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The benchmark would surely be a one year old 68 class release rather than a 10 year old Western?

So when will you be receiving them?

There were 166 2-10-0s delivered to the TCDD of this particular design. As mentioned above, 22 from VF and 15 from BP, the remainder coming from German and Czech builders. Two more were built by the TCDD's own workshops in 1961. There were only 11 2-8-2s delivered of the above design - all from Henschel in 1937.

The more detail and the more variations, the higher the price, and the greater the mithering. Just sayin'.

So which loco was parked out the back of Hither Green shed circa 1967/1968 ?

Not your fault obviously - but that's a 4MT 2-6-4T not a 3MT 2-6-2T - regardless of what the caption says.

I can't believe 5 people agreed with the above. http://www.burystandard4group.org.uk/80097-br-4mt/history-of-the-standard-4-class The Standard 4 tanks were originally allocated to all regions of British Railways, except the Western. They became particularly associated with the London, Tilbury and Southend Line (LT&S) working commuter services out of London until that route was electrified in 1962. They were also widely used in East Sussex and Kent working from Brighton, Tunbridge Wells and Three Bridges on those lines of the former London Brighton and South Coast Railway that were not electrified. Another group worked from Polmadie depot in the Scottish region on the Glasgow commuter services. Note that from July 1962, a batch displaced by electrification of the LT&S was transferred to the Western Region’s Swansea (East Dock) and Shrewsbury districts, as well as other regions.

Jolly good. If unhappy with post and packing costs, suggest you wait until available in stores at estimated retail cost of £100, this will help alleviate your concerns.

There will always be someone mithering about summat.

The fully automated (driverless) Sydney Metro North West opened a couple of weeks ago - I managed a quick ride on it last week...... Sydney saw the opening of the A$ 8.3bn Sydney Metro North West rail link between Tallawong and Chatswood on 26 May, with around 140,000 people experiencing free travel for the day on the new service. Much of the newly constructed 23km rail line between Tallawong and Epping is underground with 15.5km in twin tunnels between Bella Vista and Epping, and 4.4km on a continuous elevated viaduct between Kellyville and Rouse Hill. At Epping the new line has been extended to include the former Sydney Trains 13km Epping to Chatswood rail line which has been converted for driverless metro operations. This is the first automated passenger operation in Australia to use driverless trains, and the thirteen stations on the line are also the first in Australia to be equipped with platform screen doors. Epping station Tallawong station Macquarie University station

Obviously beyond the comprehension of most on this thread.

Great shot Pete, but I wish you wouldn't do that I've been trying to resist ordering the N scale version of these and to wait patiently until the Cemflos come out in N. I think my patience is starting to wear thin.

Simple logic would make one think so, but sadly around here that is often not the case.

I saw just about every 25/3 in the flesh. Funnily enough though I can't tell whether the current 25 class underframe is accurate or inaccurate. There are more important things in life.

On the JiTong Railway in China it was somewhat ironic that some of the diesels were of the same vintage, if not older, as the steam locomotives they were replacing. On Saturday 26 February 2005, DF4 6007 heads back to the shed at Daban. In September 1978 on the West Sumatran rack railway at Padang Panjang is 0-10-0T E1007 built by Swiss manufacturer SLM in 1922. While beautifully posed and in steam for the duration of our 5-day visit, unfortunately it hardly turned a wheel during that time.

Chinese built CSR class loco 005 waits to depart SCT Logistics Penfield (Adelaide) terminal with the Wine Train shuttle to Outer Harbor - so called because it carries containers of South Australian wine for export (taken with permission) - 17 October 2014. Probably time to move on to 006

Pakistan Railways broad gauge (5'6"), oil fired 0-6-0 SGC 1281 was station pilot at Lahore on 30 November 1978. Built for India's North Western Railway by North British of Glasgow in 1912 (wks #20055).

First Great Western 3-car DMU 166208 forming the 1755hrs Bedwyn to Reading service seen just east of Hungerford on 12 April 2012.

Deutsche Reichsbahn 2-10-2T oil burner no.95 (0) 004 makes a smokey departure from Saalfeld, East Germany on 5 August 1977 with the 1652hrs Saalfeld to Sonneberg service.

When there's absolutely nothing left to whinge about the internet

Unfortunately I'm not an expert in these matters.

These damn capitalists.

On the Embsay Steam Railway, former GWR 0-6-2 no.6619 prepares to depart Bolton Abbey station - 11 April 2012

It will give me great pleasure recreating the combination, 47 years after taking the original.

It just keeps getting worse. Mopping up after the storms in Sydney. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqs7zRjnnp3/?utm_source=ig_embed