Wickham Green too Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: It reminds me of this sort of thing: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-gauge-scrapyard-B12-Class-loco-heavily-rusted-and-weathered-Ref-3/303692500641?hash=item46b57bcea1:g:rsYAAOSwOQ9fQQvD Gibbo. I love that comment : - Condition: Used “as these are scrapyard items there may be damage and parts missing, please study photos” .......... doesn't say anything about wrong tenders, though ! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: I love that comment : - Condition: Used “as these are scrapyard items there may be damage and parts missing, please study photos” .......... doesn't say anything about wrong tenders, though ! Hi Whickham, As it happens I built the replacement tender for that very locomotive, 34067, in 304.8mm/foot scale while at Riley and Son's about 18-20 years ago. Gibbo. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi Whickham, As it happens I built the replacement tender for that very locomotive, 34067, in 304.8mm/foot scale while at Riley and Son's about 18-20 years ago. Gibbo. ........ and not from an Airfix kit ! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi Whickham, As it happens I built the replacement tender for that very locomotive, 34067, in 304.8mm/foot scale while at Riley and Son's about 18-20 years ago. Gibbo. Slaters must have thought it was Christmas when the order for the styrene sheet came in. 2 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 I guess this must have gone to another loco in the end ................ but probably not on the M.H.R. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) On 27/09/2020 at 22:44, Wickham Green too said: I guess this must have gone to another loco in the end ................ but probably not on the M.H.R. Hi Whickham, There wasn't much of the tank left once I had cut out all of the rot, probably cheaper to have built a new one! With regard the frames they were bent and required straightening along with various cracks weld repaired, the spring pockets were removed and replaced as was the front drag box and the brake bell crank brackets. As I remember the tender was from an early build Merchant Navy probably from one of the first two of the class. Here I am thinking, "Not another one !". In the above photograph the only parts of 34067 that are common with the scrap yard photograph are, smoke box door hinges, the mainframes but not the buffer beam, the boiler less its of fire box, the wheels but not the tyres, and the cylinders, all the rest went into the scrap and was carted off to Brook Street Metals. The mists of time have affected my recollection of Bulleid tender repairs ! The above described tank repair was actually for 257 Squadron's tender. Tangmere indeed got a full new tank, the tender frame repair was as detailed. Gibbo. Edited September 29, 2020 by Gibbo675 Extra Information 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Time to leave the nest little one.... 9 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Watto1990 Posted September 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2020 Do you have too many locomotives? Are you sick of complaints your DCC sound is just too loud? 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Watto1990 Posted September 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) Apologies, double post. Edited September 29, 2020 by Watto1990 Double post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Watto1990 said: Do you have too many locomotives? Are you sick of complaints your DCC sound is just too loud? Excellent! Once did this on my layout with all my sound fitted stuff, was fun for a couple of mins but quickly became painful! Must have been a real sight to see/hear. Ta for posting James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2020 One for US modellers. Got the access doors in the wrong order? So does BNSF: By Augy8400 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42111888 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) I love the effort made to match the yellow paint when the above loco it was renumbered! Here's a UP loco hauling a freight with a couple of the doors open. I was surprised to find this loco was actually working. - it looked more like it was ready to be scrapped. This GP15 loco was in the same train just behind the locos pulling the train but was not working. It had been newly refurbished (its about 40 years old) and was being hauled to a yard where it would be a radio control shunter (or switcher if you speak American). Edited October 5, 2020 by Chris M 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 10 minutes ago, Chris M said: Here's a UP loco hauling a freight with a couple of the doors open. . Not too uncommon. I’ve seen Canadian Pacific engines in the mountains of BC running with several hood doors open on hot summer days. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 A now-valid layout traffic scene, as a variation on the bus-on-a-bridge theme: six UPS vans in convoy on the bridge over Kentish Town Thameslink station this morning, as they left the Kentish Town UPS depot. No picture unfortunately. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2020 It's amazing how many US locos that have been absorbed into new ownership are still running around in a patch re-numbered livery of the previous owner. (This doesn't count all the heritage liveries on newly painted locos Same with freight cars, still plenty of "Soo Line", "Illinois Central", "Burlington Northern" etc. cars , albeit extremely rusty, running around the network. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted October 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2020 8 hours ago, BR(S) said: A now-valid layout traffic scene, as a variation on the bus-on-a-bridge theme: six UPS vans in convoy on the bridge over Kentish Town Thameslink station this morning, as they left the Kentish Town UPS depot. No picture unfortunately. That doesn’t count then 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Probably virtual UPS vans on a virtual bridge over a virtual station on a virtual railway ..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Probably virtual UPS vans on a virtual bridge over a virtual station on a virtual railway ..... Don't most of them claim to have been there when in fact they haven't? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 From forum Jokes thread: 2 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2020 4 hours ago, leopardml2341 said: From forum Jokes thread: Interestingly i have had a parcel delivered by Hermes just after lunchtime today. The order was placed with the seller late afternoon yesterday. About 20 hours from ordering to delivery - not bad. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 That Hermes van must be a Photoshop - I thought they all used their private cars! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 1 hour ago, stewartingram said: That Hermes van must be a Photoshop - I thought they all used their private cars! In Deutschland zay haff ze technology ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) On 06/10/2020 at 19:16, stewartingram said: That Hermes van must be a Photoshop - I thought they all used their private cars! Only for parcels up to a certain weight and/or size. Chaps in branded vans are delivering the parcels to the 'last mile' couriers to deliver in their private cars and/or picking up parcels from the shops that take in parcels. Edited October 7, 2020 by talisman56 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Interesting indication of ownership on the tender: https://rcts.zenfolio.com/steam-lmsr/caledonian-railway/3f-class-652-0-6-0/hA158DAD1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 8 hours ago, pH said: Interesting indication of ownership on the tender: https://rcts.zenfolio.com/steam-lmsr/caledonian-railway/3f-class-652-0-6-0/hA158DAD1 Might be the “BR” of “BRITISH RAILWAYS” after the rest of the letters were removed/obscured. Darius 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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