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Hi everyone, the footage is taken on the Kidderminster- Birmingham line. The signal box footage is, I think, Smethwick West. The facing junction Stourbridge North heading East to Brum. The station where the train stops is Old Hill. The end is Kidderminster heading west. Quite confusing to work out as some footage is going east some west. I think around 72/73. Oh and the duff on the van train...6M74 Avonmouth-Oldham perishables dates it pre 75. cheers Andy.

Hi, this page might be useful to some of you. http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/proto_lmsbgpage1.html Cheers Andy.

A big engineering job on between Worcester Foregate St and Shrub Hill over this bank holiday weekend, relaying the track between Foregate St and Shrub Hill, and possibly Tunnel Jcn as well, but not sure on that one. Paul J. Hi. it's not just the relaying around Shrub Hill and Foregate Street. They are slewing a new bridge in between Norton Jct and Shrub Hill over the A4440, M5 jct.7 to Malvern and Bromyard/Hereford road. As a warning to anyone planning on travelling that route by road, the A4440 closes Thursday evening May 24th and the diversion is via Worcester city centre!! Friday being one of the busiest days of the year traffic wise. It is not planned to reopen the A4440 until the following weekend. HTH cheers Andy.

Hi, there seems to be little bit confusion about the above train, I can tell you that 8M64/7V55 was not a train of coke hoppers, it was composed of 21t hoppers containing coal with up to 10 coke hoppers tagged on the back. Pensnett also received coke in those "labelled" coke hoppers from the East Midlands/South Yorkshire via trip freights from Bescot and also the North east via 8M65 from Tyne Yard-Kingswinford Jct. Besides Coal/Coke empties back to South Wales by 7V55, there was also a 8D49 to Toton WSX which shipped empties to Toton for onward return which often had a few coke hoppers in it's consist. All from constant observations of traffic at KJ in the seventies, my local!!!!, cheers Andy.

Hi, BR Lines are listing wormwheels in stock. Have a look in the Dapol section. Andy.

Hi, Most likely Stanlow - Rowley Regis. Routed Wolves L.L, Dudley via Preistfield then down the "Bumble Hole" to Old Hill. Andy.

Hi, I think you will find it was Stourbridge Jct South that closed in 73, the North box in 76, Andy.

Hi all, back in the mid 70's I spent an awful lot of my pre-teenage evenings in the boxes at Round Oak and Kingswinford Jct (Brierley Hill). Rule 5, warning Arrangement, bell code 3-5-5 was in use at both boxes in both directions, however it was not allowed southbound from KJ to Stourbridge Jct. North box, where passenger trains came in from the Brum Line. It was quite common around 7.30 ish for the down 4S88 pengam- edinboro FLT to be green flagged at SJN if the evening Bescot trip T57 had been backed out across the main at KJ when offered. Likewise if T57 was calling at Round Oak and had to back in, 4S88 would be green flagged at KJ. it was my interpretation that rule 5 was available at most locations on freight only lines using absolute block. cheers Andy.

Hi, just had a look at a much better photo of the new bodyshell taken at the Bachmann open day, side grilles are flush!! http://www.mremag.com/news/article/picture-from-the-Bachmann-open-day/16056

Hi, posted this when it was first announced "Great news, but I do hope they correct the major errors from their 4mm model,e.g small side grilles flush with the bodyside (not like the 24) and correct the cab side window angle, too shallow,", now do my eyes deceive me and this is a straight "shot down" of the 4mm body? The side grilles do not appear to flush with bodysides and that front window angle...... Andy.

Cheers for that, andy.

Hi, not quite in the north west but definitly heading for the LMR http://www.miac.org.uk/images/d1017.jpg, could also be in the 16t minerals thread! Andy.

The next scratchbuilds (well barring a pair of coil carriers converted from Highs which are awaiting the inclination to get the soldering iron out) will be a pair of bogie coil carriers like these: http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/coiltferry/h341bec27#h341bec27 . I've got as far as assembling the basic frames, but work on these will go on the back burner until I've got the appropriate Cambrian bogies to put them on. The lightening holes in the cradles put me in mind of your Tin HAL... Adam Hi Adam, since your having a go at the CoilK have you seen these http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/modelpageindex.html scroll down to the MORFA BANK SIDINGS WAGON GALLERY towards the bottom.There may be some constructional ideas for you. Andy. P.S I am enjoying watching your wagon building, very good.

Hi Guys, apologies if this has been mentioned before but have seen these pages from Andy Williams site? http://www.bescot.plus.com/wednesbury_1976 , cheers Andy.

Hi Guys, just poured over your intended workings, very well worked out. Although "rule 1" applies, the Spring Vale iron ore train was HJO/HJV hopper wagons not MSO/MSV's, see cover of "Diesels in the West Midlands and Central Wales"by Bradford Barton. I have seen a photo of the Tipton "naptha" Tanks somewhere in a book I have, I will have a look to see if I can find it, they were 4wheelers 45t. cheers Andy.

Hi, cradles mounted in a line down the middle of the wagon, the sideways mounted cradles were much later. http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/baa/h2500c237#h2500c237 gives an example of what the original Kinky beam cradles were like, if you look at pauls other photos there are many variations that came later, cheers Andy.

Hi, from may73 to may75 Lackemby- Brierley Hill Steel terminal, 6M60/4E43 return, Steel Air braked on BAA's fitted with "kinky Beam" coil cradles, called at Wednesbury and Great Bridge on its way to Brierley Hill, indeed often arrived at Brierley Hill with just one BAA left on and even as a light engine, also the same in reverse, regularly a Thornaby based 47, but could produce others including "generator 47,s", 37,s and 40,s not unknown including once on of the ScR converted centre headcode jobbies, very confusing to a 10 year old at the time!! From May 75 was diverted to run to Wolves S<T calling only at Wednesbury. cheers Andy.

Hi, just a quick note on the photos above, pic2 is the next location south, Kingswinford Junction (for Pensnett Branch and into the Brierley Hill Steel Terminal) and pic3 shows n03 home signal, the up starter was round the curve out of sight and also had K'ford Jct. distant on it. There was another ex GWR lower Quad signal beyond the bridge which was the down home, all the rest of the signals at Round Oak were replacement upper quads but on the original ex GWR steel posts. All bar one of the Ground Signals were replacement as well, chhers Andy.

Hi, My favourite,paticularly because of the abundance of early 70,s photos is Bradford Barton "Diesels in the West Midlands and Central Wales" by G Bannister, includes gems such as Baby Deltic at Wolves H.L on the Tribometer and lots with derilict canal and infrastructure. Andy.

Were going into N gauge, much nicer people...... Cheers Andy