luckymucklebackit Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 The phenomenal quantities of pre-orders for the J36 will have the bagpipes playing loudly in the Hornby design office and a Caledonian 439 class 0-4-4 will be announced! JIm 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
County of Yorkshire Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) TOPLIGHTS! Well if you say it enough, it's bound to come true... Edited May 2, 2018 by County of Yorkshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 TOPLIGHTS! Well if you say it enough, it's bound to come true... Bless you! May I add the word "inexpensive"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2018 Only a couple of days now to a lovely, high fidelity, 27xx pannier. Strange to think, it could be a 94xx pannier instead.... Or, our missing link, the North Staffordshire locomotive. No Taff Vale Railway models please, we've already got enough of those.... Cheers, Ian. Don't toy with my emotions, Ian... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted May 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2018 Don't toy with my emotions, Ian... Spoken with a touch of irony, old boy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covkid Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 When does the "Elizabeth line" officially open ? I am still thinking Hornby will stake a claim to the Aventra family of units which are currently on order for Anglia, SWR, WMR, LNWR and Crossrail. something like 2,600 vehicles !!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Now a straightframed Saint would be something left field - doesn't look like all the other GWR 4-6-0s, (excuse me while I wash my mouth out). It would represent the rebuild in intended condition. I'm not sure how good it would be for later condition Saints, as I don't have enough knowledge to know whether Saints were rebuilt to curved frame in later life. Be too much to ask Hornby to cater for both types. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted May 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2018 Bless you! May I add the word "inexpensive"? You can try. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Based on the twitter drawing leak, its obviously a multiple unit of some type... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 TOPLIGHTS! Well if you say it enough, it's bound to come true... Fell! Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted May 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2018 Slightly off-topic, however.... Significant advances have been made in manufacturing techniques over the years, to the point of making frames for full-size locomotives vastly easier, and more important, more accurate and cheaper. I'm currently setting out a business plan for a full-size locomotive replica, and my previous perceptions about prices & costs are somewhat altered from work we've done some 20 years ago. Hindsight is a wonderful thing..... Cheers, Ian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 But they all appeared years ago - quite a lot of years in some cases. So they hardly count 'as 'new' in the current rt-r sense of that word. Half of them have appeared since the Bachmann 94XX was announced though. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpearce Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Based on the fact that, as has been said above, the teased drawing on twitter shows a coach with a motor bogie AND there's been a handily timed tweet from the guys working on 3417 Gordon Pettit having a recording session of the sounds, my money is on some sort of Mk1 3rd rail EMU. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted May 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 2, 2018 Based on the fact that, as has been said above, the teased drawing on twitter shows a coach with a motor bogie AND there's been a handily timed tweet from the guys working on 3417 Gordon Pettit having a recording session of the sounds, my money is on some sort of Mk1 3rd rail EMU. Could it be the re-launched Brighton Belle? It now has ex-CIG Mk6 bogies, B5 trailing bogies, modified headlights, revised seating and catering arrangements, in short, enough modifications to need new tooling http://brightonbelle.com/news 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR8700 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) A while since anything GWR? King, Castle, Star, Collett carriages, Toad, 42XX, 72XX, etc. Jason They were all quite a while ago except the Toad. I personally wish it was a Saint. It's a bit unusual that in the days of such a diverse range of obscure models being announced by many different manufacturers that a new build on the verge of completion is unnannounced. I imagine that will change soon but based on Paul Isles' clues it is likely to be the TPE Class 185 that many have mentioned. Edited May 2, 2018 by GWR8700 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdChap Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 For those hoping for a GWR locomotive, perhaps the Docklands Light Railway gives us a clue. There are two stations that might be relevant: All Saints and Star Lane Ed Chap 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 7013 Posted May 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 2, 2018 Whilst we are on full froth mode I am going to throw my hat in the ring with Waggon Lits night sleeper stock. Probably completely wrong but we will know in a few days anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Based on the fact that, as has been said above, the teased drawing on twitter shows a coach with a motor bogie AND there's been a handily timed tweet from the guys working on 3417 Gordon Pettit having a recording session of the sounds, my money is on some sort of Mk1 3rd rail EMU. I can still recall the sounds of Gordon Pettit, especially when telling me my fortune if I did not buck up my ideas. I hope they have captured the bass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Froth has some substance to hold the air together. Some of the deductions here have too little substance to even be froth.... :-p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John ks Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Here's a thought Hornby will bring all their tooling, tool making, casting & injection moulding back to Margate. When all casting & plastic bits are ready they will be sent to China for assembly John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapford34102 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 A wild guess and probably well wide of the mark - a Class 74.. Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Here's a thought Hornby will bring all their tooling, tool making, casting & injection moulding back to Margate. When all casting & plastic bits are ready they will be sent to China for assembly John They're not in Margate anymore John. Hornby moved to Sandwich a few years ago. There's only the visitor centre left at the old Margate site and they have been looking at where to move it to, for a while now. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2018 Now a straightframed Saint would be something left field - doesn't look like all the other GWR 4-6-0s, (excuse me while I wash my mouth out). It would represent the rebuild in intended condition. I'm not sure how good it would be for later condition Saints, as I don't have enough knowledge to know whether Saints were rebuilt to curved frame in later life. Be too much to ask Hornby to cater for both types. At least one with straight frames at the cab end lasted until BR days but probably only made black livery if it ever got to be repainted after 1948. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted May 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2018 They're not in Margate anymore John. Hornby moved to Sandwich a few years ago. There's only the visitor centre left at the old Margate site and they have been looking at where to move it to, for a while now. . Beer? Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunny Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Beer? Phil We have had 15 pages of froth it would be nice to actually get some beer! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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