Andy 53B

Hi Clive, I wondered if I could pick your brains. I've got a Lima class 117, power and unpowered cars, which I would, in an ideal world like to convert to a Class 114 using the Craftsman conversion kit. Unfortunately I'm really struggling to find the MU9 kit. If I can't find the kit, what would you recommend converting the Class 117 to, bearing in mind I'd rather not convert to an already existing RTR as I'd like something different to run and something that would be found in the NER, more specifically East Yorkshire between 1965-1975, Thanks Andy

It was a really enjoyable evening, with plenty of great photos and chat, as you'd expect, Mick was on his useful form!! Great news that you've been invited back for next year and I'm sure you already have plenty of material without having to scout ebay for even more material! Sorry that you can't make it to Donny, but thanks very much for an enjoyable evening, Cheers Andy

Thanks very much for the info, I've been using the Chronicles of Napier to try and find as much info as possible. As far as I can find, the first Deltic at Hull was D9006 which was in 1967, although I'm yet to find photographic evidence of this!!

Some excellent photos, but I don't suppose anyone has any pics of Deltics at Hull, I have found loads from the 70's, but I'm trying to find ones from the 60's in green, here's hoping

I thought so, which was really the main reason for trying to work the best cuts on bits of paper rather than the real thing!!! I might actually try and scan the actual points and then play with these first, thanks for the info

I haven't bought any yet, on Christmas list, but are the timbers the same on the BH as on the FB?

Hi Folks, has anyone tried to hack the points to reduce the track centres? I'd rather try with the PDF templates from Peco first to get the cuts correct, rather than the real thing, but it would appear the templates haven't been uploaded to the Peco website yet, Thanks Andy

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Thanks Gordon, I've used 'Britain From Above' website to get some useful information

I'm also looking at modelling the same area and have found it difficult to find information, especially photos of the mid-sixties era. One book that maybe useful is 'A History of the Hull and Scarborough Railway', I can't remember whether it contained scale diagrams of the station or not, but there are quite a few useful books available from Beverley library, and if they don't have it there, if it's at another local library, you can order it through the East Riding CC website and get it sent to another library, a really cheap way of getting useful information without having to spend lot of money, some of the books also have track diagrams as well. I know that Mick has many useful and excellent photos of Beverley, especially from Cherry Tree lane end but I'm not sure if he has any from further north. I'm also looking for more photos from the goods yard and cattle dock at Beverley, but without much look, Andy

Excellent talk on Tuesday Mick, for anyone who didn't go, some superb photos of Hull and surrounding areas, thanks for the offer Mick, I'll drop you a PM with email address

I for one will certainly try and get there, even if only to thank you for all the info you've mailed me regarding Paragon

Thanks very much Al, that's brilliant and will certainly allow me a lot of variety, will just have to wait for someone to produce a TP unit

Hi Steve, I'm looking more at passenger services to/from Paragon rather than freight and I'm guessing they weren't used for passenger services, would be great for variety if they were!! Cheers, Andy

Hi Mick, I'm looking at producing a layout loosely based on Hull, from 1965-1975, I can get most of the required info from WTTs, but I'm trying to find which specific diesels were used on the non-DMU services to allow realistic running. There are a large number of photos from the 1970's which allow identification, but there seems to be a lack of photos from 1965-70, apart from the standard 37's based at Dairycoates

Hi Simon, I'd be very interested to see what you could find, I'm looking at a layout loosely based around Hull, but trying to find information for 1965-1970 is a little bit hit and miss, Thanks Andy