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Ok No worries thanks

Kevin Many thanks so article is in CJ Freezer style and who was editor of this magazine at the time Thanks for answer

Sorry I thought I had put it in the heading it was November/December issue 1994 other articles include a history of Hornby Dublin and an article about modelling Lngmoor military railway Dave

All I have this magazine and but I am missing a few pages from the front I am trying to track down the name of the author of the industrial estate article Article is on pages 56 to 60 Thanks

Alain Fantastic layout you have captured the look and feel of urban Glasgow in the 80s The 37s really look great Dave

Scouser the class 37 is the go anywhere do anything locomotive it is the best of the best and the only loco from that era which is still in 2018 booked everyday to work freight and passenger services. As said above operators drivers and train crew also like them. Two examples of these trains are as follows one passenger and one freight from my homeland. On the West Highland Line there is practically nowhere the track is straight and level lots of gradients and curves the class 37s performed this task day in day out with very high reliability and brought better timings to the WHL. The second train is the Hunterston to Ravenscarig ore and coal trains worked by pairs of class 37s they were hammered on these train 80 to 90% of journey was on full power and again very high reliability was achieved on these trains. Dave

All Is this down to traction policy they must have taken a hit on the class 73s 2 years to introduce 6 locos which were then found to have a major problem also the 92s have been misbehaving as well! If Serco do give it up hopefully be the end of 73s Dave

Jerry That's a nice layout less is more Dave

All Does this mean we can go on the last diesel hauled train on Settle and Carlise line in 2040 Dave

All Not good new for local pigeon fanciers x 2 gasometers in my area have just been saved/listed much to the joy of local MPs and MSPs When they blew up the gasometers and cooling towers at Ravenscraig hundreds of pigeons went missing as they use local landmarks to navigate Dave

Jim Thanks for that 1984 makes sense as that would have been miners strike so these wagons would have been at a loose end. I am sure there was a Thrislington to Ravenscraig dolomite train and Thrislington to Montrose agricultural lime train and although owned by Steetly they supplied British Steel and Thomson's with the lime Thanks for solving this one Kind Regards Dave

Jim Thanks i would say the class 40 dates it as 1986 or before i think after that they were not as common after that also you can just about make out a truck on the bridge that may help date it. The only other thing i would say is during strikes did the quarries still work i know Shap and Redmire were owned by British Steel was Thrislington?

Guys A very quick question what happened to the PTA tipplers from these trains when Consett was closed Thanks

All Thanks for replies these wagons were exclusively used on iron ore and lime to and from steel works and the Scottish ones would have been repaired at Motherwell as i recall Perth wagon works at this time was used mainly for engineers wagons still at a loss to explain them at Inverkeithing Fat Controller when The Craig steel works was closed some of these were converted for scrap traffic i think in the Cardiff area i have never heard of them being used for scrap until those conversions. I don't know what happened to the Tyne dock to Consett sets of these wagons could they being going to Inverkeithing for scrap?

Guys A nice conundrum for you today I have just seen a photo of a class 40 at Invekeithing with PTA tipplers this is miles away from any steelworks which I had thought these wagons were allocated too so why were they there. My only suggestion is that they were used for Montrose lime traffic during a steel strike or possible to the wagon repair works at Perth anybody know of any such workings Kind Regards Dave

Mike The BAAs never ran on the WHL but its your railway and you can run what you like! If they did run i think stanchions would have been more likely as they would have been used for Aluminium ingots also you could probably just about get away with the methanol tanks as a chemical for the Papermill or Aluminium works. You have made a great start can't beat a 37 with some Cargowaggons if you want a run down on WHL freight give me shout Dave

All Just an update the layout is now at my model club and i have space to work on it and store it and it will become a loop rather than an L shape i have liberated some scrap wood from my work to do this picture updates soon rolling stock mostly in place or on order Dave

All Can't find any evidence that 25235 was used at an open day or royal train it may have been an Eastfield depot spruce up to was around this time that they started putting the now legendary Scottie/Westie dog emblems on class 37s Also the reason i think that the numbers appear squashed is St Rollox/Glasgow Works applied larger numbers to overhauled locos can't remember the exact started but think it was 6 inches Glasgow works used 8 inch numbers Dave

Bob That's no problem Boness usually have a winter diesel gala on or about the 28th or 29th of December gives you a year to plan a trip there if you are far away there may also be a summer gala keep an on srpsdiesel.co.uk or follow them on twitter or Facebook should keep you up to date on progress also see link below for six bells junction it lists all the railtours and locos which worked them the further back you go the less complete the records so it may not always which loco has worked a tour http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/ht1981.htm Dave

Bob 25235 is under restoration at Boness it was once a regular performer but issues with wheelsets meant it could no longer run it is now going through the workshops progress can be seen here https://realrail.smugmug.com/Trains/25235-Restoration-at-Boness/ Dave

Corbs Works and ore barges as well as the caustic soda tank at docks still visible on google maps satellite view https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@56.0615671,-3.241164,14z/data=!3m1! Dave

Corbs Hope i can help the Burntisland plant was not an Aluminium works it was a processing plat for thebauxite ore . I am not sure of the exact process but raw ore was brought into the river Forth and transhipped from bulk carriers into barges which were unloaded on to 16 ton mineral wagons and taken the short distance from the docks to the works . Rail operations to the plant ceased in the 80's i think the steam pugs lasted until late 70's and the plant closed in the early 2000's (sadly now a housing estate) Traffic would have been Bauxite ore in 16 ton minerals Heavy oil for the power/burners at the plant Covhops for the finished processed ore Also other chemicals were used i think caustic soda in tank wagons this was later brought in by ship and road tanker to the works Kind Regards Dave

All I thought any prospect of Woodhead reopening was scuppered by electric pylons being routed through one of the existing tunnels Dave

Hi You can also add class 56's and 59's to your list of locos 56's in blue large logo blue and construction sectors i would say blue or Dutch livery 33 73 37 all of which are available from Dapol and Farish Dave

All With the Caley sleeper going to MK5 coaches will it be in next GWR franchise that new coaches are required and what would that mean for the 57s