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Many thanks Matt! I have seen parts of this before, but not the whole publication I think. Quite a resource, and as you say a great source of cameos if anyone is in need. The style is certainly more direct than today's H&S communication! A tad condescending perhaps, but also with a good deal of humor, eg: Yes that's a bit of an oddity, especially as the copyright for the publication is 1914, so nothing to do with the later small-sized scripts. Your logic makes good sense. Or perhaps hired to a private factory, maybe not even a GWR build? Then there were the china clay wagons, which right from the early days seem to have been a motley lot and with various non-standard lettering to be seen.

Hi Mikkel, Long time since I last commented, but I was researching railway accidents (as you do) and came across this leaflet: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-04/the-safety-movement-1914-LOW.pdf?_ga=2.60822444.1812258583.1594485049-478566534.1594485049 which instantly made me think of your fantastic "posed" dioramas. This is kind of life imitating art, with a bit of time travel thrown in! If you've already seen it, then this is just by way of a hello and happy modelling anyway! Best, Matt

There’s nothing quite so nice as knowing you’ve got the right tools for the job! Coming along nicely Al!

The reckoning at the end of the leaflet is frightening - in one month, 6 dead and 934 injured - no wonder the GWR thought a safety campaign necessary. Kit PW A 1920s 7mm terminus layout: Swan Hill - https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/blog/2502-swan-hill/

What's the wagon on p. 16? A wood-framed 4-plank with 3-plank high side door and wooden brake blocks. My first thought is that it is a hired wagon but what's with the 6"-ish G . W and the script Factory? It would make some senses as a works internal user wagon, as the photo is presumably take there - note the shiny claret carriage in the background, fresh out of the paint shop, I presume.

Thanks for this thread. I have a couple to build and this is a great help in understanding more how to get going

Can I make one comment? I suggest you apply your scraper and fiberglass pen to some of those solder joints. The joins around the tanks and boiler bands look kind of rough to my eye. I spend a lot of time on my kits trying to get as much of the excess solder off as I can. Otherwise, you are to be applauded for the loco so far. I can't recall a brass kit that I built that was perfect. As you say, the nice thing about brass is that it is endlessly forgiving. John

Yes, I'm struck by that too. The pages that precede the final summary show details of the accidents in individual departments (though the method by which the data was compiled isn't clear). I note 33 injuries by horses in a month, that's around 400 in a year.

I've re-posted this question to the GW Rolling Stock sub-forum:

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll have to try and be more patient with it :-)

Looking at your pictures I would say that you need a hotter iron to get the brass and solder hotter.

Thanks, will keep that in mind. Maybe no music either! It is! You must have missed it. There's even a map, drawn up by that Tolkien fellow.