of infrastructure that would benefit TfL customers/London voter/taxpayers, but which are entirely outside London, but these have always been a struggle to convince a Mayor to pay for, an example would be a bypass at Redhill and improvements in the Redhill-Guildford line to take cross-London freight off the West London line to give additional path capacity to passenger services.
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    and a ticket office would have been just as dead in the water. Jon
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    It needs people to stand up and do the organisation, and when I last discussed it with a CMRA board member there wasn't anyone in the frame, therefore its future is bleak until that changes. personal opinion - And the longer it remains moribund, the less likely a re-staging is likely to be, as the knowledge and workforce drift away. Jon
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    Anyone who wants one of the few remining kits, I've just had the brass etched pulleys back so can supply again, drop me a pm. Thanks Jon
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    I've had them for haulage - that's me waving at the cameraman at 21:06 in the video below. These trains are also a staple at SBB and BLS open days.
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    sort of relevant
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    I've got a friend who wants a few of these and might underwrite the cost of getting a sheet etched, but he does not need all of them - if anyone would like any bogies for the EFE diecast tube train, then now would be a good time to send me a PM! Jon
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    Two quick photos showing the relative sizes of the 6.5t (middle) and 10t (right) vs the standard Triang and the detail of what's cast into the backplate - given a quick coat of primer so the lettering shows up - I also have a VERY small number of the two little etches shown in the bottom of that photo, the 'foot' x4 for 10t versions was a test etch on the edge of something else, and doesn't quite fold up right, and the hook is also on the edge of something else, so isn't available in great numbers, but if you want them £2 each plus post at cost.
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    edit following a stock take - its a bit closer the end than I thought!, additions in bold Thanks for tagging me, (and @SteveyDee68 ) I wouldn't have found my way here without you! I think the Triang handcrane is one of the underestimated stars of their range, certainly Hornby have made the most of the tooling! The prototypes have what I would regard as 3 main batches, a group of 1941 built 6.5t cranes, then two batches in 1944/5, one of more 6.5t cranes, and the other were uprated with screw jacks to give a 10t capacity jacked. The Triang is one of these 10t cranes with jacks, and pockets over the wheels to store a foot to go under the jack. I do still have some crane kits, but they were a byproduct of a resin casting demo that I haven't done for some years, so my stock is now very low. 10t version: Toton is out of stock. Found two! Rugby (now Quainton Road) - fairly good stock under 10 remain Tonbridge West Yard (later preserved at Titley Junction - may have been scrapped? ) - fairly good stock under 15 remain 6.5T version Exmouth/Swnage is out of stock Fawley Hill(McAlpine) is out of stock the other 3 types (Shrewsbury/Herford/Watford/ I still have a few of each I also have a completely plain shaped cast counterweight for a 6.5t crane, which makes applying the transfers from @cctransuk much easier - if you don't fancy getting wasp stripes into the recesses of the cast lettering, then these might be for you - I've never advertised them, but its the only version I have in any quantity (if only I could find them - currently missing - I will look further at the weekend) they are now £6 each, plus the cost of a large letter stamp for P&P (due to the thickness) - please PM for how to order. Thanks to a little flurry of interest following this thread I have almost none that are ready to send out - I need to order some more pulleys from the etcher! Might be 3-4 weeks before they arrive. Thanks jon
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    Roxey do a range of different detailing kits for these vans. https://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/product/56/4a250-detailing-kit-for-triang-Hornby-utility-van/ https://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/product/414/4a249-sr-bogie-utility-van-doors/ https://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/product/475/4a122-sr-window-grilles-for-bogie-luggage-van/ however I would suggest next time you make your thread title a little more descriptive, for those who don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of Triang's catalog numbers. Jon
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    Which rather demonstrates there is an engineering solution to making it acceptable to the ORR, probably in combination with a risk assessment related to the number of times its used, ratio of passengers to staff, routes and a load of other factors. The RhB Alvera sets I mentioned earlier, also have quite a high handrail that makes putting your torso too far out difficult, and being narrow gauge through mountains isn't known for its Berne loading gauge. Jon
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    Interesting you chose that video - I'm pretty sure there is at least one RMweb contributor on the right hand train...because I saw him from my position at a window about a coach further back on the same train as the cameraman! jon
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    The Jacobite prohibition is about falling from doors and leaning out of droplights. WCRC was visited in June and given a prohibition, gave assurances to the regulator that things would change, then when they visited again in July, it appears that the inspector saw the same issues on the second visit. The sets of mk1's had a secondary lock in the form of a brass slide bolt, and the regulators seem to have accepted that as an interim measure from most of the Railtour stock operators, however WCRC seem to have moved from one steward supervising two adjacent door vestibules, to fewer than this, where the steward can't be anywhere near the 3rd or 4th door, so there seems to have been an instruction to passengers on operating the bolts themselves. There are acceptable mag-lock solutions to slam doors that the SWT 3-CIGS on the Lymington line, and a few 121 bubble cars had fitted a decade or more ago. My interpretation is that the owners of railtour stock have been given a reasonable time to make their stock compliant, but haven't rushed to do so, nor fully complied with the procedures needed to mitigate the issues until the long term fix is performed, and the ORR have started to lose patience. The experience on the continent is rather different - the same day as I saw the Jacobite prohibition, this advert popped up on my Facebook feed Not forgetting the RhB's Alvera trainsets that actually include 1/3rd of a coach as a photographic car that has electrically opening windows, and a central bum-perch, where you are encouraged to take photos from open windows https://hellertal.startbilder.de/bild/schweiz~wagen~personenwagen-rhb-schmalspur/679846/die-rhaetischen-bahn-rhb-hat-auch.html jon
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    I seem to recall Carrs green label flux being around 10-12% phosphoric acid, I'd be really surprised if cola was even 1/10th of that level jon
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    All four bogie types on the same sprue, I wonder if we will see them available separately as parts? jon
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