Stormbringer

Hi all, over the last few months I have noticed trains coming into Felixstowe with a large number of KTA pocket wagons in the consist. 27 was the highest number counted, not all being loaded. What interests me is are they being hauled up here in 1 train from Southampton or are they being marshalled together from several other destination? Tia Pete

Further to my comment on train consist above, Freightliner have recently started using KTA pocket wagons in large numbers in one train. whereas before you would see only 2 or 3 in a train I recently counted 21 pocket wagons in a single train at Felixstowe. Pete

I once had a 20' open top refused by Freightliner Birmingham because one of the crossbars was missing. Apparently this would allow the canvas to flap about and possibly hit the OLE. Pete

Would Lima bodies fit the Bachmann chassis? Pete

Folks, I have at home the Lima 47798/99 in the Res Royal livery that I would like to fit sound to. From what I can see my options are limited as as far as I know no one else does a 47/7 in that livery. I can either fit harnesses or hardwire decoders. Or I can buy a couple of Hornby dcc ready 47s and swap bodies. Does anyone else have any other suggestions please? TIA Pete

To the best of my knowledge after 10 years delivering containers there are no 9' tall containers only 8'6" and 9'6". There are some 9'6" tall 20' containers about but not many, one removals company used them for a while a few years back but I haven't seen any in their colours for a while. Pete

Just as a thought, could you try emailing MSC etc and asking them for the info? Pete

Hi all I wish to fit sound to one of my 3 Hornby Merchant Navy locos 35025, 35028 and 35029. However there seems to be a bit of confusion, particularly around 35029 ( NRM collection) . In some places they state that the loco is dcc ready and in others dcc compatible. Unfortunately I seem to have mislaid the paperwork that came with the loco so am unable to confirm which is which. Can anyone confirm please either way? Tia Pete

Hi all Can anyone tell me please just how accurate the livery on this wagon is? I've been looking round for pictures 3rd but can't find anything. TIA Pete

I put both speaker (sugarcube) and decoder in the smokebox on my railroad Tornado. Works nicely too. Pete

I have vague memories of seeing a rake of seacows with a shark at each end. Having read this thread I have my doubts now. Is this a possibility or a no no given the sharks habit of digging in? Pete

Some container trains have a right royal mix of wagons in them, Fea-b, Fea-e Fea-s,Fla, Fsa, FTa, Kfa and Kta. others are mainly one type with an odd different wagon in the mix. I run FEA-B, FEA-E, FLA, KTA and KFA in my freightliner rake. Pete

I have 12 of the clean ones here and an assortment of Class 37s to haul them with. Pete

Hi all, I've just been watching container trains going in and out of Felixstowe and noticed that a good proportion of the wagons (mainly Fea, Fsa, Fta and one Kfa) have different coloured axlebox covers namely blue, green and yellow. Some of the yellow ones have a letter J stencilled on them. Is there any particular reason for this? Or is it just the first pot of paint you pay your hands on? One wagon actually had 3 different colour axleboxes. Tia Pete

5 now. Just acquired the BR blue single chimney version. That and the NRM black version have now had tts sound fitted. Pete

A lot depends on exactly what you want to model and what company. I've seen Freightliner trains run out of Felixstowe that are mainly Maersk boxes with a few brown lease boxes ( Triton, TAL, Tex, Gold. etc). Other trains have a right royal mix of both containers and wagons. Some trains are mainly for example FEA spine wagons with a couple of KTA's and KFA's thrown in, having said that I haven't seen as many KTA pocket wagons there as there are in Southampton. Other trains have several different types of wagon in the consist. Youtube could well be of help to you, just look up "Felixstowe container trains" Pete

Thanks Richard, I ordered a couple earlier. Pete

Keith I hadn't actually seen that document but had looked and discarded the idea. But thank you anyway. Pete

Richard, unfortunately the iPhone speaker doesn't fit on the smokebox, that was one of the things I looked at. I'm 99% certain a sugarcube will go as will one of your slim sugarcubes. Keith, I looked at that option as well but as the socket is at the front of the loco I decided to go with the smokebox option. Peter

Hi all, I've been looking at fitting tts sound to my Railroad Tornado (ex Tornado Express set). Having taken the body off it looks like the decoder and a small speaker such as a sugarcube will both fit in the smokebox. Has anyone tried this and if so how well does it work? TIA Pete

One, Mallard in BR green. Pete

4, all different versions of Flying Scotsman in A3 form. Br green without smoke deflectors, Br green with smoke deflectors, NRM version in Apple green with smoke deflectors and the wartime black NRM version. Pete

Hattons I believe are now advertising the Pink shed in oo gauge. Pete

Hi all, I have here a Bachmann WD 2-8-0 90441 that I purchased second hand and unboxed so I know very little about it. It does have the little plug underneath the tender and wires running back to the loco so I assume that it has pickups on the tender. Can someone please confirm that I am not lucky enough the have a loco that is also dcc ready? TIA Pete

In nearly 10 years delivering containers I personally have never carried a 30' box. As stated above they are mainly for Bulkhaul and IFF. Pete