Merfyn Jones Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 There's a couple of interesting vehicles in this photo of what I believe is Worcester:- http://erniesunknownrailwaylocations. The long van trailer is presumably for the large amount of parcels from one of the catalogue operators (was it Kays?) based around Worcester. The 'Railfreight' branded FG is a bit odd- I would have thought it would be either 'Rail Express Parcels' or 'NCL' by this point. I had seen this picture and wondered where it was. Not dated but I would think late 60s. Both branded Railfreight so before 1969 takeover by NCL. Yes you could be right about the larger trailer for mail order. I have a shot from a magazine of a line up in 1966 of 8 of this type of van, all new, coupled to Scammel Townsmen, at Worcester. I would guess that the picture shows the area where the Road Motor maintainence was done. The Morris FG is one of a number bought by the western about 1960, so could be put out to grass by then, along with the trailer in it's older livery ! Merfyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I had seen this picture and wondered where it was. Not dated but I would think late 60s. Both branded Railfreight so before 1969 takeover by NCL. Yes you could be right about the larger trailer for mail order. I have a shot from a magazine of a line up in 1966 of 8 of this type of van, all new, coupled to Scammel Townsmen, at Worcester. I would guess that the picture shows the area where the Road Motor maintainence was done. The Morris FG is one of a number bought by the western about 1960, so could be put out to grass by then, along with the trailer in it's older livery ! Merfyn. The buildings to the left are what used to be the old Worcester works of the GWR- the sort of place that often ended up as maintenance facilities for road vehicles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Ah, the only ones I've bought are Springside, took one look and put back in box ! I've been working on and (more) off on one of their Rover 2200 models since they came out and I'm still not entirely satisfied with it yet, but it's getting close! The Parker kits are much easier and actually come in the right shape to start with! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Thanks for tips , changing subject a br Bedford TK tipper nicely framed at Darlington http://ww2.durham.gov.uk/dre/pgDre.aspx?&SEARCH=By+Keyword&TERM=Gateways&ID=DRE9160&PIC=Y 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rris Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Just wondering... does anyone know anything about the DODGE COMMANDO!!! I saw at Reading today? Unfortunately I couldn;t get a picture but I almost fell off my chair when I saw it! M0rris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Just wondering... does anyone know anything about the DODGE COMMANDO!!! I saw at Reading today? Unfortunately I couldn;t get a picture but I almost fell off my chair when I saw it! M0rris Hi Morris Do you mean a railway one ? What livery ? Very thin on the ground these days, many went on to be mobile homes from BR personnel carriers, but not too many about now. Postman brought this this week, the latest from Oxford Diecast, a 1966 registered Morris J2 minibus in the green engineers livery. A Western Region example. Parked behind is 'one I made earlier' Merfyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rris Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Yes, I saw a BR yellow Dodge Commando (the one before the full length plastic grill facelift) crewbus in the upper(!?!) Reading yard, i.e. the first one you get to when you are travelling from Basingstoke, it appeared to be in railway use as it was parked in the middle of the yard there so I can only assume it still is, many people on my train thought I was a luney I as muttered to myself "look its a Commando those disppeared years ago etc!" Morris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Yes, I saw a BR yellow Dodge Commando (the one before the full length plastic grill facelift) crewbus in the upper(!?!) Reading yard, i.e. the first one you get to when you are travelling from Basingstoke, it appeared to be in railway use as it was parked in the middle of the yard there so I can only assume it still is, many people on my train thought I was a luney I as muttered to myself "look its a Commando those disppeared years ago etc!" Morris Hi Morris As soon as you said where you saw it the penny dropped ! Sounds like one of the breakdown rerailing vans which remain in use with the various train operating companies. Great Western would it be at Reading ? I know of a few about with DB ex EWS and also some Leyland DAF 45s. Merfyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Hi Morris As soon as you said where you saw it the penny dropped ! Sounds like one of the breakdown rerailing vans which remain in use with the various train operating companies. Great Western would it be at Reading ? I know of a few about with DB ex EWS and also some Leyland DAF 45s. Merfyn. I don't know that it's still in use - at least, not as a mobile vehicle - it hasn't changed position as far as I can remember, in the three and a half years that I've been passing through Reading regularly. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Think you can see the Reading Commando on google earth , next to a blue container. Is this Bedford TK SPM 562X a BR one or a body swap ? Newer German and Japanese Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Think you can see the Reading Commando on google earth , next to a blue container. Is this Bedford TK SPM 562X a BR one or a body swap ? Newer German and Japanese Hi jcb3c The Bedford TK is 'fake' the flat roof body is newer than the chassis, there were no TKs with that body, PM registration, Surrey ? not used by BR. Very tidy job though. Must have a look at Google Earth. What make is the Jap. open lorry ? Not seen one of them. Merfyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rris Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 IIRC, it is a mitsubishi, possibly a canter? m0rris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
divibandit Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Think you can see the Reading Commando on google earth , next to a blue container. Is this Bedford TK SPM 562X a BR one or a body swap ? Newer German and Japanese Looks like Bruff between those 2 white containers, Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Japanese Network Rail truck is an Isuzu 'Forward' 7.5 tonner . Lonely Commando? - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Japanese Network Rail truck is an Isuzu 'Forward' 7.5 tonner . Lonely Commando? - That Commando looks to be a rerailing version on the LWB chassis from the roof vents. The latest from my workbench, a 1956 Ford Thames ET6, 2ton parcel van of the Southern Region. From a very nice kit from Frank Waller (RTI) Merfyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rris Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Lovely work there! m0rris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Lovely pic of a Karrier Gamecock personnel carrier http://ccmv.fotopic.net/p64721254.html Also some of Merfyns pics on the CCMV site , looks like the BR road vehicles were in as bad a state as the trains ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Lovely pic of a Karrier Gamecock personnel carrier http://ccmv.fotopic.net/p64721254.html Also some of Merfyns pics on the CCMV site , looks like the BR road vehicles were in as bad a state as the trains ! We knew how to knock them about and the P Way were even worse ! The Gamecock is superb, nothing like those on the other regions, I feel a model of that one coming. Merfyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Was the Karrier a Scottish region only model ? Looks similar to the GPO trucks of the period . http://www.britishtelephones.com/vehicles/specialist/073.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 quote name='jcb 3c' date='12 May 2010 - 19:36 ' timestamp='1273689412' post='139051'] Was the Karrier a Scottish region only model ? Looks similar to the GPO trucks of the period . http://www.britishtelephones.com/vehicles/specialist/073.htm I have pictures of the Karrier Gamecocks of the Western and Midland Region, they are similar but not identical to each other, very much like the Bedford TKs that replaced them. The Scotish seemed different to them, KD6001Sc was almost a copy of a GPO version, but the Penman KD6004 is much more fancy than any of them. KD6001 from B R Magazine, I hope no copyright problem as they stopped publishing in 1963 ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Good pic, very like the GPO.The GPO truck seems to have been very common in its time , and with other utilities,its a surprise Matchbox / dinky didn't make a model of it . Budgie had a horrendous attempt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 The RTI Fordson Thames ET6 looks a lot better the the Pocketbond one which has the disadvantage of being an Austin K4 cab with a Fordson bonnet stuck on ! Unsusual (to me ) Bedford TK dropside tilt.(posted with owners permission) Distant glimpse of shiny Commer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 The RTI Fordson Thames ET6 looks a lot better the the Pocketbond one which has the disadvantage of being an Austin K4 cab with a Fordson bonnet stuck on ! Unsusual (to me ) Bedford TK dropside tilt.(posted with owners permission) Distant glimpse of shiny Commer Hi jcb 3c You keep finding these classics. On the original could you read the fleet number ? It looks like Eastern region to me. A 7.5 ton chassis, very rare, I think I have only ever seen 1 similar in a book, but that was a flatbed. The Commer BF fairly common by comparison. You noticed the problem with the Pocketbond too, and the wheelbase is too long. John Ayrey website has pictures of the forthcoming BMC FG personnel carriers by Base Toys, just a few adjustments to the lettering and they are out soon. I don't think you will be disapointed. Cheers Merfyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Hope this is the right place for these pics? Three show my attempt to create my fathers two lorries he drove, ie..Austin k2/4 and the TK that jcb posted earlier. Have a few others if they may be of interest? The Trader tipper was also based at Hitchin and driven by our neibour the same time as the TK. Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Thought I would add these on to the others and included a motorway accident with the rail trader in. Gordon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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