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Pages 16 and 20 in the Parkin Mk1 book, have close ups of the cylinders and V hangers. Looking at it the inside ones have lower rods and the outer upper rods

To be honest in OO not that noticable but in O it would be obvious. I have been removing a few fully as some Mark 1 BGs and buffets were air only, then just stick in some sprue to do the air cylinder.

It is my under construction preserved coach web site http://www.imber.me.uk/br.htm But I used pictures in books, magazines, web sites, photos, my own notes If they are wrong just need to make new A frame and reuse everything else.

Just lost what I typed!!!! Please note that the brake cylinders are available in two different setups. a good source of how it looks is the Cooper Craft Mark 1 chassis. Very late BSO/BSOT have the vacuum cylinders the other side of the A frames. I have been noting the positions on my web site but only a little way through. They are all the same for a certain lot, but do not seem to be the same for a certain builder.. Two Wolverton lots of CKs for 1956/7 have different layouts. The window frames make it look like a newer coach but the chassis an older coach, that said the outer cylinder system has been used since mid 50s as well. I would describe your models as |O O| but they may need to be O| |O, you will need to check photographs of coaches of the same lot. Mark 1s are a minefield when it comes to detail.

The last class of loco to do those sort of RPMs was the A4s and a particular world record holder.

When you bring the Pines into it 9F wins. Lined green 10 coupled freight engine running as an express loco.

Some great points there. And you are modelling an era where four generations of top link locomotives are operating together. The 40 looks good, as does the Dukedog, not up on the other loco.

Coming along well and the pint will help you recover!

T is for trolley They turned one seating bay into a food trolley store

Hmm they look slightly MTKish. Will be interested to see how they go together

But alcohol is an important part of getting better!

Or ask if they have any Deltics

How are you going to get the body over the seats?

Just having a general chat about WR Diesels while we wait

How many round trips would a SUB make per day?

Funny really I like so many different types of loco, only thing 99% of them have in common is country of manufacture. I like a certain 10 coupled freight steam loco, a particular 4-6-0 passenger loco with visible front bogie wheels, most products of EE, lots of the pilot Diesels. And much more. At least I chose a Deltic which visited the South West and a real one stormed up the bank at Exeter

The refurbished ones seemed pretty handy to me, had some excellent trips and 50,017 seemed to be the best to me

Probably shifted a lot less people than that (same person 1000s of times ) but it would be a lot more trips I think. 10,000,000 passengers would be possible

D800 Warships to me are ugly, the Westerns stylish, but I do like the looks of the D600s

I am so glad I was able to see D601 and D6122 before they were scrapped and I would love to have seen both preserved, even if static only.

Does this include the 50s as the crews seemed to like these? I have had some good runs behind these and often saw them haul 14 coach sleeper trains over the Devon banks singly.

That is an excellent model very impressive

My dad once had to strip one to fix an exhaust manifold leak. A right nightmare. BTH I think the later Rootes group lumps were among the best push rod lumps in that size range, seen over 7000rpm on a > 100,000 mile engine, only thing the XFlow had over it was port size.

Not keen on the Chevette engine, 3 bearing, pain to work on, everything is on one side .

Too many pianos about