BMacdermott

Hello everyone Congratulations to Rapido on this welcome announcement! The loco has been in The Top 50 of The 00 Wishlist Poll since 2015. In 2019 (the last poll), it finished up well within The Top 10 and was the second most wanted GWR loco (behind the Manor). We wish the company every success with the project! And every success to Richard Foster in his new post. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello everyone Many congratulations to all those involved with these locos - we wish the project every success. We listed Harwicke in The 00 Wishlist Poll - in the last Poll, the loco only just missed being in The Top 50 by a handful of votes. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

As far as I know, the layout was taken down when house decoration was needed many years ago. He moved to O gauge and 'slimmed down' his 00 collection some months back. We can now see why that 'slimming' was undertaken. As part of that, he offered a number of locos 'free, gratis and for nothing' to the Poll Team and I was fortunate to receive West Country 34006 Bude - which was his favourite loco. Although it was 'free', I did assure him that I was making a decent donation to a charity and this pleased him greatly. I forgot to say in my original post that you will find many milk and coaching stock related articles by Glen in the railway and model railway press - too many to list here - and that his name appears 'in credits' in numerous books, articles and websites. Brian

Hello everyone I have the sad duty to report the passing of fellow 00 Wishlist Poll Team member, Glen Woods (of Brighton). Glen and I first met in the mid-2000s on what was MREmag in Pat Hammond's days. We had a shared interest in 'things SR' as well as more specifically in milk trains and carriage workings. Our friendship grew so that - by around 2010 - he was firmly established with about eight others of us from MREmag who were by then known collectively (for convenience) as The Loco Team looking at and discussing various locos that we thought might come to market. When Pat asked us to run what many of you now know to be The 00 Wishlist Poll, Glen (and team-mate Chris Knowles-Thomas) made a fine job of writing up copious SR notes for the accompanying Guide and keeping them up-to-date over the years. Alongside side all this, he was a regular volunteer at The Bluebell Railway Archive and ran a number of Yahoo Groups. Although a keen 'milk man' (so to speak), a major passion was researching and writing up data from the records of Lancing Carriage & Wagon Works. In 2014, his book - Lancing 1956 - was published by St Petroc InfoPublishing. In 200+ pages, it gives dates in and out of the works for coaches as well as what types of repair were undertaken and when repainting took place. The Team - and many others - will miss him greatly, not least his very close family, who we think of today in the knowledge that funerals are now harder than ever before. To Glen from all of us...thank you so much for your friendship and the generosity with which you freely shared your hard-won research. We won't forget it. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Wishlist Poll Team)

Hello Andy & Phil Many congratulations on another fine show! You made it look easy! My only regret is that I didn't have time to watch all day each day and will have some catching up to do. Looking forward to the next one. Brian

Hello everyone Many congratulations to Ben and Heljan on this announcement...we wish them every success with this undoubtedly popular model. It has been in the upper echelons of the High Polling segment of The 00 Wishlist Poll for many years. In 2019, it was only just a whisker outside The Top 50. Kind regards Brian (on behalf of The 00 Wishlist Poll Team)

Hello Jonathan Superb! Brian

Hello paulbb Try All Components. I have just had four 00 repaired. Brian

Congratulations to you all on this announcement! It was the second most wanted vehicle in the Freight Stock: 1964 - Current category in The 00 Wishlist Poll 2019. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Wishlist Poll Team)

Hello Paul Congratulations! Brian

The Annual 00 Wishlist Poll – A Statement from The 00 Poll Team (7.9.20) Hello everyone We normally run The Annual 00 Wishlist Poll in October. However, during the past year we have been giving deep thought and consideration to its future. Bear in mind that The Poll has an accompanying Guide – not far off 100,000 words and over 1500 links – which takes many months of review and revision by The Poll Team in the background. Voter numbers have generally increased since we first started but – no matter how hard we try with dozens of personal contacts and hundreds of Press Releases etc – the pollster figure hovers around the 2,500+ mark. Additional to that, the results have been very consistent year-on-year with many new models coming to market that have featured in either The Top 50 or the High Polling segment. The Poll Team has worked together for over 10 years now and dates back to when we were collectively known as ‘The Loco Team’ on the erstwhile MREmag. The Team has stuck together through thick and thin, and has produced a Poll that we are very proud of and one which we know many of you have enjoyed each year. We believe it is now a case of ‘mission accomplished’ and have taken the hard – and deeply heartfelt – decision to bring this annual event to a close. We would like to thank all those who have supported us through the years; in particular, there would not have been a Poll without Pat Hammond and Phil Parker (both late of the original MREmag) and more recently with Andy York here on RMweb. We appreciate you all! Although The Poll will not be running, The Team itself is staying together and will – as usual – help with comments and information where needed. No doubt we will soon be working with Phil and Andy on the next Quirky Poll! Yours most sincerely The 00 Wishlist Poll Team Neil Burgess, Robert Carroll, Chris Knowles-Thomas, John Lewis, Jeff Lynn, Brian Macdermott, Nick Stanbury, Ian Taylor and Glen Woods

Hello again Tony I thought readers might like to see my controller. (I have others, so this is No.1.) I have fitted self-adhesive Velcro around the outside - easier on the hand and less likely to slip out and drop. The 'centre' switch has a plastic cover which - again - is easier on finger as it has a little 'give'. This is needed as I do a lot of shunting. I have made an extender for the throttle from foam board. This is simply a press-fix and is held tight by the groooves. By having a greater circumference, I get finer control. Brian

Hello Tony I use Kent Panel Controls controllers (which are now made by All Components). These have a centre off switch. I always move to centre when not running anything - in essence, I am 'putting it in neutral with parking brake on' and nothing can run accidentally. If you haven't noticed a rogue loco running (perhaps an isolation switch hasn't been operated) then that loco can, for example, run up against another train or stop blocks etc and be 'under force'. Brian

Hello everyone A friend has just informed me that according to the RCTS 'Greenie', Clauds first started running to Oxford in Dec 1950. This ceased in Spring 1957 when they were replaced by B12/3s. I'd still like to see any photos around that time if anyone can point a direction. I know Dick Riley took some in 1954, but that's too early for me. Brian

Hello Nearholmer In his book, Oxford to Cambridge Railway (Part 1 - Oxford-Bletchley), Bill Simpson notes that K3, B12 and D16 were regular visitors to Oxford. He goes onto say (page 134) that when an Ipswich-Cardiff freight (via Cambridge and Bletchley) was introduced in 1956, it was hauled by a K3 or J39 to Yarnton Junction. We can't expect to find many photos, as the train was due Yarnton Junction at 1.30am - and how the loco returned is not detailed. Laurence Waters book, Rail Centres: Oxford, shows B12 No.61546 at Oxford on an Oxford-Cambridge train dated 23 April 1959 - but whether that date is reliable is uncertain as another books give a withdrawal date of just a month later. No doubt the late (and great) local railwayman, Bob Berry, would have known the answers to all these questions! Brian

Hello everyone Could anyone give me a specific year - and, hopefully a specific month or date - that any Claud D16 ran into Oxford (from Cambridge)? Or can anyone say for sure that any were seen there in 1959? All I can find at present is the generic term 'late 50s'. Many thanks Brian

Hello Tony and everyone Bachmann has produced in the past a BR Mk1 Restaurant Car RU with Gresley bogies as running number E1926 (code 39-101). The Parkin Mk1 book shows a photo of this coach but - as far as I can see - does not go into any detail of how many were fitted with Gresley bogies nor what duties they were used on. And were they running as such in 1960/61? Can anyone provide details? Thanks Brian

Hello Michael (KR) I know one of the 00 Poll Team has suggested 10800 to 'complete' the line up of prototypes (and that adds to comments from others above). Perhaps the Class 70 Co-Co (20001-20003) might be worth looking at? The class generally comes in towards the high end of the High Polling segment of The 00 Wishlist Poll. Although we have very often considered listing DHP 1 (and many others), it has never got onto our lists. To the best of my knowledge, I don't recall ever having had a request to list it. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Andy & Phil Many congratulations on this show! It will certainly have been a lot of hard work...but it has paid off handsomely! Cheers! Brian

Hello everyone Many congratulations to KR Models! The loco has been in The Top 50 of The 00 Wishlist Poll since 2015. In the 2019 Poll, the loco was in overall equal position 25th. All the best to KR Models with the project. Brian (on behalf of The 00 Poll Team)

Hello Peter A 'must have book' is: Scenes from the Past 19: Railways in and around Newton Abbot and Torbay. Brian

OK Gilbert, I will create an 'ordinary' Word document so that you can put the stock into any order or content you see fit. Might take me a day or so, but will PM to you asap. Brian

Hello Gilbert I'm happy to forward The Wishlist Poll coaching stock data to you. Brian

Hello Pannier Tank Just looked at my Churston branch book...no pattern there. And when the Autotrailer is 'leading', there is only one central bracket for it to go on (excluding the tail lamp one which is lower and to one side). Brian

Hello GWR Modeller That code was used on many branch lines, continuing into BR days. For example, if you look at Chris Leigh's Railway World Special "Cornish Riviera", you will find on page 43 a photo of two small prairies at the head of the St Ives portion of the train in 1958...with lamp over centre buffer beam of the leading loco. The coaches cannot be counted accurately due to the angle of the photo, but there are at least eight and probably more like ten. As an aside - but related topic - empty stock trains to and from Old Oak Common (or West London Sidings) and Paddington carried lamp under chimney and lamp over right buffer (when viewed from the cab in forward direction and often with a duty number disc over the left buffer). This was a freight code elsewhere. Brian