Coppercap

6 hours ago, Forward! said:

If you fancy something based in London area, but achievable in a minimum space, how about the Brentford branch? It even connects to Southall!

 

http://www.gwr.org.uk/nobrentford.html

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/brentford/

 

And you could justify buying one of these:

 

https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/pg/144/GWR-Steam-Railmotor

 

Will

Not a lot of Castles, Halls or even Kings ever got down to Brentford - it was a Yellow Route for a start. The OP would then just have to settle for a fleet of Panniers instead...and the Railmotors had long since departed from Southall by the 1930s.

For me, the whole series has been marred by the usual TV habit of 'using a film clip completely unconnected with what we are talking about' - just about the first mention of "Great Western" and what do we see? A shot that's clearly of a Caledonian train (C.R. on bufferbeam!)... and as for the constant 'tooting' of inappropriate-sounding whistles - that's sooo irritating! 

I don't think there was much in this series that hadn't already recently been covered in other railway programmes.

29 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

 

Apparently most of these early films were scripted. IIRC the lady with what looks like a sheet of paper in her hand is the film makers wife.

And with the ungentlemanly "gentleman" in the topper rushing to get into a THIRD class compartment - surely if he was for real, apart from his manners, he wouldn't be stooping to that low level...

3 hours ago, railroadbill said:

What is the loco in the CIE Sláinte express set?  Can't see it very clearly but it looks rather like an orange Hymek.  (Or was there a body shell for a CIE B class made?)

Yes, it is indeed the Hymek.

31 minutes ago, Monkey28 said:

 I bet that wouldn’t be allowed on the mainline these days .H&S would have a fit .what year was the photo taken?

I would have thought it's 1980 - the year of 'Rail 150'.

2 hours ago, TomJ said:

There is the apocryphal story of the America visitor who said that Conway Castle was spectacular but why did they build it so close to the railroad!

Usually said of Windsor - why was it built under the flight path so close to Heathrow?

1 hour ago, Butler Henderson said:

The Jinty was R51 and it did not take long for any then unused number to be reused for any item regardless of the original intent, 37s for example having (amongst others) R243, R402 and R751. 

R51 was a clockwork N2 0-6-2. The Jinty was R52. Then the Pannier was R051

Has anyone got any photos, that is other than the standard Hornby-issue side-on photos, of the GWR versions?

I wonder, has the strong interest in die-cast buses waned?  Ten or more years ago EFE (Gilbow) were still issuing monthly release sheets with many new models, and very often new castings. EFE's highlight, though not buses but related due to being LT, was the tube stock (but a lost opportunity them not motorising them). It then started tailing off, with nothing completely new for a long time, then dates on new livery releases slipping, then no news, then the end of EFE...

There doesn't seem to be much at all now from anyone, not even new liveries on existing castings. 

46 minutes ago, stewartingram said:

I can recall seeing, fairly recently, a b&w film (documentary) that showed Bristol buses. I found it particularly interesting, as the majority of K types were lowbridge, and like the pic above, these were highbridge, just like the ones I went to school on in Cambridge (ECOC of course). That could well be the film they were shooting in the pic?

 

Stewart

 

 

Most probably is the same film. Work in Progress can be found on YouTube.

7 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

The BT Film "Work In Progress" features a Bristol Route 3 bus and crew. I wonder whether this was part of making it? It isn't the same vehicle, but when did that stop anything cinematic?

The crew do get on that same bus, but yes, it's a different bus that pulls away.

26 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

The BT Film "Work In Progress" features a Bristol Route 3 bus and crew. I wonder whether this was part of making it? It isn't the same vehicle, but when did that stop anything cinematic?

That looks to be Anchor Road, facing the Centre. That bit is one way now, and the bus would be facing the wrong way if it was there now!

Well, after knowing they'd have completely un-GWR brake ends and having now seen them, I'll certainly be giving the GWR brakes a miss! 

1 hour ago, phil-b259 said:

 

Lima went and released their Mk1s in LMS and GWR liveries

Not only Lima, but Hornby also did their Mk1s in LMS and GWR liveries.

37 minutes ago, County of Yorkshire said:

 

Personally speaking, if all I got this year were the Collett bow-enders (either the corridor or non-corridors) released in post war Great-crest-Western livery that would do me. Or dare I say it... in wartime austerity brown?!

 

CoY

 

 

 

I'd like the corridors in their original faux-panelling livery (Simon personally assured me that's easy do-able, but he couldn't say when exactly, so I'm certain that they are working on them, just slowly) , and I'd also like the non-corridors in the pre-roundel livery.

Please. I'll buy a full set of each, promise.   And the corridor restaurant too - I know you're working on that too, as that'll finish the set off nicely. Oh, and a Saint to pull them - there just happens to be a nice one to measure at Didcot. Oh, did I hear someone say a team had been seen measuring it? 

1 hour ago, 40F said:

Howes took over the Model Highways shop from the owner who brought it from Ivor Tozer who moved to Cheddar to open an ice cream and gift shop. the short lived shop on Gloucester Road was further up towards Horfield on the left on a corner. It did not last long a couple of years I think. Al`s Hobbies [ R/C ] was also briefly on  Gloucester Road before moving to Filton Avenue. Also now closed. 

I used to regularly visit Model Highways in my lunchtime in the 1980s (worked in Filton, and I could easily park my motorcycle right outside or near the shop). After it was taken over by Howes, I never ever saw it open - the shutters were always down. Nobbies Hobbies was almost opposite, but only stocked some current Hornby, IIRC.

Baileys Dailes (run by John Baggott who was involved with the Brunel Model Railway Exhibitions) was a goldmine for many things, and as for Max Williams, wow, what didn't he have? if he didn't have it in stock and you just asked about it, he'd get it in especially for you!

Only went to Trains in Bemmy the once. Total waste of time, the proprietor was totally disinterested.

Antics, which used to be very good for railways, while they are still in Fairfax Street, they don't stock that many railway items these days, but is OK for materials and tools.

In recent years, the now closed Richards Railways in Yatton was a very good but tiny shop, almost 100% railways (just the small bit of Airfix and Scalextric for a short while). 

Beatties was OK for a browse, but they went over to kits, diecast, R/C and toys, with railways being hidden upstairs, mostly current Hornby.

3 hours ago, SDJR7F88 said:

A short running session featuring the eagerly anticipated Hornby R3825 - Peckett W4 0-4-0ST - "614" - Centenary Year Limited Edition in dazzling photographic grey.
Limited to just 2000 models the loco come in a commemorative display box along with a resin miniature builder's plate.
In this video we see the Peckett action, shunting a selection of wagons and vans on my photo-plank micro layout. 
Hope you enjoy!

 

It almost looks as if it has a slight tight spot.

19 minutes ago, Les1952 said:

 

Flying Scotsman is the Kardashian of railway locos...

I didn't realise Scotsman had fake front buffers, and an oversize trailing truck...

2 hours ago, Hroth said:

If you're in the UK, you missed the broadcast on BBC 4 at the civilised hour of 7pm on Tuesday. 

I'm in the UK and I didn't miss it...

1 hour ago, Hroth said:

In the 7th edition of the Triang catalogue (the one with Britannia running across the front of the Palace of Westminster...) the "Countryside" range of trackside buildings was on offer.

 

 

 

Latex rubber buildings. Who'd have thought it?

 

I had R.362 and R.367 but they crumbled quite badly in the end...

(Blue door and pink windows???)

 

 

 

I never knew their origin years ago when I was small (my dad bought me solid, dependable but secondhand Dublo 3-rail. Tri-ang, even the catalogues, was off my radar), and only found out in relatively recent years.

For some odd reason our dentist had some of these among other toys in the waiting room. Probably because little 'uns were unlikely to hurt themselves playing with them (how do you play with a building exactly?) unless they swallowed them whole... I never saw one dunked in the fish tank, but I'm sure it happened. They still had them in 1980, by then looking a bit worn, when I moved away and changed dentist.

1 minute ago, Edge said:

Ordered three yesterday for myself directly from the Hornby website. Let’s see, shall we ? They’ve certainly taken the money for them 

They've taken the money? Then they'll be on their way very soon...

Just looked again, Hornby website says out of stock again...

28 minutes ago, AshleyH said:

Just to say the R40141 coaches are back in stock on Hornby.com.

 

I have just managed to place an order anyway, and to think I was almost tempted to try Olivias, I say almost....

This is bizarre. I have two (direct from Hornby), and don't want any more, but just to see for myself, earlier today I looked them up on the Hornby website and it said they were sold out, and no more would be available (or something very much like that). I wonder what they are playing at?

19 minutes ago, adb968008 said:

I was actually wondering who would want to go to either myself, but then I recalled Liverpool was the gateway out of the UK to warmer climates all over the world... the rain therefore was a last hurrah on the way out, the train got you out faster, whats bad about that ?

 

 

 

 

Then, certainly in the early 1830s at least, after the discomfort (or not, depending on the size of your purse) but relative safety of the L&M journey of a couple of hours, there was the perilous passage by sailing ship to look forward to, taking maybe a month, or more depending on weather or destination.

I got my email yesterday morning advising me the delivery slot was 15:03 to 16:03 that day.

15:05 Mr DPD was knocking on the door...