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Thanks very much for your input guys. Maunsell's SR Steam Carriage Stock is now on order and hopefully will fill a few gaps. I'll pass on the Bulleid stuff for now as this is at the extremity of my era and i don't know of any suitable RTR stuff. Although i must confess to owning a BR WC class of my namesake (no prizes for guessing which one). In fact getting hold of any authentic RTR is getting difficult even with the Maunsell stock. I guess kit building is the option here but as a newcomer i want to concentrate my efforts into a workable scenic layout, kit building will come later. Ray

Hi Peter. Many thanks for your input. My copy of Illustrated History of the North Cornwall Railway arrived today. This together with 'Illustrated History of Southern coaches' that my daughter bought me for christmas will keep me going for ages. Like you say a 'deceptively un-simple question". Thanks Ray.

Hi Brake Compo. Sorry, your post crossed my last reply. Many thanks for that. I won't ask any more questions here now until i have browsed "An Illustrated History of the North Cornwall Railway" hopefully in post today. I'm sure it will shed the light on of my questions. But from what i'm picking up, almost anything goes! Ray.

Thanks very much for the info. I have a copy of "An Illustrated History of the North Cornwall Railway" on order, hopefully be here tomorrow. I don't really like buying books 'blind' but this seemed to come well recommended. I'll also lok out for "Maunsell's SR Steam Carriage Stock". BCK? Ah, Brake, composite, corridor, (never could get my head round them abbreviations) just found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_coach_designations . Will sign up to SEmG and see whats on offer. I did sign up to Yahoo Groups years ago (sailing) but forgot my password, i suppose i'll have to re-register to join the SRLHCS group,but i really don't like giving away all that personal information that Yahoo now insist on. On a question of Liveries, i believe what i call the 'olive green' livery (low window Hornby Maunsell) was for the period 1925-1938, and the 'other' green (High window Hornby), Malachite maybe? was for the period 1938-49. Would these two liveries have been seen together (on separate trains of course) from 1938 onwards or would the older stock have all been repainted? Did this colour change also apply to the Locomotives (T9's, N's etc.)? I guess this opens another can of worms (probably discussed here already). Regards Ray.

Hi David. Thanks for your reply. Yes i already found http://www.semgonline.com/coach/sets.html , it's what i based my spreadsheet on. http://www3.sympatico.ca/lsw.lbsc/00COACHS/SETREGST.HTM is also another good resource. I've narrowed my search down to WofE (West of England) pre 1948 (or Western Section) and came up with Sets 179,180,199,200,224,232,239,390-399,445-448. All these i think can be made up Hornby RTR with a bit of renumbering (Hornby has correct numbers for Set 239 [1935-1945], 392). Problem is what is defined as 'West of England' (or Western Section) and did any of these sets goto Padstow for example? Regards Ray.

I'm a newcomer to railway modelling and over the last year have collected a few Hornby RTR Southern Coaches (mainly the Olive green ones). I thought it would be a good idea to have one of each style, i.e 4 compartment brake, 6 compartment brake, composite, 3rd etc. Now older and wiser i realise the Southern Railway grouped their coaches into specific 'sets'. After a few searches i've come up with a spreadsheet of Sets that could be made up with Hornby RTR Southern stock. Not many it would seem, although it could be extended with a bit of renumbering. (I'm sure somebody has been done before but i couldn't find it.) Anyway, what's missing is where these 'sets' went. i.e were they allocated specific routes/areas of operation. I've ascertained that set x was at place y just by looking at a few photos in books etc but it's a very hit and miss affair. So far i've missed all the Hornby sets. So if i was to model Station 'z' how would i find out what sets (and Loco's for that matter) would have frequented the location. Any help would be much appreciated. Regards Ray.