Woollydog

Need help please, thinking of purchasing a L&B tank but after reading this thread I’m confused. Could someone give a list of model numbers showing the difference between first and second issues please. I’ve seen the livery I would like, pre SR dark green ‘EXE’ Heljan no.9955 at a really good price. Is this a first issue? Many thanks.

My territory, N7 no doubt ...

 Buntingford, how busy would that be today if not for Beeching ...

Small town terminus? Enfield Town as it was in steam days ...

Liverpool Street, 1950s, all that steam suburban on the west side, B17s and Britannia’s in the middle and Gresley Electrics to the east. Bliss ...

The Bulleid 10201 in original black ...

Class 40, as first running on ‘The East Anglian’ ...

BRCW/Crompton Class 33 (in original green/white livery) ...

I rather like the original Derby/Sulzer later class 24/0 in two-tone green that ran out of both Kings Cross and Liverpool Street ...

V2, probably the best looking steam locomotive ever built,

Standard 3MT tank.

How has the best looking 2-6-2 and most beautiful locomotive ever been omitted from this poll?

I was hoping for an F5 and a J17 plus a Quintart, maybe next year ...

Unfortunately neither Bachmann or Hornby achieves this finish or a convincing weathered one either ...

March issue of ‘Steam Days’ 15 pages on Peterborough’s New England Shed, it’s locomotives and duties in LNER and BR days ...

How come it hasn't been thought of before to use smaller scale lamps? And 4mm for 7mm...

Hi, new to this site so excuse me for butting in, the Royal Mail Van is a 1960s Morris LC5 while Langley make an earlier LC3 with separate headlights but basically the same body. I believe the mudguards were made of rubber.

On the 'systonandpeterborough.co.uk' site there's a colour photo of a very similar if larger privy at Manston Junction SB that looks planked, (p5) and at Wymondham Level Crossing (p2) a keepers hut in the same style, most definitely planked. Maybe common panels were cut to size for such buildings.

There's a reasonable photo of the privy by the signal box at Little Bytham Junction in 'Branch lines around Spalding', Middleton Press 2009.

Very appropriate the D9 on the MR/M&GNR line at Little Bytham as they were regulars early postwar albeit in cutdown form I believe.