RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 12 hours ago, brianusa said: Did the later Panniers actually have copper cap chimneys? Getting too far back for me to recall! Brian. If they did, but the time 94XXs were in service, cleaning to that level was restricted to express engines. These were mainly , in GW days, Paddington area workhorses. There might have been copper underneath but not seen for long............ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2019 1 hour ago, M.I.B said: If they did, but the time 94XXs were in service, cleaning to that level was restricted to express engines. These were mainly , in GW days, Paddington area workhorses. There might have been copper underneath but not seen for long............ one made it to Newton in 1949, so I am planning to stretch the truth and have one in the area under test, purely because I have always loved the class. I have a Lima one that was going to get a High Level chassis (it may still get one). That said the Bachmann one looks fantastic and will be mighty tempting in a years time when the price falls. I’m expecting the GWR version to be the worst seller given its lack of time frame. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2019 7 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Playing with a lady in red? As long as it's not the Tourette's Version.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel newling Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 I am particularly impressed that the GWR version of the 94XX has the steps attached to the rear buffer plank rather than the later location under the hanging plate at the side. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 94XX in green suits my time frame and location. I also have a whitemetal kit one which is about to get a recent DCC pannier chassis etc under it. But you are right on the numbers an allocation - it's not a long list for the green version. Only marginally longer than the 97XX class history and allocations......... So well done for them to make it in green, especially considering that the green one differed from the black one in more than just the smokebox number. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 29, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2019 4 hours ago, The Fatadder said: one made it to Newton in 1949, so I am planning to stretch the truth and have one in the area under test, purely because I have always loved the class. I have a Lima one that was going to get a High Level chassis (it may still get one). That said the Bachmann one looks fantastic and will be mighty tempting in a years time when the price falls. I’m expecting the GWR version to be the worst seller given its lack of time frame. If it's 9440 you're on about there's a delightful photo of her on the Ivybridge goods in the Pannier Paper. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted November 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2019 9 hours ago, The Fatadder said: one made it to Newton in 1949, so I am planning to stretch the truth and have one in the area under test, purely because I have always loved the class. I have a Lima one that was going to get a High Level chassis (it may still get one). That said the Bachmann one looks fantastic and will be mighty tempting in a years time when the price falls. I’m expecting the GWR version to be the worst seller given its lack of time frame. There were a few in Cornwall, which at one time or another must have made their way from Swindon and back... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 13 hours ago, St Enodoc said: There were a few in Cornwall, which at one time or another must have made their way from Swindon and back... In addition to 9440 mentioned above at Newton, Three here at Truro https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p30480076/h6FBBA163#h6fbba163 And another at Exeter https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p30480076/h6FBBA163#hc3e42009 My Grandfather hated the 94XX with a passion. Towards the end of his driving career, after years driving the big stuff on top link, he was restricted to lower link duties due to cataracts on his eyes (can you imagine that being allowed today?). He often got the 'new' 94xx which had a screw reverser. Not good for shunting. Knowing this was a common feeling around the system, some sheds took the lever reverser off old Dean era panniers that had been withdrawn and fitted them to the 94XX. (I noted the owner of 9466, in 1985, did the same). With the constantly changing stock of locos coming out of the works, if it was a shunting duty, tasked with a 94XX, he would check out which engines had the lever reverser and ask the shed foreman to change the loco on his shift. Mike Wiltshire 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted December 1, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2019 Honours even in the ANTB FA cup derby this afternoon between @BenL and myself. Of course his generosity before the game in giving me a Hornby clerestory brake shouldn't go unmentioned too. 3 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2019 A nice selection of automotive offerings in Ivybridge yesterday. Don't know what the occasion was, when I got back half an hour later, they were gone: 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2019 Ooh! A Mark Two TwinCam Cortina ! Delish! I'm sorry, but I'd rather own that than the rest put together. Hooligan. 3 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2019 9 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Ooh! A Mark Two TwinCam Cortina ! Delish! I'm sorry, but I'd rather own that than the rest put together. Hooligan. That's OK Ian, I'll take the MG next to it. By the way, is the Cortina a genuine Lotus or just pretending with the paint scheme? Pity about the black van (is that yours CK?). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 4 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Pity about the black van (is that yours CK?). Huh! The very idea! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2019 9 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: Huh! The very idea! Of course - silly me. Your van would be yellow. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 The Cortina sits a little lower than the cooking versions, I think - and 2-door versions weren't big sellers to families. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Bridge Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I had a red two door GT from new, not so popular as the four door 1600E with Rostyle Wheels. Mine had 51/2 inch steels like the Lotus. Not so quick but less oil leaks. Rich 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted December 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 9 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Pity about the black van (is that yours CK?). Not always. 2 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Ashley Bridge said: I had a red two door GT from new, not so popular as the four door 1600E with Rostyle Wheels. Mine had 51/2 inch steels like the Lotus. Not so quick but less oil leaks. Rich I once owned a 1973 Triumph Dolomite Sprint It was my first car at 17, the car was a little older than me but in better condition Although if there was no oil under it, there was no oil in it 1 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 1 hour ago, chuffinghell said: I once owned a 1973 Triumph Dolomite Sprint It was my first car at 17, the car was a little older than me but in better condition Although if there was no oil under it, there was no oil in it Did it have a mechanic in the boot - they were equipped with them as standard 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) 41 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: Did it have a mechanic in the boot - they were equipped with them as standard No but it did have one careful owner! the other seven didn’t give a sh... Edited December 2, 2019 by chuffinghell 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted December 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 It's that time of year again, the Santa Special. 14 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Which one will Father Christmas be driving through Brent ? Rude Olf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted December 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2019 30 minutes ago, bgman said: Which one will Father Christmas be driving through Brent ? Rude Olf Always happy to take requests on where to stick my headboard. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains&armour Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 The last bit of Cromwell fun. Finished: And it's nemesis: 7 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted December 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2019 I can't believe that's the same model Sierd. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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