FelixM

Thanks for posting the German version likewise.

Spot the 16T mineral! https://www.flickr.com/photos/dodger5450/30478248300/

Ullapool, the terminus, as well as Inverlael, the junction, did get sold. So virtually all parts of the Garve and Ullapool railway survive, just separated from now on.

Felix

DMU cars in parcels trains were always unpowered trailer cars, that's because the motor cars could propel themselves to the works. For moving unpowered trailer cars parcels trains would have been the most handy thing.

Sad story but will definitively celebrate the farewell with you at the session. I hope the story continues at your new place.

1961:


Railways - Sierra Leone carriages in Gloucester Goods Yard by Roger Smith, auf Flickr

Today I got a mail from Hattons stating that 4D-009-HAT07W is cancelled. That's Original NSE livery with weathering: http://www.hattons.co.uk/stockdetail.aspx?SID=60388

No reason is mentioned.

Excuse me, are these the ICI hoppers or the similar Summers hoppers? I can't tell from a distance and doesn't really know how t distinguish them.

Thirty Seven Heaven (Michael McNicholas) by neilh156, auf Flickr

According to the description the photo was taken on 30/06/1993 08:50.

InterCity 225 with the Class 91 the wrong way round: https://www.flickr.com/photos/justindperkins/4420407741/

And here is a Class 90 on an InterCity 225: https://www.flickr.com/photos/justindperkins/4422850641/

Dirty Diesel Season. 66 301 at Kingmoor TMD. by Adrian Nicholls, on Flickr

Yes, of course. What's wrong with that? What madman would paint EMUs crimson lake or maroon?

0274 by twilight bear, on Flickr

When were the overhead wire warning flash's first fitted to these wagons?

Generally warning flashes came first in 1959 on the Great Eastern and spread in 1960 on the whole network. Not sure if this is applicable to each type of wagon though.

I think you're correct; TOPS required a unique number for each vehicle, whereas  previous 'systems' simply used the same blocks of numbers time and again. It also wasn't unknown for operators of small fleets to exaggerate their fleet size by numbering wagons as 100, 200 and 300, for example. Those who saw wagons so numbered might get the impression that the fleet, and hence the company, were much bigger than they actually were.

Sorry for going Off-Topic but did the number range really only incorporate 5 digit numbers? Of the 16T minerals there have been 600000 as far as I know and to me it seems unlikely that until the early 70s 50000 had been withdrawn, most being only 20 years old by then.

I look forward to the Heljan tankers as they conveniently fill a gap. 14T RCH tanks 20s to 40s with examples lasting until early 60s, Bachmann unfitted anchor mounted 40s to early 60s, Heljan vac-fitted anchor mounted early 60s until ? ( I guess mid-80s), Bachmann air-fitted 45t TTA and 100t TEA late 60s until the new millenium, Revolution trains Greenbrier 102t TEA from 2006.

I have seen the Hornby Sentinel handling 10 Bachmann MBAs, a train of over 7ft length, with ease on a dead flat track, so would expect that like always haulage capacity is more dependant of the layout than the loco.

So once again we came together and built a layout out of our British modules. The venue was in a church in Wustermark near Berlin, the capital of Germany.


You're welcome! by – FelixM –, auf Flickr


Union Jack. Train. Telephone. by – FelixM –, auf Flickr


Short on locos by – FelixM –, auf Flickr

More photos can be found here including two short videos and even more made by my mate Markus can be found here.

There are lots of development plans for the future as well as some anglo-german cooperation in preparation.

Regards

Felix

Hi,

Canadian FREMO member Pierre Oliver has been on this side of the great pond last week and did take part at a FREMO meeting. He wrote down his experiences in his Blog, enjoy:
http://elgincarshops.blogspot.de/

May I add the air braked MDW variant to your list – really needed.

Your photos are fantastic as always.

Do you have a link for that, please?

More about German place names in case you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WThm2GSAkh0

Having lived for a short time in the village of Beer, home to Pritchard Patent Product Co. Ltd better known to us all as Peco I can assure you that in all conversations I had with the people there they were utterly untroubled by the German business of PIKO Spielwaren GmbH.  

 

They operate in substantially different markets with Peco aimed at (though by no means exclusive to) British modellers and PIKO covering European themes as regards rolling stock.  Peco however is known and respected world-wide for its track and accesories which form the major part of the business.  PIKO was once an East German state-controlled business.  It manufactures in Sonneburg, Germany, and in China and owns its own production facilities.

 

Peco owns the brands of Wills, Ratio, K&M and Modelscene (which was formerly Merit) and among other things publishes the magazine Continental Modeller which carries advertising for PIKO products.   

 

Both are usually pronounced Pee-coh though I know of British modellers and retailers who use "Pie-coh" for the German firm in order to distinguish it from the British one.

Completely agree. The place name where PIKO manufactures is Sonneberg though. "Berg" means hill / mountain, whereas "Burg" means castle / fortress. Both can feature in German place names.

The German pronounciation of Piko is like the English one of Peco. That sometimes causes confusion, but usually only once.

I've heard Englishman pronounciating Piko like pie-ko. In contrast, Germans pronounce Peco like Peh-ko.

I especially like the idea of building the layout on (standard) modules allowing you to have some flexibility in setting up your layout and also being able to set it up in a Fremo setting. It's a pity nobody in Ireland is doing Fremo..

That's not completely true. There is one Fremo soul in Ireland, in Kildare.

France after the war

Somewhere in Southern London by – FelixM –, auf Flickr

I am proud to have taken this shot on a fortunately slowly moving train in Southern London last November. I cannot remember where exactly it was but it must have been somewhere in the southeast. I am looking forward for contemorary liveried models of the London area and will buy multiple liveries if offered.

Felix