amdaley Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 hours ago, JohnR said: I see the price increases have hit ebay.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154751754224?hash=item2407ec5ff0:g:fZEAAOSw0rRhuzHi Thats £300 for the non-sound version.... at time of posting, its still in stock at Rails. Good luck with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60159 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Further to my post on page 33, I have now finished the front end of my Caley 812. By cutting a tiny bit off the peg on the bit of the steam heat part that fits behind the buffer beam, I managed to effect a satisfactory cross over of the steam and vac pipes that allows approx line-up with the pipes running along the sides of the loco - not perfect, but as hardly seen, acceptable. Brass wire coupling fashioned and fitted then the dummy screw-link coupling also fitted, so all have been accommodated. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McRuss Posted February 5, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2022 A few days ago I made a testrun with my Caledonian Railway Jumbo on my american H0 layout. Markus 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbos Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 2 hours ago, McRuss said: A few days ago I made a testrun with my Caledonian Railway Jumbo on my american H0 layout. Markus Good video, it is a lovely model. Pedant Alert. The Caley Jumbo is a 294 and 711 Class. The 812 Class is not (although occasionally called a ‘Large Jumbo’, this was not used in Caley days). The 294/711 Class were the most numerous (244 engines) class of locomotive in Scotland and were sometimes called a ‘black Jumbo’ or ‘blue Jumbo’ if Westinghouse fitted. Brian. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docting Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Just upgraded the speaker on my weathered Caley 812 to a double iPhone in the tender ready for Modelrail Scotland. I am in no doubt the public will hear it now! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndeluck Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 hey all. are there any sound decoders readily available for the 812? got the analog version and was considering upgrading it to DCC sound on my own Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Eddie the dog Posted February 16, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2022 Yes, check ebay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdaley Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 10 hours ago, ndeluck said: hey all. are there any sound decoders readily available for the 812? got the analog version and was considering upgrading it to DCC sound on my own Try this. https://www.roads-and-rails.co.uk/collections/steam-dcc-sound-decoders/products/loksound-5-decoder-for-812-class-locomotive?variant=37024746111142 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 The Caledonian Railway Class 812 No. 828 will be at The Spa Valley Railway for most of 2022, for those of you who want to view the real thing. https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/product.php/297/scottish-steam-up 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Scotian Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, mow said: The Caledonian Railway Class 812 No. 828 will be at The Spa Valley Railway for most of 2022, for those of you who want to view the real thing. https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/product.php/297/scottish-steam-up Don't really like the real thing - I find the tender rails and cab handrails too thin, they don't look realistic. 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium E100 Posted February 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 18, 2022 3 hours ago, mow said: The Caledonian Railway Class 812 No. 828 will be at The Spa Valley Railway for most of 2022, for those of you who want to view the real thing. https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/product.php/297/scottish-steam-up Sorry to take this a little off topic but any idea how they'll get down there? I.e. any chance of seeing them run down on rails? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathonAG Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 12 hours ago, E100 said: Sorry to take this a little off topic but any idea how they'll get down there? I.e. any chance of seeing them run down on rails? Low loaders for both Caley Engines. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drt7uk Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 18/02/2022 at 19:32, mow said: The Caledonian Railway Class 812 No. 828 will be at The Spa Valley Railway for most of 2022, for those of you who want to view the real thing. https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/product.php/297/scottish-steam-up Oh perfect thanks for sharing that. My birthday that weekend and have a friend in Tonbridge so could work out nicely... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis JB Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Has anyone managed to reduce that tender edge yet and if so would they be willing to share it? I'm seriously tempted but £200 and all that! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffBird Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Where can one get the headcode indicators as used on CR engines and is there a list of which codes for which lines? Many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbos Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 5 hours ago, GeoffBird said: Where can one get the headcode indicators as used on CR engines and is there a list of which codes for which lines? Many thanks The full list of codes was published in the Ian Allan book ‘The Caledonian Railway’ by O.S.Nock. Which route are you interested in? They were only carried by Southern Division trains, they carried on in use unofficially long after the grouping and were even seen on some early DMU workings! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) On 24/02/2022 at 14:48, GeoffBird said: Where can one get the headcode indicators as used on CR engines and is there a list of which codes for which lines? Many thanks I picked up a 2nd hand etch of Caley Loco Semaphores on eBay a couple of years ago. They are from Decent Models, which I think is no longer operational. I have attached a copy of the indicators positions with the routes, which came with the etch. Hope this helps. The Caledonian Association or Jim from Caley Coaches may be able to help with what happened to the Decent Models range. Edited February 27, 2022 by andytrains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Further to my last post try Alba Models, http://www.albarailwaymodels.co.uk/index.html They do 7mm and 4mm models as etched kits and took on some of the Decent range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbos Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 26/02/2022 at 17:25, andytrains said: Further to my last post try Alba Models, http://www.albarailwaymodels.co.uk/index.html They do 7mm and 4mm models as etched kits and took on some of the Decent range. Apparently Alba Railway Models are currently in limbo moving to a new workshop, much delayed by Brexit and the Pandemic. The Decent Models tooling is all currently boxed up along with all the other model tooling. Brian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted March 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2022 Newly running in and performing well as finished in 1960 condition. Well done Rails of Sheffield. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 On 24/02/2022 at 06:48, GeoffBird said: Where can one get the headcode indicators as used on CR engines and is there a list of which codes for which lines? Many thanks On 26/02/2022 at 08:15, andytrains said: I have attached a copy of the indicators positions with the routes, which came with the etch. Hope this helps. The use of these codes expanded beyond CR lines under the LMS and BR. There is a photo of 57566 itself carrying the code shown above as ‘to and from Airdrie’ on the left-hand lamp bracket on a St. Enoch to Greenock Princes Pier train - this indication appears to have been standard for this route. And there are pictures of LMS Princess Royals having arrived at Euston from Glasgow, and carrying the ‘bow tie’ on the top lamp bracket. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 23 hours ago, 60027Merlin said: Newly running in and performing well as finished in 1960 condition. Well done Rails of Sheffield. Looks like you have changed the dome. If so was the old rounder one easy to get off? I am planning to use a Caley Coaches one. This picture shows 57565 still with its Westinghouse gear in 1952 at Dalry Road Shed. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/774337729653378192/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted March 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2022 The dome was changed, as you write, and it is a Caley Coaches one which was in my spares box for some time. It was easy to remove. I put a small piece of cloth round it and then used small pliers to pull it out, very carefully, as you then have a spare dome! I saw the loco dozens of times on my visits to Dalry Road Shed and also working on the line to Leith . I model the late 50s to 1961 and in the Edinburgh Railways book by local writer A. J. Mullay there is a photo of it on a local passenger working with this type of dome on the bridge over Dalry Road heading for the Caley Station in 1960. Eric 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted March 6, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2022 Bit of a sneak peek of my Caley 812. I need to finish the weathering off. Here's a snap of the tender with modified flairs. I'll write a blog entry shortly discussing my modifications. Cheers, Mark 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted March 8, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 02/02/2022 at 17:19, 60159 said: Out of interest, what size wire did you use, and how was it secured? Did you drill a hole and secure with superglue? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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