richscylla

Looks great, and this certainly isn't a criticism, but wasn't a wagon very similar to this announced by another retailer recently?

Rich

Thanks for everyone's feedback! Seems I got a little confused between Cement and China Clay. I know ICA, TTA, VGAs are all available RTR in 00. I just need to look into Slurry TTA/TUA and TCA options to model this train!

Thanks Flood! Now I need to see if any of them are available as models/kits/conversion parts!!

Hi  there, 

I was wondering if anyone can identify the wagon types in the train at @2:20 in this video? I'm thinking it's as follows - but certainly things I don't recognise:

Class 37, Class37, Silver Bullet (Does this have a TOPS code), VDA (x3), Silver Bullet, PCA, ????, Silver Bullet, ????, PCA (x4)

Any help would be great. 

Thanks,

Rich

I would put some cork or something onto a 12mm ply top. Are you going to brace the plywood base at all? 

9 minutes ago, atom3624 said:

Thanks.

 

I was just hunting the internet and reached that same conclusion.

 

Seems like 18th December 'free airfreight' delivery for all.

 

This is awkward - as in wife is not going to be happy, but .... heh ho !!

 

Al.

I think that's only for the new liveries. The rest will be here by the end of November I think...

 

This applies to codes: H4-66-001 - H4-66-030 (including Digital & Sound Fitted models)

H4-66-031 will be air freighted in full for pre-Christmas delivery.

All of the above should arrive before the end of November.

6 minutes ago, atom3624 said:

Is the 18th December delivery date the PRIORITY delivery or 'normal'?

 

Al.

Seems like any pre-order (before November 14th) is now 'priority' and is being air freighted. Anyone who has agreed to pay the £10 extra for air freight will now not be charged that £10. 

No results for me. 

Yes - I understand what it's done, but it feels like some logic needs to be plugged in to the search algorithm as most people typing in Class 66 on the site are looking for a Class 66 loco. It's just something that annoys me about the search on the site.  

Assume October delivery is no longer happening then! 

In all seriousness, just spoken with Hatton's customer service and now they're still estimating December for standard livery and 6 weeks earlier for air freight. 

My biggest issue with any search functions on the site, is that the search doesn't work for Class types. Here are my results for Class 66. 

On 29/09/2019 at 16:38, Phil Mc said:

I'm guessing this may be too early for you date range, but it would make an unusual model !!

 

Cheers,

Phil.

 

 

Wow - this looks awesome, but probably just before the time period that I'm looking at!

On 29/09/2019 at 20:17, br2975 said:

50029 & 50030 outside the ASW Castle Works, Cardiff Docks, May 1995.

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Brian Rolley photo

 

 Can't see your photos - which is a shame because they all sound great!

I have my own version of Rule 1 on my layout. Simply put if it happened once then I can run it. So with that in mind, and with an urge to be able to running something a little different, what have people seen (and ideally photographed or filmed) in South Wales between 1995-2000?

I'm mainly thinking about traction here, although odd trains behind fairly ordinary traction would be interesting. Things like charter workings, specials, railtours & odd stock visiting Canton are all good! Let's see what you all have - could be a really interesting thread, not only for me, but everyone else. 

Rich

Thanks Simon and Stu - these photos are really useful!

16 hours ago, PaulRhB said:

Facing the direction of travel so you can take either route or Trailing where you have to ‘trail’ through it then reverse to change route. 

Thanks for clearing this up Paul. And also thanks for the signalling diagram?

So it seems that whilst my plan is possible in the WR, it would be more likely done with a trailing cross over and a head shunt? I was ideally looking to be able to get units onto the siding so I might look to stick with the facing cross overs.

 

8 minutes ago, LBRJ said:

You are thinking of the 5 ( I think) Mark II coaches used on the Bristol to Weymouth line by Wessex Trains.

They were used with a class 31 in matching livery.

 

As shown in all its eye-watering pink glory in the link below

 

https://tomcurtisrailgallery.weebly.com/uploads/6/9/0/3/6903499/31601314522o860828btmweyfrome27may2004.jpg

 

 

If you google Wessex Trains Class 31 you will find a lot of similar images etc

Hi mate. Thanks for the info - but I was thinking of the coaches that Simon above has suggested! I'm not sure I'd have forgotten those pink coaches quite so quickly. When I was trying to research this, I kept coming across these though. Very interesting working and I'm sure a great project to model for someone out there!

25 minutes ago, Simon Bendall said:

It was initially a South Wales & West shadow franchise operation that carried over from Regional Railways days and continued when Prism Rail won the franchise in October 1996, it becoming Wales & West. Basically a Class 37-powered diagram on the Cardiff-Bristol Temple Meads-Weymouth route with extensions from Cardiff to Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly depending on the day. It was booked for haulage by a Transrail Class 37/4 although substitutions by a Class 37/0 were not unknown while the coaches were provided by a then embryonic West Coast Railways.

 

Eight Mk.2b/c were provided with TSOs 5463/87 & 5569 and BSO 9448 in BR maroon while TSOs 5453/78/91 and BSO 9440 carried the dark blue South Wales & West livery. In addition, three maroon-liveried Mk.1 TSOs, 99318/27/28, were initially provided in the spring of 1996 while some of the Mk.2s were being prepared for service. Normally ran in four-coach sets but these could be lengthened as required with both five and six coaches being noted on occasions. With the two liveries evenly split on the Mk.2s, mixed rakes of both was a standard occurrence.

 

The trains continued to operate during 1997 and 1998 to a largely unchanged route and formation, although with the acquisition of Transrail by EWS in 1996, Class 37/4s in maroon/gold were soon appearing.  A DMU cascade in the autumn of 1999 saw the loco-hauled workings end that September.

Hi Simon! These are exactly the workings I was hoping to get info on! Do you (or anyone else) have photos of the workings and the coaches? It's something that I'd love to model!

2 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

Virtually 100% certain that the train in the photo is at Carmarthen station, and is a rail tour rather than a service train (There's what appears to be a headboard on the loco.)

Yes - this a Pathfinders railtour, but using the stock that was used on the services I'm thinking of. I'm guessing the stock was hired in as I'm only ever remember seeing pictures of them behind freight liveried Class 37s.

Hi there, 

I remember around the late 90s early 00s, there were some Class 37 workings on the Wales & West or Wessex network (I think it was the Cardiff-Portsmouth workings) that used Class 37s with MK2s in red/maroon and blue liveries. My base knowledge of these services is pretty shaky, so I'm finding it hard to research via Google. I have found a picture online of the MK2s I mean, but does anyone have more information about the stock? Specifically I'm looking for running numbers, stock (looks like MK2b to me, but I'm no expert) and even basics like what the livery of these coaches actually are. 

Many thanks in advance. 

Rich

Really sorry, but what do you mean by facing and trailing crossovers?

Hi Nick, 

Thanks for taking the time to comment. 

Do you mean the crossover on the left hand side?

The layout would be South Wales between Bristol and Newport so would expect colour light signals.

Rich
 

Sorry, you're right I should have mentioned that - it's 1990s!

Does anyone know, in RailModeller Pro, is there anyway to create landscaping? I'm using it and I have worked out track gradients and they look great in the 3D mode, but I can't work out if there is anyway to show the landscapes. Seems odd if it's not possible!

Hi all, 

I'm putting together the plan for a new layout and I could with some help to create some prototypical signalling. 

I have attached the track plan, it's a fairly simple one so hopefully the signalling should be fairly simple too. The siding/depot will be accessed off the main line either with a reversing manoeuvre from the down, or across the points from the up. 

It would be great to know where the signalling (and what kind) I need on the mainline and then what ground signals I need in the depot. 

If you have any questions, please let me know. 

Rich