bazjones1711

Bit more modelling on the layout  , all trackwork now ballast and weathered , now onto the scenery , a lot of the grass now done , next modelling session will involve the likes of the road bridge , elevated motorway , fencing ect . The scenery should  be  finished by time of its debut outing in August , with just the stock to detail and weather over the next few months .

Good Friday modelling , BSC Bromford Bridge starting to come together slowly , I have  planned the sequence of the jobs to be done over the next few days , sort of goes to plan ... Last bit of ballasting on Sat , then I can weather the track and spray the sides of the rails . Container cabin sprayed and weathered , this will be on the left hand side of the layout near the road bridge . Hope to get the roadway down along with a basic road bridge , plus but more grass along the tracks .

Class 37 and class 56 , 60 worked the Lackenby to Wolverhampton , Blackburn , Wakefield and class 37 / 60 on Cardiff Tidal services that included the use of the VTG KIA wagons .

Class 20 , 31 , 37 , 47 on the Kings Lynn steel traffic ( Whitemoor - Bescot ) usually along with five BAA with wooden cradles . Also sometimes had the Campbell 's PVA soup wagons in the consist .

Class 33 , 47 , 73 on services to / from Dover with import / export steel .

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https://m.facebook.com/groups/950962518665076/permalink/1110945236000136/

One of my favourite wagons , if you require more information just ask .

Regards Baz 

A few layouts I'd like to build would be :

Great Coates sidings No 1 , and with enough space West Marsh siding which were the other side of the bridge at Great Coates , this area dealt with export stainless slab from Tinsley to Grimsby dock and returning semi finished stainless coil back to Tinsley , plus finished coil to the likes of Wolverhampton etc... Other traffic included imported ilmemite , zinc blocks , I would base the layout around the late 1980's to early 90's . Class 08 , 20 , 31, 37 , 47 , 56 plus a multitude of steel wagons.

Kings Lynn dock:

A simple one line layout of the dockside with operating dock cranes loading imported coil onto BBA , BAA , SPA and VTG KIA telescopic wagons , plus a second crane to load imported coal into HAA MGR wagons , with just a single class 08 needed .

Corkickle incline :

A rope operated incline that lasted into the 1980's that was used to for chemical traffic to the Albright and Wilson works , stock would be a Sentinel 0-4-0 , PCA in Albright and Wilson and Lever Brothers livery  , ICI Tipair PEA and HTV coal wagons that I think were used only for balanced  workings .

We have stated another three layouts , Tees Yard wagon repair depot ,   which is nearly finished , BSC Bromford Bridge tube works exchange sidings ,  which has just been started that will use a Sentinel , class 08 and various wagons to bring in ingots with outward tube traffic.

Lastly Shepcote Lane coil sidings , another layout that will be just a single dead end sidings  based on the coil unloading sidings at Tinsley , working overhead crane with loads of coil wagons , class 08 , 20 , 37 , 56 , 60 , 66 .

That lot should keep us going for a few years , although I enjoy building rather than operating layouts , only playing trains when we take them to exhibitions .

When I became interested in wagons early to mid 1980's and beyond here are the wagons I remember being used for tinplate traffic  originating from BSC Velindre , Ebbw Vale and Trostre .

SHA ex SPA pool of 35 

VBA

VTG KIA telescopic wagons

VTG Cargowaggons of various designs plus French Cargowaggon versions 

OCA from Ebbw Vale ( pool of about 9 )

If I can think of anymore I will post 

We will be there exhibiting our BSC Shepcote Lane tippler sidings layout , this will be the first time the layout has been shown outside of South Wales area in nearly ten years , so this is a rare opportunity to see it in action .

The best advice is to buy some paint stripper designed for the removing paint from plastic models , only my opinion , but using some sort of other chemical may end up as a disaster , from experience I've seen what happened to a Hornby class 31 that was soaked in Dettol  , within a day the plastic turned brittle and the body disintegrated ,  why compromise by trying to use some a product with unknown results for the sake of spending a little more for a product that will work .

I'll speculate .... An ICI sodium carbonate PEA tipair wagon , with the chassis used for ASW POA blackadder scrap wagon and the  Railease POA stone wagon ...

We  will be attending the Lydney model railway show this weekend with our Crossley Scrap layout

Link to photo of Pensnett in 1994 , when fireclay was being brought down from Butterwell in HEA , iirc they also may have used TRL POA wagons aswell.

http://bescotplus.co.uk/fullsize/37415_Pensnett.jpg

How about the BVA coil / slab wagon in both N and OO gauge that work from Tinsley  to Immingham with stainless slab / bloom  , although when first in traffic they carried the slab to Immingham and brought back semi finished coil back to Tinsley for further rolling  these days coil is no longer brought back  , now just one way traffic of slab , although sometimes back loads of chromium ore is brought back to Tinsley in containers mounted on the wagon . Personally i think a model of these would sell , as they ran in rakes , ideal for a class 60 or 66 in all gauges .

Link below to photo gallery of BVA with coil , slab and ore containers

https://andrewwills.smugmug.com/Wagons/B-Coded

Our Crossley Scrap layout is due to be exhibited at the Lydney model railway show on 24th / 25th September 2022 , it's first outing since 2019 , link below
https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/24039-ForestofDeanModelRailwayClub_Exhibition

Our Crossley Scrap layout is due to be exhibited at the Lydney model railway show on 24th / 25th September 2022 , it's first outing since 2019 , link below
https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/24039-ForestofDeanModelRailwayClub_Exhibition

Our Crossley Scrap layout is due to be exhibited at the Lydney model railway show on 24th / 25th September 2022 , it's first outing since 2019 , link below
https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/24039-ForestofDeanModelRailwayClub_Exhibition

here are some 4 mm drawings of the wagon , also listed is the modified version

http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/Colin_Craig/Pxx/PAB_Pet_Coke_Covered_Hopper_Wagon_PA007A_2.pdf

Having acquired some baseboards  I've decided to make a small layout based on the exchange sidings at BSC Bromford Bridge , the layout will be 6ft 2" long by 22" wide . Traffic will be ingot in using SPA  , IGA bogie Cargowaggons and BDA wagons for outward tube traffic , a Bachmann class 08 for bringing the traffic in , with a Hornby Sentinel for internal traffic  , may add a few SSA and HSA scrap wagons to add interest . Does anyone know what year the works closed or have any additional information on the location .

We will be attending the Barry and Penarth show on Saturday and Sunday 2nd / 3rd july 2022 with the first showing of our Tees Yard wagon repair depot , although not fully finished , with some elements being work in progress , link below to the show ;

https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/event/23704-BarryPenarthModelRailwayClub_Exhibition

Tees Yard road bridge 

Took this photo of the Rugby Cement terminal at Stapleford and Sandiacre many years ago , it may give you insperation for a terminal on your layout , plus a drawing from an old Airfix magazine . 

37174 at Tees Yard