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  1. 23 minutes ago, Dunalastair said:

    Having completed my Liverpool Overhead PIer Head station model, I have now been playing with a 3D design for another possible diorama, putatively at a scale of 1:200. This is based on a distinctive Scottish terminus which is sadly no longer with us. That end screen is distinctive - any suggestions of where the original might have been? 

     

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    I'm not sure if this will be printable, especially as my printer is currently having problems with larger components, but it might just work.

    That looks like Dundee East station with its original end screen.

     

    Brian.

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  2. 7 hours ago, 64F said:

    I don't think this has been mentioned before (if so I have missed it and apologise) but Harburn Hobbies have commissioned Rapido #967025, a limited edition 5-plank wagon in the livery of the Callendar Coal Co. Ltd. of Falkirk, which is now available.  Details here:

     

    https://www.harburnhobbies.co.uk/acatalog/SPECIAL-EDITION-for-HARBURN-HOBBIES---Rapido-967025--Callendar-Coal-Company-Falkirk--10550.html#SID=147

    I picked mine up yesterday, limited edition of only 200.

     

    Brian.

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  3. 8 hours ago, Citadel said:

     

    Have to say that comment made my day.  Anyway, here's the finished article (bar the side chains):

     

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    Must buy some CR books and see whether there are any numbers apart from 114.  You can see how I slavishly followed @Dave John's build from his blog (they do say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery).

    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.

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  4. 7 hours ago, John M Upton said:

     

    What does the CL on the corner of the Mk1 there mean?

    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.

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  5. On 20/03/2023 at 18:49, Jammy2305 said:

    Does anyone have approximate dates for the CR, GNR, NBR and L&Y examples, please?

     

    For example, preserved CR No.57 was built in 1922, but is this to say all the CR examples were this late in the pre-grouping? 

     

    - James

    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.

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  6. 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.

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  7. 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.

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  8. 15 minutes ago, Alex TM said:

     

    Only a part of the Fife Circle direclty impacts on that line, and there is a lot more to the former Scottish Region than Fife and the ECML.  

    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.

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  9. 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.

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  10. A couple of weeks ago I visited the Johnnie Walker Princes Street in Edinburgh (it’s directly across the road from the ‘Caley’) and did one of their tours, much better than I expected, not the usual ‘this is how whisky is made’ type of distillery tour, much more focused on flavours, company history and marketing. Which is what blends are all about. 
     

    These two whiskies are what we’re currently drinking, very different from each other, but both are very nice!

     

    Brian.

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  11. 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.

  12. 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.

     

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