Charlie Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure there's still one of these at the Swanage line, complete with air reservoirs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted December 11, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2011 .....think I caught a glimpse of one on the Kent & East Sussex yesterday afternoon but not time enough to take a pic as busy with mince pie and glass of sherry ........ Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) The title was BRAKE not BREAK so I don't understand why you said it!!! I dont wish to cause an argument given your evident dischuffment Bart, but I'm sure I remember seeing it as 'break'. Presumably the 'edit by Mod4' line isnt just coincidence, particularly as it was less than an hour after Brushman's polite request? They escaped all over the system, and not simply after the SR went Vacuum brake. ... My theory is that the higher tare 25Ton than other standard brake vans (20 Ton) was found useful. It's a thought isnt it, I've also seen enough pics of them working random freights on other Regions to have stopped consciously noting them Edited December 11, 2011 by Pennine MC 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted December 11, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2011 Regardless of spelling (and for future searches the correct version is always nice), this looks like it's going to be a cracking model with many possible variations that will have the collectors buying loads of boxes, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartb Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 I dont wish to cause an argument given your evident dischuffment Bart, but I'm sure I remember seeing it as 'break'. Presumably the 'edit by Mod4' line isnt just coincidence, particularly as it was less than an hour after Brushman's polite request? I have not changed the title, if I had made a mistake I would have said so. Perhaps Mod 4 can tell us if he changed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Yes, it did originally say 'break' in the thread title but it has now been changed. I seem to recall that a few of the early railways did call them 'break vans' so the original title was not entirely wrong anyway! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Found the pics! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod4 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I have not changed the title, if I had made a mistake I would have said so. Perhaps Mod 4 can tell us if he changed it. I did indeed correct the title from break to brake to assist with the search function in the future, please do not get hung up on it and get back on topic. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 They escaped all over the system, and not simply after the SR went Vacuum brake. I have asked on various internet sites, without response, why they were in use in the Midlands (for example) by 1956 - they can be seen in photographs occasionally. My theory is that the higher tare 25Ton than other standard brake vans (20 Ton) was found useful... I have read in one BR(SR) manager's memoirs a note on the regular struggle to get 'their' brake vans repatriated. His view if I recollect correctly was that their vans were generally in better condition; especially than many of the lighter vans some of which were pre-grouping build and still in service in the first ten years of BR's existence. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Good news! I have now put the last of the handrails and couplings on my second (and final) Cambrian Kits 'pill box' so that means that the Bachmann model will probably come out very very soon!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted May 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2012 Must get the handrails on mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Yes, hurry up you two. Some of us are waiting to open those nice blue boxes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 HI I have a photo of one at the west summerset railway, will have to dig it out, can see me getting a few of these when they do come out. Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bedding Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Brake Van specials were a very popular formation on the Wenford branch. With so many BWTs already distributed, all of the right ingredients are coming together nicely. PB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 http://www.Bachmann.co.uk/details.php?id=39&vis=2 Pictures have arrived on the Bachmann website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted July 10, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2012 Unfortunately not of the one I am interested in ironically! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I was hoping to buy one of these at the Trains4U open day yesterday. They were in the Bachmann showcase, but not available for sale. It seems that the BR bauxite one has red ends, does this mean it is air braked? Which were more common in Cornwall, especially on the Wenford line behind the Beatties? Ed Not been able to post since Saturday night as my first action on Sunday morning was to tip the whole of my freshly made mug of tea over the keyboard! Have now dug ancient Compaq keyboard out of attic-I told you it would come in useful! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack P Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Sorry If i've missed this, but when are these due to be released? I saw jan 4th on an online shop? I'm hoping that's incorrect thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Believe they are on their way to the UK at present... so on a boat somewhere between here and China...could be looking at end of September. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2012 It seems that the BR bauxite one has red ends, does this mean it is air braked? Which were more common in Cornwall, especially on the Wenford line behind the Beatties? I think you'll find that's the Southern Railway one. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 In BR days? Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted September 18, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2012 It seems that the BR bauxite one has red ends, does this mean it is air braked? Which were more common in Cornwall, especially on the Wenford line behind the Beatties? Ed I think you'll find that's the Southern Railway one. Mike. I agree with you Mike - the Bachmann website back in July showed painted samples of some http://www.Bachmann.co.uk/details.php?id=39&vis=4 and the Bauxite one does not have red ends. There are two SR period versions both with red ends, one (shown) with big SR lettering. The other is presumably the one in the cabinet at Trains4U. I certainly hope so, or I'll be waiting for an all bauxite version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2012 Which were more common in Cornwall, especially on the Wenford line behind the Beatties? Ironically, when i was researching some stuff for a possible project, the first pictures I found of a Well Tank with a Brake van somewhere in shot were two at Wadebridge featuring a BR Standard van and Stanier style LMS one. Then I found a film clip of a short wheelbase E178635, like the Bachmann model, on a train hauled by 30585. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Hi Has anyone seen any of them in the shops yet? Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 19, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2012 Has anyone seen any of them in the shops yet? Darren The Bachmann website shows them as 'Expected In The Next 60 Days' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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