RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2019 As an aside, I recall from my visits to Aberystwyth in the 1970s a couple of ex-LNWR carriages - toplights I think - in all-over blue parked in or alongside the station. Does anyone have any photos / know what became of them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJR7F88 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 A very interesting development indeed! Would certainly be interested in a yellow or blue one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 On 28/11/2019 at 15:27, wainwright1 said: Big step from the platform to the footboard. Not very high, but still risky for the less able ! the platform is old standard gauge one the other side is still in use so is a long way down to the VofR trains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cornelius Posted December 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2019 The railway has moved out of the old Carmarthen bay platforms into its own station now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 23 hours ago, SDJR7F88 said: A very interesting development indeed! Would certainly be interested in a yellow or blue one! . Lots of options ; 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) yellow, blue and black for me! Edited December 4, 2019 by Edge 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9402 Fredrick Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 January 2020 issue talks about all of the variants in the planned release, very excited. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisTramwayMan Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Really looking forward to this, the credit card is already twitching in anticipation of purchasing at least 3, one of each locomotive, in various liveries. Hopefully it'll be as visually impressive as the Heljan Manning Wardles but with the running ability and reliability of the Bachmann Baldwins. Then Model Rail really would have a winner on their hands, particularly if they achieve a sub-£200 price. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 It's a good choice of locomotive to produce, and I'm not at all surprised that someone picked this prototype up. Unlike most of the RTR 009 engines we've had so far, this has the advantage of a strong nostalgia factor - how many young holidaymakers would have encountered these on trips to Wales? If someone produced coaches as well, I could see it inspiring a whole raft of Aberystwyth-inspired layouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 On 28/11/2019 at 15:27, wainwright1 said: Big step from the platform to the footboard. Not very high, but still risky for the less able ! Not so big now, as the railway runs to a purpose built platform and the guards can provide an additional step to assist entry if required 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 How are these beauties coming along? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 As I'm now living in Aberystwyth on a full-time basis I think at least one of these is a must, but all three will be needed eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2021 8 hours ago, sem34090 said: As I'm now living in Aberystwyth on a full-time basis I think at least one of these is a must, but all three will be needed eventually. My impression of Aberystwyth - though I may be out-of-date not having been there for forty years - is that it's the sort of place where the permanent residents are only living on a part-time basis. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) On 04/12/2019 at 17:56, phil gollin said: . Lots of options ; And remember, the lower Cambrian one isn’t black but ‘invisible green’. I think the red one is actually based on the German livery carried by Graf Schwerin-Lowitz at Brecon and its use at the VoR dates originally to when they were under common ownership. https://www.bmr.wales/about-bmr/our-locomotives/arn-jung I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a picture in a book of a Rheidol loco (I think in this livery) actually hauling trains at Brecon, though I can’t remember when or which loco. Edited March 12, 2021 by 009 micro modeller Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 07/03/2021 at 10:31, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: How are these beauties coming along? The project is ongoing. (CJL) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: My impression of Aberystwyth - though I may be out-of-date not having been there for forty years - is that it's the sort of place where the permanent residents are only living on a part-time basis. Doesn't it have a large student population these days? (UoW) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 . Huge campus outside of the town. If you want to watch the typical climate, search out the BBC Wales crime series "Hinterland" (in either its Welsh, or English, version) - rain, rain, rain ! The series revolves around a mythical childrens's home at Devil's Bridge (where the Vale of Rheidol railway runs to - and the railway is NEVER shown ! . 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, melmerby said: Doesn't it have a large student population these days? (UoW) True; I had a colleague whose son was there, chiefly for the sea-rowing, or so it seemed. It used to be noted for librarianship. I had a friend whose first degree was in theology but went on to do a Dip. Inf. Studies which was widely misinterpreted as a course in looking at things from the other point of view. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 45655 Posted March 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2021 3 hours ago, phil gollin said: . Huge campus outside of the town. If you want to watch the typical climate, search out the BBC Wales crime series "Hinterland" (in either its Welsh, or English, version) - rain, rain, rain ! The series revolves around a mythical childrens's home at Devil's Bridge (where the Vale of Rheidol railway runs to - and the railway is NEVER shown ! . Not quite. In the third series one of the characters is a fitter in the (old) shed at Aber and one or two scenes are shot in there - he's seen working on the carriages. The Devil's Bridge scenes are shot in and around the Hafod Hotel and on the road bridge (a couple of the victims get tipped over the side). The railway terminus is round the corner out of sight. Hinterland is well worth watching if you haven't seen it - very atmospheric (and not just the rain)! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2021 Wasn't one series was set around the station at Borth, complete with a model railway of the area? Now replaced on BBC Wales/S4C by "Hidden" set around Blaenau Ffestiniog. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I nearly went to Uni in Aberystwyth. At the time they had a very good History department (probably still do). The railway would have been a bonus, but having lived in small towns in Wales previously I reckon I would have gotten bored pretty quickly and it's not like you have a large city on your doorstep. This was when I was slightly older rather than a fresh faced teenager, but I'm afraid I'm very much a city dweller. Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: I nearly went to Uni in Aberystwyth. At the time they had a very good History department (probably still do). The railway would have been a bonus, but having lived in small towns in Wales previously I reckon I would have gotten bored pretty quickly and it's not like you have a large city on your doorstep. This was when I was slightly older rather than a fresh faced teenager, but I'm afraid I'm very much a city dweller. Jason As a current history student at Aberystwyth I believe they might very well still have a good history department. Not that I would actually know, given this blasted online 'teaching' which I'm sorry to say I'm finding impossible to engage with. I was slightly worried about being bored, originating from the South East, but I've found it to be a beautiful place and would really quite like to settle here long term. Obviously as an enthusiast of narrow gauge railways there couldn't be a better part of the UK to be living in. Also, with my Talyllyn membership I get into most of them for free... 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 On 27/11/2019 at 17:56, Phil Bullock said: Must have come through Abbotswood on a Weltrol en route to Swindon Works,,,,,, ........so it could be overhauled and have its dome replaced by a giant humbug!! (Photo date 27/3/77) 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2021 When I knew the VoR best, mid-late 70s, the engines and carriages were all in plain all-over blue (just like the DMUs and EMUs at home in Brum, so a proper train). When did they gain the black and white lining? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Neil Phillips said: ........so it could be overhauled and have its dome replaced by a giant humbug!! (Photo date 27/3/77) Mint condition? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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