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    An Economists View of Model Railway Exhibitions

    in Wheeltappers

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    I had a brief fantasy about buying an O scale dismantled brass ‘Big Boy’ which came up for offer last month. Logistics & costs of importing from US would have been daunting. Plus the challenges of rebuilding it. My wife asked ‘where would you run it?’, I couldn’t answer that. I found this converted K-Line Plymouth soon after, it’s more my kinda critter. 
     

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    An Economists View of Model Railway Exhibitions

    in Wheeltappers

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    15 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

    Shame on me, I should have recognized a B&O class I-5 cabin car!

     

    A variant of the K class of which only four prototypes were built:

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    Two operated in Baltimore, the other two in either Philadelphia or the New York City docks. However it seems like several million (in all the scales) were built: "They're everywhere, they're everywhere!'

     

    BTW, it is headed to the rip track, note the bent running board.

     

     

    That’s a nicely weathered example, a KTM? I have a K16 as well, a Sunset model with a glossy paint job I couldn’t resist as a mate for the K16a tender loco. It was ‘new old stock’ (about 15 years) from a dealer in the US. It will be dirtied when I convert it to DCC. Here it is with its mate on my Coxheath Sidings microlayout (built in Canada). Nothing to do with economics except as shiny gold metal they may hold their value better than plastic.

     

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    An Economists View of Model Railway Exhibitions

    in Wheeltappers

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    Richard Murphy Is an understandable & sensible economist. When I studied economics at Night School, the enjoyment of model railways and other pastimes was described as ‘marginal contentment’, well, I learned something. 
     

    Having been to a ‘Free MarketsRoadshow’ this evening (sampling the dark side) I need to spend more time in my workshop with the O scale models, not the theoretical ones. These ones are investment grade, until I paint them.

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    Thornbury Castle Sold to 4709 Group.

    in Preservation

    Posted

    I will just add that if the 7027 rebuild had been completed on the GCR, the intention was to run it as much as the other similarly sized locos. The GCR is a good main line to run GWR 4-6-0s on, as the visit by 6023 some years ago and 7029 long before demonstrated. This is rather different from the denizens of Didcot which don’t get out much any more. You could argue 7027s  boiler would have been better used on the original loco. But that ship has sailed.

     

    Whether the GCR needs all the locos the excellent works team can produce, around two each year, is another matter, with high coal prices and other issues. There are usually one or two away on hire, which points to there being a demand for them. Some railways such as the Battlefield and Ecclesbourne Valley routinely hire in steam locos (not necessarily from the GCR) as they don’t have large ones of their own.
     

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    Thornbury Castle Sold to 4709 Group.

    in Preservation

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    On 02/04/2023 at 11:56, Chris M said:

    I have to ask - why did he decide to sell it in the first place? Especially if the loco was "a few years of steaming" and there were plenty of folk offering finance.

    JJP sold because he was fully committed to sorting out the West Somerset Railway, a container of costly to replace parts was stolen, and Michael Gregory, President of the GCR offered to buy and restore it at Loughborough. The rebuild got well under way with a committed team at Loughborough doing what the boss wanted. Then health and family issues changed, Gregory withdrew from the GCR and his trains were offered for sale, including 7027. JJP intervened after the sale was announced, but nothing came of the initiative to acquire and restore the loco.

     

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    Anyone Else Put Off Small Suppliers Who Don't Sell Online?

    in Smaller Suppliers

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    8 hours ago, chris p bacon said:

    I produce my own etches and have been willing too share them for cost price + a small % to cover the hassle of packing and posting them. I have looked at setting up a website and may do so in the future, but the costs of doing so with a payment option to order adds a significant cost which would have to be covered by the sale of goods.  

    I already have enquiries from potential customers who question the cost as they have no idea of the costs of etching, I would no doubt have more with an increased cost and I'm not sure I want the hassle of updating another website (I already look after 1 and help with another)

     

    Having a quarter of my sales to overseas and Europe, that has presented no problems whatsoever.  

    All you need is your product price list as a pdf file. You can have it downloadable in a 1 page website, or just start a thread on here with the scale & type of your etches. People can email you with orders and pay via PayPal or bank transfer. 
     

    People used to ask if Roger at Alphagraphix had a website, he does now but not for online purchases 

    https://www.alphagraphixkits.co.uk/

     

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    Thornbury Castle Sold to 4709 Group.

    in Preservation

    Posted

    Preservation is eating itself. So GWR Castles are just commodity parts donors for 1:1 scale kitbash projects.

     

    Didcot fills its shed with locos that mostly run for just one boiler ticket. There won’t be the coal to run most of them anyway. Good luck 4709, hard luck 7027.

     

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    Birney Safety Car trolleys in 0 scale

    in Trams & Tramway Modelling

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    My main interest is in O scale North American shortlines, there is some crossover with trolley systems including those which hauled freight. Such  as the Claremont & Concord in New Hampshire which absorbed parts of the Claremont Electric Railway, and replaced the electric locos with GE 44 tonner centrecab diesels.

     

    Looking for a small trolley car as a static display item on my shortline project, the Birney Safety Cars were used on many smaller town systems and some survive in preservation (not in the UK)  see Johan Marsbar’s photo thread. The Corgi diecast model was made in several variants, can be found in both UK and US and could be motorised with a 2” wheelbase truck. Powered versions have been made by Bowser, MTH and Lionel (both 3 rail). It is similar in length to the Bachmann 0n30 trolley, but wider, and being motorised in narrow gauge could be an option.


    Anyone else interested in these little cars?

     

    Dava


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