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Brand new Alcan PCA working through Cardiff , probably on the Radyr trip working

I have corrected the link , so I do apologise , I have used links only to your wagons photographs on my Modelling Railfreight Metals Facebook group for members to click and follow , no photographs have been published or copied onto the group , I inadvertently copied the link from the Facebook group onto this RM Web page , I apologise for any upset I may have caused . I have included a screenshot of the links I post for wagon posts on the group . Regards Barrie

BBA with wooden cradles that worked from Grimsby in Pool 4157 with imported coil , see link below https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/bba/e3e24d6c

Pool for the BAA and BBA from Grimsby All the BBA in the pool had wooden cradles , the BAA had a mixture of wooden and the early type metal cradle , of these i know 900090 , 900118 and 900193 had these fitted sidewards and 900172 had them longitudinal. 21121 is the code for Grimsby dock 25208 is BSC SPACE at Tinsley where the coil was unloaded

BSC Scunthorpe to BSC Lackenby slab pool . BBA and BAA slab wagon pool TOPS report from 1988. This is the pool for the slab traffic that ran from BSC Scunthorpe to BSC Lackenby , not seen many pictures of this train , those that i have seen are class 56 and pairs of class 20's as i assume this was a Frodingham duty. To model this train formation , i have worked out that the consist was usually about 10 wagons being a mixture of both types of wagon. By looking at the report it gives us thus : Consist at 23.25 : ( empty ) BAA 900003 , 170 , 175 , 184 , 205 , 266 , 304 . BBA 910092 , 309 , 511. Total 10 wagons Consist at 20.20 : ( loaded ) BAA 900017 , 020 , 088 , 113 , 150 , 171 , 173 . BBA 910011 , 169 . Total 9 wagons Consist at 00.20 : ( empty ) BAA 900132 , 139 , 161 , 236 , 241 , 259 ,288 , 299 , 300 . BBA 910577. Total 10 wagons .

BSC Lackenby slab / bloom pool , these worked to BSC Shelton , BSC Workington , BSC Scunthorpe , BSC Skinningrove , within the pool a small amount of BBA wagons worked to BSC Hartlepool with coil , later a dedicated pool was formed for the coil traffic ( these are coded ISHRCL in the TOPS report) Dated 1988

Looking at various photos your correct , the lettering should be two spaces to the right of where it is printed , I have highlighted the correct position

I have in the last few days decided to build a covered version of the ex Sheerness Steel JXA wagons , they had a three piece hood fitted that was fabricated from old LPG bogies tank wagon , i have used old Hornby 2 axle tanker barrels cut down on a bandsaw to the approx height and glued together for the hoods , they have had filler and grey primer coats to show up any areas that may need redoing . The rest of the wagon body is handbuilt from 60 thou plasticard and Plastruct section , the bogies are from S Kits . There were 15 of theses wagons converted for use from Shotton to Port Talbot to carry scrap , the hoods are a compromise as photos from above are rare . I think the hoods were all unique as they were all slightly different in appearance .

Only Just found this post , so apologies for not responding , if you still require this copied let me know , I will need to find it first mind you !

Looking forward to getting a copy of this magazine , be nice to see my contribution in print , hope there will be other issues in the future , one dedicated to steel traffic would be great ....

Could be an announcement to announce that the delayed announcement is now delayed due a delay in the announcement from a previous announcement ......

I have some Modelmaster ' D ' they are from the set 4802 Pre TOPS numbers for diesel shunters and type 1 locos , they are a standard D , pm me if these are what you require . Not the best photo !

Just to confuse matters with the BBA conversions , this is how the 13 BWA would have been configured prior to being converted to BWA covered wagons , they had five traverse ex BZA cradles fitted , these wagons worked from Grimsby to the likes of Tinsley , Wolverhampton etc... with imported coil . Not sure how the cradles were arranged when they were covered wagons .

Another view of a BIA with the cover open showing the ex BOA cradles , click on photo to link to website

The BIA covered wagons would have retained their ex BOA cradles as per the link to the photo with the cover open https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwagons-library.weebly.com%2Fuploads%2F6%2F9%2F2%2F9%2F6929845%2Fbia-910303-16-11-17_1_orig.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwagons-library.weebly.com%2Fbia.html&tbnid=lTZ7UyzKMazyAM&vet=12ahUKEwig0qbbxP7uAhWN34UKHcz8BvgQMygAegUIARCWAQ..i&docid=kcFlhxcGj7ht-M&w=1100&h=657&itg=1&q=bia wagon&client=firefox-b-d&ved=2ahUKEwig0qbbxP7uAhWN34UKHcz8BvgQMygAegUIARCWAQ

Wagon pools for BIA , BXA and BWA covered coil wagons ; Pool 4109 Immingham - various – coil Wagon type BWA 910234 910269 910413 910421 910422 910426 910440 910450 910484 910489 Total 10 wagons Pool 4149 Scunthorpe - various – coil Wagon type BIA /BXA 910071 BXA 910076 BIA 910105 BIA 910170 BXA 910179 BXA 910194 BIA 910239 BIA 910252 BXA 910258 BXA 910264 BXA 910303 BIA 910307 BXA 910340 BIA 910357 BIA 910425 BXA 910427 BXA 910441 BXA 910465 BXA 910487 BXA Total 19 wagons Pool 4201 Humber ports - Wolves – coil Wagon type BIA /BXA 910024 BIA 910078 BIA 910112 BXA 910163 BXA 910223 BXA 910420 BXA 910423 BXA 910457 BXA 910469 BXA 910494 BIA 910504 BIA 910535 BIA Total 12 wagons This leaves just one wagon missing which is 910000 in pool 9000 ( withdrawn pool )

The covered ex BBA ( BIA , BXA and BWA ) as per the proposed Cavalex model comprises of 42 wagons , the list is below ; BIA coded 910024 BIAH BI001E 910076 BIAH BI001E 910078 BIAH BI001E 910105 BIAH BI001E 910194 BIAH BI001F 910239 BIAH BI001F 910303 BIAH BI001F 910340 BIAH BI001F 910357 BIAH BI001F 910494 BIAH BI001F 910504 BIAH BI001F 910535 BIAH BI001F These are all ex BIA wagons that were fitted with five longitudinal ex BOA end cradles BWA coded 910234 BWAH BW002C 910269 BWAH BW002C 910413 BWAH BW002C 910421 BWAH BW002C 910422 BWAH BW002C 910426 BWAH BW002C 910440 BWAH BW002C 910450 BWAH BW002C 910484 BWAH BW002C 910489 BWAH BW002C These are all ex BWA that had five ex BZA traverse cradles , there were a total of 13 of these converted , with 910223 , 910264 and 910307 becoming BXA upon conversion BXA coded 910000 BXAA BX010A Ex BUA hot coffin slab wagon conversion 910071 BXAA BX010A 910112 BXAA BX010A 910163 BXAA BX010A 910170 BXAA BX010A 910179 BXAA BX010A 910223 BXAA BX010A 910252 BXAA BX010A 910258 BXAA BX010A 910264 BXAA BX010A 910307 BXAA BX010A 910420 BXAA BX010A 910423 BXAA BX010A 910425 BXAA BX010A 910427 BXAA BX010A 910441 BXAA BX010A 910457 BXAA BX010A 910465 BXAA BX010A 910469 BXAA BX010A 910487 BXAA BX010A

Link to the BBA wagons carrying slab

Seeing that the BBA with six cradles are to be made here is some information on them ; BBA wagon pool 4225 Various to various stainless slab / coil . Total 33 910003 , 006 , 112 , 170 , 179 , 216 , 223 , 234 , 235 , 258 , 264 , 269 , 275 , 292 , 307 , 413 , 420 , 421 , 422 , 423 , 424 , 425 , 426 , 427 , 440 , 441 , 447 , 450 , 461 , 465 , 469 , 484 , 489 . These 33 wagons were fitted with 6 traverse cradles for carrying stainless slab cast from Tinsley Park steelworks to the East coast ports like Grimsby for an onward sea journey to Germany for rolling , only to be brought back on the same wagons now as coil to Tinsley and Panteg , slab also ran from Tinsley to Lackenby and Port Talbot to be rolled into coil , but as these plants dealt with normal steel , the process of rolling stainless was not best suited to these two plants , hence a switch to European plants . These wagons ran with BDA , BMA with slab and SPA , BAA , BDW with imported coil either as semi finished coil to Tinsley and Panteg or as wrapped finished steel to the likes of Wolverhampton , Brierley Hill etc.. Liveries for these were black with railfreight logo and red cradles or original bauxite brown with brown cradles .

This may sound a bit daft , but if the point motors are only throwing one way and reluctant to go the other way , have they been wired up correctly ?, a friend of mine once wired up all his point motors incorrectly and could not understand why they only went one way , he even resorted to spraying them with WD 40 to try and free them up !

Taken from the Dapol forum in 2017 ! Quote. We are just refining the first EP so should have some new images to show in the next month or so. Decorations are about to start, so I would say (if pushed) release for the end of the year.

They had an EP sample back in 2016 , five years later .... we'll make some revisions , delayed again no doubt , just makes you think what have they been doing in those interim years ?

In an old Leicester Railway Wagon Society magazine regarding SFW and SGW coil wagons Recoded week ending 20th June 1987. SFV to SFW SF002B B 949175 / 176 / 178 SGV to SGW SG001B B 949199 / 200 / 203

Class 47238 on a train of SFW and SGW wagons at Severn Tunnel Junction in the late 1980's , possibly a BSC Llanwern / Port Talbot to Swindon coil working . Copy of a M Russell photo.