RANGERS

I'm sure this would be well received if it were to develop into a commercial venture. I'd be in for a few myself.

I’ve a spare set of plates for ‘Ring Haw’ you’re welcome to if you can provide the 16” Hunslet to put them on.

In a historical context, I might also have a set of ‘Colwyn’ plates.

Some lovely old kit there, would have been an interesting visit. Did you by any chance get any pics of the classic vehicles in the background of one of the shots?

Nice weathering job on the wagons. I'd need to check the IRS record but I'm fairly sure one of the L&Y type pugs was used in the works at Corby.

One point is the BSCO wagons were built by Chas Roberts to an order from Stewarts & Lloyds to carry coking coal, not ore. Ironstone is pretty dense and therefore fairly heavy by comparison to coal. With just 16t gross weight, these wagons would have been able to carry very little ore. Ironstone wagons were usually rated at 20t plus for wagons of this size, 27t in the case of the BR std tipplers.

They saw service for over forty years, from pre-war to 1980 when Corby finally closed.

Superb looking model. The MkV was my own favourite, probably the best looking lorry ever built.

My own route to one is an EFE cab on a scratchbuilt chassis and body which might see completion sometime in 2010!