Butler Henderson

Expects the new 7mm quarry hunslet in liveries additional to those done for 009 and hence the 009 one released in those additional liveries.

Hornby are going to their web pages on locos now - 404 being that of spares parts department

Same situation, save all purchase email confrimation into a separate email folder so just emailed Rails with the info.

But equally theres nothing to say they won't. Rails would be better saying Bachmann expect to have received the following models in the next 30 days and we will be receiving stock therafter.

Had two emails both of which cannot be right. One from Bachmann with a link to models which they are due in the next 30 days and one from Rails with a link to the same Bachmann models they expect to have in the next 30 days. Now unless there is some immediate Star Trek like transporter between Barwell and Sheffield, Rails what they expect to have in the next 30 days needs to be a few days longer.

As Bachmann products they need a clear obvious branding to say they are not 4mm OO / OO9. There were stories of people buying Lyddle End buildings thinking they were 4mm because it said Hornby on the box. NG7 clearly does that which 0-16.5 might not to some.

Wonder what Hornbys reaction would be if someone sent them a payable invoice for the time and materials used to correct it.

Expects a preserved version to be announced complete with a fixed Do Not Move sign at it after their clanger with painting over the windows on the North British Distillery 88DS

They were used with the push pull sets but only as loco hauled stock with the Ivatt running round.

The cancellation of the Compound was only a few months before Airfix went out of business and both it and the 56 were surprise announcements by Mainline/Palitoy, neither having been mentioned previously. It could have been a case that the agreement with Kader was approaching renewal and Palitoy wanted to explore the other manuafacturing option that had opened up. Tooling the 2P was clearly made than much simpler with the 4F tender available. Pat Hammond in British Model Trains Catalogue only notes the Stanier all 3rd (subsequently released by Replica in 1990) and the 12 wheel diner (subsequently released by Dapol in 1985) as having had work started on. The Lord Nelson, which Bachmann released in 1992, was being developed by Palitoy, the Bachmann Bullieds of 1993 were planned Airfix who had produced some sample models, the Collett coaches were released by Mainline/Palitoy in 1983 and sold out quickly, Replica having batches made in 1987 and 1989 before they were released in the Bachmann range in 1991. The Queen Mary brake van was planned by Palitoy for 1985 eventually arriving as a Bachmann model in 1996.

Airfix had planned a Compound which was pulled when Hornby announced theres. Maybe work was diverted to the 2P but there was no official announcement of it until Palitoys for Mainline. Same with the 56 so maybe Palitoy were exploring alternative manufacuring to the tie they had with Kader which (speculates) may have been approaching the end of teh original agreement. The J50 with the 08 makes a small mid- late 1950s/early 1960s TT yard layout a possibility.

If you look at Bachmanns web site it will tell you that

"Mid 1980s" https://www.flickr.com/photos/191731185@N06/51383915695 1994 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/136588110@N03/53365880793

Releasing the tension of the over centre spring slightly may help. Easy to do with older Peco points with the over centre spring on top and slight pushing away of its mount from the tie bar

Afraid quite commonly used these days. I can understand why - a railway station use to provide a lot of rail based services beyond passengers. Now for the majority getting on and off a train is their sole purpose so a train station.