David04 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hi All, I'm just starting out. I've read plenty of railway modelling books over the years, been to a few exhibitions and built a few baseboards but have never got any further than that. However, the bug has bitten and I'm keen to finally start playing with trains. I've cast around for ideas, flirted with various prototypes and scales but, inspired by some photographs of real trains, I've settled on nuclear flask movements in the DRS era in OO. Not sure exactly what year but likely to be quite recent. I have no plans for a layout just yet as starting from scratch in this hobby can be an expensive game. For now, I'm going to concentrate on building up a collection of rolling stock: a 37, a brace of 20s, a couple of FNAs, some nuclear escort coaches and maybe some RNA barrier wagons although those don't seem so common judging by the photos I've seen so far. So there you have it. Hopefully you'll see some more interesting posts from me soon. David. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Welcome David and good luck with your project. I understand from an article in Rail Express a few years ago that the requirement for barrier wagons was dropped sometime around 2002, which I think tied in with the practice of double heading all nuclear trains and was around the same timeframe as the need for a brakevan was dropped. Regarding the nuclear escort coaches, these were produced by Bachmann for Model Rail magazine as a limited edition a few years ago, but I understand that they now sell for 'silly money' on E-bay (ie £100 each). However, I don't think these are normally used in conjunction with the movement of FNA wagons and flasks (although I stand to be corrected). A couple of Class 20s in DRS livery would be nice, but unfortunately the Class 20/3 is not available ready to run, although someone (I think it was Model Rail) produced a Class 20/9 in DRS livery also a few years back. I'm hoping that Bachmann announce a Class 20/3 in DRS livery next year, but I've been hoping that for a while now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David04 Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Curious. For some reason I can't edit my top post.I've been continuing my research this evening and it seems that the requirement to include barrier wagons in flask trains was phased out in the mid 90's which would explain their absence from the prototypes I've been studying. That'll save me some money Edit: You beat me to it Dungrange Oh, and I've worked out how to edit my posts too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hello David, Welcome to the forum. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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