RMweb Premium Kris Posted September 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 10, 2022 Announced today. http://www.revolutiontrains.com/70s-boxes-from-revolution/?fbclid=IwAR1HMFPJAwo0WnpejjI6sywdWHifbNnQ_ick9EILMqj3rOOUxrvHtx-iPQI Should fit well with some of the 59's. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Good grief! This is awesome. I once scratch built one of these in my N scale days, I was quite happy with the body but I never did get any bogies for it and it remained the only one! I’ll get one for nostalgia reasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) Great news! Something to go behind the 59s. Does anyone know if the picture below common with the ARC loco hauling yeoman wagons? (And I guess as an entirely uninformed enthusiast, the first question should probably have been, have I got it right and those are actually PTAs in the photo 🤪). All the best, Dave Edited September 11, 2022 by DavidMcKenzie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzler17 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 48 minutes ago, DavidMcKenzie said: the first question should probably have been, have I got it right and those are actually PTAs in the photo 1,2,3,5 and 7 are. I think 4,6 and 8 are O&Ks. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I suspect that was soon after the fleets were pooled (Mendip Rail). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, BernardTPM said: I suspect that was soon after the fleets were pooled (Mendip Rail). Definitely, by 1996 Mendip Rail was in full force, so to answer @DavidMcKenzie's question. Yes, very common! Jo Edited September 11, 2022 by Steadfast 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackrob Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Random question but I noticed recently that VTG have re-bodied a great deal of these wagons. Will this version be offered by Revolution and does someone have any information about when/ why this work was done and what flows/ routes they are used on? Picture below for reference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 9 hours ago, jackrob said: Random question but I noticed recently that VTG have re-bodied a great deal of these wagons. Will this version be offered by Revolution and does someone have any information about when/ why this work was done and what flows/ routes they are used on? Picture below for reference. The new bodies are put on wagons that were previously JSA steel carriers, so their life has been tippler, steel carrier, then box. There weren't that many done, I want to say 20 or 25, but further batches may have been done subsequently of course. As this picture linked from Flickr shows, they're used on London area sand trains. Loaded at Cliffe, they generally seem to go to Stewarts Lane on 7U71 but I have seen them at Acton too, I think having delivered sand to the Quattro plant there. Jo 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted April 6, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, jackrob said: Random question but I noticed recently that VTG have re-bodied a great deal of these wagons. Will this version be offered by Revolution and does someone have any information about when/ why this work was done and what flows/ routes they are used on? Picture below for reference. The wagon bodies are different to the PTA wagons and are coded JNA. Although we’re still undecided, It’s unlikely that we would produce these wagons given that they’re limited in numbers and are currently used on just one particular flow, and they’re similarity to the Ealnos wagons we’ve just produced. However, if the situation changes in the future and they become more widespread, it may be something to add to the ideas list. Cheers Mike B Edited April 6, 2023 by Revolution Mike B 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47475 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Not sure how I missed this last year, but I'll certainly pick up a few of these for my Yeoman 59. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47475 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 With the Dapol 87 on the way and 86s already existing, it would be nice to be able to model the often double-headed limestone trains on the WCML that used PTAs. The livery looks to be a mix of plain as well as former British steel, although I am prepared to be corrected on that: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted August 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 11, 2023 2 hours ago, 47475 said: With the Dapol 87 on the way and 86s already existing, it would be nice to be able to model the often double-headed limestone trains on the WCML that used PTAs. The livery looks to be a mix of plain as well as former British steel, although I am prepared to be corrected on that: I think it is a case that in the first shot, the leading wagon is the non-rotating coupling - draw gear fitted one. The Scunthorpe wagons were painted grey at the fixed coupling ends, with orange signifying the rotary end. So, each rake had a grey/grey at one end, and orange/grey at the other, with all intermediate wagons being orange/grey. The leading wagon (26100) has fixed couplings, the next (26034) has the rotary coupling at the far end, and so on down the whole train... 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Crepello Posted August 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2023 Great weathering material there. Thank you Dave. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire_Valley Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Another vote for the unbranded livery used during the Ravenscraig era. As well as limestone on the WCML, they were also used to move surplus iron ore to South Wales via the ECML. Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted August 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 11/08/2023 at 22:38, Davexoc said: I think it is a case that in the first shot, the leading wagon is the non-rotating coupling - draw gear fitted one. The Scunthorpe wagons were painted grey at the fixed coupling ends, with orange signifying the rotary end. So, each rake had a grey/grey at one end, and orange/grey at the other, with all intermediate wagons being orange/grey. The leading wagon (26100) has fixed couplings, the next (26034) has the rotary coupling at the far end, and so on down the whole train... Hello all, While the point about the markings in relation to the rotating coupler are correct, I should just note that the wagons in this photograph are not the type Revolution is offering. cheers Ben A. 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted October 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2023 On the premise I looked on the Revolution website earlier and couldn’t find anything bar one line on a page that I wasn’t sure whether it was up to date or not, would I be right in assuming that no idea on production dates or prices for the PTA wagons has been announced? I know Revolution say something, when there is something to say, but the lack of mention on the website did make me wonder if it had gone off the drawing board for some reason? Hoping it’s still there, I am assuming (read hoping) it will be like the Accurascale wagons, with a set on outer/inners/outer and a second set of inners only? Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted October 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, MarshLane said: On the premise I looked on the Revolution website earlier and couldn’t find anything bar one line on a page <snipped> but the lack of mention on the website did make me wonder if it had gone off the drawing board for some reason? Rich Hi there, All models on the Projects page - including the PTAs - are in development or production at various stages. cheers Ben A. Edited October 2, 2023 by Revolution Ben 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted October 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2023 6 hours ago, Revolution Ben said: Hi there, All models on the Projects page - including the PTAs - are in development or production at various stages. cheers Ben A. Thanks Ben, I have just noticed there's a last updated date above the table, which either is a new edition, or somehow I had completely missed when looking on the iPad! Had I seen that, it would have answered the question for me!! Thanks for the confirmation all the same. Rich 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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