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We do get to see a train of 4 wheeled coaches here but not with such a delightful loco. Don

Any savings from collecting the coal themselves would be lost in having to thoroughly clean the vehicle before doing more deliveries Don

Sorry to hear your wife is not so well. Shame the layout had to go but on the bright side you do enjoy starting a new one. I thought I might have seen you at the Southampton show on one of my rare trips over the water. Still lots to do before I can get on with a layout. But a group of us meet in Pete's shed on Fridays to run the odd train, natter about railways and models or moan about the state of the world. Wishing you all the best Don

I have some 0 gauge Vauxhall wagons. It is easy to make assumptions about Colliery wagons as these were more well known. It is much harder to find any local ones. I have some for Pwllheli Quarries but where there others locally who owned wagons circa 1900? it may be businesses were fairly small and not having a lot to send out used company wagons. Barmouth Gas Works may have had coal delivered in colliery wagons and outputs such as Tar were sold to companies who collected it in their own wagons. So the Works had no wagons of their own. Any info would be helpful. Don

I knew Mike Morton-Lloyd and when the book came out discussed it with him. The examples came from the main line he said he didn't have much info on the Dolgelley line or the Coast line. I think the records he had seen were from the grouping period . Don

Trying to work out the wagons one would see is difficult. The colliery end is easier although amongst the colliery and coal factor wagons would be some merchants wagons. I lodged once with someone whose Grandfather had been a coal merchant they had a single wagon but he had no memory of which colliery it would be sent to. There seems to be a lack of pregroup photos showing the wagons. Don

Banking with model trains is I believe easier in larger scales and using three link couplings where the load is split between the train engine and the banker where the couplings slacken. Are you expecting bankers to take up part of the load Jerry? It does look superb. In your situation could the banker follow the train into the fiddle yard and then be dispatched back as though it had just been dropped off any need to uncouple would then be off scene. Would passenger trains have had a pilot rather than a banker? Don

Increasing the 6ft way also shortens the distance to the fouling point making for a longer loop or siding. Short stock also tends to go better over sharp crossovers compared to long ones. Here's me telling that to the king of shorties. Don

Well Bob extra time always seems to be 'out of stock'. Interesting wagons should make good models. Don

Agreed with Andy but depending on the period modelled the road level may have risen slightly if the road originally was unmade. Nowadays with taller vehicles more effort is made to keep the maximum clearance possible. Don

I look forward to seeing your model of that wagon. Don

The litmas test I think is will I regret leaving it out. For me probably not in this case if there is one outside but if you are likely to think 'I should have done the inside one' each time you look at it well ...... Don

Having for many years used a single gear fixed wheel bike I wouldn't say extra leg strength was needed the trick is to use your weight. Dont like the sound of the brake though. Don

What was so special that the Victorians needed great leg strength. Don

Perhaps in today's terminology it would be a virtual prototype. Don