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  1. Two survived into the LMS (July 1923), but not long after that. Brian.
  2. You’ve done another terrific job with that kit, well done. The Caledonian Railway Association have produced some excellent books over the years, the Carriages and the Wagons books are particularly useful for modelling, the Carriages book also has some details on WCJS carriages. My copies get regularly leafed through. Other known numbers for the CR Metropolitan Horse Box are 11 (built in 1875) and 44 (built in 1884), they were renumbered 1813 and 1849 in 1893 and 1898 respectively. Brian.
  3. I’ve seen this CL marking on a few other photos of coaches on the WHL/Queen st. trains. I always thought it indicated a Cowlairs carriage sidings coach. I added this marking to a Mk1 BFK I made a few years ago. Brian.
  4. Cavalex sample Class 56 operating on Morecambe at Falkirk Model Rail Exhibition at weekend just gone. Lovely model! Brian.
  5. Show opens again today at 10:00. Hopefully the card reader is back working (it was by the end of show yesterday).
  6. Grangemouth Athletic Stadium Indoor Hall final preparations for Falkirk MRC Exhibition.
  7. Free Vintage Bus Service between Falkirk Grahamston Train Station and Grangemouth Athletic Stadium.
  8. Apologies for such a late reply, I only came upon your questions today. The Rapido CR Gunpowder Van is based on the very similar Caley Diagram 78 Gunpowder Van. They were built in three batches, first twelve were authorised in July 1904 and a further twelve in the next half year. The final batch of 25 were ordered in May 1922 from Hurst Nelson, the preserved, No.57, in the SRPS Collection came from this batch. In 1906 Van Numbers 1 & 2 were allocated to Steps Road, 3-10 Harburn, 11-33 Stevenston and 34 & 35 Cambuslang. All the above information and much more about Caley Wagons can be found in Caledonian Wagons and NPCS by Mike Williams available from the Caledonian Railway Association. Brian.
  9. Is it DC or DCC? Are the couplings to NEM standards? Does the loco have real coal or is it just the manufacturers fake representation? What are the baseboards made of? So many questions, no answers in the article!
  10. Probably both, goods grey paint was mixed using a shovel full of this and a shovel full of that, management only cared about how passenger engines and carriages looked. Brian.
  11. CR Diagram 46 8 ton mineral wagon. I completed a couple of 4mm True Line Models kits of these wagons in May this year. Brian.
  12. Hi ‘Gryphon’, Welcome to RMWeb, probably the greatest online U.K. (and beyond) model railway resource the world has ever known. Other U.K. model railways sites are also available. First up, don’t ask too many questions that Google etc. can answer, the RMWeb search function is rubbish so use Google with RMWeb as the first word to get the answer you want if it exists on RMWeb. The U.K. model railway scene is roughly as big as the USA model railway scene but is condensed into a much smaller geographical area. Although geographically smaller the U.K. is as regionally diverse as North America but has a longer history of locomotive hauled trains. This history is divided into ‘era’s’ from the birth of railways to the contemporary scene. N Gauge is the second most popular model rail scale in the U.K. 00 Gauge (4mm scale trains on 3,5mm HO track) is the dominant scale and is accounts for over 50% of the U.K. market with N Gauge around 30%. A great resource for information on U.K. railways from a modelling perspective is Hattons website, they’re a very big model railway retailer and manufacturer, their website includes a lot of prototype information. Rails of Sheffield and Kernow Model Rail Centre are also very good retailers website for information. In the U.K., N Gauge has three main manufacturers, Graham Farish (owned by Bachmann), Dapol and Peco. Produce a track plan, a geographical location and an era and the RMWeb community will give you lots of direction and information on how it would operate and suitable trains. Brian.
  13. I need to get my finger out and finish these two vac braked Cambrian kits before they’re not worth the effort. Brian.
  14. There is no definitive answer to wagon routing, unless the customer wants a specific routing then as a general rule the wagon would travel as far as practicable on the originators lines and then most likely be transferred to their ‘mates’ lines. There were other factors such as speed, time, engineering work and the whim and prejudice of the goods clerk. The Aberfeldy (Highland Railway) goods clerk would send goods to London by the West Coast route on the first two weeks of the month, the East Coast route on the third week and the Midland Route on the last week as he didn’t want to show favouritism! Kirkcaldy merchants felt that the NBR over charged them as the NBR had a monopoly in Fife, so would route their goods off the NBR at the first opportunity. If there is no rule on a routing then any route could be used. Brian.
  15. I think the title of this topic needs changing as neither ScotRail or Transport for Wales (and Merseyrail) have any current plans to close ticket offices, this is an England only issue. Brian.
  16. The problems for Pacers on the Fife Circle start shortly after departing north from Inverkeithing with a speed restriction then an uphill gradient in either direction. The Fife Circle continues like this throughout with sharp bends and Station stops or speed restrictions exactly where you don’t want them. Burntisland was particularly difficult for the Pacer. My source for this information worked at Haymarket Depot at this time. Brian.
  17. The main issue in Scotland with Pacers was discovered during their brief trial period on the newly opened Edinburgh - Bathgate route. One night during this trial they took a Pacer round the Fife Circle and it failed to keep time. If BR wanted ScotRail to use Pacers it would need to recast the ECML timetable, a lot easier to standardise ScotRail on Sprinters which could manage the Fife Circle timings. Brian.
  18. The Glasgow, Paisley & Greenock railway has had six different classes of accommodation although not all provided for on one train, nowadays only one class of accommodation is provided. From the top, Pullman Buffet cars (requiring a supplement), 1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class, Open Seated and Open Standing. ‘Open’ coaches were unglazed and unpanelled above waist height but were roofed and had end panelling, they were provided for travel by the tradesmen from the ‘dirty trades’ in the Clyde shipyards. The GP&G was most annoyed to find passengers of the ‘better classes’ using ‘Open’ accommodation to save a few bob. Brian.
  19. It would make sense to package and sell the ScotRail branded CK and TSO(T) as a pair as that is how they mostly operated in Scotland. Great announcement, this now only leaves the Mk2C phase 1 and a few low number built coaches left on the never been produced BR rtr coach list. Brian.
  20. My advice is to study Paul Bartletts Zenfolio site to understand the myriad of differences that can be found on 16t minerals. Were the Kyle minerals MCV or MXV, what types of bearings and buffers? Personally I’d avoid the Dapol kit as the door hinges are overscale and wrong, Parkside Peco if it requires a top door or Cambrian if it doesn’t. Here’s some pics of some I’ve built.
  21. NBL had multiple problems, the obvious ones were its equipment was all in Imperial measurement but it was needed to produce the MAN diesel engine to precise metric measurements, the order was at a fixed price for each unit which was financially disastrous during a time of high inflation and also very poor industrial relations. There were other problems as well but basically NBL never properly transitioned from steam locomotive production to diesel locomotive production. Brian.
  22. He’s an English born railway modeller that now lives in Switzerland, he also occasionally writes and performs music. https://www.contactmusic.com/phil-collins/news/model-trains-keep-collins-away-from-the-studio_1069526 Brian.
  23. English Wakes Weeks and Scottish Fairs Weeks, weren’t covered much in the presentation as they’re a big enough subject in their own right. All year round there was excursion traffic from weekend sports fixtures, musical societies, theatre companies, fish workers, scouts, etc. Other traffic included Bees to Wanlockhead and fruit from the English South coast to Glasgow, all fascinating stuff. The presentation was recorded, I’ll see if I can put a link up to it for those that are interested. Brian.
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