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For sale in Hattons's product database.. (With pictures, but I really only reccomend clicking the link after 9pm, for those of an older age, with a fetish for horror stories) http://www.hattons.co.uk/154427/Lima_L320252_U_Class_4MT_2_6_4T_80033_in_BR_Black_Pre_owned_wrong_box/StockDetail.aspx This Lima model would be a candidate for the Top Gear piano.

1980's UK / Western Europe would be for any preserved layout, though OO would only be for a UK layout, for South Eastern Europe they still are in industrial service in Bosnia, even today. Several are preserved in the US also, with Granite Stone 10 recently overhauled in Sacramento. For 1930's, unfortunately not, this is a child of war.

It's great to see the MSC being modelled ! ... There's an MSC peckett to follow too. Hopefully at some point the canal tanks will be modelled (hudswell clarke), of which 31,32,69,70 and 685 survive !

ok not in the UK, but not a bridge too far.. for this thread https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Station_Eindhoven_interieur.jpg

Lizzie got a new nameplate ?

After a bit of drama today ( I went to the loft only to find the neighbours builders had knocked a brick thru the wall and on to my layout burying my Bachmann Prairie L150 in dust and cement whilst knocking the glazing from my canopy and several supports off, in several places (it's a 4 piece Peco one laid out e2e, thus protecting what was below) scattering wagons and crushing the roof of a Hong Kong tram, so my planned running of my new USAs got canned) ! Sigh. I did however take a couple of comparison pictures of my HO vs OO USA tanks... Oh so unfair to compare, but it shows size matters ! Am awaiting the Roco S160 to be released next. The yellow J94 stands out a bit doesn't it :-)

Is there a reason why they are pale brown on the outside of the wooden extensions, but dark on the inside ?

I find this line a bit worrisome :-)

And after your finished with the model railway rainhill trials.... you can always wrap up with a Bachmann Gandy Dancer. http://estore.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=66_68_181

One of the differences in my two above..(post 565) . Is the whistle... 2 different types.. Such a subtle small detail..., hardly noticeable but still replicated. The detail differences i observed are: 1. Different whistle 2. Different safety valves 3. Looks like a sanding cap, next to the water tank hatch on the left side tank on '67 4. Extra pipe work between the two domes on '67 5. Extra pipe work below the cab on both sides (x2) 6. Step vs platform on both sides covering the smokebox steam pipes (x2) 7. Grab Handles vs vertical pipes on the tanks (x2) Looking at 30064 vs DS237 there's differences in paint finish around the buffer beams and the safety valves. (although I haven't bought it, the USATC version is completely different, with a different cab, bunker, steps etc).. That is also used on the LMR and NCB versions also)..

Spot the difference time... I've got 7 (technically 10) tooling differences spotted just in these 2 views of 30069 vs 30067...(excluding the logo or number) Fantastic levels of detail, I can spot differences between DS237 and 30064 too.... Bachmanns surpassed themselves on these... even the works plates on 30067 and 30069 reflect the differing works numbers ! It's play time !

How right you were,.. All 4 of mine arrived safely this morning, including MR 110 (DS237).. Patience (and Kernow) have rewarded me...

Bickershaw ? Perhaps. The line came out by Springs Branch shed in Wigan.Hattons' Hurricane is a Bickershaw J94. I've seen somewhere a J94 pushing MGRs and a pair of Blue 20's in the early 1980's.

Omg... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R2986-A-Date-With-The-Duchy-Limited-Edition-of-1000-/252512806426?hash=item3acaefa61a:g:8M4AAOSwMtxXvxQf Make sure you don't accidentally buy it now.

Actually i'm more worried the "hattons" pre-order approach.. I wait for the 4th and find the other 3 have gone !

I'm still waiting for any of my 4 on order (30064, 30067, 30069 and DS237). My credit card details are correct, I've had an order from both MRO and Kernow in the past few months, I know there busy, I got my yellow J94 in 48 hrs, I don't want to bug them, but.....

At the 2017and 2018 post-Brexit price.

I'm actually thinking there's a nice sideline in the screw fit nem coupling pockets too... I could do with more than a couple of these. If I want to put an NEM coupling to a US NMRA fitting this could be just the trick.

Haven't found and Railway cuttings here, but I did find this 18th century poem on Cheams wiki page, Not sure about Croydon though. "Sutton for good mutton; Cheam for juicy beef; Croydon for a pretty girl And Mitcham for a thief"

Just read the article and suspect it's a typo. It's in the "deliveries coming thick and fast" section amongst all the already announced stuff due soon for delivery. A nice surprise if it is.

We must be neighbours.

I get the impression these travelled. I'm sure I have a picture of these (or something very similar to) at Clapham Junction and East Croydon in middleton press books at home. edit: here's one at Clapham Junction, should keep the LBSC E4 entertained. http://lnwrs.zenfolio.com/p450235283/h5F0C012D#h5f0c012d

Industrials.... (Hornbys peckett seems to be selling well in advance orders)...Colourful, psychologically right priced, always room for a couple, crosses several time periods, well represented in preservation, largest gap in the market when it comes to selection / availability, less risky in an uncertain economy..(they are smaller / cheaper than a tender loco). Maybe a comparison of BR vs non-BR sales of J94s might be an indicator ? The obvious one to my mind is an 0-4-0 Andrew Barclay (and a crane tank version of it being really adventurous).

I'm thinking 40106, Bachmanns' members day is at the ELR in September, and 2 class 40's are hot off the press already. Though given we've had 20172, an 08, a wcrc 37, 2x Pullmans, sealink coaches, an MLV, exhibition coaches were a bit overdue an offering for steam modellers... Especially as all bar 1 of that list have yet to sell out... Vs the near perfect steam sell out (only the patriot so far left available). D335 could be an outsider 2nd guess from me. For steam, 13065, of course we could always be surprised by a bluebird.. A class would be nice.