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1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

The tender is from a FR 0-4-0 which were converted to tank engines.

 

Two of which survive. One was rebuilt back into a tender locomotive.

 

 

 

Jason

Wrong type of tender, if you look at furness 20s tender it's a completely different design. 

When the lms overhauled her the owning group had little money so gave the lms cart blanche to do what they would. Tender is a replica of a furness railway locomotive tender I believe and the rest the works flight of fancy. Il have to dig out my book on lion I think. 

Now I have thomas and James I must say that the latter impresses me with its haulage capabilities, now deciding what to buy next.... 

My local shop, done alot of business there this last year. Top quality service, can't fault them. 

4 metal wheeled Hornby r107s and a brake van and the wheels spin half the time 

On 22/12/2020 at 23:35, Paul.Uni said:

The Thomas train set has arrived according to the Bachmann website. https://www.Bachmann.co.uk/product/category/518/thomas-with-annie-and-clarabel---moving-eyes-dcc-ready/00642be

Bought one from my local dealer, thomas is quaint but doesn't have the haulage qualities of my old Hornby one. It can manage Annie and clarabel around the 2nd radius curves but put any Wagons on and it gives up. Still it'll no doubt entertain the kiddies. 

Must admit I've put in an order for a Thomas and acquired a collection of 1980s Hornby troublesome trucks and brake van....I'm sure it'll be nice reliving my childhood and running them on my layout (track plan funnily enough is based on awdrys ffarqhaur.... 

Now I'm excited, I was aiming at getting a Bachmann 108 but now I want this. Exciting times for dmu fans 

1 hour ago, brushman47544 said:

 

This is a railway forum yet you're advocating a bus between two rail connected towns.. :-)

I have a disabled person's bus pass, I use the bus every day to go to work in Carlisle. The train times coming back unfortunately don't run late enough for me to get home. 

11 hours ago, Firecracker said:

That the Toymaster on Middlegate?  Didn’t know that was still going!  After the old man took early retirement he used to go to Penrith during the week to do the weekly shop, now and again he’d get me humbrol paints and glues I’d run out of from there.

 

Owain

Yes it's still going. But a bus ride to Carlisle to c&m models is easy and presents far better opportunities 

1 hour ago, Firecracker said:

Yes, had a good display of Britain’s farm stuff as well, remember visiting there occasionally (at the time we never went to Kirkby Stephen, now I drive through it regularly).  There was another shop in Penrith that carried EFE lorries (the AEC mammoth) and buses when they first appeared in the UK (weirdly the first of those was actually bought in North Wales on holiday, the green JD Lowne dropside)

 

Owain

There is still a toy shop in Penrith (I live there) but they only sell Hornby and peco, and usually at horrible prices! 

On 09/12/2019 at 18:35, Firecracker said:

A few I remember, from Cumbria/Lancashire.  First up, the small shop crammed with stuff at Steamtown Carnforth.  Often was taken there by the old man when infanticide was moving up my mothers list of priorities.  Found an Airfix GMR siphon bought there whilst sorting the crap in the attic.  Also another shop in Lancaster, where as I remember the customer service left something to be desired (or maybe the owner just didn’t like children).  

 

Moving North, O’Loughlins in Kendal, where I spent an awfull lot of my pocket money upstairs.  Several of the Bachman locos I’m running now came from there in the late 90’s-early 2000’s (standard tank, class 25, Ivatt 2-6-2 tank).  Also carried a lot of plastic kits, woodland scenics.  Closed sometime in mid 2000’s  The was also a tiny short lived second hand shop on Windermere road, I remember various aged triang bits following me home from there.

 

A tiny shop in Penrith, I bought my first ‘decent’ new loco (as opposed to an early Hornsby Jinty) with my own money there, a Dapol pug (it was that or a Terrier) that’s being resurrected on Sedbergh with a DCC chip insinuated in the cab.   Introduced me to the Dapol range, various of their kits and RTR bits came from there.  

 

Finally, the only one that’s still in business, C&M models in Carlisle (although according to Google street view, the health food shop it was above has gone belly up).  First shop I discovered Woodland Scenics in, the (then) wonderful scenic stuff I’d only seen in magazines before.  Spent a few coins in there, one day I must pop back and repeat the experience.

 

Owain

O'loughlins I remember, then there was a bike repair shop in Kirkby Stephen sold Hornby stuff but never anything upto date. 

There used to be a model shop in kendal I used to visit but they never did anything cheap! 

This week I bought a coach from the above mentioned supplier, due to a postal error they delivered to me personally. I cannot hesitate to recommend them enough. Their service, especially considering the current situation, was the best I have received. Full marks for effort. 

On 14/06/2020 at 10:02, IWCR said:

Try Isle of Wight Steam Railway shop. I think they still have a small number of one of them.

 

Pete

Tried there. 

12 hours ago, Dunsignalling said:

The Railway Bylines special is excellent, the other one less so. Much of it is lifted from earlier publications; notably a self-published volume dating from 1952 by Lewis Cozens (an example of which I am fortunate enough to own). 

 

It's good a while since I read my copy of "The Axminster to Lyme Regis Railway" but I recall noticing some content, and a few errors, that had previously appeared elsewhere. To be fair, the sources are credited in the bibliography, though not referenced within the text.

 

Note that the Road Van allocated to the branch (at least in BR days) was S54977* one of the 20-ton Diagram 1545 type, not the ten-tonner promised from Kernow Models. It was withdrawn in 1958* and the branch brake thereafter was one of the 15-ton lightweight SR Pillboxes. For the 4mm modeller, the Road van is available in resin kit form from  Smallbrook Studios and the latter is part of the Cambrian Kits range. 

 

* Reference: Southern Wagons Volume One, Page 61, Plate 100 and caption thereto.

 

John

As I'm not modelling the Lyme regis branch per se, I'm making do with a br grey version of Hornbys lswr brake van. If I had the room though I think I'd model the line but when you only have 6ftx4ft to work with a continuous run with a terminus station based in the middle is plenty to be getting on with! 

I'm after a kernow Isle of Wight O2 tank, early crest br version preferred. 

I meant the Axminster to Lyme Regis book, from Devon to Dorset the story of the Lyme regis branch I find an excellent book, lots of photos. 

2 minutes ago, Blobrick said:

 

 

Hi Paul, thanks for the heads up on the books, I have already obtained a copy "Lyme Regis Branch" so the Axminster to Lyme Regis railway is a new one to me, So l ll keep my eye out for a copy

 

Many thanks

 

Bob C

 

It's an interesting book if a little dry. Very few photographs. 

Good reading material. I've just bought the Hornby Lyme regis set and another radial for my railway, its not a model of the line itself being generic branchline but it they look good on it even in its unfinished state. 

After having had numerous versions of the airfix/Dapol/Hornby 14xx over the years I'm looking forward to this version, at last one without the blooming top feed! Also nice to be able to get a proper 58xx. Photos I've seen so far look encouraging!

Much prefer toplights first please, I can put up with my surgically enhanced Airfix ones until after the toplights come out....anyone tried building the slaters toplight kits ...give me a loco kit far easier and they make carving Airfix B sets a sleep walking doddle

You might be able to wait, I can't lol.

A Proper Gwr suburban b set...

I really want one, BUT not at that price!  Sticking with the old Airfix/Hornby ones for now!

br standard class 2mt or 3mt 2-6-0