Garethp8873

We spoke of foreigners at the Severn Valley a few weeks back. How about this foreigner at Didcot Railway Centre? And to keep the GWR people satisfied, ex-ADR 1340 Trojan 😜

As said on the main thread for EFE Bloaters, whilst I am looking forward to seeing them, the lettering used for the running numbers, "FOR FISH TRAFFIC" and "BLOATER/BLOATER A" just doesn't look right to me.

Whilst I am impressed and looking forward to seeing these eventually appearing in my rolling stock, I do have to say that the font used for running numbers, "FOR FISH TRAFFIC" and "BLOATER/BLOATER A" on the GWR examples just doesn't look right when compared to photographs of them in their GWR days.

After the positive reception of Kernow's Steam Railmotor in the Lined Chocolate livery, it's good to see Dapol tap into the more obscure GWR liveries :) Just one for me it seems and that's GWR 1159 :)

Might be worth keeping an eye on your wallets this week... spoke to Accurascale today about my payment for the exclusive LNER J68 7027 and they've confirmed the £139.99 will be coming out of my bank account on Thursday.

I wouldn't say there's a need for ASO. Second stock always turns up. You just have to patient sometimes...

Another arrival from Rapido!! The GWR modeller is being spoilt rotten with the GWR V14, V16, O11 and O15! 😁

Cheers, my aim is to focus on Set's 3, 4 and 5. Possibly 2 but I doubt it.

I have initiated my purchases of these with GWR 3751 today! An amazing model and I look forward to seeing the others. A question, can anyone tell me the eras that each of the six sets would work with please (in particular the GWR ones)?

Thank you, that's the one I was referring to in my post earlier. With that in mind roughly 12 twelve years service the vans gave Cadbury then. Whether they were withdrawn by the LMS or BR is another question.

This is speculation but looking in the background of one of the photos on the Transport Library website, there are photos of several ex-NER examples and possibly a Caledonian one in the very back but I cannot say for certain if it's Caledonian or not. The date of the photos is around 4/3/61 so if the van in the background is indeed a CR Dia.67, we can say the vans at least had 6 years service with Cadbury prior to them being donated to the fledging Severn Valley Railway in June 1967. I would suggest that like many pre-grouping wagons, the Caledonian Vans that went to Cadbury with withdrawn from possibly BR service in the mid-50s or maybe earlier. There is another photo where a CR Van is in the background but I cannot put my hand on it. All I know is the loco in front which is the No 10 Saddle Tank.

I know of this photo of one Dia.67 in a goods in LBSCR territory.

If the top one did go to Brechin, there is only a chassis left now sadly... Photo belonging to Allan Jenkins.

I've been waiting for the Caledonian Vans for years so I am not complaining at all. And you're right, we've never had it so good 😁

I suspect they were used to inspect the contents inside the van without opening the main door.