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“Highland Sulzers” - Inverness TMD in the 80's - P4


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5 hours ago, Mark Forrest said:

Bad news, the one I have is for VAA/VBA sides so isn't much use:

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Random question, prompted by something else I found while looking for that; were there any retailing equipment/tool vans based at Inverness during your time period?

 

Intriguing ...

 

I’m not sure what you mean by retailing?

 

Were they delivering parts by rail at this time - Emparts?

 

What have you found in your stash?

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1 minute ago, Indomitable026 said:

 

Intriguing ...

 

I’m not sure what you mean by retailing?

 

Were they delivering parts by rail at this time - Emparts?

 

What have you found in your stash?

Sorry, blame auto correct; for retailing, read re-railing :)

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Any use?

 

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Just now, Mark Forrest said:

Sorry, blame auto correct; for retailing, read re-railing :)

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Any use?

 

 

Interesting - I intend having a crane as you often see one in pictures, although what sort I’m yet to work out.

 

These overlay sides are really taking me back....

 

I’ll do some digging through my photograph collection.

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1 hour ago, Indomitable026 said:

 

Intriguing ...

 

I’m not sure what you mean by retailing?

 

Were they delivering parts by rail at this time - Emparts?

 

What have you found in your stash?

 

Shouldn't that be P4parts? 

 

Or even EnParts?

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16 hours ago, BernardTPM said:

I believe the chassis is the same length, but the ends have distinctly angled bracing which means the body corners are set in. It is lower too, being based on the contemporary 4-wheel container wagons, I believe. Certainly an out-of-the-ordinary wagon, unlike the converted VDA with it.

 

Its going on the “to be modelled” list.

 

An interesting prototype - something legitimately quite different

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8 minutes ago, Indomitable026 said:

 

Here’s another one Mark, 12T BR ply door ventilated van 

 

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Nice, I've got a few of those I was thinking about rewheeling to P4.

It either needs renumbering or a new underframe though as I think the number carried would be a clasp braked example.

A Red Panda or Rumney Models underframe would sort it out.

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16 minutes ago, Indomitable026 said:

 

70s going into the 80s. Departmental/ Parts?

Internal user/stores van is probably the most plausible explanation for one surviving that late.  There would have been plenty of redundant newer BR standard vans around by that date.

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It’s been a while.

 

Recently I’ve spent a good lot on time here watching what everyone is building. Well it’s got me all fired up again, so tonight I’ve dug the layout out of the garage in to the warm with a view to remembering where we got to.

 

First things first, putting the main board up...

 

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