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I'd be very surprised if they haven't (along with the tripcocks etc to do one in LT condition).

I think we're referring to the BR passenger lined green; unlikely I'd suggest, given that they never carried it in BR days. So far as I'm aware none of the preserved ones have either although I stand to be corrected there (although we have had tan, blue, red, and light green of course, as well as lined BR black). My money is on a red one (which is of course the best livery ever carried by a 57xx 😉). The myriad little changes made to suit their new life underground will be right up Accurascale's street.

Well that's not how to make friends is it!

Didn't realise you dabbled in 16mm as well as the 5" stuff Mike. That looks really good. I'm sure I'd have stuck with it myself had I seen the slomo in action- your homebrew version looks just as effective. By the way I had a similar set up with point levers at the front of my 0 gauge layout (albeit off scene), I took that to a couple of small exhibitions and actually being "front of house" worked really well, although you'd probably want someone to act as shunter and to talk to punters and someone else to concentrate on driving!

I wasn't complaining, quite the opposite- I missed it the first time around and it's a great picture!

I suspect we've gone full circle and that's the photo that started this thread

Here's a few recently uncovered near me- all BR standard types but a mixture of planked and plywood and 2 and 3 piece ends. There's 6 or 7 in total all end to end carrying on past the scaffolding frame. Presumably came off of the Dursley branch line. There's at least one more in the same yard that's in excellent condition and freshly creosoted that I presume is still in use for storage- these ones are empty.

This sort of thing would perhaps have been a more controlled method of extraction- I saw this referenced somewhere on Facebook, this is another Facebook link but you should be able to view without signing in/ up. Kelbus gear in use at Southall And a another picture of it in use (and another "bring out the big guns" loco, to try and make some very tenuous link to 59 003) elsewhere on RMWeb How to wake up a 37 that's having a lie down

I was being thoroughly tongue in cheek, as Quarryscapes has highlighted there's no two the same (and they evolved over time too)- it's be preposterous for them to tool for all possibilities but someone usually expects them too. My particular "want", especially with the ugly air pump on the smokebox, is particularly obscure! Alan George's current (or at least, most recent running) state is pretty close to Nesta as modelled though.

Indeed- a lot of natural gas injection stuff should read right across to hydrogen. I was on the development team for the dual fuel injectors used in the Volvo LNG trucks that were launched a couple of years back (concentric nozzles for LNG and diesel, each with it's own actuator) and seem to be pretty successful- I believe the main company behind that project has run them on hydrogen with very good results, just as a proof of concept so far but we'll see what happens.

Hydrogen has a lot of potential both for I/C (although it's not exactly flawless- it doesn't ignite under compression so forces you down less efficient combustion strategies) and in fuel cells (also not flawless as they need very "clean" hydrogen and their efficiency is load dependent) but I do wish people would remember that it doesn't grow on trees... The "emissions" are meaningless unless considered alongside the energy cost of actually producing the stuff. Best way to consider it in very simple terms is as as a battery as opposed to as a fuel source in it's own right.

Ahh- it's one of the semi- streamlined ones (bit like a Duchess really...) which along with the slope explains why it got as far as it did before it all went Pete Tong!

My (now) fiancé's student digs were the other side of said bridge to mine, the hill the far side of the bridge is very steep, more so than it looks in the photos- it's also narrow, as is evident! I would have thought it would be fairly apparent that going that way might not be the best plan. The height is signed in imperial and metric from the road junction as well as the bridge itself (which is close enough to said junction to be visible). Of course that's not much help if your vehicle is less than that but long. Incidentally I always thought she lived in Mutley, not Mannamead- evidently not!

My Dad used to drive "Alan George" on the Teifi Valley (before I came along and spoilt his fun- although it was still a regular feature of my childhood holidays!). Now I'm pretty disappointed that Bachmann aren't doing one in mid green with a very stylish airbrake pump tacked on the side of the smokebox, but I suppose given they've tooled a very accurate looking close relative in Nesta I can't really grumble too loudly. I shall certainly be buying one for him; it's just a question of whether I can resist buying one for me too!

A chap on the "retrorides" forum has posted a thread up with pictures from his dad's photo album from his driving days with BRS and Pickfords throughout the 1960s; not only are there some excellent detail shots of vehicles "in use" but there's some good inspiration and reference photos for loads, liveries, warehousing and loading methods too. Several examples of 15- 20 year old vehicles in use alongside much newer ones. The thread can be found HERE hopefully!