RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 8, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2012 Yes the U1s only lasted one season. At the Wadebridge show a few years back we spoke to an old NCR Fireman who commented that the U1 had the same boiler as an N but had an extra cylinder using steam. The N's boilers weren't huge by any measure (being the largest that could be fitted on the River class tank and be standard for the other Maunsell moguls IIRC) and therefore I think the old fireman had a hell of a job shoveling coal and injecting water for the long uphill sections of the NCR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted January 10, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2012 Just come across this photostream on Flickr which has some nice 60s NCR/Withered Arm shots:- 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 10, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2012 Just come across this photostream on Flickr which has some nice 60s NCR/Withered Arm shots:- http://www.flickr.co...in/photostream/ Nice! Like the one of Illfracombe too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted January 11, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2012 Nice! Like the one of Illfracombe too. D'oh just hit 'like' instead of 'reply'..anyway, yes; I don't recall seeing a colour shot of the outside of Ilfracombe station from anything like that angle before. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bedding Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 D'oh just hit 'like' instead of 'reply'..anyway, yes; I don't recall seeing a colour shot of the outside of Ilfracombe station from anything like that angle before. Happy to oblige! And not just the Ilfracombe station external, the external view of Bideford is completely new to me. What a marvellous set of photos that have been "sleeping" somewhere. Top marks for quality, subject, and colour reproduction. The date of 2010 may mislead some chaps, but on this forum we all know differently. PB 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Interesting thread this of my local line. I have just come across a couple of usual pictures, not sure if there is mention of this in the Irwell Press book "An Illustrated History of the North Cornwall Railway" as I do not have the revised version. http://www.flickr.com/photos/16118167@N04/6405058219/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16118167@N04/6405058679/in/photostream/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) apologies, wrong subject Edited January 22, 2012 by hmrspaul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 22, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2012 Cracking shots people. I've seen the gun on the NCR before but not those ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Some more cracking shots of the NCR http://www.flickr.com/photos/12549538@N08/sets/72157628649864207/ 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 23, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2012 Agreed great shots.keep them coming folks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 12, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2012 A limited edition wagon produced by Wessex Wagons has been brought to my attention (thanks Rob). It's allegedly a Delabole slate dust liveried Presflo. On paper this is just what I've been after, but......look at the model photo. http://www.users.waitrose.com/~21oldway/images/Old%20Delabole.jpg Having looked at photos in boos and images on DVDs I'm not totally convinced that the combination of wagon and livery is accurate. They themselves say "Authentic wagon, but livery based on historic documents." Yes Delabole used presflo wagons but not in that livery. All the presflo wagons I've seen used for slate dust had the letters painted directly onto the ribbed body not a side hoarding. I'm also slightly dubious as the BR produced wagon carries the instructions Return to Delabole L&SWR! Also the wagon is numbered 71 - I'm fairly sure the Delabole presflo wagons kept their BR running numbers. I can't help but think that what they have ended up with is an early private owner livery (van or sheeted wagon?) on a BR wagon. Anybody else have any thoughts? (I'd love to be proved wrong and be able to buy in confidence of it's accuracy) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) A limited edition wagon produced by Wessex Wagons has been brought to my attention (thanks Rob). It's allegedly a Delabole slate dust liveried Presflo. On paper this is just what I've been after, but......look at the model photo. http://www.users.wai...%20Delabole.jpg Having looked at photos in boos and images on DVDs I'm not totally convinced that the combination of wagon and livery is accurate. They themselves say "Authentic wagon, but livery based on historic documents." Yes Delabole used presflo wagons but not in that livery. All the presflo wagons I've seen used for slate dust had the letters painted directly onto the ribbed body not a side hoarding. I'm also slightly dubious as the BR produced wagon carries the instructions Return to Delabole L&SWR! Also the wagon is numbered 71 - I'm fairly sure the Delabole presflo wagons kept their BR running numbers. I can't help but think that what they have ended up with is an early private owner livery (van or sheeted wagon?) on a BR wagon. Anybody else have any thoughts? (I'd love to be proved wrong and be able to buy in confidence of it's accuracy) Isn't this the Presflo used for Delabole - labelled as DELAFILA http://PaulBartlett....oslate/e4279117 ? I wouldn't criticise the use of LSWR too much, BR "Return to" brandings frequently referred to the pre-Grouping names of railways. Very useful when there were two (or more) Companies serving the same town. Paul Bartlett Edited February 12, 2012 by hmrspaul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 13, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2012 Wessex are also doing a North Cornwall salt wagon too 'North Cornwall China Clay Co.' St Bryward.Due for release next month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 20, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 20, 2012 Had a chat to Wessex Wagons during Tonbridge show and handed over copies of the Presflo wagon liveries that I'd found. Got the impression that they knew presflo wagons were used for slate and that they had found a historical document relating to an old livery and then put 2 and 2 together to make 6. Won't be buying the one they have done but a different (and correct) version might be on the cards..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancess Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Class 22s / D63XXs on the NCR With the release due this year of Dapols Class 22 I thought I'd start recording sightings (albeit from books) of the evil 22s on and around the North Cornwall lines. Feel free to add sightings! An Illustrated History of the NCR (Irwell Press), revised edition, has two B&W shots: Pg 206 D6342 at Halwill 21/8/65 - split headcode and small yellow panel Pg 239 D6348 at Wadebridge 14/7/64 - split headcode and small yellow panel Steam Trials The Withered Arm (Ian Allan) by M Clemens, has two shots: Pg 33 D6334 crossing the R Taw near Barnstable 2/9/65 - split headcode and no yellow panel Pg 62/63 D63XX and D6330 rounding the curve from Padstow into Halwill Spring 1966 - both had split headcode and small yellow panel (Colour image) The Steaming Sixties Vol 4 - The Withered Arm in Cornwall (Irwell Press) by Peter Coster, has one colour shot: Pg 2 D6350 at Wadebridge with WR stock bound for Bodmin 17/08/62 - no front view. Very interesting forum. D 6340 on page 80 of the Bude Branch by D.J.Wroe 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 29, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) New Book for N Cornwall Fans Xpress Publishing have recently issued book 16 of their "The District Controller's View" range. Happily it covers North Cornwall (Okehampton - Wadebridge - Padstow) as well as activities on: # The Bude Branch # Bodmin Rd - Bodmin and Wadebridge # Launceston to Plymouth # Bere Alston to Callington # Yeoford - Tavistock - Plymouth 93 crammed pages at £14.95, a great book for those interested in how these lines operated. ISBN 978-1-901056-43-3. http://xpresspublish..._AD_low_res.pdf Edited February 29, 2012 by 2ManySpams 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29, 2012 Yes, and it does exactly what it says on the cover, too! Note the dates, although it seems unlikely that things changed dramatically over the decade, so any modeller in the crimson/cream era or thereafter should find plenty of detail. These books are good value. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 3, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2012 Just thinking about the '50's steam operation' line on the cover. This doesn't quite go with many of the timetables inside being 1961... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 3, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2012 True. "1950's BR Steam Operating" seems to be a generic title for the series - I also bought Vol 15, which majors on 1952 for East Sussex. About the only thing from the '50s in this volume is the table near the back showing shed allocations for a small number of classes. The majority of data is actually therefore a year later than e.g. the 1960 CWN provided by Glen Woods for your Irwell volume! It does have some Carriage All-Round Workings - although I don't think they are the complete set, and I can't quite fathom when they are for, but presume they are 1961, too. Don't let us put anyone off, though - this is full of real "stuff" if you want background. It's just that, as Chris points out, not much is from the declared '50s! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 3, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2012 You might need to watch the coach working as there do seem to have been some changes to that in the late 1950s even tho' the train service remained very similar. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocoach Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Personally I would prefer 1946- 947 CWN's...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 17, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2012 For those who model the NCR in the later period it looks like Hornby are doing a suitable for the NCR without renumbering. http://www.ehattons.com/51250/Hornby_Model_Railways_R3107_T9_BR_Lined_Late_Crest_30313_Due_into_stock_between_August_2012_September_2012/StockDetail.aspx 30313 - wide cab, 6 wheel tender and late crest. Good stuff. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocoach Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 But they cancelled the Southern Bulleid back version of a 7xx series T9 that would have been even more perfect. Narrow cab and 8 wheel tender. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bedding Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 But they cancelled the Southern Bulleid back version of a 7xx series T9 that would have been even more perfect. Narrow cab and 8 wheel tender. Quite right, I had structured my pocket money for plural purchases, and when I read of the cancellation, and of the alleged reason (reason as in logic, or reason as in lame excuse?), my warmth for things Hornby took a dive. At the end of WW2, #283 was captured on film with 2-set 54 at Wadebridge. At the same time, 2-set 20 was filmed nearby. T9 283 was not the only Withered Arm regular, and I was looking forward to having a multiple choice working time table. PB 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 25, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 Cross link to a thread about Wenford Dries Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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