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Bulleids MERCHANT NAVY CLASS All the 30 Merchant Navy class were rebuilt. The last to be rebuilt being 35028 Clan Line rebuilt 21/8/59 to 24/10/59. Withdrawn July 1967 WEST COUNTRY - BATTLE OF BRITAIN CLASS Locomotives NOT rebuilt and Withdrawal date. 1966 and 1967 withdrawals highlighted. 34002 Salisbury. Withdrawn April 1967 34006 Bude. Withdrawn 19/3/67 34007 Wadebridge. Withdrawn 7/10/65 34011 Tavistock. Withdrawn 30/11/63 34015 Exmouth. Withdrawn 16/4/67 34019 Bideford. Withdrawn 19/3/67 34020 Seaton. Withdrawn September 1964 34023 Blackmore Vale. Withdrawn 9/7/67 34030 Watersmeet. Withdrawn September 1964 34033 Chard. Withdrawn 19/12/65 34035 Shaftesbury. Withdrawn 8/6/63 34038 Lynton. Withdrawn 12/6/66 34041 Wilton. Withdrawn 23/1/66 34043 Combe Martin. Withdrawn 8/6/63 34049 Anti-Aircraft Command. Withdrawn 13/3/66 34051 Winston Churchill. Withdrawn 19/5/65 34054 Lord Beaverbrook. Withdrawn September 1964 34055 Fighter Pilot. Withdrawn 22/6/63 34057 Biggin Hill. Withdrawn 7/5/67 34061 73 Squadron. Withdrawn 16/8/64 34063 229 Squadron. Withdrawn 15/8/65 34064 Fighter Command. Withdrawn 22/5/66 34065 Hurricane. Withdrawn April 1964 34066 Spitfire. Withdrawn 10/9/66 34067 Tangmere. Withdrawn 16/11/63 34068 Kenley. Withdrawn 7/12/63 34069 Hawkinge. Withdrawn 23/11/63 34070 Manston. Withdrawn 5/9/64 34072 257 Squadron. Withdrawn 25/10/64 34073 249 Squadron. Withdrawn 28/6/64 34074 46 Squadron. Withdrawn 15/6/63 34075 264 Squadron. Withdrawn April 1964 by WR 34076 41 Squadron. Withdrawn 9/1/66 34078 222 Squadron. Withdrawn September 1964 by WR 34079 141 Squadron. Withdrawn 27/2/66 34080 74 Squadron. Withdrawn September 1964 by WR 34081 92 Squadron. Withdrawn 16/8/64 34083 605 Squadron. Withdrawn 8/8/64 34084 253 Squadron. Withdrawn 3/10/65 34086 219 Squadron. Withdrawn 25/6/66 34091 Weymouth. Withdrawn September 1964 34092 City of Wells. Withdrawn 29/11/64 34094 Mortehoe. Withdrawn August 1964 34099 Lynmouth. Withdrawn November 1964 34102 Lapford. Withdrawn 9/7/67 34103 Calstock. Withdrawn September 1965 34105 Swanage. Withdrawn 4/10/64 34106 Lydford. Withdrawn September 1964 34107 Blandford Forum. Withdrawn September 1964 34110 66 Squadron. Withdrawn 22/11/63

Deonyi, What you need is the "British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer" Published from time to time by the transport publishing specialists : Ian Allen publishing London. This is the definitive British railways map in book form. It shows all lines constructed up until 1923, so 99% of what covered Britain. Each railway companies lines are shown in a different colour. And pre 1923 there were of course dozens of companies. There being 3 seperate companies just on the Isle of Wight ! The book may be available direct from Ian Allen, or try secondhand specialists such as Bill Hudson who advertise here on RMweb ! As for Dartmoor there were a number of railways in this area. Probably the most important being the Southern Railway double track mainline from London Waterloo, that passed through Exeter, and Crediton, before climbing up onto the moor via North Tawton to reach Okehampton. From Okehampton it continued via Lydford Blackdown and Tavistock, before dropping down to Bere Alston, Tamerton Folliot, and approached Plymouth from the West via Devonport, and ended up in the Southerns own terminus at Plymouth Friary. There were also junctions at Okehampton with a secondary line that went across the moor to Halwill Junction. From there there was a branch to Bude, while the secondary line continued to Launceston, Camelford, Wadebridge and Padstow. There was also a Southern branch from Wadebridge to Bodmin, and a freight line up onto Bodmin moor at Wenford. All shown in the gazetteer. The only line not shown in the book, because it opened post 1923, was another line over Dartmoor opened in 1925 between Halwill junction and Torrington on the North Coast. So Dartmoor was pretty well served. Indeed there is increasing talk about re-opening the Southern mainline across Dartmoor, as the ex GWR line around the coast through Teignmouth and Dawlish keeps getting severely damaged and often closed by violent sea wave damage. The last major incident being back in the winter of 2013-4 when the coastal line was closed for a few months. The Duke 71000

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Paignton models has my sympathy. I hope this is not part of an organised sweep of model shops ? Around the year 2000, my shop (now closed) JR Models at Taunton station was broken into, as part of a sweep of model railway shops between Bristol and Plymouth. The crooks targeted my British outline, German N & Z scales, but didn't touch our main Japanese ranges, quite probably knowing they were virtually unique to my business. They were thorough, as they even found my camera I had left hidden under my office desk ! As my shop was on Railway property the Transport Police were involved. This was very fortunate it turned out, as the crime provided our local Transport Police office with something they could get their teeth into, and get their teeth into it they did. They went hot foot to see Hornby and Bachmann, to find out what security measures the manufacturers used. This stimulated the manufacturers and certain improvements were made by them to improve the traceability of items from that time. The next break came when a customer revealed "Blimey I can get this model at half your price down Yeovil market". The customer gave the Transport Police a number of clues. To cut a long story short it seems an organised gang of more than two persons based in the Bridgewater area, were eventually traced. The Transport Police laid a trap for the crooks and they were caught a few months later in the process of robbing a model shop on Yeovil Junction station. It later transpired these same crooks had broken into virtually all model railway shops from Bristol and Bournemouth in the East to Plymouth in the West. Much of the footwork was done by the Transport Police, who sadly revealed that most regular Police Forces, had neither the time, the finances or the inclination to pursue such "minor crimes"...... The Duke 71000

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Jack, Just stumbled on your last Post of 20th June ! Regards your USA tank I have attached a photo of 30073 (ex SR 73) The loco appears to have approached the camera from Southampton (the photographer is standing on the south end of Eastleigh station platform) and is on the Up Through Line. As a shunt signal has been pulled of next to the loco, the loco must be going to reverse across the mainline to one of the Yards. (There being no tailamp on this end of the loco.) Picture taken Eastleigh station on 11.6.66, and revealing the loco with the usual "Screwlink" coupling. Not sure if you are aware of the normal operation of these locos. They were purchased by the Southern Railway from the US Military at the end of WW2 at scrap value, even though they were only a couple of years old. The Southern bought them primarily because of their short wheelbase which was ideally suited to the nasty sharp curves in the docks. The Southern made various minor modifications to the locos over a period of a couple of years, including adding a "Fallplate" to the front bufferbeam. (The US style front bufferbeam was to narrow for walking on safely !) In the above photo the "Fallplate" which was hinged appears to be in the lowered position. In many photos of the locos it is seen in the raised position as seen in the photo below, of 30074 shunting in the Docks in August 1958. The centre disc with the number 12 on it, is the Docks duty shunt code. A system to identify which loco was on what duty within the Docks area, as Southampton Docks had miles and miles of track in this era. . These locos were allocated to the Southampton Docks shed (BR shed code 71I) where most of them were usually to be found for much of their careers. Being classed as 3F they were much more powerful than the little B4 class 0-4-0T, which they were intended to replace. Being close to Eastleigh with its large Goods Yards, Locomotive and Carriage Construction works, and its large loco shed. It was common to see one or two of the USA tanks tripping back and forth between the Docks and Eastleigh. One was also often found at Redbridge Sleeper Works to the West of Southampton. The only other place they turned up, was Basingstoke, usually to cover for a failed Diesel shunter. 3 x Diesel shunters were sent to Basingstoke on a weekly turnover basis, and although Basingstoke had its own shed, the Diesels were NOT allocated there, but sent from Eastleigh shed. The Diesel shunters (Class 08's) began appearing at Basingstoke from 1955. Soon after Basingstoke lost its steam shunting allocation. So if a Diesel failed something had to be sent to cover and this was sometimes a USA tank. In general however the USA tanks didn't really go anywhere until 1963. At that time BR introduced a special design of centre cab short wheelbase diesel shunter (Class 07), to replace the USA tanks. Some of the USA tanks were soon scrapped, while 5 or 6 were allocated to the Mechanical Engineers department. Renumbered "DSxxx" (Departmental Stock), one turned up at Guildford to again replace a B4 0-4-0T. Two USA's survived until Septemeber 1967 in Departmental stock, a couple of months after all other steam had been officially withdrawn from the BR Southern Region.

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Andy, I've been in the hobby decades and I've never come across a comphrehensive list of layouts of real locations modelled or for that matter just exhibition layouts. The problem is that good layouts based on real locations are likely to only be well known if they are on the exhibition circuit, or at least featured in Model Railway magazines. The next problem is that exhibition layouts are often only around for 5-10 years, depending on the demand, before they get replaced. I would have thought your Club Secretary David Carter, would be a good starting point. As your club appears to have seven layouts for exhibition and must therefore have some idea of what is available from other clubs in your area, this will at least tell you what you are up against, and what not to model! If its a suitable location to model, I wouldn't worry about what anyone else has made, unless they are the next club just down the road. But I would ask your group what it is each wants, which might narrow the field or throw it wide open. You have already stated your preference is 1995, which is the end of BR. Next question is how much space is available, as this may limit what is practical. i.e if you want to model Basingstoke (a 4 track mainline with three goods yards and a loco shed) as I am doing, you need 60ft of length just to model the immediate station and its environs. But then if you wanted to model Ashburton (a nice little GWR branch terminus) you could probably get it into 20ft or so ! You also mentioned the stock some members already have. Does this factor place a potential layout in a specific region of Britain, which will narrow the field somewhat. Once you determine the area or region preferred, you then start examining railway system maps for the area to see if anything suitable is revealed. The next step is then to get photos or go and do a recce of the place to see if the scenery and facilities can easily be modelled. No use picking somewhere in a gorge for example as this would limit public viewing somewhat !

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