Paul.Uni Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 The Oxford Rail 2020 announcement is next Tuesday. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 Interesting. Hopefully something more useful than a rail mounted gun , although I understand it sold well ! 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 I believe the diecast range is being announced on the same day. Hoping to see the Sherpa Van and variations shrunk down to N scale and greater attention paid to quality control and livery accuracy across all their products, not holding my breath for the latter though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Looks like the announcement is geared to the London Toy Fair (21 - 23 January) which is the normal method for Oxford. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Some sort of progress on the Mk3 range would be welcome, especially if they made them more robust and added proper window frames, oh, and made the couplings less fragile so when you dismantle them the springs don't vanish into the ether. If they were to crack on with their HST trailers I could be tempted to buy a pair of Hornby top notch power cars, they would at least have a comparable level of detail. Perhaps Lyndon, with his Hornby CEO hat on, might have a word in his daughter's shell like over Sunday lunch with a view to helping boost sales... In the die-casts, I personally would like to see an expansion in the range of 1980s cars (Metros, Maestros etc) and more controversially a Ford Transit NBC 16 seat minibus, I know "breadvans" are anathema to bus enthusiasts but they were everywhere, came in lots of bright colours and could be a whole new collecting market, as well as being useful for modellers of that era. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daltonparva Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 1st loco they did was a Southern one. 2nd was a GWR one. 3rd was an LNER one. 4th was............... Another LNER one. So sod 'em. An LMS fan. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 41 minutes ago, daltonparva said: So sod 'em. You won't be buying the all new Fowler 7F with working inside motion and axlebox glow then? 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 14 minutes ago, Flying Pig said: You won't be buying the all new Fowler 7F with working inside motion and axlebox glow then? No, but I'll take two of the forthcoming Johnson 2F and a Stanier 3P tank. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulG Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 For someone with c1950s East Anglia interests, let's hope for something-anything to brighten the winter months, following the lack of new items from Hornby 2020! Paul 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) My guess there'll be one new loco, two or three new wagons and possibly two or three new carriages. Possibly a L & Y 0-6-0 or Thomas Hill Steelman or Vanguard diesel shunter in military and civilian liveries; NER brake van and 20T wooden sloped hoppers; Mk3a sleepers and Mk3b FO and BFO to complete Oxford's coverage of the loco-hauled Mk3 versions (except for the royal train) Edited January 16, 2020 by gc4946 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Flying Pig said: You won't be buying the all new Fowler 7F with working inside motion and axlebox glow then? Axlebox glow? Hells bells the fireman needs to get more grease in that box for sure 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Markwj Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 Haven't oxford rail been rumoured to be producing a class 86 for the last 3 years or so? Something to go with all those Mk3 coaches. (Probably more mk3's)! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Markwj said: Something to go with all those Mk3 coaches. (Probably more mk3's)! So, a Class 40? (Well, they go with Mk.3s if you're Jouef...) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium it's-er Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 I've already commented under the 'Oxford Diecast .... what's next' thread that my guess for Oxford Rail's 2020 announcement is the USATC S-160 2-8-0 from WWII. They have already tackled the war time theme with their WWI rail mounted gun, and the USATC was top of the 2019 poll, so it seems a strong contender. Like others, I hope Oxford Rail will announce the NER 20 ton wooden sided hopper wagon as part of their 2020 range. Their forthcoming J27 needs something to pull (even if other hopper wagons are available): the NER hopper wagon is something else, and should sell well. John Storey 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 6 hours ago, boxbrownie said: Axlebox glow? Hells bells the fireman needs to get more grease in that box for sure Or the chief mechanical engineer needed to specify axleboxes with greater bearing surfaces to deal with the extra power. A classic case of a good design let down by a detail shortcoming. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2020 12 hours ago, BernardTPM said: So, a Class 40? (Well, they go with Mk.3s if you're Jouef...) Never did understand the rationale for that . Bet they sold a lot of Mk3s though , as they were the only full length option for running with the Hornby HST that came out about the same time . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 The only logic could be that a long coach needs a long loco on the front They were nice coaches though; made a good basis for a prototype Mk.3 too: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2020 22 minutes ago, BernardTPM said: The only logic could be that a long coach needs a long loco on the front They were nice coaches though; made a good basis for a prototype Mk.3 too: You've given me an idea for my redundant ones . Currently they are running around in basic grey primer between 2 Inter7city power cars . Thanks for that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2020 19 hours ago, boxbrownie said: Axlebox glow? Hells bells the fireman needs to get more grease in that box for sure Come now, don’t blame firemen for that, oiling is the drivers job. Roy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, Roy Langridge said: Come now, don’t blame firemen for that, oiling is the drivers job. Roy Fair enough, leave the fireman with the bacon on the shovel...... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Legend said: Never did understand the rationale for that . Bet they sold a lot of Mk3s though , as they were the only full length option for running with the Hornby HST that came out about the same time . Because it was part of a range that never took off. They planned many more models. There was also an LNER A1 and A3 announced which never appeared. As an aside they were made in Ireland. That's the reason they had Irish Mail headboards. Jason 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: Because it was part of a range that never took off. They planned many more models. There was also an LNER A1 and A3 announced which never appeared. As an aside they were made in Ireland. That's the reason they had Irish Mail headboards. Jason Very interesting . I never knew any of this . I’d always assumed they were made in France . Never knew about the A1 or A3 either . A bit of Model Railway history that’s passed me by . My era too . Maybe Oxford following suit with a series of somewhat unrelated products Edited January 17, 2020 by Legend 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2020 1 hour ago, boxbrownie said: Fair enough, leave the fireman with the bacon on the shovel...... I love that job, but you look an idiot if you get your timing wrong and it goes up the chimney! Roy 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 16/01/2020 at 15:31, daltonparva said: 1st loco they did was a Southern one. 2nd was a GWR one. 3rd was an LNER one. 4th was............... Another LNER one. So sod 'em. An LMS fan. I thought that either an LMS group loco or a BR standard developed from an LMS predecessor was most likely. Plenty of scope among those constituent designs which put in long service and survived well into the BR period, and the Austin 7. Who knows, perhaps one of these will come next? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: I love that job, but you look an idiot if you get your timing wrong and it goes up the chimney! Roy I remember my Uncle made some bacon rolls once when I was with him at Finsbury Park shed and I refused to eat one because of the black bits on the bacon, well I was only about 6 at the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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