Thanks for the offer John, I have a handful of more modern chassis awaiting the day they might "come in handy", I really shouldn't add any more vintage ones!
I have dismantled the distorted POP wagon this evening, I must admit that the chassis is far better engineered than I imagined, the buffers are held on by small tapped screws and the W-irons and brake gear are separate castings held in position via cast pegs. Parts of this chassis will live on in due course under a O-16.5 model of a wagon used on the 3ft gauge Murcar Railway in Aberdeenshire (I've just realised that given the origins of the wagon the name of the line is slightly ironic...).
My thoughts towards the masterpiece chassied wagon are now erring towards not restoring it and either somehow re-using the chassis parts for another narrow gauge model, selling them alongside the spare Dublo chassis or simply putting them in that "come in handy" box.....
Colin
Hello Colin,
What is your interest in the Murcar Railway may I ask? You say “will live on in due course” Are you intending to model the line or some aspects of it? I am writing a history of the railway and have written some magazine articles already. Where have you obtained details of wagons? The information I have relates to 3-plank dropside wagons supplied by W.G. Bagnall of Stafford plus some manufactured locally in Aberdeen. I would appreciate any information you have and of course I can do likewise.
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Hello Colin,
What is your interest in the Murcar Railway may I ask? You say “will live on in due course” Are you intending to model the line or some aspects of it? I am writing a history of the railway and have written some magazine articles already. Where have you obtained details of wagons? The information I have relates to 3-plank dropside wagons supplied by W.G. Bagnall of Stafford plus some manufactured locally in Aberdeen. I would appreciate any information you have and of course I can do likewise.
Gordon Pirie
gogsi@btinternet.com