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  1. Who could forget. 🙂 https://maps.app.goo.gl/fp8LCfLE47xYfErn6 At least Rotterdam made a joke of it. https://maps.app.goo.gl/ahhew2ajXf9rYM6m8
  2. Looks like the cosmetic mounting brackets for the centre section of the snow plough. Part no 82. Not needed on voyage dependant on your prototype. P
  3. Of which, some were still running into the 1980's & beyond.
  4. Palvans that were authorised to travel at higher speeds had been retro fitted with balanced springs. Problems still persisted and further testing found that one of the causes of instability was that the van body was too rigid. The western region vans modified for pallet ops were only 9ft wheelbase hence no (or accidental) XP rating.
  5. A fair bet that it has been in use to lead Van den Bergh and Jurgens product (Stork Margarine) for distribution or transfer to another Unilever plant. ... and there's this. Stabled in their usual spot. https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/37/149/ I have a few negs and transparencies of the Kirkcudbright Palvans. Most of them have the legend, "Return to Irvine ScR (GSW)". Guess who's spent a good bit of time researching Palvan traffic. Lever Bros assisted with the design.
  6. Still not as popular as the Posh People can Burn Pensioners (and people that look like Harry) Scheme.
  7. Makes interesting reading regarding the running qualities of the palvan. Now let's see if the link works: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Rugby1961.pdf
  8. Somewhere; I have a report into the investigations into the bad riding and derailments of early Palvans. One part which sticks in my mind was that if, a medium loaded palvan with a un-worn standard BR wheel profile, travelling at above 40 MPH encountered rail depression dip of just 3/8" over approx. 10 foot of rail (not uncommon at rail joints in areas of mining subsidence) one wheel would loose contact with the railhead. Two Palvans in the rake of a goods train that became derailed whilst being looped at Eamont Jnc. in 1960 jumped clean over the trains loco and ended up at the head of the wreckage. Having not had sight of an accident report I don't know if the Palvans where noted as being a contributory factor in the derailment. Don't take the dimensions noted above as definite as it's a long time since I read the report. I'll see if a can dig it out. P
  9. Not too sure if a smiley's appropriate.
  10. No, no, no. You need the accordion version followed by a mass banjo ensemble.
  11. Hand turned. You could always time this one.
  12. I've seen a few delivered with one of those vents detached. Mine was no exception, despite the witness marks of adhesive being used.
  13. Drifting back to the first post in this thread.
  14. I'm sure Chayley Broadbent, that well known Yorkshire Shoddy rag* dealer (with strong connections to Titfield) would would approve. He'd definitely think this edition, Value for Money.
  15. Pedant mode on: The late "John M Boyes". Pedant mode off. An early adopter and master of colour transparency and well known for giving away slides that he didn't think quite came up to scratch. https://flic.kr/p/24U4nts
  16. "Once seen never hidden". Along with the other two horizontal tooling lines that Hornby gave us. Maybe they were freebies that Hornby decided to give us in compensation for the missing cladding join or possibly the inside cylinder wheel bosses? I'll see if that joint can be improved once the B'masters 2MT chassis turns up. P
  17. Maybe Shildon did things differently? Maybe they had some surplus freight red to use up? Maybe they weren't refurbed at Shildon? Such a pity this photograph is blurred. At least it shows some 21 ton hoppers were having their interior painted in 65/6. D5153 Darlington 1966 01 01 by griffith_p, on Flickr Then there was the pic of ex works 16tonner, B100925 that showed the inside to be painted but this may have been done specifically for the exhibition it was appearing at.
  18. Hi Paul, There’s a good series of photographs on Smugmug showing how the walkways and roof detail should be. It starts here: https://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/UKRailRollingstock/T/TTA-2-axle-tank-wagons/i-fhRSgr9/A and has walkway gems such as this: Fortunately for us 4mm scale modellers there is the Stenson etch that will go to some way to making things more correct but should we have to correct things on a new tooling? To be fair to Hornby the quote from their blog was, “The new TTA tanker tooling suite accounts for almost all variants in the 35 and 45 tonne capacities”. Got to say, I’m looking forward to the 35t GLW TTA’s. This is the wagon they measured at Mangapps. https://flic.kr/p/aWgKuF TTO26E (Ex 6/715) built by Powell Duffryn in 1967. Looks like a pretty good match to me. Hth, P
  19. It looks an excellent model but such a pity that Hornby appear to be going down the generic route with liveries. Would have been a world beating wagon if they had got the solebar, walkway & tank top details correct to match the TTO43F diagram. Hornby proved they could get it right when they published photos of earlier tooling variations. I'll still have a couple to retro to the earlier 13 leaf spring version. How it should have been (with the later parabolic springs). https://flic.kr/p/WYD3yq
  20. ... and the influence of others from another discipline on the GWR. https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide ... and how over time UV and lack of maintenance caused Crimson to fade to an almost bauxite colour.
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