thirty2a Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 I love these old pictures, Since starting on my expanding knowledge (LCC, MET and United) it is fascinating to learn of the history of London trams. I must confess to being a South London post war enthusiast until quite recently but I am now fully committed to the whole system ... tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coline33 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Now here is a challenge!!! Roger Tuke has permitted his views of Breakdown Tender 176K he has made for the T&LRS Bridge Street layout, to be shown here. The crane has to be completed with its hawsers and hook. The wheel on the crane top is not the spare wheel!!! The spare wheel can be see inside the canopy in the offside view. 176K often tendered on the Streatham routes. That just leaves 173K to 175K to be modelled in similar condition. 177K is similar but also has the overhead line tower added. Who will step up to the mark? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirty2a Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 love it, I have a tower wagon but have not taken it out of its box as yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coline33 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 What is an interesting question is the need to have a tower wagon on an all conduit layout! In reality Brixton Hill depot with its overhead wiring this had to be maintained. Now the Streatham to Purley overhead was maintained after 1935 by the trolleybus OLE team at Sutton depot. So they could have done what little was needed at Brixton Hill. But down the road in Brixton started two sections of overhead operation. More likely that the team responsible for these looked after Brixton Hill - so where were they based? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainwright1 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) 58 minutes ago, thirty2a said: love it, I have a tower wagon but have not taken it out of its box as yet. Hope that it is not the Corgi one. ABS did a nice kit for the one preserved by the LT Museum and kept at Acton. I think that the kit may now be available from KW Trams. All the best Ray P.S. Hope that you are keeping well Colin. Might bump into you somewhere this year. P.P.S. See you tonight Tony ? Edited April 25, 2023 by wainwright1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coline33 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 43 minutes ago, wainwright1 said: Hope that it is not the Corgi one. ABS did a nice kit for the one preserved by the LT Museum and kept at Acton. I think that the kit may now be available from KW Trams. All the best Ray P.S. Hope that you are keeping well Colin. Might bump into you somewhere this year. P.P.S. See you tonight Tony ? The ABS Mercury is still listed in the ABS range on KW Trams website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirty2a Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 2 hours ago, wainwright1 said: Hope that it is not the Corgi one. ABS did a nice kit for the one preserved by the LT Museum and kept at Acton. I think that the kit may now be available from KW Trams. All the best Ray P.S. Hope that you are keeping well Colin. Might bump into you somewhere this year. P.P.S. See you tonight Tony ? not sure yet Ray.. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 I am resurrecting this thread due to the passing of Colin Withey. In earlier posts there is talk of Colin's models moving onto others members/layouts. I have some to dispose of and would be interested in who might like to acquire them Dave Smith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirty2a Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 Hi Dave, PM sent tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirty2a Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 Time to paint out the adverts ready for new ones, also fix the door issue and start work on the depot ‘shunter’ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wainwright1 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Hi Tony. Is that shunter a Fleischmann loco or something similar ? I seem to recall that Blackpool had a shunter like this, now preserved at Crich I think. See you tomorrow. All the best Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirty2a Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 (edited) Yes it is Ray, I liked it but it’s getting LT treatment Edited January 21 by thirty2a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 This is the ex-Blackpool one, now at Crich...... The model one looks like it is one of the ones off the Oberammegau branch....... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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