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Dave, You may want to access The Locomotive History of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway by Don Bradley, which details the various changes to frames and chimneys. Slightly less complex are the tender changes to the U-boats. All the new boats had 4000 gall tenders by 3/39 but after the war some were fitted with 3500 gall tenders: 31610 - 3/53 to 6/57 31613 - 9/47 to 8/62 31616 - 10/57 31618 - 2/44 31619 - 5/46 31625 - 12/47 31629 - 10/47 31638 - 10/47 The last six to withdrawal, and (3)1618 is preserved with a 3500 gall tender on the Bluebell Railway. Bill

Why do you want to buy one, he says, looking at the half finished one that I'm building for you. Bill

Sir Simon Rattle's new recording of the Bruckner Ninth Symphony, with a performing version of the finale. Now to listen all over again. Bill

Yeah, Mogmans contribution inspires me to insist on taking my pushbike round the exhibition with me. Well I'm entitled to if the exhibition manager fails to provide a suitable parking space. Actually the bike has already got into four exhibitions, but hasn't been taken round whilst they were open to the public. Bill

Er yes, if I can explain it in a way you might understand, it's taking a Castle, replacing the valve gear with outside Walschaerts and fitting a dome ...... no hang on, didn't Stanier create a decent looking locomotive. Which is more than can be said about the Collett product on the certain other railway. I will leave it to those better versed in the ways of the LNER to explain exactly what horrors that Thompson perpetrated. Bill

One very happy Scummer. Bill

Colin, Can't you control your team? Bill

Lean across the layout and helpfully push the stock from the carriage siding towards platform 1. Didn't reach, as the pick up goods was leaving the yard and they met on the single slip. Happened at one of Paddington Pauls shows so, of course, no barriers. Bill

Just back from the Royal Festival Hall - Kurt Masur conducting Bruckner 7. And it was sodding cold on the bike. Bill

Isn't it strange that some forums (*) just seem to hit the buffer stops? Bill (*) 'spose we could have a forum on the correct plural of forum?

Guys, I think Slater's already do 7mm plates. Have a look on their site for X7073EX and X7073UD. Bill

Guys, A very quick post cos I've run my bath, but BR owned the chassis and the dairy owned the tank. So each vehicle presumably went to its owner's dairy, what I don't know is whether the trains from country to town (and the empties in the reversr direction) were "mixed". Bill

I have a Cambrian kit part built, for Tony's Longmoor project. The problem is that I couldn't find find an exact match for the air reservoirs, and have purchased MJT component #3006. But does anyone know of a more accurate item? Bill

Now it's fifteen home wins on the trot for the Saints. Bill (The Scummer)

Just occasionally CEPs, VEPs etc operated a suburban service (often a London bound service just before the evening rush) in which case the hoi polloi could travel in the first class accommodation. My recollection of the VEPs is that the trim was exaxtly the same as the second class but the compartments were wider and they seated three a side. At a later date, one of the first class compartments was redesignated to second class and became four a side. Bill

Yes, I'm just home - having spent four days at Lord's, followed tonight by a dash to Kensington for the Prom concert. I started at Lord's at 8:00am, when the queue was literally round the block. Bill

Just back from Lords, two days down and two to go. And I get in for nothing! Bill

Hang on Colin, I have seen Avon Junction at several shows and have never seen you behind it. Underneath maybe, but never behind. What I don't know is whether you were recovering from a hangover, sleeping off an all night shift or sorting out the electrics. Bill

Following on from my rather emotional outburst, may I offer condolences to Huddersfield supporters and with them all the best in the play-offs. It was an incredible race and with another couple of games we would have both overtaken Brighton. Bill

Yippee! Bill (Scummer)

Hi, The T9 class came with two cab widths and with three types of tender. It appears that you have the wide cab version (with superheater) and a watercart tender. I need to go into a bit of history. Firstly, the T9s were superheated between 1922 and 1929. Then after grouping in 1923, a number were transferred to the SECR and LBSCR sections to provide competent four coupled express locos. Only superheated locos were transferred and they were paired with 6 wheel tenders due to small turntables. Tenders with 14 foot wheelbase went with locos to the SECR and 13 foot tenders went with locos to the LBSCR. For whatever reason (which might have simply been the cycle of general repairs providing the opportunity to fit a superheated boiler), a high proportion of the 15 wide cab locos acquired 6 wheel tenders. This left the following with watercarts: 302 - E302 to 5/1932, Bulleid green livery 1/1941 305 - E305 to 2/1933, Maunsell green & Bulleid lettering 8/1940 337 - dual braked to 2/1933, E337 to 4/1933, black livery after 3/1941 338 - dual braked to 10/1934, E338 to 11/1932, black livery after 3/1941 This is very simplistic, I haven't dealt with the fitting of snifting valves, the height of the capuchon on the stove pipe chimney and plates to the tender coal rails. You will need to find photos. My source book is LSWR Locomotives, the Drummond classes by Don Bradley ISBN 0 906867 42 8. There are other books. Bill

No, that was the one game that wasn't 1 - 1. Even remember where we stood, alongside the old stand at the southern end, we must have needed a quick get-away. Can Mr Martin come up with a date? Bill