Adrian Wintle

Yes, because it is proper Devon custard. I can get Ambrosia here, but some stores have Belgian (!?!) custard instead and it is nowhere near as good. Adrian

Presuming HO Dash 8-40C? You could fabricate working ditch lights using surface mount LEDs (you can get them pre-wired if your soldering skills/eyesight/fine motor control are limited). A housing could be fabricated from plasticard, or see below. For cosmetic (non-working) or, potentially, working ones, Miniatures by Eric makes a number of variations of ditch lights as lost wax brass castings, some of which could be illuminated. https://www.miniaturesbyeric.com/collections/ho-detail-parts-l-to-p?page=2 Adrian

Here is a bit about the model and the prototype: Model: http://www.spookshow.net/freight/ahmcenterflow.html Prototype: http://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/ConrailEquipment/FreightCars/CoveredHoppers/FlexiFlo http://www.pcrrhs.org/image/sysx-800-941-h-flexi-flo-covered-hopper It was a pressure-differential discharge car, so unloading, I think, just requires hose connections at ground level. Loading would be a gravity load through the top hatches. Adrian

The trucks look like 100T ones, applicable if the gross weight is in the 200000lb range (lettered on the side). If it is more like 140000lb then 70T trucks with 33" wheels would be more appropriate. Note that 2-bay hoppers can be very heavy if they are carrying cement or the like. Otherwise, nicely weathered. Adrian

The very first numbered picture in The Great Western Railway in the 1930s has a Dia.268 arc roof third as the first vehicle in the train. Adrian

Possibly , but they were in the LMS stock sections of the train. Probably the LMS attitude was 'if they are leaving our territory they can jolly well suffer' Adrian

If you can find them, two useful books are: Train Formations and Carriage Workings of the Great Western Railway by W.S.Becket. Published by Xpress Publishing (ISBN 1-901056-08-2). This covers the 1931/32 workings and has schedule extracts and descriptive text. Mainly concerned with main line trains. Great Western Railway Programme of Working of Coaches in Through Trains (September 27th, 1937 to July 3rd, 1938) reprinted by Dragonwheel Books (ISBN 1-905014-53-8) in 2006. What it says on the tin, but out of print. Adrian

As far as I know, the Falmouth coach was dropped at Truro, not slipped. I don't believe there were any slip workings west of Exeter. Adrian

There is photographic evidence of the 50' arc-roof coaches in GWR trains in the '30s. Adrian

LMS Period I stock would be panelled. In 4mm this is the old Bachmann LMS coaches. Period II is represented by the Hornby LMS 12-wheel diner, while Period III would be the Hornby or Airfix Stanier coaches. You could also use the Ratio LNWR arc-roof kits. GWR coach types: Concertina - these were 70 foot stock and had inset doors (so an all-third looked a bit like a concertina) Dreadnought - also 70 foot stock, with inset end doors. Centenary - a set of 26 coaches (to seven diagrams) built to provide two sets to re-equip the Riviera for the GWR centenary. Two diagrams are available from Hornby (ex-Airfix) in 4mm. Based on the very similar Super Saloons that the GWR built to replace the leased Pullmans on boat trains. Riviera - 60' coaches built in 1929 to re-equip the Riviera. Look like longer versions of the Hornby Colletts. Toplights - 57 and 70 foot stock, originally panelled, but later diagrams were smooth sided. Colletts - built from 1925, originally in 57 and 70 foot lengths with (mostly) bow ends. From the early '30s they went to flat ends and by the late '30s they had large windows and were mostly 60 or 61 feet long.. Four wheeled stock had more or less been relegated to workmen's trains in the Welsh valleys. Branch line trains could see old Dean clerestory coaches - the Hornby short clerestory coaches are representative (even though they don't match any particular diagram). In 7mm you could use something like this https://www.slatersplastikard.com/linePage.php?code=7C08 Adrian

In the early '30s you would be looking at early 57' Colletts (from 1925 on), 60' Collett Riviera stock (on the Limited), Toplights, and a fair number of Dean-era coaches. By the end of the '30s you would have added the later Collets (Centenary and Sunshine stock). In 4mm, the Hornby Colletts are typical of the early mainline stock, while the Bachmann Colletts are examples of the later stock (the prototypes date from 1938). As for goods wagons, LMS branded ones were certainly seen at Kingswear in that time period, so are probably acceptable into Cornwall. For locos you could add some of the 4-4-0s as well as small prairies. Adrian

I tend to have the Horseshoe Curve running on my second screen. Typically lots of intermodal, various others, and one passenger train each way a day (the Pennsylvanian). BTW. Ashland (and Thomasville) aren't street running, the tracks are on their own right of way. Adrian

I thought you might have it. I'm not sure whether it is a scanning issue or whether it is a reproduction (printing) issue (or some of both), but it does have a very amateur look. Adrian

We use to have them, but the TTC, in its infinite wisdom, retired them. Adrian

Just discovered a book in my father's library called At the Bend in the Road - Kingston. It was self published by Gordon D. Smithson in 2000. It is primarily about the outer station, but it has a section on the new station with interior and exterior photos. Adrian

Broadway Limited did a couple of E6As in L&N livery. Sound-equipped and not cheap, if you can find one. http://www.broadway-limited.com/3278emde6alandn452aas-deliveredschemeparagon2sounddcdccho.aspx Bachmann has done 72' heavyweight combines and coaches, still currently available. https://www.walthers.com/72-heavyweight-combine-w-2-window-door-ready-to-run-painted-unlettered-pullman-green-black https://www.walthers.com/72-heavyweight-coach-ready-to-run-painted-unlettered-pullman-green-black There don't appear to be any passenger car decals available, though. Adrian

As an example, the Dixie Flagler mentioned above was a collaboration of 5 railroads. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois (C&EI), the L&N, the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis (NC&SL), the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) and the Florida East Coast (FEC). Presumably the motive power would be changed as the train entered the next railroad's territory. Part of the reason for not straying is that the signalling systems differed between railroads so that a 'home' crew was really necessary. In some instances (e.g. the PRR main line to the west) special equipment was also needed (cab signals in the PRR example). Until quite recently it was possible to identify certain railroads just by the signals. It should be possible to find a picturesque small depot somewhere on the L&N territory. I might be inclined to use the Motormax/Fresh Cherries 1940 Ford rather than the Sylvan kit. https://www.walthers.com/fresh-cherries-tm-assembled-1940-ford-pickup Adrian

That's a pretty substantial relocation of motive power. Adrian

I have only seen them on spurs where a runaway freight car or the like would cause problems. The one in my photo is just above a level crossing on a spur that runs downhill to an asphalt facility (and ultimately Lake Ontario). It was put in place after they started stabling a loco (which belongs to the asphalt facility) in that location, More photos here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/70136-minimalist-locomotive-stabling/ A passing siding (UK translation - passing loop) typically would not have anything. Adrian

Also, from a prototypical accuracy point of view, L&N locos (especially passenger ones) would have been very unlikely to have been seen off L&N lines. The L&N covered an area bounded by Cincinnati, St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans (via Birmingham and Mobile), Chattahoochee (just west of Tallahassee) and Atlanta. Adrian

L&N didn't have any trains of lightweight cars until 1946 when the Georgian (St Louis to Atlanta) and the Humming Bird (Cincinnati to New Orleans) entered service. It looks like there were 4 sets built (two for each) consisting of two Coaches, a Coach Lounge, a Diner, and a Tavern Lounge, all built by ACF. Presumably they would be bulked out with heavyweight head-end cars (Baggage etc.). This means that any other passenger trains (except those below) would have been heavyweight cars. They did participate in the operation of two other lightweight trains that started operation in 1940, the FEC's Dixie Flagler (Chicago to Miami every third day), and the PRR's South Wind (also Chicago to Miami). The Dixie Flagler had a single set of Budd-built cars consisting of a Baggage Dormitory Coach, a Coach (with Hostess room), a Diner, three Coaches, and an Observation Tavern. The South Wind had a single set of Budd-built cars consisting of a Baggage Dormitory Coach, four Coaches, a Diner, and an Observation Diner Lounge. BTW, the coach information comes from the book From Zephyr to Amtrak by David Randall (Prototype Publications, 1972). Basically it is a railroad by railroad tabulation of the lightweight/streamline services and cars, but it doesn't give any indications of motive power. Adrian

Looks like they might be doing some work on the near track (either above or blow the Horseshoe curve) all the traffic has been on the outside track (4 up and one down since I've been watching). Adrian

Nice intermodal on the curve with what looked like a standard cab SD70 on point. A lot of spine cars with trailers which is something we don't see in Ontario. Almost all intermodal traffic is containers in well cars. Adrian

They usually use a temporary or permanent derail device that attaches to one rail. However, they can also use what is effectively a catch point (still called a derail) as in the photos below Adrian

Currently it looks like the only time I visited - no trains Adrian