jcb 3c Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) A BR Bedford TK trundles past Motherwell Station in this SSI film at 3.52min- http://ssa.nls.uk/fi...term=motherwell station&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes Edited July 13, 2012 by jcb 3c Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) This is stretching the boundaries of a road vehicle, but is for sale on ebay, would make a nice model project for merf! Ebay Item number: 140795123975 Only problem is where to put it! Edited July 14, 2012 by andye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Or a good shed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted July 14, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2012 Rather than making a model of the "shed", build a layout in the "shed" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) A find on flickr, nothing much to see, except I wonder where it is, and when the pic was taken, and if its for sale! A dodge commando, later on with the plastic grill......doesnt look too bad! http://www.flickr.co...in/photostream/ and this terrier, with its lower side doors filled in, and the lettering in a diffrent place again... http://www.flickr.co...c55/3700715667/ the other side of the NSE DMS, not seen this before http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4107/5101355275_7a373d63d4_z.jpg and finally, not sure if this one was posted before, another terrier, makes me think they came with windows only in the upper part of the side doors, or maybe they all just got broken! Plenty of nostalgia here! http://www.flickr.co...c55/4047949198/ Edited July 15, 2012 by andye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 and here is another good pic courtesy of the OOC facebook page, a couple of escort combis, they seem hard to find pictures of, probably a dodge re railing unit, and of course the tragic mishap of invincible and a big mess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Couple of Jen tugs and Scarab right at the start of this film about Norfolk rail closures- http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/203591 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 A handful at Wareham http://www.freewebs.com/brdiesels/dorset.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Couple of Jen tugs and Scarab right at the start of this film about Norfolk rail closures- http://www.eafa.org....atalogue/203591 The first Jen Tug is NYN324 GA 4336 E dating from Sep.1953. Can't make out the others. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 A handful at Wareham http://www.freewebs....sels/dorset.htm I see a couple of Roadrunner and a couple of Dodge p.way buses there. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Just arrived while I was away on holiday. New from Oxford, the Land Rover Defender in B R livery as used by the plant fitters at Bangor, E751ANU. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Well on saturday I was looking around a truck breakers yard trying to find parts for my leyland roadrunner, and found these - ringo please don`t cry, but instead buy them all and build one good one! This one, C956 YOR - not in the best of health, a lot missing and damaged, and nature gradually taking its course - no idea how long its been here, but clearly a while. The second one below had no number plates, and the tax discs was faded so I could not find the reg number, the only identifier was a "Crewe TMD" allocation stocker on the door, no body, the inside of the cab relativley complete, but the glass is smashed, so nature is taking its course. This third one again had no plates and no tax disc, and nothing that I could find to identify it, the body is at an odd angle to the cab, the turntable was down and the insides very intact, with glass and everything! between the staff and the owner of the yard, they reckjon there are between six and nine bruffs on site, although after a couple of hours I could only fine these three, but there was stuff and more stuff and mountains of cabs and axles, so they could be anywhere. According to "fred", some germans stripped the crownwheel and pinions from all of the diffs, the engines were sold, and from what I can see none of the rail wheels were present! It was a nice day, and a very enjoyable way to spend a staurday morning! Edited July 22, 2012 by andye 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Andy, Thanks for the pics of the BRUFFs, I assume its the scrappy in Nottingham, thought they had been cut up ages ago! Interesting to see that they still also have the orginal front wheel/axle configuration. That last one looks like it could be a very useful source of spares for the ones still in preservation, Im still looking for one, if anyone want to sell me one for a good rate, not for use commercially, just for shows as a piece of history! Cheers Ringo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Andy, Thanks for the pics of the BRUFFs, I assume its the scrappy in Nottingham, thought they had been cut up ages ago! Interesting to see that they still also have the orginal front wheel/axle configuration. That last one looks like it could be a very useful source of spares for the ones still in preservation, Im still looking for one, if anyone want to sell me one for a good rate, not for use commercially, just for shows as a piece of history! Cheers Ringo I believe that EWS at Toton gathered all these together and disposed of them in about 2002. So 10 years in that scrap yard ! C956YOR is ex Carlisle C929YOR was at Crewe Both of these were in the 2002 clear out, along with C957YOR and B848XOR. I know of 3 'preserved' ones at Marsh Mills, Shackerstone and Leeming Bar. Any others ? Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Ringo and Merf, The yard is rush green motors in hitchin, herts, a real time warp place where stuff arrives, and then some bits are taken off, but then nothing much else happens other they get left there. Owner reckone they had six or nine in total, but according to this page, that may be bollox, and ringo i see you are here too! http://www.ontrackpl...ecovery-lorries http://www.railfaneu...isc/b445wpo.jpg = one in happier times! http://www.bdca.org.uk/forumtwo/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=71 Andy Edited July 23, 2012 by andye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Like the Bruff scrappie pics Changing topic slightly heres a few BR Bedford buses SB and OB'S I haven't seen before- http://www.na3t.org/road/photo/JM12062 http://www.na3t.org/road/photo/JM12087 http://www.na3t.org/road/photo/JM12067 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Like the Bruff scrappie pics Changing topic slightly heres a few BR Bedford buses SB and OB'S I haven't seen before- http://www.na3t.org/road/photo/JM12062 http://www.na3t.org/road/photo/JM12087 http://www.na3t.org/road/photo/JM12067 I found those last week, and bought copies. The Bedford SB has to be modeled, one on order. I have a photo of a similar one in green which I have done a model of but have wanted a picture of a red/cream one for ages. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Those 'boring' bodied SBs were also popular with local authorities for school buses and the like. Somewhere I've got a photocopied 1970s page, perhaps from a brochure/handbook, of a variety of municipal vehicles, including the SB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 And very popular round here for the small bus operators, who liked to buy new at second hand prices. B R Western just had a couple when most buses were bought second hand from fellow nationalised companies. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) f you look closely at the Class 31 pics theres a Bruff , an Astra and half a big van ! ;- http://ecol.org.uk/l...ilway-accidents Edited July 27, 2012 by jcb 3c Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Those 'boring' bodied SBs were also popular with local authorities for school buses and the like. Somewhere I've got a photocopied 1970s page, perhaps from a brochure/handbook, of a variety of municipal vehicles, including the SB. They were also used a lot by the military, especially the Royal Navy- a common feature on the forecourts of railway stations with bases in the vicinity on Fridays and Sundays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Today, for no reason, I recieved an email, cant sy who from or where its at, but I have been offered a full sized almost complete BRUFF! I arranging to inspect it in a couple of weeks time, to see what needs doing to it, and if OK agree a price........so watch this space, I may get my BRUFF at last! Cheers Ringo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Today, for no reason, I recieved an email, cant sy who from or where its at, but I have been offered a full sized almost complete BRUFF! I arranging to inspect it in a couple of weeks time, to see what needs doing to it, and if OK agree a price........so watch this space, I may get my BRUFF at last! Cheers Ringo Ringo thats brillaint, have sent you a PM! I can see a classic BR recovery convoy doing 45 mph and clogging up the highways, on route to drink tea somewhere! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 http://80srail.zenfolio.com/p46897271 A nice little collection here, some bruffs, and also some bedford CFs, not seen many pics of those , and the only re railing unit I have seen with an orange beacon on the cab roof ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Latest from the workbench. A Little Bus Co. kit for a AEC Regal I with Harrington body, dating from Jan.1948. Not much clues to ownership, but the livery is as sold by Maidstone and District. British Railways bought 5 of them in 1958, the Eastern had one and the London Midland 3, one unknown. I have seen 3 photos including 2 localy all in the original livery and none in red and cream. So this one is ideal for the area of my layout as one of the pictures is only a short distance from my station. JKM424 was numbered by BR as 1019 SO M. I lasted until at least 1963. Merf. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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