Wickham Green too Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 3 hours ago, rodent279 said: And seven covered vans stored in a siding seems overkill for such a small station. Maybe the 'unknown date' was during the grouse season !!?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 A possible date can be narrowed down a bit. It was renumbered 24124 in April 1974 at Inverness and reallocated to Haymarket in November 1975. And here's a photo of another double headed mixed at Kyle with just one coach in September 1975, so possibly around the same time. http://www.eastbank.org.uk/images/North/UK0713.jpg 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2021 Loads of vans at Kyle as well. What would they all be used for? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2021 18 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Achnasheen What type of loco is the one waiting it's turn? (No window in cab door) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, melmerby said: What type of loco is the one waiting it's turn? (No window in cab door) Class 26; BRC&W's equivalent to the Class 25. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Fat Controller said: Class 26; BRC&W's equivalent to the Class 25. I was fooled, as I thought they had a window in the door but it looks like it was plated over in later times. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted September 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) Plating over seems to have started by early 1970 but without a dedicated programme for doing so. In Brushveteran's Flickr set, there are only 2 locos done: https://www.flickr.com/photos/59835095@N02/sets/72157627812212373/ Note as well that although it seems to have started with BFYE locos, at first, the yellow does not extend round to include the cab windows & top of the door. Edited September 8, 2021 by keefer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Kings Cross 1984 by Jamerail 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 On 06/09/2021 at 23:28, melmerby said: Street running in Great Yarmouth: Saw this as oo gauge model railway some time ago interesting place ,the yard ended in a level crossing complete with gates and no track after it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 46 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Kings Cross 1984 by Jamerail Obviously the two wagons are a trial for crush loading in rush hour ! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 4 hours ago, melmerby said: it looks like it was plated over in later times. Why would this be? Presumably there was some sort of advantage gained if it was done to all of them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, DK123GWR said: Why would this be? Presumably there was some sort of advantage gained if it was done to all of them. Was it something to do with the windows getting smashed by drivers manually catching tablets (through the window in front). Only a vague recollection, I might be completely wrong. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, lmsforever said: Obviously the two wagons are a trial for crush loading in rush hour ! I believe they were the train for those people who had saved Persil coupons and traded them for free tickets - Kings Cross to Aberdeen and return. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 3 hours ago, keefer said: Plating over seems to have started by early 1970 but without a dedicated programme for doing so. ....... Plated droplights seem to be a very Highland thing - maybe specifically Inverness - and I suspect it may be to prevent snow ingress (?). 13.40 Aberdeen to Inverness, 27/3/85 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45125 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Wickham Green too said: Plated droplights seem to be a very Highland thing - maybe specifically Inverness - and I suspect it may be to prevent snow ingress (?). 13.40 Aberdeen to Inverness, 27/3/85 Thats boarded up due to a smashed cab door window and NIS at depot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Looking at my photos of 26's the Scots ones all seem modified - usually the appearance is of a completely replaced door. Paul https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brclass26 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowley 47521 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 On 07/09/2021 at 20:40, rab said: That could also be an entry for the "When the real thing looks like a model" thread I forwarded this photo to a couple of friends and it’s got us arranging a meet up in a pub to consider having a bash at a highland layout as an upcoming future project. You need to take a long hard look at yourself @montyburns56… 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 7 hours ago, Cowley 47521 said: I forwarded this photo to a couple of friends and it’s got us arranging a meet up in a pub to consider having a bash at a highland layout as an upcoming future project. You need to take a long hard look at yourself @montyburns56… Good decision. Dapol 21/29, Bachmann 24/1 and 25, Heljan 26/27, pretty much everyone 37. All the haulage ingredients are there. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, 45125 said: Thats boarded up due to a smashed cab door window and NIS at depot. Whoever smashed it smashed at least two of the other droplights at the same time 'cos they were boarded up too : - ( the fourth corner's not in my photos ) .............. if I was going round smashing windows I'd have gone for the quarterlights and windscreens too ! Edited September 9, 2021 by Wickham Green too 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Here's a real 'prototype for everything'! Have you accidentally assembled your wheelsets with the flanges on the outside? Well don't fret, just model the products of C W Hunt: https://americanindustrialmining.com/c.w.-hunt-locomotives-and-industrial-railways The steam locomotive seems to be an odd mix of a single and double Fairlie, or should it be described as a Meyer? There were actually some of these systems in the UK, at various industrial premises. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted September 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2021 The track layouts/components shown remind me of LEGO, esp. with those tight, right-angled turns! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 17 minutes ago, keefer said: The track layouts/components shown remind me of LEGO, esp. with those tight, right-angled turns! The curving concept would only work for one curve radius (determined by the track gauge and the relationship between the wheel diameter and flange height). But in the 'Setrack' scenario for a narrow-gauge industrial line, that wouldn't necessarily be a problem. More of an issue might be high contact stresses when flange-tip running, so it wouldn't be suitable for heavy axleloads unless the flanges were made rather thick. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 21 hours ago, Fat Controller said: Class 26; BRC&W's equivalent to the Class 25. Pedant mode on... Class 26 was equivalent to class 24, class 27 was equivalent to class 25. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted September 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9, 2021 7 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: Here's a real 'prototype for everything'! Have you accidentally assembled your wheelsets with the flanges on the outside? Well don't fret, just model the products of C W Hunt: https://americanindustrialmining.com/c.w.-hunt-locomotives-and-industrial-railways The steam locomotive seems to be an odd mix of a single and double Fairlie, or should it be described as a Meyer? There were actually some of these systems in the UK, at various industrial premises. The sectional track idea similar to John Curr’s 18th century system. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curr 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 17 hours ago, Cowley 47521 said: I forwarded this photo to a couple of friends and it’s got us arranging a meet up in a pub to consider having a bash at a highland layout as an upcoming future project. You need to take a long hard look at yourself @montyburns56… Hey, it's not as if I'm shilling on behalf of model railway manufacturers. Now you'll have to excuse me as I've just had a large delivery of red and blue boxes. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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