mikemusson

My apologies for the late posting. I had assumed someone else was posting on RMWeb - but clearly I was wrong for which I sincerely apologise. We had a perfect storm hit us as both Tim and I had family with health issues, Tim's 93 year old Dad breaking his hip and my wife falling ill on Christmas Day and still under a regime of medication, visits to the hospital etc. We will make sure that some of the organisers will be well below the age of 70 next time!!!! As an update. The winners are to receive a year's membership to the Society plus a selection of publications - not one was a member of the Society. They will also receive a prize donated from a variety of sources, two sets from Bachmann, two first class rail passes from London Northwestern Trains, an etched brass coach kit from Stevenson Carriages. All entries were entered in a draw for a LNWR print from the railway artist Gerald Broom. Mike Lynch (Paternoster Row), who entered the model of Perry Barr station, was the lucky winner of the print. I will be contacting everyone, but because of GDPR, this information currently lies with our secretary Tim, it will take a day or so to contact each and every person. As everyone knows this was our first competition and to be honest it was more challenging that we thought. We had deliberately made the rules flexible so that we didn't define the type of entry we were looking for. On receiving the entries we decided there was a need to create an additional category, 'Model Engineering' because how do you compare building a 3.5 inch live steam locomotive over ten years with a kit built one? We will over the next few months be contacting everyone who entered to ask how we could improve things from their perspective - we already know the issues we faced and what needs to be done there. One aspect was whether to stick to the category approach, which allows entries from all gauges, or be more specific regarding gauge/scratch built/kit categories. We believe that as the LNWR is very much a minority interest we cannot have too many categories. Their/your thoughts would therefore be very valuable. As part of this process we also thought the winners of the competition should be offered the opportunity to judge next year's competition. This we felt would help to iron out any bias that might unintentionally occur. What are the thoughts of people on this forum? Clearly with volunteers, of any age, there is a limit to their free time so the main lesson we have learnt is that we need more people to help. Our next Newsletter already has our appeal for this extra help. Mike

We apologise for the late announcement on RMWeb - this was due to a number of issues for which we apologise. Whilst the RMWeb members were not aware who had won we had contacted the winners as chosen by the LNWR Society prior to Stafford. We had also announced them on the Society's Facebook and Forum platforms. THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 LNWR MODEL RAILWAY COMPETITION There is no doubt that the standard of entry was superb with not one model being below very good. Every person who entered the competition deserves a big thank you. Each and everyone of you helped to show case the LNWR at its best. The winners are: 1) Structures: - Addison Road by Twickenham MRC 2) Locomotive: - Crewe long firebox goods as a saddletank by John Dale 3) Rolling Stock: - Scratch built 1915 L&NWR 3-car Oerlikon electric set by Peter Warren 4) Model Engineering: - 3.5 inch gauge miniature steam locomotive LNWR 4-4-0 No 2181 'Eleanor' by Stephen Kingett In addition to our judges, the RMWeb Community were asked to join in and to vote. Whilst the Poll went down on the Tuesday, some five after voting started, their overwhelming choice was for the scratch built 1915 L&NWR 3-car Oerlikon electric set by Peter Warren. Because the new RMWeb website wasn't compatible with the polling platform and in the light of the number of votes for the Oerlikon set, it was decided to close the polling early. Congratulations to all the winners.

List of entries to the 2019 LNWR Model Railway Competition by category As you will see, the standard of the entries across the board was superb. They all do justice to the memory of the London North Western Railway. The judges' task was therefore clearly a very difficult one. The announcement of the winners of each category will be made on Saturday 2nd February at the Stafford Model Railway Exhibition and the result will be posted on the LNWR forum and RMWeb within 24 hours. RMWeb members will be given the opportunity to choose the overall winner for 2019. A Poll will be made available soon and will close on Friday 1st February 2019. You will note that some modellers posted their entry within the main section of the Competition's thread whilst others created their own sub-topic. This means that you will need to scroll down to see the entry and in some instances you will see more than one entry on the same page. Next year we will ensure all entries are standalone. This section requires two links to be added which hopefully will be completed by Monday (21st) evening. 1. MOTIVE POWER a) Class G Locomotive - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 b) Special Tank - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 c) Crane Tank - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 d) G2 49426 in 2mm finescale - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140966-lnwr-super-d-in-2mm-finescale/ e) 0-8-2T 47877 in 2mm finescale - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140951-lnwr-0-8-2t-in-2mm-finescale/ f) Cauliflower No 58430 2mm finescale - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140963-lnwr-cauliflower-in-2mm-finescale/ g) Conversion of Ready to Run Bachman G2 to G1 - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140399-round-topped-boiler-for-a-Bachmann-g2/ h) Patriot, early 1920's - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 i) LNWR 0-6-2T No 150 (Nuneaton-based coal tank) - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 j) Crewe long firebox goods as a saddle tank - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 k) 7mm Special tank - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-6?hl=argos 2. ROLLING STOCK a) WCJS D1/LNWR D15 68' Sleeping Car in 2mm finescale (Withdrawn) - https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135944-wcjs-d1lnwr-d15-68-sleeping-car-in-2mm-finscale/ b) LNWR observation car created using a 3D print kit - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/136667-lnwr-observation-car-project-4mm/ c) Ballast wagon - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 d) A Dia14 deal wagon in P4 as in 1908 - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 e) L&NWR 3-car Oerlikon electric set of 1915, which I have built from scratch - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140026-lnwr-3-car-oerlikon-electric-multiple-unit/?hl=%2Boerlikon+%2Belectric+%2Bset f) 7mm scale LNWR Diagram 84 10 ton open wagons - https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/141637-lnwr-diagram-84-10-ton-open-wagons/ g) A selection of LNWR goods wagons as running c. 1903 - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140923-some-lnwr-wagons-in-4mm-scale-00-gauge/ h) LNWR cattle wagon - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/138610-cattle-truck-short-version/&do=findComment&comment=3338738 i) Scratch built Rolling Stock with 3 Locomotives - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140801-lnwr-wcjs-models-in-7mm-scale/ 3. INFRASTRUCTURE a) Chester No 6 signal box - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/141545-chester-no-6-signal-cabin/ b) Model of Scout Green Level Crossing in 7mm scale - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/139149-scout-green-level-crossing/ c) Model of A LNWR Type 4 Signal Cabin - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/136116-an-lnwr-type-4-size-j-all-wooden-signal-cabin/ d) Loco shed based on Trench - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/141331-trench-engine-shed/ e) Bridge based on one near Nuneaton - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 f) Addison Road Station - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140934-lnwr-infrastructure-equipment-at-kensington-addison-road-station/ g) Station Building and Stationmaster’s House - https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/141612-station-building-and-stationmaster%E2%80%99s-house-built-for-the-leamington-and-warwick-model-railway-society-p4-layout-%E2%80%98clarendon/ h) Roade Cutting - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/140548-roade-station-and-cutting-180th-anniversary/ i) Finchley Road and Frognal Station - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/139023-finchley-road-station/?hl=%2Bfinchley+%2Brd+%2Band+%2Bfrognal+%2Bstation j) Finchley Road Signal Box - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/139010-lnwr-type-4-signal-box/&do=findComment&comment=3351989 k) Perry Bar Station - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/137821-perry-barr-station/?hl=%2Bperry+%2Bbar+%2Bstation l) Holywell Junction Station - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/141037-holywell-junctions-entry/ 4. MODEL ENGINEERING a) LNWR, Type 4, size J, 40 Lever Tumbler Frame all wooden Signal Cabin 5” gauge – http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 b) Cut away model of LNWR ‘Type E’ Signal Cabin - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-5 c) LNWR 4-4-0 No 2181 ‘Eleanor’ a 3.5 Inch gauge miniature steam locomotive - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135921-lnwr-society-modelling-competition-framework-and-dates/page-6

Photographs of Tony Gillam's 7mm scale LNWR Diagram 84 10 ton open wagons

LNWR Model Railway Competition - Infrastructure Category Station building and Stationmaster’s house that Richard Harper built for the Leamington and Warwick Model Railway Society P4 layout ‘Clarendon”.

Model of Chester No 6 Signal Cabin which closed in 1984. The model is entirely scratch built. Category - infrastructure. Period -1974

Hi Peter Did you enter the layout, or models used on the layout, in the LNWR Railway Modelling Competition? The quality is outstanding.

Superb Job! Brings back some good memories at out local station.

It depends on how much information or the number of photographs you wish to post. If its a brief look but no more than here would fine as this is in effect an announcement page. If you are intending to show how you built your model with photos taken at different stages of the build, then you should have your own thread as this would do more justice to your efforts. Look forward to seeing your model. What gauge and subject is it?

Engine Sheds are a good subject to model. Compact layout with a variety of operations and you could always place it alongside a busy main line such as Stafford, Monument Lane, Nuneaton, Coventry and Bletchley. The following are various photographs of Bletchley shed which demonstrate what a good model Bletchley. OS Map courtesy of National Library of Scotland. Enjoy! Mike

Mike Judd was the colourist of this b&w photograph. This image won the best colourised infrastructure photograph category. There were two other categories, best rolling stock which was won by Joshua Barrett and best locomotive which was won by Stephen Arrandale who coloured the road vehicles. Screensavers are available to people who register for the competition. See these thumbnails for the current selection. We will be adding more. Members can have as many as they wish by quoting their membership number. Email projects@lnwrs.org.uk

They are not at Kenilworth although my collection of his photos will be passed on to the Society. I had the privilege of knowing Arthur in the early 1980s. I used to visit him at his home where he had his collection. He was a generous man who lived a simple life and he gave me quite a few of his photographs but only those taken within Warwickshire which is all I wanted. The first photograph he gave me was of Prospero arriving on a down train at Coventry - which is why on some forums I use Prospero as a handle. Pat Whitehouse had used a number of Arthur's photographs for his West Midlands series and I had always assumed Pat would end up with the collection. I moved away so lost touch and from what I have subsequently heard there is a good possibility that the collection was lost when he went into a home. It would appear that in all probability his sister cleared the house without saving the collection. Given it must 25 to 30 years since Arthur died and the collection hasn't surfaced I think we can assume the worst. Ian Allen did a book on his photographs many years ago in the 1960s/1970s. It predated the OPC/Wild Swan books which raised the quality of Railway Books to a new height forcing Ian Allen et al to raise their game too. As a book it very disappointing being crammed full of his photographs but all reproduced in size little bigger than a large postage stamp. In one swell swoop they destroyed much of the value of his collection to other publishers. Mike

Why should you join the Society? Well you receive four Journals per year and you also have access via the online archive to nearly 100 more. That's not forgetting the Study Centre & Archive which has over 23,000 catalogued items plus approximately 20,000 photographs. To view a copy of the Journal follow this link: http://fliphtml5.com/neyn/vvbm Enjoy! Mike

The livery of the rolling stock is often an issue with some modellers. The following links might help: Precision Paints offer this palette (albeit some are yet to be portrayed on line) https://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/products/precisionrailway/pregroup/lnwr Whilst on RMWeb LNWRNORM initiated some suggestions with his request for help. This help can be seen here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/9005-lnwr-coach-colour-match/

Yes, although you will have to pay the extra postage costs which are: Overseas members within Europe add postage of £10 Outside Europe please add £10 for surface mail or £20 for airmail. The online archive is proving very popular with our antipodean cousins. Best wishes Mike

LNWR - Articles needed as modelling aids The Society has a Periodical Bibliography containing over 22,000 article references of which we have more than 17,000 which are in our library at Kenilworth. The eBook available below via the link, combines our three lists of these references. The eBook is fully searchable (click in the box on the top right corner and type in your search word / term. A list of pages with that search term will appear on the left and, when visited, the page showing the term has it highlighted. To zoom in or out first click the spy glass with the + sign (bottom left) and then use your mouse wheel. e-Book http://fliphtml5.com/neyn/bqle Enjoy

How about a LNWR subject rarely modelled but as important as any locomotive or carriage? Now this would be very different and dare I say it, a bit of a challenge to even the experienced modeller.

You can always try something a bit different. Why not a Barnum and Bailey circus train. This is Carriage No 1 or you could have a couple of Special DX locomotives running tender first with a Barnum & Bailey circus train.

Note this 2ft 6in locomotive, Platelayer, seen at Crewe Works. The following is taken from the L&NWR Society's Facebook Page: LNWR 2 Foot 6 Inch Narrow Gauge PWD Engine at Crewe Works, 'PLATELAYER' is standing in the PB yard on mixed gauge track. On the left is the boiler of another PB Dept engine. Photograph LNWRS reference RB01 The following information was give. Mike Williams Coal doubtless stored inside the sidesheet. It was not 18th gauge (2ft 6in) and not used at Crewe. One of three documented in Baxter and elsewhere. Kitchener, Platelayer and Jim Crow. Killian Keane 'used at various locations on civil engineering works, in connection with both the railway and the Shropshire Union Canal" From industrial locomotives of Cheshire Shropshire and Herefordshire, Kitchener Bagnall no. 1999/1915, Platelayer Bagnall 1410/1893, Jim Crow Hudswell Clarke 340/1894, all scrapped 1941

Stationmaster Mr Turner, his wife and one of the three signalmen based at Bulkington Signal Cabin pose for the camera. The Saxby and Farmer Type 2 design signal cabin has had some work undertaken to its base, the section where the cables and rodding would have exited from the frame. Reg Instone, a member of both the LNWR Society and the Signalling Record Society, writes. 'The S&F type 2a cabin was used on the Southern Division of the LNWR until about 1874-75. See 'A Pictorial Record of LNWR Signalling' by Richard Foster and published by OPC together with 'The Signalbox' (www.signalbox.org) for details. The date of this example is not known for certain, but it is likely that it was constructed about 1873. It was square in plan at 12ft x 12ft. It was replaced about 1912 by a type 5 cabin which lasted until replaced by Intermediate Block Signals in 1957. Reg continues, 'G. Turner was Stationmaster at Bulkington for an impressively long time. He seems to have been appointed in April 1875 although the early staff registers are not easy to interpret. He retired on the last day of 1908. Given that he was born in January 1844, and he looks as though he might be about 64 in the photo, is it reasonable to suppose that it was taken to record his last day of service? If that were the case, then we could probably deduce the names of the other staff in the photograph'. Harry Jack writes as a follow up to Reg's contribution, 'The L&NWR Stores Committee minutes (ref. LNW 1/367) contain monthly listings of "new signal cabins". On 20th March 1873 there is a note of clocks supplied "for new block telegraph police cabins" and the list includes Bulkington. A new signal box at Bulkington is also mentioned in the minutes of the next meeting on 24th April 1873'.

I have sent Kev a message saying we have been waiting for our Webbmaster to set up an email address. I think he's got lost on holiday. As a temporary measure, please register your interest to projects@lnwrs.org.uk BTW - because of our tardiness we will send you a few screensavers! All are LNWR locomotives but what period would you like, LNWR or LMS. Best of luck Mike

Wordswell forever: Just shows how inclusive we are! You forgot to mention the LBSR tank engine and L&NWR coaching stock in Cornwall too. It was a nice shot of NER 2-4-0 No 1464 heading south from Penrith station's CK&P platforms with a train made up of NER stock for the Eden Valley line. See https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1887979597926042&set=gm.205805070107422&type=3&theater&ifg=1 Modelling Help The Society has been adding to its online archive by creating eBooks from existing material. This link takes you to an eBook created from the PDFs listing the Society's Drawings previously mentioned by Jol: http://fliphtml5.com/neyn/menw Its fully searchable via the box on the top right and you can print a copy if you so wish. Use the Spy Glass with + sign to zoom in or out. Mike M

The Society’s membership is very different to that of nearly 50 years ago. Our discovery of the LNWR now being through the Journal, research, modelling activities, etc rather than a personal knowledge of LNWR locomotives or rolling stock, albeit on LMS and BR metals. As the Society has changed so has the Trustees, albeit a little slower than the main body of the membership. The Society is much more inclusive now. It’s recognised by most members the LNWR didn’t disappear overnight on 31st December 1922, a view projected by the rules of this competition which allow entries to be from any period or subject provided there is a clear LNWR link. With over two thirds of our membership having joined since January 2000 our membership is also much more savvy with social media etc than is often painted. Just to clarify a point regarding the vetting of the Society’s Facebook Page. Our only rules are: the subject matter must have a clear LNWR link and people posting on the page are expected to be courteous to each other. The Society has, in the last year, become very progressive. A recent colourised photograph competition has created a wealth of coloured images to illustrate our publications; a Facebook page has been launched and in less than 12 months has over 1,000 followers; a model railway supplement is planned for December, which if received positively by members, will become a regular feature; this model railway competition; the launch of an online archive; and finally, to support the latter, our acquisition of two state of the art scanners of a standard equal to that found at the British Museum. Mike M

Members of the L&NWR Society might wish to know that we have just launched an embryonic online archive. Its currently located in the Miscellaneous section under General Discussion as this is the only password protected facility we currently have, Eventually it will be on our webbsite. The first sixty LNWR Society Journals, covering the period December 1993 to March 2006, are on line as are seventeen Portfolios, Joint and Special Publications. Contained within them is a significant amount of information that will interest and help modellers of all scales. Contemporary and original L&NWR material is being catered for too. As a starter we have added a couple of plans of Colwyn Bay Station including a footbridge drawing, 25 Siding Diagrams and later today the first volumes of F Moore's Railway Magazine, the first edition being printed in 1897. Further additions will be made even quicker if people volunteer to help, and you can do this from the comfort from your home! Not yet a member of the Society? Modellers registering to enter the competition can obtain the Francis Webb Bursary which means your first year's membership is only £15.00 instead of £30.00. Mike M