Edwardian

As, of course, I do!

Nom de guerre given your form of late, I would have thought! [smiley face]

Oh you hopeless pedant!!! Although the feature survived quite late on the SW, as Drummond seemed to share my fondness for them, wing-plates are also characteristic of older, Victorian designs. I suspect that is what Kevin meant, as did I; merely that it's a nice old-fashioned feature. Given that all my other locomotives were Churchward or Collett designs, it was quite a contrast! [smiley face] As the Kinks once observed "We are the Triang Nellie Preservation Society"

Wow!

Excellent print. Excellent build. Watching out for the 2-4-0 tender!

I can only agree. It is a lovely body, just as it is. On my childhood railway, my Devon creamery somewhat improbably ran to its own locomotive, and a blue Hornby Nellie was the dairy's 'small industrial'. And, you know, it was, of all things, those Victorian wing plates that captivated me. On my 'to do list' is the production of a freelance locomotive, using the 'Nellie' body, un-violated because she is sufficiently attractive as she is, but marrying her to a new chassis.

Yes, I agree 100%. Below are shots in New York in 1905 and 1914, and some French and English scenes; Brighton in 1906, the Laing sisters in 1912, The Gullicks in 1909, Cornwall 1913, the Lumière family. My personal favourite is J. A. Nettleton with milk can. Early morning, April 1911.

Thanks, for that. Great breakfast viewing. I was enjoying the layout, with its Southern traffic on Lee-on-Solent, it is beautiful and atmospheric, but I have to say my pulse quickened when I saw the salmon and brown stock. Next we had an O2 in Urie sage green with salmon and brown Gate Stock. Stunning, simply stunning. To think that, with just a little bit more effort, Kernow could have produced just such a train. Shame. One thing to add to the accessories wish-list are some replacement ends for the Kernow Gate Stock - perhaps in resin. Next we had some wonderful LB&SCR scenes with Ferring, and,at the end, Cirencester, a considerable bonus. Thanks for posting.

I thought both were likely France. The wider shot above seems to support that view with regard to that location. It matters not, I think, for our purposes. Smashing photographs. Andy's splendid roadside scene reminded me of the picture below, which I found whilst sitting in a caravan researching Merstham (hard to believe that this is close to a year ago). What is remarkable is that the children and dog are playing in the middle of the main London-Brighton road!

A programme that will bear a further viewing, thanks

Superb job. I really like the colour - with this shade I can see how a two-tone scheme with contrasting darker grey would work on outside framed vehicles.

Exciting. And 2 of them. This shall spur me on to greater efforts. I am really looking forward to seeing how these turn out. Great work. However much kit or RTR manufacturers might produce, there will always be plenty of interesting things to research and build for the earlier periods.

Just as well you did not go on to ask if you could get up on her box and take it for a spin.

One of the three of us, possibly me, is at cross purposes. I was talking about the open carriage in the Rochdale tram film, which appears to be driven by a coachman in livery. The historically fascinating, but rather offensively stereotypical Comedy Scotsman film, boasted a closed carriage if I recall. Again, I would have to give it a second look, but it would not surprise me if it turned out to be a Growler or Brougham, as these were used as cabs as well as private carriages.

Yes, I spotted that, with great interest. I felt that was certainly a liveried coachman. I will have to go back and look at the carriage type. Very often these open carriages were designed for gentlemen to drive themselves - the sports cars of their day - an idea that goes back at least as far as the Regency barouche. In 1905, something like a Mail Phaeton would have fitted the bill. On the other hand, a family open carriage like a Victoria was probably driven by a servant. Trouble is, I focussed on the driver, not the carriage, so would need to have a another look!

Crikey. I am not sure that you ever said this was a Fenland setting, but it has always struck me as capturing perfectly the atmosphere of that area. Certainly, having waited for trains on the platform at Whittlesea, I can imagine what it must be like waiting for trains at Pott Row, sorry, Upbech St Mary! I did enjoy looking at the pictures of the old Upbech St Mary, another very successful evocation of the Fens.

Well certainly not on my account! It's a brilliant layout, wherever it's set. Pott Fen? Pott Drove? Pott Drain! Brilliant. May I use the white sign for the layout in due course? I might have known that you would come up with these. I don't know how you do it, though!

Well, what a wonderful film! Thank you. I have to say that the eponymous @rse-scratching Scotsman could not hold my attention when there were those gorgeous LNWR coaches on view! Fairly clean, apart from the inevitably greyed roof, I noted. I also noticed the, apparently 1905 vintage, advertisement for "EMU - Australian Burgundy". The mind boggles, but, clearly, it is an advert that must appear at Castle Aching!

Sorry, Paul, yes, you're right. I should have known better given that the Bishop's Lynn tramway has to navigate the environs of Pott Row and Grimston. It's just that having in lived in the Fens, a few miles from the Norfolk border, the atmosphere of Mullie's layout always strikes me as Fen-like! A personal impression. Still, I believe Castle Aching exists, so I clearly have a dubious grasp of geography.

Slate grey.

If so, impressive on Bachmann's part. I wonder if the bogies will be available as accessories. An 8' Fox, for that is what I take it to be, with or without foot boards, might prove a very useful thing.

Looking good. I recall that, as a child, the thing that brought home to me that the historic railway existed in the, often troubled, real world, was the graffiti that Jack Nelson had added to one of his superb LNWR scenes, which read "Hang the Kaiser" Pre-Grouping graffiti! Can't say fairer than that!

I have one, the trouble is, the moment I leave my railway room, it ceases to exist.

Well put! We know a sketch about that, don't we Boys and Girls?

Brilliant film, thank you for posting. I was particularly taken with the yacht crewed entirely by pipe smokers.