Giles Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Now here's some unusual footage! Enough to give some inspiration...... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) And here in model form... and some more info: http://www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk/rolling-stock/ford-railmotors Edited March 5, 2015 by Quarryscapes 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Fascinating. A Colonel Stephens layout is on my To-Do list. Many years ago, I dug the original EM gauge Maidstone Road out of the shed where Bracknell Railway Society stored stuff. Les Darbyshire, who was involved in building it, did it up and exhibited it a few times, then built the Maidstone Road that was on the exhibition circuit for some years. We joined it to my GWR BLT at several of our club exhibitions, to produce a pretty impressive layout, and I often borrowed stock from it as I never had enough of my own when I exhibited my layout! There were no railcars running on it at the time though. The Colonel takes over a Great Western branch line! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 there a replica of stephens rail bus, it was at a derwent valley railway gala back in the summer photo not mine 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I once knew a chap who had ridden on these back in K&ESR days. He said they were dreadfully uncomfortable. So probably a ride like a Pacer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy crockett Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 A couple of the colonels gems i have scratch built 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy crockett Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 A bit more of the colonels empire http://www.telerail.co.uk/steambyways4.htm 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 A bit more of the colonels empire http://www.telerail.co.uk/steambyways4.htm I've got a rather tenuous link with the S&M. My Uncle Rex (my Dad's younger sister's husband) was stationed there at some time during WD days. He told a few stories of things he did there, but it's so long ago, and before I was very interested, so I've forgotten it all now! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy crockett Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I've got a rather tenuous link with the S&M. My Uncle Rex (my Dad's younger sister's husband) was stationed there at some time during WD days. He told a few stories of things he did there, but it's so long ago, and before I was very interested, so I've forgotten it all now! My link is i still live by the old line, my father worked on it and my granddad was station master at pentre from 1936 till it closed in 1960. So in the 50s i had a real layout at the bottom of the garden. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Some more K&ESR:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCrbzoE0SlM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COZ7HzrThDk Some East Kent Railway:- 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I've got a pair of the railbuses, the 'open wagon' trailer and the 'lorry' version, all bought from Trevor Hughes when he wound up his Mawddwy Road P4 layout. One of the problems with them is that they were built around a small RTR chassis - permanently! To service the mechs means virtual destruction so they've been in a box for quite some time.. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 I wish I get see more of those British Pathe films. Jane to Jollity of the Wantage Tramway looks interesting, but only 1 minute is available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Chambers Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Thanks Giles,fascinating! Any idea how those controls worked-strange looking! Best wishes, Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnofwessex Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Tim Chambers said: Thanks Giles,fascinating! Any idea how those controls worked-strange looking! Best wishes, Tim If you mean the railcars, they are buses built on Ford Commercial chassis fitted with railway wheels & they just took the steering wheel away. My father talked about travelling on one on the Hundred of Manhood & Selsey Bill Tramway in the 1930's 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted December 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2019 The permament way looks interesting; very little in the way of stone ballast and sleepers of uneven length. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted December 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2019 On 02/03/2015 at 14:03, Giles said: Now here's some unusual footage! Enough to give some inspiration...... Obviously filmed from a loco/train running in front. Two trains on the same track at the same time.????? Was that another Col Stephens oddity 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 2 hours ago, rab said: Obviously filmed from a loco/train running in front. Two trains on the same track at the same time.????? Was that another Col Stephens oddity It was his train set.... Cheers, David 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted December 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 27, 2019 12 hours ago, davknigh said: It was his train set.... Cheers, David So rule one applied then. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 If you look at the photo no passengers were being carried and I guess the driving characteristics are closer to a bus than a train weighing several tons. Also the distance between camera and rail bus may have been far greater than it seems. On a different note Robertsbridge station could be a very interesting modelling project, I have often thought that a light railway could make an interesting model and as my in laws only live a few miles away from it so I have visited the KESR several times over the years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 26/12/2019 at 07:20, Tim Chambers said: Thanks Giles,fascinating! Any idea how those controls worked-strange looking! Best wishes, Tim On 26/12/2019 at 09:44, johnofwessex said: If you mean the railcars, they are buses built on Ford Commercial chassis fitted with railway wheels & they just took the steering wheel away. Remember that the controls on a Ford model T are slightly different from a modern (i.e. post 1930s) car. http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/6815.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted December 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2019 A New Zealand version of the Model T railcar features at the start of this video, with another brief demo of the controls near the end at about 25min. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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