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Like this one.

But only if KRM actually listens to the CFPS. Some of their direct mailings are frankly bizarre - the latest about the last run-out GT3s has had the effect of reducing the liklehood of my spending any money with them. They don't seem to know how to read the room; it's all misplaced belligerance and attempted controversy where none exists. No thanks.

1967 to 1974, so 7 years. A significant part of the life of a number of first gen diesels that Bachmann produce - 24, 25, 40, 45, 46. Of these, I think only the 24 and the 46 have had a single pre-TOPS blue example in the main range. The people who remember this period are likely to be recently retired, so they are possibly missing a trick. I like this period for its mix of modernisation and steam age infrastructure.

Of the 15 green TOPS disk headcode locos, 40039 was actually one of the longest serving - despite it's early withdrawal. With the obvious exception of 106, most others went blue sometime in 1974/5. The fineness of the frost grill mesh actually isn't too bad, but the thickness of the surround really stands out. 40097 lost the grills in Spring 1978. As as Scottish loco, 40063 would have had the inner sand boxes and multiple working gear removed. More model photos here: https://www.themodelcentre.com/32-490

1E01 was TThSo 13.25 Newton Abbot - Sheffield They were only diagrammed into Olympia for the 1969 timetable.

Not strictly true, as Kernow have some B&G Bachmann Mk2f BSOs, and Hornby Mk2F FOs, and that was the first place I looked. Hornby MK2f BSOs are available elsewhere such as TMC. The TSOs have always been scarce however, but it's at least a start... I guess you must have got a good price for the ones you sold - they are always in demand. Accurascale have some Mk2cs coming out next year. The Mk2bs are coming much sooner but are sold out - no doubt there will be a few left over from unfulfilled orders if you are quick.

Someone already mentioned the 24/26 combination on the Inverness trains, it was much less commonly two of the same class. There were two loco hauled morning commuter services from Perth/Dundee which were often 25 hauled. There was also an early morning newspaper service from Edinburgh which was diagrammed for a 37 in the days when they were uncommon at Queen St. I think the 10:10 departure to Dundee was used for many years to test locos out of St Rollox Works, so you would see 20s in combination with 27s occasionally, as well as 26s. There are some ScR WTTs for this era on the Timetable World website btw.

Still with the axle lubricator drive behind the cab steps, and the un-strengthened fuel/water tanks.

Well, April Fool is Poisson d'Avril in French, so maybe we are looking at a Fishkind of some sort....?

Interesting photo of 37292, still sporting it's cabside arrows into the TOPS era. Cardiff July 1975.

Indeed, I got a Malachite 3-set 973 for £68 (£76 posted), from Cheltenham MC for the brakes and Tennets Trains for the composite.

Another shot of 31018 when in regular service - Stratford 1975

Hornby have made some strange choices over this model, and punters in general seem to want matching numbers throughout, even though this never happened in practice, featuring DTS that were barely used in anger. The first black fronted set R3874 included 370001, which was barely seen in service after 1981, and which did not get a black front until later. Likewise the next black fronted set R30104 features DTS 370003 & 370004, when 370004 never was seen out on the mainline in test or public service and almost certainly didn't get a black front. Hornby would have been perhaps better off making use of 370002/3/5/6/7. As far as I can ascertain, the yellow fronted sets rarely worked in more than an 8-car formation, and never as a 14-car formation. The forthcoming set R30229 set does at least represent the two DTS in use at the time the livery was current - August 1978 to May 1980.

Yes it was 62mph in the diagram book for equivalent stock from other countries.

Quite by chance, I’ve come across an article in Modern Railways which gives the date of the ferry link logo being applied as March 1963. Then called the ‘freight arrow’’ symbol it was part of a refresh of the freight image by the Design Panel to highlight freight services that had been modernised. There’s a photo of a conflat and a container with the new logo. The new freight colours are described as bauxite red, and ice blue for insulated vehicles, replacing grey, black, brown, and off-white. Design work in this area of course continued, culminating in the July 1964 launch of the new corporate passenger livery and then the full blown Corporate Identity Manual in July 1965. Even so the logo had a currency of application for about 2 years.

The email says Q4 - between Oct to Dec.

All models are the second part of the build, with small toilet windows and Roe-vac vents. Only the first half of the build were unbranded from new, but not for very long. The first ones were new in May 1969 and from August 1970 the branding was starting to be applied.

Another great announcement! For info, the conversion dates for the modified examples were TSOT (ex-TSO) - from May 1980 SO (ex-FO) - from Aug 1982 SK (ex-FK) - from May 1985 All the listed models are from the later build. For the TSOs, that is 5562-on. Some of the early conversions to TSOT were from the later batch.

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It does look to be numbered D52xx, and I think it was Derby Works that put the OHLW signs in that position, which points to D5200-22. The next 10 from Darlington had the OHLW signs much higher up.

Here's a link to the TMC Limited Edition of D1960, with some further photos of the Warley sample. https://www.themodelcentre.com/hel4715 This one can also be renumbered to 47514 for those early TOPS modellers.

Probably something to do with the redevelopment of the steelworks site.

I never realised so many people bought a car for Christmas… not something I would consider personally. Given that many pure petrol ICE models have been discontinued in favour of mild hybrid petrol versions, the combined share is only slightly in decline - 58.3% to 55.9%. Purchasing decisions are much less clear cut now with high petrol and electricity charging prices away from the home, and the need for many to get into a newly created ULEZ, even if only for two days a week. Do you perhaps have figures for proportionately how many commercials are registered per year, and what is that power train mix?

The allocations are listed under each locomotive record, below the nameplate photo. Which period are you looking at? I understood the YK allocation was only for up to the last 18 months of service. There were a few shuffles and short term reallocations in the period when dual braking was installed in 1967 e.g. D9009, but otherwise things were static for many years. I’d be very surprised if ‘Chronicles’ were not aware of all the official allocations. What is your source for the missing ones?