Miss Prism Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Dapol hasn't mentioned doing anything other than a 5101/6100 as yet on the Dapol Digest. From the Open Day graphic above, it looks like Dapol is currently confining itself to the Standard 2 boiler locos. Note the square front frame in the graphic, indicating a 5100 class, albeit a late rebuild with low cab. It's not clear what Dapol mean by "allows for the earlier 3100". 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stannard Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 16 hours ago, Les1952 said: From Today's open day - as far as I can remember. On the 2-6-0 The slide from the presentation. I hope I'm not breaking copyright with this pic. Most of the delays on recent projects have been down to electronics- getting this board that sits inside the loco to actually work has taken time, and things are running about three months (someone might have a corrected number) delay to an awful lot of recent projects. Note (from me) that the N-Gauge Society Hunslet diesel has also been held up by electronics- in their case German - so holdups are not limited to Dapol and China. The first loco with this new board is the O-gauge 14xx which could well be here in time for Warley (I specifically asked Andy about this time frame). Andy demonstrated how easy it is to fit a decoder and sugar cube speaker to the board- no soldering, they clip or plug in and the board slides in and out on a track. The EP of the mogul was running but was a little too fast for my camera to cope with in the available light. The screen from the presentation. The Prairie is starting tooling. Note that they are intending to do the 3100, 5100 and 8100 prairies and these will be designed into the tooling. The comment was that it will be much more advanced technically than competing models and is thus very much worth doing. Others might have caught more detail than I did- my pen failed which is why I resorted to the phone camera and memory. Les Thanks for posting this update as we were all pretty much left in the dark as to what was going on, by the sounds of it there will be plenty of light at the end of the tunnel. I am really happy to hear of the prospect of an 81xx on the horizon, I had originally preordered a 51xx but cancelled as my main interest is Mid Wales and Cambrian Coast lines, a 51xx would be slightly out of place roaming that territory but an 81xx on the other hand would be well and truly on home turf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 When was Barmouth Bridge cleared for blue locos? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR8700 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) 3 month delay is neither here nor there so it's good to see the Mogul progressing. For someone who knows more about Prairies, is it easy to convert a member of the 31XX to the 3150 variant? Edited September 22, 2019 by GWR8700 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Miss Prism said: When was Barmouth Bridge cleared for blue locos? Some "Blue" locos were permitted subject to certain local restrictions but 2-6-2T and 2-8-0 types were specifically prohibited in the WTT lists. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 So no large Prairies went west at Dovey Junction? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2019 43 minutes ago, Miss Prism said: So no large Prairies went west at Dovey Junction? Extract from Oswestry District WTT Summer 1959 Barmouth and Old Chapel viaducts were also restricted to 10mph for 'Blue' engines in the speed restrictions table. Further on we find This means that a Large Prairie could get to Barmouth from Barmouth Junction which is confirmed by the tables in the Chester District WTT. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentor95 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Hope this is OK, please delete if not. Copied from Didcot Railway Centre Facebook page. Thought might be interesting for some Eastern Region modellers of the early days of British Railways. 26 September 1949, two 61XX class locomotives were transferred from the Western to the Eastern Region of British Railways. Numbers 6129 and 6166 were reallocated to the stock of Neasden shed (34E). They worked London Marylebone to Aylesbury and Princes Risborough trains and were outstationed at Aylesbury for these duties. The Western Region got them back again in July 1951. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2019 Aylesbury was already a GWR shed before nationalisation as a sub shed of OOC (code 11) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2019 14 hours ago, Brentor95 said: Hope this is OK, please delete if not. Copied from Didcot Railway Centre Facebook page. Thought might be interesting for some Eastern Region modellers of the early days of British Railways. 26 September 1949, two 61XX class locomotives were transferred from the Western to the Eastern Region of British Railways. Numbers 6129 and 6166 were reallocated to the stock of Neasden shed (34E). They worked London Marylebone to Aylesbury and Princes Risborough trains and were outstationed at Aylesbury for these duties. The Western Region got them back again in July 1951. Purely a result of Regional boundary changes and responsibilities - I doubt if the engines moved their home shed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2019 14 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: Purely a result of Regional boundary changes and responsibilities - I doubt if the engines moved their home shed. Both were OOC locos before being "re-allocated" to 34E Neasden when Aylesbury became attached to that main shed. Later 6129 moved to Reading and 6166 to Tyseley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2019 20 minutes ago, melmerby said: Both were OOC locos before being "re-allocated" to 34E Neasden when Aylesbury became attached to that main shed. Later 6129 moved to Reading and 6166 to Tyseley And the stayed at Aylesbury all the time because it moved from being a sub of OOC to being a sub of Neasden. The last time I did Aylesbury shed (on a Sunday afternoon) there were three engines there - one ex LNER, one ex LMS, and one ex GWR (a 14XX) definitely a place for variety 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post adb968008 Posted November 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2019 In my opinion, aside of GT3, these were the star of the show today... paint samples of the 63xx. I would draw attention to the wheels, prototypically thick wheel rims with barely a separate tyre discernible. Dapol indicated the wheels will be painted rather than darkened metal, and have very nice, less obtrusive bolts holding the rods on. its clear a lot of attention has gone to the bottom end. tender is a push fit connection (no wires) a similar style to an NEM pocket, but pivoted to slow for corners. very crisp moulding, quite thin in some areas. This wasn’t originally on my hit list but having seen them today I am impressed. only opinion on the paint sample was the BR lined green versions were too light. Suggested a wartime 53xx with rain cover and rifles mounted in the cab might be a good idea for the future. Dapol are always great to talk to 9 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 On 22/09/2019 at 19:06, TheSignalEngineer said: Extract from Oswestry District WTT Summer 1959 Barmouth and Old Chapel viaducts were also restricted to 10mph for 'Blue' engines in the speed restrictions table. Further on we find This means that a Large Prairie could get to Barmouth from Barmouth Junction which is confirmed by the tables in the Chester District WTT. The interesting thing about that is it mentions the 3 cylinder Stanier 2-6-4Ts. I wonder whether they were planning on transferring them from the LT&SR at the same time as the BR 4MTs? Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 adb968008 - thanks for Mogul pics. Did you get any side-on views? I accept that was probably difficult given the arrangement within the glass case. Or maybe someone else can get a side-on view tomorrow. (There is still a questionmark about the slide bar and conn rod lengths.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted November 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2019 Hopefully will get a look before the show opens tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Miss Prism said: adb968008 - thanks for Mogul pics. Did you get any side-on views? I accept that was probably difficult given the arrangement within the glass case. Or maybe someone else can get a side-on view tomorrow. (There is still a questionmark about the slide bar and conn rod lengths.) Best I could do today Miss Prism. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steam in the North West Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Those look absolutely amazing. I want one now!!!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 31 minutes ago, Steam in the North West said: Those look absolutely amazing. I want one now!!!!! An unexpected sight tbh... made my day. Just now need a Wartime Black one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Garethp8873 said: Best I could do today Miss Prism. Close, Gareth, but I need a straight-on side view, preferably with the conn rod at 6, 9 or 12 'o' clock. Btw, is the lined green one '6384'? And has anyone seen a prototype pic of 6384 in lined green? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Miss Prism said: Close, Gareth, but I need a straight-on side view, preferably with the conn rod at 6, 9 or 12 'o' clock. I'll have a go tomorrow Miss P. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2019 I'm assuming Dapol have chosen number 7301 for their GWR model with BR smokebox number [ 4S-043-003] then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted November 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2019 I wonder if Dapol will twig that there's somethign funny going on tomorrow when loads of people turn up and try to take the same photo? If we take enough photos from different angles we could stitch together a 3d model of their model using photogrammetry! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Conversations today circled around a93xx cab and then a four wheel pony truck..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted November 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2019 Are they still talking about producing the Priaries? Or have these been shelved? Must admit you not looking at the a Dapol stand today at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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