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  1. Thanks for posting these photos Peter. (I have seen them "elsewhere"!) But it is nice to see more large scale stuff on RMW. (which reminds me I must get on with one or other of my projects) Trev
  2. I do have some (somewhere) of the same location taken in 63/64's big snow storm --- As I had received my first 35mm camera- (Petri 7s) There are a couple to come of the Hemel branch too Thanks for the interest. Couple more points that may be of interest to some, in the valley below & to the north (Luton- wards) Was the "Leather Bottle" PH. In the back garden of which lived Kerr Stuart Wren "Pixie" - which I help re-tube as I was skinny enough at the time to get hands head and shoulders in side the fire box! . East Hyde (IIRC) sewage works had a 2' gauge rope worked tramway which was adjacent to Luton Hoo (GNR) station.. Trev.
  3. While I as back in the UK the other week I grabbed a handfull of B & W Prints to scan when I got back to Ng. This lot are dated 20th March 1967 and where taken between Chiltern Green & Harpenden Junction. They note that the Tartan Arrow was a test train. Looks (if my memory is correct) like it is on the Up slow lines. I hope these are of interest to some one. Trev.
  4. As promised a few scans of some of the W,C & P stock that I built in the late 80's to early 90's. Small Railcar chassis - Motor / gear Box K's HMP2 (?) Wheels ex-Trix Warship. Body Plasticard, figures - Slaters. Clevedon (The second of three built! - one for the layout other two commissions) This one has Slaters wheels the first one had cast iron turned on my trusty Unimat. Not sure on the motor. First one had Tri-ang X04 which caught fire at Wells Exhibition! ( " ere mister your trains on fire") Hesperus, (The Second one I built - commission job) Slaters wheels again not sure on motor / gears. I had at that time a large stock of industrial rated gears and escape motors. I remember taking the first Clevedon (Which is not much bigger than a 10 ton coal wagon) to the local (ish) GOG test track. Hoots of derision (many of the members at that time were yet to be convinced about the practicalities of "fine scale" 0 gauge! We were using code 100 rail on PCB sleepers) but Clevedon romped around the test track with 20 so wagons behind her! I also built one of the ex Furness Rly Singles and the MW "Portishead" , I did start on one of the Muir Hill tractors but the layout had run its life. (main boards were 6 foot by two, half inch thick chipboard tops on 2" x 1" oak framing at one foot spacings! Each needed four people to handle them.) Trev.
  5. Hi John, I guess you have seen this site: http://www.wcpr.org.uk/ Seems to be a lot of info. Cant find the few digital photos at the moment (they may be on one of my hard drives elsewhere in the world. ) But I may have them in my stuff in UK - but I'm only here for a couple more days. Regards Trev
  6. Hi John, As one of those from the Nailsea MRC that built the model featured in the BBC TV program I'm glad to see your efforts. I'm not sure what happened to the stock after I sold all mine (most of the locos small Railcar) . The filming of the layout took all day when we set the layout up in the Church hall for filming. Not to be out done by the BBC the local ITV (HTV?) also made a short piece on the line, that though involved setting the layout up on the old track bed in the Gordano valley. Trouble was every time the sun came out the code 100 rails spiked to wooden sleepers expanded and closed isolating joints up! So trains would only run when the sun went behind the clouds - which didnt please the director! Keep up the good work and dont forget to post some more photos please. - I'll see if I can find some of mine. Trevor. .
  7. OK last lot ( difficult to believe it's nearly a month ago that I took some of these!. Few around Fort Langley station, Tanks cars (Renewable Energy Marketing Group) from the moving car from Golden Ears High way , Langley. CPR 3003 Switching in Port Coquitlam yard - again from a moving car - (no I wasnt driving!) And last but not least CPR 374 in the Roundhouse in Vancouver.
  8. Still on Vancouver Island, at Chemainus there was this sorry looking (needs some serious TLC) - falling apart (literally ) Loco. Meanwhile on the E & N railway on the other side of the road was road / rail bushwacker, that had been recently in use. There are plans to reintroduce passenger service on this line next year (yes - no - maybe) Chermainus does have some amazing wall paintings in the town - even found a shop (The English Sweet shop) that was selling rail mags!
  9. Heres todays offering, Kaatza Station & Museum at Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island . My GF is magic at finding these things - planned our lunch stop at a restaurant over looking these ....(it's viewable on Google Street view!) Both the Shay and the 1929 Plymouth could do with a bit of TCL
  10. Here's todays offering, Fraser Valley Heritage Railway [www.fvhrs.org/ ]using an inter-urban car ( towing a diesel generator trolley as there no longer any overhead. . What surprised me was how little room there was in the seats. Run on some weekends from Cloverdale to Sullivan - including a level crossing over highway 10. (aka 56th Ave)
  11. Having just returned to the "dark continent" after three weeks in and around Vancouver I thought I'd share some photos. To start Amtracks North bound "Cascade" at White Rock and crossing Boundary Bay Trestle. There will be more of other bits and pieces. If any one would like full size (for their own use) photos, please let me know. There is steam and traction to come too. Trev.
  12. South bound BNSF train heading down the coast past White Rock taken yesterday (Thursday) morning by my GF. (Bless her!) She has promised more another day. (Only eight weeks till I'm there!) Trev. (edited for typo)
  13. Being as you missed the interuban car in Steveston (which has some of the best fish - n - chips I've had anywhere!) Here are a few pics I took last May (2013) . I was asked if I'd like to "volunteer" to help with the restoration, but being as I was on my way to the airport had to turn them down. Mind you GF then said " well you could when you move in" Trouble is the barn it's stored in is not big enough to get some decent photos. There is a group running a restored interuban car (towing a generator on a trolley) in the area, on some Sundays...but for moment I cant think of the name. Trev.
  14. Thanks for posting those. I visited there this time last year, again noaction on the Railway so went to the nearby logging museum, was quite interesting though. My next visit is sort of planed for the end of August...maybe I'll have better luck! Trev.
  15. Saw this bit of kit at Swindon this afternoon. All nice new paint!
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