More Pre-Grouping Wagons in 4mm - the D299 appreciation thread.
Having some time on my hands, I have been working my way through my stash of 4mm scale wagon kits, starting with some pre-grouping examples. As may be evident, my enthusiasm is for the Midland Railway, so first up, a couple of Midland wagons: an 8 ton high-sided wagon to D299 (left) and an 8 ton low-sided goods wagon to D305 (right).
These are both built from Slater’s kits, nice and straightforward so long as one is aware of the major pitfall with the D299: if the sides a
I have been studying Maj. Pringle’s report on the accident at Sharnbrook not only for the information on train make-up and wagon numbers but also for the insight it gives into the working practices of the time. I hope you will indulge me if I summarize the events that led up to this appallingly destructive head on collision between two goods trains, which took place at 3:53 am on the morning of 4 February 1909.
Sharnbrook was a wayside station on the Midland main line, just north of
