Padishar Creel Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Hallo, Mine arrived today, and I'm very impressed with them. Thanks to all concerned es grüßt pc 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 03060 Posted February 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2021 Sorry for being a bit late to the party but I have just bought my first PFAs for use as Wiggins Teape reeled paper carriers and will also be getting some more for Alcan aluminium ingot traffic. Am I correct in thinking that these are standard PFA/KFA wagons fitted with a pre fabricated flatbed unit on which either the paper or aluminium ingots sit ? I can find lots of images of them with loads on but only glimpses behind locos or distant views across Glens of them unloaded. I know that they feature on some of the Telerail dvds being loaded but iIRC the film is taken at loading platform level and the whole wagon is difficult to see, most of the images on Paul Bartlett's site show empty PFAs in use for container traffic without a flatbed. I would like to make them as reasonably accurate as possible if anyone can offer any more information. Thanks in advance, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 The Alcan traffic was using Freightliner flatbed containers, possibly C type and were returned empty on the Tiphook or Freightliner Flats. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 03060 Posted February 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2021 Thanks Mark, I'll have a look for these. Regards, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Hello, Which of the various KFA/PFA types available are best suited to the Greater Manchester binliner services from 2000-ish? None seem a great match to the photos on https://paul3715.tripod.com/binliner.htm, I think mainly due to the handbrake wheel. I don't mind some modifications to make one of the Revolution types more accurate, but I don't know which one is best to start with. Thanks, Carl. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike Posted March 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2021 Any of the VNH1 bogied KFAs (incorrectly listed on our site as Y25s) are the closest but the earlier Standard PFAs are a slightly different design to our PFA/KFA. Whether that bothers you is obviously a personal decision! cheers Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Thanks Mike, I'll take a closer look at those. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamphillip Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Ok so went to Doncaster show yesterday and picked up some Hunt N gauge couplings to use on my container wagons and the KFAs are having some issues with their close coupling mechs on tighter corners, they’ll move over to the side but then get stuck so that the spring that centres them actually pushes them out to either side and won’t centre. Anyone have a fix? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre Grouping fan Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Why is this thread showing in the Rapido section for me? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted February 15, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Pre Grouping fan said: Why is this thread showing in the Rapido section for me? These models were produced for Revolution by Rapido. Though it could probably be moved over... cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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