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    I’m in a similar position Andy. Happy to only have a couple of locos with sound, but they have to be something I definitely want if I’m spending money like that. Probably just plain BR blue for me if it’s of the correct era. Nick
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    Brilliant work Bob. Some of those classic scenes are really starting to take shape now.
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    It’s not actually a push-pull 47/7 as there’s no RCH cables on the front. I can’t be certain on the small screen on my phone but it looks like standard 47/4 47528?
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    Happy New Year everyone. This is my go to place for model railway inspiration and I love being a part of it. Hopefully we’ll all take a step forward with our plans and projects this year (or maybe we’ll just continue to procrastinate)… Wishing you a wonderful 2024 from deepest darkest Devon. 😉
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    It’s interesting observing the differences between the intercooled versions of the EE power units compared to the basic turbocharged (SVT) ones. I had a run behind one of the Portuguese 1400s earlier in the year which have basically the same engine as a class 20 but with charge cooling produce an extra 350 (I think) horsepower and rev up much more quickly. Quite similar to the differences between a class 31 and a 37.
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    Yes for Charge Cooled I believe?
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    Tantalising stuff. I’d also like a split box version - preferably named and with pre TOPS numbers in BR blue, plus an end of service 45/1 with an unofficial Tinsley name. Can’t wait actually!
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    Mervyn was an electrician and never worked for British Rail as far as I’m aware. Anyway he’s pictured in Branch lines to Ashburton (Middleton press) about a third of the way in apparently. He’s still got his DVR shares from back then and very proud he is of them too! I think he was involved in rescuing Dumbleton Hall as well.
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    I wonder if you both might have known Mervyn Holwill as well? He’s my friend Paul’s father and he was involved with it all back then. In one of the books of the line (just trying to find out which one) there’s a photo of him carrying out guard duties at Totnes Riverside in the 1970s.
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    Sorry about the poor quality photo but here’s a shot of either 56053 or 56055 (I think the latter?) at St David’s sometime around 1987. My stepbrother and I had gone down to the station after school and noticed it waiting for the road at the London end of platform 4. This was the best photo he managed to get before it shot off in a haze of exhaust fume leaving us somewhat surprised as they were very rare beasts down our way at the time.
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    I think I saw you. 😉
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    I must say that I’ve been absolutely exhausted this last couple of days after running Moors View with Paul and Roly at the weekend. It was great fun though and I wouldn’t have missed it for the world, thank you to everyone that organised it as it looks like an absolute monster of a thing to put together.
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    Dan Fox recently covered this on his podcast. Well worth a listen if you want to learn a bit more about it:
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    Interesting, thanks for that. I’ve seen these for sale and was wondering about getting one. There’s plenty of cheap Siphons on eBay and you can get them unpainted so I might try and tackle this as at some point because they also ran on the Barnstaple line in BR blue days. @Calnefoxile - I just tried searching that thread but no joy. Would you be able to give me a link possibly? Nick
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    This week I have been mostly messing around with parcels stock… I keep hitting eBay after a couple of glasses of wine and buying Big Four vans to add to my late 1960s era rake of vans. It’s something I can run on Moors View and Lapford (well that’s how I’m justifying it anyway). Here’s a couple of post weathering photos: There’s all sorts in there, although I could really do with a Siphon and something LNER for the full variety.
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    I must admit that I don’t really use Facebook (although I do have an account). I’ll try and take a look at that though. The thought of a bogie Cargowaggon at Torrington might have just pushed me over the edge!
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    Should probably have added a wink to that last one. 😉 I’ve been watching these over the weekend as my stepbrother sent me one of them. It involves some fairly astonishing model making but it’s also utterly surreal and I think, hilarious. I’d highly recommend just watching the first couple of minutes to get the feel of it as it’ll probably hook you in… Has anyone else watched any of these?
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    This arrived from eBay the other day. The thing is, I’d ordered cat food…
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    Yes this one seems to be generating quite a bit of local opposition! As a separate question, does anyone know if any more modern wagons were trialled to Meeth? Someone’s suggested to me that HAA’s might have been up there once but that seems implausible to me.
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    I didn’t realise it had been rebuilt from a WW1 narrow gauge loco.
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    Well that’s really interesting. I’ve seen a photo of the jetty and the conveyor system now too so it’s all making a little more sense.
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    That was very much the kind of thing I was hoping to find out about, thanks Rivercider!
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    Morning all. Resurrecting an interesting old thread here, but I was chatting to a friend about Yelland power station yesterday and it made me realise that I know very little about how it was fed? They had a system of sidings and an interesting little shunter and from my understanding the coal was bought in by sea but that’s about all I know. Would anyone have anymore information about how it all worked possibly? Nick
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    I guess very early 1970s for the original livery, with it being phased out when 97201 and 97406 were withdrawn around 1987 maybe? After that the RTC 31s - the fire destroyed 97203 and it’s replacement (97204) wore the newer version of the Technical Centre livery, along with their associated rolling stock I believe?
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    I do love a redhead (especially my Irish one)….
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