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  1. According to David Peel's "Locomotive Headboards - The Complete Story" two types of cast "Cornish Riviera Limited" headboards, one featuring cast lettering and the other painted lettering, were used concurrently with each other for the period 11 June 1956 to Summer 1958. One way to determine which is being carried is that on the cast letter version the letter "R" has an upturned tail which is absent on boards with painted lettering. In 1958 the title changed to "Cornish Riviera Express" but again the headboards used either cast or painted lettering. The Getty Images picture also features in the book and carries the following caption: "On the first day of the summer timetable, the brand new wooden board (with painted lettering) is given a shine for the press by driver Lewis Parker. The thickness of the board will be noted, 11 June 1956."
  2. I know they say never to model a model but how about using a Britains diecast model as a reference source? They do a 1:32 version of a Howard 155 model which can be found on eBay for a reasonable sum and for your purposes should yield a scaled down 4mm version that looks the part (if necessary you could also use it's various proportions to make smaller / larger types to fit your wagons). Another avenue I've used for information are auction houses which deal with farm and machinery sales. They frequently catalogue their lots on line with a reasonable number of pictures taken from different angles. They sometimes give the tyre size but even if they don't by entering your own value for this you can then work out dimensions using it as your reference (it won't be 100% accurate but I've found it works to produce vehicles that look in proportion).
  3. The following website has some useful insight into armour plate used on ships: https://kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1643 ARM ET and EL wagons could also find a use in transporting heavy castings as well as plate - there's a nice shot in Don Rowland's "Twilight of the Goods" showing a diagram 2/001 ARM EL B907113 at Carlisle in 1960 with just such a heavy block load. Incidentally when carrying plate on flat topped or armour plate wagons it was stipulated that loads were to be chained along their length as well as crosswise.
  4. Using Wayback Machine I've retrieved the following information for the kits Blacksmith were doing back in 2010 and listed them as an Excel file. For anyone not familiar with using Wayback Machine then the following link should take you to the archived Blacksmith website pages (I think most of the links to their products shown on there work should you wish to look at the non-kit stuff they did : http://web.archive.org/web/20100715170643/http://www.blacksmithmodels.com/kits.htm Blacksmith Brass Kits.xlsx
  5. The Aberdeen portion actually started its journey at Elgin as 1A08 05:52 Elgin - Carstairs which changed code from Aberdeen, becoming 1C83 and then joining with 1V90 10:47 Glasgow Central - Penzance at Carstairs (It was also given the "Cornish Scot" named train title). One sizable group using such long distance services at this time were military personnel, especially RAF and Navy. Many families remained in situ after spouses were posted to other camps or personnel were simply going to / returning from tours (especially at sea) so a steady flow of long distance travelers emerged.
  6. The following links may be of help as they carry details for both steam, diesel and electric locos manufactured at Vulcan Foundry, although in the case of the latter two types the cutoff date is 1962. https://enuii.org/vulcan_foundry/diesel_and_electric_locomotive_list.htm https://enuii.org/vulcan_foundry/locomotive_list.htm https://enuii.org/vulcan_foundry/photographs/pictorial_loco_list.htm https://enuii.org/vulcan_foundry/photographs/pictorial_diesel_loco_list.htm
  7. Royal Mail have announced details for a special issue of stamps commemorating LNER A1 locomotive No. 4472 "The Flying Scotsman", scheduled for release on the 9th March 2023. Poignantly the stamps will also be the final issue featuring the silhouette of HM Queen Elizabeth II. A variety of souvenir products are available for pre-order from: https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/flying-scotsman
  8. According to Roger Harris' "The Allocation History of BR Multiple Units - Part 4" (which covers second & third generation DMUs and HST Stock) the following details are listed for the vehicles in question: 40310 - August 1985 40311 - November 1985 40312 - October 1985 40313 - Converted November 1985 but actually renumbered in February 1986 40314 - Converted circa December 1985 but believed renumbered February 1986 40315 - August 1985 40316 - September 1985 40317 - October 1985 40318 - as per 40314 40319 - September 1985 40320 - October 1985 40321 - September 1985 40339 - circa October 1985 40340 - October 1985 40341 - circa November 1985 40342 - circa December 1985 but in works for fire damage repair until August 1986 40343 - September 1985 Copies of the volume are still available at Bill Hudson. https://www.billhudsontransportbooks.co.uk/bhtb/bh14154/the-allocation-history-of-br-diesel-multiple-units-part-4/
  9. Crecy's website is showing Volume 5 covering open wagons due April 2023 https://www.crecy.co.uk/the-acquired-wagons-of-british-railways-volume-5
  10. I discovered the following regarding load for Milk trains, taken from a BR WR publication published by Paddington October 1974 titled "Loads For Passenger, Parcels, Motorail and Milk Trains".
  11. Hopefully Eaton won't mind but for those interested in advance tickets then they can be purchased by following the link below: https://www.wiganfrm.org.uk/product/Expo2022/2?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
  12. Hi Simon, Presumably you are referencing a picture in Russell's "Great Western Coaches 1903 - 1948" which depicts W1317W with a board carrying two BR coach crests either side of a "?? Tote System Vehicle" title. The Tote system was an American idea which allowed delivery of powdered loads direct from manufacturers to end users in leased dedicated containers. British Railways adopted the idea with the license for manufacturing the containers given to Pressoturn Ltd of Leamington Spa who, from 1959, built a series of "T" Type Containers which differed only in cubic capacities. A number of Dia 1/462 12T Pipe wagons were modified with internal springs to hold ten containers, a picture of which (along with further details) can be seen at: http://emgauge70s.co.uk/model_omwb184.html Incidentally the Russell image shows the sign board with an indistinct word before the "Tote System" wording which could possibly be "Pressoturn" - if so I wonder if the picture was taken at Leamington Spa?
  13. Dave Larkin's data sheet states that the CONFLAT C code was reused in 1973 for Rectanks slightly modified to take whisky containers between Invergordon and Greenock. Later TOPS codes were FWP (FY001A) and FZP (FZ001A) and he has them finishing this traffic around 1978. It seems the only modification made was to fix spigots to the floor to locate the containers.
  14. At one time I used to work in Thornbury so often took the road up through the docks rather than the M5. More by luck than judgement I came across 56.114 "Maltby Colliery" and 37.887 "Caerphilly Castle / Castell Caerfili" on the 25th June 1993. On the slide mount I have written "Gauging trials for new terminal - awaiting Class 60" which I presume is the subject of your image. On the 27th July 1993 I recorded 60.056 "William Beveridge" with a note on the mount stating "First load of coal from new terminal"
  15. I have a Rails of Sheffield D9008 on pre-order but having just spoken to them they don't appear to be getting any P4 or EM wheelsets to send out. I'm in for an EM gauge set but how would I go about obtaining them? Will they appear on your website as a separately listed item or are they only obtainable as an option when ordering a loco?
  16. A classic case of listing under the wrong category - full sized van LMS van body listed under "Magazine" category although at 99p it works out cheaper than a kit! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265538871280?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D236703%26meid%3D762a94217fc849e4ba9c3eeb97dd06d9%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D144401888377%26itm%3D265538871280%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv9PairwiseWebMskuAspectsV202110NoVariantSeedWithWeightedSampleMeHot&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A265538871280762a94217fc849e4ba9c3eeb97dd06d9|enc%3AAQAGAAACUIIvMSUJmGN4KKn2Bpgn4GWzjCqZfHYx6KYtVCS9tId4O5e%2FwqjxmmAdTBeWxuOWt3eXcRTS5EPRVQGzy9S1ypKAI3%2FfgpVkEl%2FjzzbVqYCClwgS16cYDHWKE6Q8yhEBJL%2F%2BVSAZAdnopjHFfZ0wfXuXJSok1paRazFjXlpvAi3U0HNXRrThDgaGe88pFYN8WRs4K3Rgtpj%2BUuUFB3DuuDJtvAcamnhu1FmtRbMmSvx914iXfw%2BQmL2G4D0%2FmIakpV2PBouXi3uAbhQLDADzOTtXeIsRKJ6DEWUNQYnqEcV%2BMzwouu6NQXNPn5ax0v5vL2jgrFeaCuJ277t79yAIuHcq22iIa956xKQDWAUpf9Hc4CgsH3OltAsgjyONhlvbb4%2Fk%2BdFJrGcQNofs%2FStq%2BDa3I50WjBndRnnR1ltRLaR%2B4tRjXfl%2FqIzE1Mq4giHFmH0YYrKFBs9nr23DK82%2FXYIZ8aNPD%2FFvIW0dJSxvi7eajNFBLoMbJLhZbevbVAON3RRnDbfyKAFrLfLRvY18%2BT%2FLELbAH1I1CmGEFuJOgj8C1fU%2BqvDuTJ881JqGajMllrUnhDy8ctAK42ugXzDBcYu3wR8aVz1t0zG2Dn0rIrSKAysS%2BMLo0wFOve9JhqG5v1INXxWqYsLFjd63ii4YjXgOyYdIrClah3DKbV%2FIRVtB%2FvMMQMDUXFoGzv7AIEqwRmm86jg3hv9joMs%2BBTdu7MVHCvp8qLXzSZI5ehvbufbfKOfo%2FctUQ4XJ17dwacS8m9NWGgnX1LETEqhP%2FasEOBk%3D|ampid%3APLX_CLK|clp%3A2047675
  17. Penbits do a range of etched brake gear for Classes 37, 47, 50, 55 & 57 http://www.penbits.co.uk/Content/Prices.html#Detail
  18. There are some reasonable images (b&w though) on the following facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/569230660647798/posts/569872020583662/
  19. On the freight side of using computers, the following appeared in the May 1973 edition of "Railway Magazine": COMPUTER TIMETABLES FOR POWER STATION COAL MERRY-GO-ROUND trains between Yorkshire collieries and the impressive concentration of power stations in that county at Ferrybridge, Eggborough and Drax work to a series of precision timetables produced with the aid of British Railways ICL "1904A" computer at Crewe. During the week ended February 2, a total of 197,800 tons of coal was moved in 228 special trains from thirteen collieries to these three power stations. Timetable details are complicated by the fact that the quantities of coal supplied and the collieries from which it comes change from week to week. Additionally, some collieries have no bunker facilities and must load coal direct into the wagons, requiring the train to be at the colliery at precisely the right time. Every Thursday afternoon, the CEGB notifies BR of the tonnages of coal required by each power station during the following week, and names the collieries from which it is to be moved. Before close of work on the same day, the necessary timetables together with details of turns of duty to be worked by the train crews, have been worked out, duplicated and distributed. On receipt of the weekly details of coal tonnages and collieries at Leeds, the information is transferred to a punched tape. Week by week, various collieries will not have coal available at certain hours; different numbers of empty wagons have to be collected from various points; train-crew meal breaks and changeover points have to be considered; power stations cannot accept deliveries at certain times of day. All these, and other variables must be put on the punched tape, which is transmitted to Crewe and fed into the computer. This is already programmed with basic timetable information, which it retains permanently. The computer breaks the work into sections, and works out timetables of each one, which is punched onto paper tape for transmission back to Leeds, where it is automatically printed ready for duplication and distribution. The whole job takes about four hours, or a little more than one minute to produce a complete timetable for each train. Some of the diagrams call for intensive use of the locomotives concerned: for example during the week of January 22-26, the locomotive of train K89 was on shed for only 3 hr. 32 min. out of 24 hours. Details of this diagram are shown below: Arr Dep Knottingly MPD ---- 09:48 Gascoigne Wood 09:04 09:20 Kellingley Colliery 09:40 10:58 Eggborough Power Station 11:10 12:05 Prince of Wales Colliery 12:27 13:38 Knottingley 13:50 13:52 Eggborough Power Station 14:08 15:03 Kellingley Colliery 15:14 16:47 Eggborough Power Station 16:59 17:54 Acton Hall Colliery 18:22 20:00 Ferrybridge SB 20:20 20:22 Ferrybridge Power Station 20:36 21:22 Kellingley Colliery 21:36 22:54 Eggborough Power Station 23:06 00:01 Hexthorpe Colliery 00:54 01:27 Ferrybridge Power Station 02:52 03:38 Knottingley 03:50 04:12 Gascoigne Wood 04:26 05:00 Knottingley MPD 05:16
  20. Funnily enough I've just been handed a pile of magazines with one, The Railway Magazine March 1994, containing an update on Central Door Locking. It states that the project for CDL was awarded to ABB Transportation in July 1993 and covered approx. 1877 slam door carriages. The work was initially got underway at Crewe but later 'Gatwick Express' stock was done at Stewarts Lane and HST stock at DML Plymouth. Later Derby Litchurch Lane and Hunslet-Barclay, Kilmarnock were to play a part with the numbers eventually planned to be Crewe (699), Derby (365), Hunslet-Barclay (352), Stewarts Lane (84) and DML Plymouth (377). 36 vehicles at a time were to be modified with the work lasting approx 4-5 days and ABB staff were responsible for undertaking the work whilst using local facilities. Towards the end of 1993 Crewe modified three vehicles Nos. 42005/016/7 on a trial basis and then used them for staff training. Early 1994 saw Nos. 40205/41011/2/42015/44002/5 modified so that a full set could be put into traffic on IC Great Western. Three unknown sleeper coaches were similarly treated in late 1993 whilst the first loco hauled rake of stock Nos. 10237/11020/1/8/12013/25/7/8/121/170 and DVT 82134 entered traffic in January 1994.
  21. The two entities were separate companies rather than one and the same. The whole picture of these scrapyards is quite confused given that they were all in close proximity to each other on the New Springs branch and isn't helped by them being wrongly titled. Ince Wagon Works and Thompson & Company were sited to the east of the branch and both eventually became part of Central Wagon Co who already had premises on both sides of the branch. (Loco scrapping was carried out in the vicinity of Thompson's yard). Wigan Wagon Company was sited to the west of the branch and became part of Wagon Repairs Ltd c1945 before closure in 1965. I have a Central Wagon "catalogue" which shows a PO Box address as seen below.
  22. The 4mm scale Hollar van posters are now available as free downloads in PDF format from the Scalefour Society and in 7mm scale from the Gauge O Guild so you can print as many as required! P.S. I have tried adding the necessary links but for some reason the post won't upload with them included.
  23. The following link to an RCTS article shows quite a few still in traffic: https://features.rcts.org.uk/carriage-conundrums/gwr-br-non-passenger-carrying-coaching-stock-disposals/gwr-br-siphon-g/
  24. Hattons are now showing CAD images along with pricing and delivery information: https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail?id=927&utm_campaign=mar-0748-heljan104rrpconfirm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Klaviyo&_kx=g1L_bsdxDnXv0HJ3Egnf4kS1YkZ_2Tg1kAr-Izee_-batwpFjwwesSxtsYwMv0Rh.JGQeXh
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