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Hello everyone The Somerset & Dorset line. Brian

Hello everyone I forgot to say in my post above that - as previewed - there might be a 24-hour or so delay to any replies from me on Results queries. Brian

Results – GWR 00 Rolling Stock Mini-Poll No.5: Minks Hello everyone Many thanks to the 21 voters who took part. The number of votes to each item is shown in the left hand column and Comments Received are appended on a PDF as usual. Please note that the results reflect the views of those who voted here and may not necessarily reflect those of the wider modelling community. Although the two lengths of Mink A were the highest-polling, voters went for the Mink F as the focused choice. High Polling 17 Mink A. 16ft 17 Mink A. 17ft 6in Middle Polling 14 Mink C. 21ft. Ventilated 13 Mink B. 21ft. Non-ventilated 12 Mink F. 36ft. Bogie Low Polling 11 Mink D. 28ft 6in 10 Mink. ‘Iron Mink’ 16ft. 10 Mink G. 30ft If there was only enough plastic available to make just one of the above, which should it be? 8 Mink F. 36ft. Bogie 5 Mink A. 17ft 6in 3 Mink A. 16ft 2 ‘Iron Mink’ 2 Mink G. 30ft 1 Mink D. 28ft 6in 0 Mink B and Mink C We return to our normal Wednesday/Saturday/Sunday schedule from Wednesday 21 July when we will be running GWR 00 Rolling Stock Mini-Poll No.6: Freight Vehicles (exc. Vehicle Carriers & ‘Heavy Duty’). The Vehicle Carriers & ‘Heavy Duty’ types will follow the week after. Brian (Note: These are ‘informal Polls for fun’ on Rob’s thread only and neither RMweb nor The 00 Wishlist Poll Team are specifically involved, apart from me, John, Chris and Ian in our ‘personal capacities’.) GWR Mini-Poll No.5 Minks Comments Received.pdf

Hello everyone I forgot to say in my above post that - as previewed - there may be a 24-hour or so delay in me replying to any Results queries. Brian

Results – PN 00 Loco Mini-Poll No.1: Freight Types Hello everyone Many thanks to the 19 voters who took part. The number of votes to each item is shown in the left hand column and Comments Received are appended on a PDF as usual. Please note that the results reflect the views of those who voted here and may not necessarily reflect those of the wider modelling community. High Polling 12 J6 (64170-64279) 12 J39 (64700-64988) 11 J67/J68/J69 (68491-68666) Middle Polling 9 B16/1 (in range 61410-61478, but some are B16/2 or B16/3) 8 J17 (65500-65589) 8 J52 (68757-68889) 8 B16/3 (in range 61420-61468, but some are B16/2 and most B16/1) 7 B16/2 (in range 61435-61457, but some are B16/3 and most B16/1) Low Polling 6 O4/8 (in range 63573-63915 with gaps) 6 J20 (64675-64699) 4 J19 (64640-64674) 2 P1 Nos.2393 & 2394 13 Your suggestions of any locos not listed above. (They must have a ‘PN connection’) The J classes Q1 We will be back on our usual Monday/Thursday/Friday schedule next week with PN 00 Loco Mini-Poll No.2: Passenger Types – Tank. Brian & Chris (Note: These are ‘informal Polls for fun’ on Gilbert’s thread only and neither The 00 Wishlist Poll Team nor RMweb are specifically involved, apart from Chris and me in a ‘personal capacity’.) Mini-Poll PN Loco No.1 Freight Locos Comments Received.pdf

Final Call for Votes - PN 00 Loco Mini-Poll No.1: Freight Types Hello everyone Your 'Polling Station' closes at midnight tonight as we are running early this week with this Mini-Poll. If you haven't already voted, here’s what to do… 1 You may vote for any or all of the 12 items listed plus a response to item 13 (if you so wish) 2 They must be items you would realistically wish to buy if made RTR at ‘affordable prices’. 3 Submit your entries on this thread simply as (for example): 2, 4, 7, 9, 10 – with comments and explanations following. 4 If you vote by PM, please only list your selection of numbers without explanations. 0-6-0T 1 GNR J52 (68757-68889) 2 GER J67/J68/J69 (68491-68666) 0-6-0 3 GNR J6 (64170-64279) 4 GER J17 (65500-65589) 5 GER/LNER J19 (64640-64674) 6 GER/LNER J20 (64675-64699) 7 LNER J39 (64700-64988) 4-6-0 8 NER B16/1 (in range 61410-61478, but some are B16/2 or B16/3) 9 NER/LNER B16/2 (in range 61435-61457, but some are B16/3 and most B16/1) 10 NER/LNER B16/3 (in range 61420-61468, but some are B16/2 and most B16/1) 2-8-0 & 2-8-2 11 GCR/LNER O4/8 (in range 63573-63915 with gaps) 12 LNER P1 Nos.2393 & 2394 13 Your suggestions of any locos not listed above. They must have a ‘PN connection’. Please give the company, wheel arrangement and class number (as per the list above). Get your thinking caps on and get voting! I will acknowledge receipt of your vote via the ‘Thx’ tick box. We look forward to your selections and comments! Brian & Chris (Note: These are ‘informal Polls for fun’ on Gilbert’s thread only and neither The 00 Wishlist Poll Team nor RMweb are specifically involved, apart from Chris and me in a ‘personal capacity’.)

Final Call for Votes - GWR 00 Rolling Stock Mini-Poll No.5: Minks Hello everyone Your 'Polling Station' close at midnight tonight (as we are running early this week with this Mini-Poll). If you haven't already voted, here’s what to do… 1 You may vote for any or all of the eight items listed plus a response to 9 (if you so wish). 2 They must be items you would realistically wish to buy if made RTR at ‘affordable prices’. 3 Submit your entries on this thread simply as (for example): 2, 4, 7 – with comments and explanations following. 4 If you vote by PM, please only list your selection of numbers without explanations. GWR Mink Vans 1. Mink. ‘Iron Mink’ 16ft. 2. Mink A. 16ft 3. Mink A. 17ft 6in 4. Mink B. 21ft. Non-ventilated 5. Mink C. 21ft. Ventilated 6. Mink D. 28ft 6in 7. Mink F. 36ft. Bogie 8. Mink G. 30ft 9. If there was only enough plastic available to make just one of the above, which should it be? (Answer simply as 1 or 3 or 5 etc as usual). Get your thinking caps on and get voting! I will acknowledge receipt of your vote via the ‘Thx’ tick box. I look forward to your selections and comments! Brian (Note: These are ‘informal Polls for fun’ on Rob’s thread only and neither RMweb nor The 00 Wishlist Poll Team are specifically involved, apart from me, John, Chris and Ian in our ‘personal capacities’.)

Hello LNER4479 Yes, the K2 will be in the Passenger - Tender Mini-Poll. Brian

Hello again NIgel Apologies...I had forgotten that I had taken diagram numbers out at the last moment as it was making the list look very complicated! However, it still applies that we feel makers are 'tooling up' to get what they can for their efforts. Brian

Hello Nigel I understand where you are coming from here and that is why we always make the statement below in the introduction... You will find ‘an indication’ of what we are looking at via the suggested example diagrams in parentheses. We simply cannot list every incarnation! The makers are tending to ‘tool up’ to cover as many variants as are commercially viable. For us, the mantra is: If it looks like a Mink, it probably is a Mink, or a member of the same family. Let's see how the voting goes and we can then decide if 'greater focus' can be applied to any version. Brian

PS to above. It doesn't have centre driving wheel flanges though! Brian

Hello Paul and everyone Sorry for slight delay in coming back on this item... A Poll Team colleague had to dispose of some kit-built locos for the wife of a deceased friend recently. One was a J20 which came to me. It goes round 2nd radius curves with consummate ease so - I would guess - a manufacturer would be able to make a RTR version do the same. Brian

Hello again Paul Can I confirm your vote? Are you voting for only the J67/68/69? Or are you also - which I would guess as being so - voting for J17, J19, J20 and J39. Thanks Brian

Thanks Paul The B2 is coming up in PN Loco Mini-Poll No.3. I can't speak with Chris at the moment as he is off-line for a while. But I will query if he knows of the B2 getting to Peterborough North. I had it as 'a doubtful' (along with a couple of others) but we decided to leave it in. Can anyone confirm a B2 at PN? Brian

Hello Trevor The photo is at Torquay. My copy also sits next to Summer Saturdays in the West...with Mainlines to the West adjacent, of course! Brian Brian

Hello Trevor Many thanks for the tip - book now arrived and well worth buying! While writing, if readers are interested in 'the WR holiday season', you might like The Day of the Holiday Express. Pics below. I have to 'declare an interest' here as the author, Richard Woodley, is a good friend of mine. The attention to detail is outstanding. It is size 240 x 180mm, 184pp, with lots of B&W photos. Brian

Thanks Mike - excellent! Clearly shows two types of Ore Hopper. According to the numbers listed in the thread I noted, the first two are LMS Diag.1894 and the others Diag.1941. The 1894 had higher sides. I love the evocative place names there...Gwinear Road, Praze, Nancegollan, Truthall Platform and Helston itself. Brian

Hello again For those interested in the Helston branch, some good photos on the site below. Brian http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/helston-branch.html

Hello Gilbert As I have ticked the Thx box, I can't also press the 'Agree' button. This is to say that I do totally agree! Brian

Hello Gilbert Just been checking past 00 Wishlist Poll Results... Back in 2009 - before your current Team started running it - the J6 was the second most wanted LNER category loco. It dropped way back in 2012 - the first year we ran the Poll. Since 2013, it has been Middle Polling (albeit at the upper level of that segment) and became High Polling in the last Poll to run (2019). It was 23rd in the list of 70 LNER locos that year. Overall it was equal position 83 out of about 800 items listed. I have often raised the question of why this should be so! Or - maybe - it's one of those locos that no-one wants...until they see it! Brian

Hello Steve Would you like 4, 5, 6, 9 and/or 10 logged as actual votes? Brian

Thanks Mike By chance, I just re-googled my search with slightly different words in a slightly different order and the RMweb thread below popped up! Answers it all! Brian

Hello Gilbert I have ticked the Thx box and recorded your votes, but could you clarify which of the B16s please? Any or all? We have listed them here as they are predominantly freight locos. My opening paragraph to this Mini-Poll included the line: The title is Freight Types, but we appreciate that some were used on passenger too. If we hadn't listed them here (total 12 locos) it would have overloaded the Passenger - Tender Mini-Poll later. We may 'appear mad' but there is method in that madness (most of the time!). Brian

Hello everyone Can anyone tell me the destination of loaded Hopper Wagons from Helston in the late 50s/early 60s? I posed the question without success on the Helston thread and I don't have any suitable books with that information. Perhaps it's in an Oakwood Publishing Helston Branch history? Many thanks Brian

Hello everyone I’m voting for: * J6 – an essential for the line. Sadly, never seems to poll very high – and I don’t know why! * J17 – essential GER loco. (I have a kit-built example, but would love a modern standard RTR) * J19 – as above * J20 – as above * J39 – already made by Bachmann but a version to modern standards would be welcome * J52 – essential to complete the range of freight tanks. An ‘unsung hero’ (or heroine?) * J67/J68/J69 – one of those locos that has ‘eye appeal’ and much going for it! Brian