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This may be of interest to you all. The O2 was the only milk Siphon with a straight forward curved roof the rest were arcs of one sort or another. The O2 is easier to produce. The enclosed photo is of an O2 in G1 all made from nickel silver. I bought it as shown but have stripped it down and am currently in the process of re-building it. This can be seen in the 1.32 section on WT. Be aware there are several mistakes in the J. Slinn Siphon book. I have the wagon and coach lot book for references. Dave siphon corrections.pdf

Hi Martin I have the Stop Press on the end of page 14, List 6 was my fault, page 8 ends with 13758/W List 10 ends on Page 11 with 15731/E, is this the same as you have? I shall be extracting the wagon and coach details from L10 today. I would like a copy of L23 through to 27046 please, the broad gauge would also be very useful as a lot of BG underframes were used for NG (SG) rebuilds. I'll PM you me details Dave

Thank you Martin, I’ll get back to you tomorrow when I’ve checked my lists. dave

Hi Jim As the photo shows you get the GWR lists of Swindon drawings. Recently I've been searching details for the BDV-Ts and in the lists 1,6,10 I have found the drawing numbers that refer to them. to give an example ref No. 8686 is the body GA drawing for BDVT on L463 for vans 118,9 & 121. If you go onto the HMRS site and put in the search bar 8686 you will get a hit stating the details I've listed above. So there are no drawing in the Lists just references to Swindon drawing covering Locos, coaches, wagons, and all aspects of GWR life. This is the first paragraph on page 1 of List1 This collection is made up of drawings, plans and diagrams, taken from the vast mass of preserved data stored for the past years at Clapham Museum. (now PRO at Kew I believe) It is of necessity only a cross section, and one which contains many types of drawings from many sources. I've now finished producing the wagons and coaches from List.6 which amasses to 66 A4 pages. Dave

What I didn't say in my last post was that I have a copy of the OPC list as a XLS file, this is 5 pages wide and a total of 1548 A4 pages! So looking at the file again today I discovered in the column 4 pages across it gives the OPC list number. 1,6,10 and also BR005 which at the time I wasn't interested in. So I'm no longer in need of information as asked for in my last post thank you. What I have been producing today is a new xlsx file just for Wagons & Coaches, one for each List1,6,10. I've just finished List1 and that is 56 pages. Dave

Does anyone have any of the same as I've shown below. I have List GW1, 6, 10. But there are gaps between the following numbers. 7994 End of List 1 8237 Start of List 6 13236 End of List 6 13759 Start of L 10 Was List 10 the last of these Supplements? I would like to fill the gaps only if they cover GWR Coaches and Wagons. Dave

For those interested in the Preserved BDVT & BDV have a look at my above Google Drive link as I've updated the spreadsheet with new items which are in Red. More will be added as and when I can verify the information. Dave

http://djb-model-rly-articles.blogspot.com Dave

If you look at my listing on Historical wagon and coach magazine articles you will be able to read all the Michael Longridge and J.ED Binney coach articles and see their drawings. Dave

Here's the photo of my G1 Mink van as made from a Tony Riley body only kit. (10mm) measurements as follows to give some idea of the size. Over Buffers 19cm With 7.5cm Height to centre of roof 10.5cm

Whether it’s right or wrong it still provides a lot of information for GWR modellers. i’ll post a G1 model I built of the same type tomorrow. dave

Hi All Here's a photo of an O/S Framed Mink I took at Kiddeminster in June 2017. According to the above information it was on L291. Dave

Here is a link to my BDVT & BDV photos, these were taken by me over many years and as can been seen the state of some of them has deteriorated some what. When ever I went to a Heritage Railway be it on a Photo Shoot or a private visit I always took photos for modelling details for later. I have also included a Spreadsheet of the preserved vehicles as listed in ws.rhrp.org/ws/wagoninfo website. There are bound to be errors in it, which I shall update as fresh information becomes available. Let me know if anyone believes there is an error. Dave https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_JAHfS-ckDdi9iee45L_CSNUMzcHtc72?usp=sharing

Here is a link to my BDVT & BDV photos, these were taken by me over many years and as can been seen the state of some of them has deteriorated some what. When ever I went to a Heritage Railway be it on a Photo Shoot or a private visit I always took photos for modelling details for later. I have also included a Spreadsheet of the preserved vehicles as listed in ws.rhrp.org/ws/wagoninfo website. There are bound to be errors in it, which I shall update as fresh information becomes available. Let me know if anyone believes there is an error. Dave https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_JAHfS-ckDdi9iee45L_CSNUMzcHtc72?usp=sharing

Thank you Paul, Major W. L. Sparks started off with his articles in the MRN magazines as I've listed in my blog over a 4 year period. MRC started in 1934 and in 1935 he started a series of articles 1-9 spread over 1935/6. In my blog at the bottom of the 'Sparks' articles you will see nos 7,8 &9. I've just received today H/B versions of MRC 1935,6,7 & 9 + MRN H/Bs for 1938,9. Major Sparks titled his series 'Beginner's Luck' so with the purchase of 1935 I now have the first 6 in his series. In time I will list these in my blog in front of the 3 already there. Major W. J. Sparks died on the 2nd January 1949, just for information. Thank you all for your support. I've been a GWR modeller for over 35 years and now model the same in Gauge 1 currently building 2 Python P14's & an 04 6 wheel Milk Siphon. Dave

It’s already listed on the GWR.org.uk website. And miss Prism suggested posting it here. dave

Please make sure you all read all the 'provisos' in the headings Dave https://djb-model-rly-articles.blogspot.com

Hi All I just found this PDF file of the interior of a Riding van so it will of interest to many I hope. Clicking on the file downloads it to your chosen downloads folder, I didn't realise this and I got 4 file in my downloads folder. So it is not viewable on RMweb. Riding Van Interia.pdf I Have 10 photos reffered to in the above PDF which is 24mb, to large to upload here, so if anyone would like a copy it will be via WeTransfer if you still would like a copy them PM me with your email address. Dave

How do you remove or add content to your album pages? Dave

In reply to 88D question above the NRM in York, when I required a GA of a Mink A Van (V18) for a model kit in G1 I was going to produce I went to York, I don't remember making an appointment but I got to look at the OPC microfiche on a projector and after choosing the GA I required I was told it would be six weeks and I would get an email letting know when I could download the Tiff file. The bad news was it was going to cost £15 for one copy. Not long after that the dept went onto 4 days work and then I believe the dept closed. The drawing in York go upto 99,999 from 100,000 onward they are at Que. This was told me by John Lewis (GWR Wagon Steward for the HMRS) Hope this is of some help. Dave

Hi All I thought you may like to see a photo of Break Down Van no.146, I've sent a copy to AndyH already. This was taken on a photo shoot on the SDR in September 2010. Second photo taken in October 2016, bit different to the paintwork in six years.

Hi to all. I have a spreadsheet on all of the breakdown Vans with all their details supplied to me by John Lewis and updated by me. i will try to provide a link in the next couple of days, maybe someone could suggest the best place to list it as i haven’t used Rmweb for some considerable time. Dave Bowden

To Drew and all involved on the day, it was an excellent informative 4 hr tour well worth the overnight stay, I went to Pendon Museum on the Saturday. So here's my link to the photos I took on the day. https://www.flickr.com/photos/114678104@N04/albums/72157669679655637 Dave Bowden

Hi Drew I would like a place if there are any left? I have been before but that was a few years ago, I’m also a GWS member. Regards Dave Bowden

Hi PaulYou may like to have a listen to 99-7237-3 leaving Gernrode for Alexisbad, sounds wonderful. The click and momentary pause is me taking a still shot whilst still videoing. https://youtu.be/03GX5DSXBdQ I thought you may also like to here 7237-3 at rest prior to moving onto it's train https://youtu.be/p5twOt-wKFU Dave