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Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71

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    Current voluntary work includes planning/organising/driving the coach to raise funds for 4 of our local churches through 6 annual outings. The new CPC requirements mean that even occasional coach drivers have to have completed 35 hours of classroom based training to gain the compulsory CPC card.

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  1. .....there is a good close up of D5107 on the 'Derby Sulzer' site....http://www.derbysulzers.com/5107blaydon.jpg Dave
  2. ...I might have considered going to look but was washing my hair....let me know once sanity resumes. Dave
  3. The Hornby version can only ever be a poor relation Ian....moulded plastic is no solution to wagons with a plethora of fine sections/rivet detail. Congratulations on more excellent work Dave
  4. ....perhaps if you squint a bit. Unfortunately, when modifying RTR it has to be all or nothing. Dave
  5. .....see my post on page 1 for a Ditton to Earles (Widnes empties) working with a class 45 via Northwich. The Widnes working via Lymm ran until 1986ish when the Lymm line closed....see my pic on page 1. Dewsbury via Sheffield lasted a little longer....the working switched to PCAs around 1990. Here is a June 1988 view of the Dewsbury empties https://www.flickr.com/photos/walnut_rede/5440988227/in/photostream/ Dave
  6. ....the Thirsk derailment was a trigger point for the revised suspension. The whole fleet was grounded for a while. Dave
  7. .... ....the basic Rolling Stock Library outline diagram should be available on the Barrowmore MRG site. Have a look at page 53. Remember it is always better to cross check dimensions shown on these diagrams where possible..... http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/BRPOWagons1Issue.pdf I have a 1964 Eastern Region Freight Trains Load Book of the type issued to guards at this time. Special mention has been written into the spaces under class 4 trains of the Cliffe to Uddingston working of these wagons..."brake at each end, roller bearing, 32 light alloy wagons via Ferme Park, D15/6 loco (1550 HP class 3 loco)". Class 4 trains running at 55mph had to have a minimum 90% of the wagons fully braked....brake vans had to be fully fitted or piped & gauged only and must have a wheelbase of 15ft or more. I last worked a rake of these from Ditton (ex Widnes) back to Earles sdgs via Weaver jcn & Northwich in the mid eighties driving 45034 when secondmanning Dennis Morton of Buxton shed. 50 mph 'vacuum passenger' braking/brake rate selector position. Have a picture somewhere taken in Ditton yard....I'll look it out...picture found but it was of the engineers trip which took us to Ditton from Guide Bridge and doesn't show the cement tanks. The rake of Cemflos just happened to be stabled there and we volunteered to take them back to Earles....not a regular sight though via Northwich as they used to run via Lymm in the booked working. Here is one that I took at Chinley at a similar time https://www.flickr.com/photos/43564631@N08/4569699681/in/album-72157622730543368/ Dave
  8. .....I'd be gathering together/consulting numerous close up images of the wagons which I intended to model from the various wagon websites so that I could understand the detail differences better and group individual features. Wagon books often have just one or two images of individual wagon types and a number of books might be necessary to get enough views. I would also be googling PCAs in 4mm to see which modellers/groups have made the best job of upgrading the Lima model so far. Dave
  9. Mornin' all, Has anyone found a positive comment from John on this thread yet? Dave
  10. ...maybe it is time to compare the SLW model standards with some of the good European mainland ones and have a look at some of the prices charged over there. Dave
  11. ....not seen any yet but we're bound to get pics posted here. Dave
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