Simon Bendall

Mid 1992 upon the closure of Ravenscraig steelworks.

They're all current except the Nupak.

There's going to be a duplication of numbers at some point though as DRS only had 23 PFAs. I guess we're looking at a scenario of the same wagon number with old and newer markings.

Peeps, as per the original post - Will also be available from the Key online shop as soon as stocks arrive, which should be Monday. I'll provide a link as soon as it goes up.

With Andy's kind permission, a plug for volume 2 of my Modelling British Railways guides from Key Publishing, this following on from the engineers' wagons. This one sees the focus switch to revenue wagons and takes three of the most popular wagonload commodities - china clay, timber and scrap metal - and provides a detailed history of their operation throughout the diesel era from the 1960s to today. Also covered in detail are the operation of the multi-bogie nuclear flask wagons and all types of Cargowaggon ferry van. Accompanying the detailed text are numerous photos, many previously unpublished and a selection of modelling projects. Many of the photos have detailed captions that explain what's in the train so they can be accurately recreated in miniature. So if you want to know how recent or upcoming releases from the likes of Accurascale, Kernow, Revolution and others can be used, this has the answers. Contributors include David Ratcliffe on the prototype side and Alex Carpenter, James Makin and Barrie Jones on the models. It will be on sale from the end of next week in the likes of Smiths and other newsagents. Also now available from the Key online shop at https://shop.keypublishing.com/product/View/productCode/SPECBRENG2/Modelling BR Engineers Wagonload Formations Price is £8.99 and its 116 pages. A few sample pages below.

59002 and 59004 would have run in silver with revised livery JHAs.

Those are all Shildon-built ones in that photo, there are no ex-BAOR in that train - the latter are entirely different with their fishbelly solebars and ribbing. Matter of seconds to find a green end watflat in 2020 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kl47576/49617517972

There were still green end Warflats around in 2003, I've got shots of seven rolling into Didcot that September and every one is green.

External differences on 20301-05 include - no top headlight either end - four fuel gauges, one on each solebar, one on front of each external tank (20306-15 only have two, on each side of the nose) - fuel filler is in its original underframe position (20306-15 have it mounted in the solebar near the nose) - cab light clusters slightly lower - nose end multiple working socket higher - radio roof pod in different position and with different baseplate shape - windscreen washer jets higher up

Painted May 2005, stored July 2008, scrapped May 2013.

The models in the catalogue were cancelled a while back. I wouldn't be surprised if a new model to the 158 spec pops up at some point.

37025, 37418 are leased, 37175 is owned

April 91 during overhaul at Doncaster.

Scottish disc had their pipes mounted higher up the bufferbeam to help clear the snowploughs , blue star is the most obvious but so were the main reservoir and control air. In contrast, English disc had all these mounted lower down and also had no plough brackets. The Scottish arrangement became standard on the h/c box. Bachmann has tooled both.

Taper around the nose and cab roof shape are the main ones if I recall. The new tooling can also do variations the old one couldn't, like English and Scottish bufferbeam arrangements.

20227 only had a headlight at the cab end in the period modelled like a number of other 20s that BR modified.

Ah but that will be wrong in several areas then as the two batches have a number of differences

Marker lights aren't painted on, they are clear plastic.

90026 was painted at Crewe Works in Feb 89.

90037-050 were delivered new in RfD, 90037 and 90038 were painted in October 1989.

Beacon Rail brought three of its Euro-spec 66s to the UK for overhaul and repaint in 2018/19, which were numbered 66997-999 to allow for rail movement between Hull Docks and the EMD workshops at Longport. Not sure a 'why' was ever stated but could have been workshop capacity at an official EMD facility, price, etc.

When 43014 and 43123 were first converted and trialled on the WCML, they were purely unpowered DVTs, Power for their systems was supplied by a motor-alternator set in the former guard’s compartment, this being fed from the ETS of the AC electric. Cables on the front would have allowed train ETS to be maintained if the electric had to run round after a TDM failure. IIRC, the other six didn't have them.

56047 painted 04.85 at Landore. 56086 new in large logo 11/80, repainted in RF original grey 10/85.

The HST power cars were surrogate DVTs on Mk.3s, they didn't work with Mk.4s.

As I'm currently scanning some of my pics, thought this was worth a share - Warflats didn't just carry vehicles. MODA95290 at Didcot Yard in 2001/02 with one half of a close support bridge, there were several of these in the train. Warflat on the right still has green jacks and bufferbeams not yellow, while others in the train were still in 1980s washed out khaki and clearly showing where the TOPS code had been changed.