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  1. Curlew
    The backdrop to Ventnor station might be an interesting challenge - see Disused Stations: Ventnor Station (disused-stations.org.uk)
  2. Curlew
    Stretching the point somewhat, I believe some Sentinel railcars had one driving axle and more than 2 cylinders😉
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    YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqz_gMt_1Js
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    Possibly the latter, as there is no sign of any lettering
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    This was one of several broad and narrow gauge ones built for service in India
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    An early variant was the double-articulated version. Probably grossly underpowered and impossibly hot for the fireman.
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    Just to prove your point, an Argentine railcar from BRCW at Malvern Road on the GW. Must have been on temporary bogies.
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    Here's another photo of a Clayton articulated railcar - possibly a different one as the cab windows are deeper. It appears to be on trial on a UK railway, probably LNER as that may be a GNR somersault signal on the right. So you could run one on a UK layout!
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    Here's a Clayton, but with body by BRCW - and articulated too. May hint at control arrangements in LNER Claytons? This was for Egypt. The 2nd class 4 seat Hareem compartment is interesting. Small hareems in Egypt?
  11. Curlew
    In the diesel era, Armstrong Whitworth, BRCW, Cravens, Baguley-Drewry, Wickham all tested stuff on main lines, though not sure the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire or the Leek & Manifold quite qualify as main lines ;)
  12. Curlew
    Also great fun if you were ever fortunate to see one were the new locos and railcars built by British manufacturers for foreign parts, thoroughly tested on main line tracks.
  13. Curlew
    A couple of adjacent buildings from Campbeltown, including the wonderful cinema.
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    Early Sentinels were very crude - just a shunter chassis with an articulated passenger compartment. The introduction of the Claytons was a wake up call. Sentinel then redesigned theirs with a rigid body on proper railway-style bogies, underfloor cylinders etc. and drastically improved their products. You could say that it was the steam equivalent of post war DMUs.
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    There was a long development of Sentinel railcars. The earliest were relatively unpowerful with an articulated passenger body articulated to a rigid power car based on the Sentinel shunter design. The final ones were much more robust and powerful, with rigid bodies entirely mounted on bogies. Ability to tow vehicles would vary.
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    SSM do a kit of a C|IE J15 which is Beyer Peacock based, I think. http://www.studio-scale-models.com/j15.shtm
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    This is all I have on Clayton interiors - for a narrow gauge machine, but should be roughly the same for a standard gauge model? Not a high resolution, but it's the best I have.
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    Sentinel. Details probably vary depending on boiler fitted etc so be careful about their accuracy.
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    Definitely an RS11. It was something of a celebrity on the ex-Pacifico region at the time.
  21. Curlew
    You are making really good progress. I just wondered if you ever consider having a hidden return track to get the fulls and empties back to their respective start points? I have seen it on one or two layouts and it works really well.
  22. Curlew
    English used gender for everything once upon a time, just like the French still do. Even a couple of years ago an old gentleman in rural Derbyshire was quite happily referring to a teapot as "she" in normal speech. Unfortunately the conversation was unavoidably brief, but it was a fascinating peek into older English.
  23. Curlew
    Might coal have been shipped over the Bristol Channel from South Wales and loaded into local wagons?
  24. Curlew
    Sorry you missed my point - your closing date was 1987 (presume you meant 1897?)
  25. Curlew
    Quite a long time then ;)
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