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Sorry to ask a slightly off-topic question. Long-shot ;- GWR Bullhead track with two-bolt chairs. I need a drawing for the wooden keys that were used. Would any kind soul be able to help please.....? 🙂

On 01/07/2022 at 12:57, Johnson044 said:

Thanks CKPR - I'll see if I can get hold of the MRC article for old time's sake. Just looked up Richards Castle - I think the L&H a bit further south (but still not sure!). You've got Wooferton Junction nearby - the railway / canal interchange and, indeed, the railway to Tenbury Wells have been places I've wanted to explore for years. Have you a copy of this? It's absolutely brilliant. A really good, informative narrative and some great bits of film.

 

https://www.tennentstrains.co.uk/products/media/dvd/bygone-ways-the-land-of-lost-content-dvd?code=TTDVD002

 

That DVD sounds interesting - just ordered a copy. Woofferton was never a  canal-rail interchange, as the canal was already moribund, and the Tenbury Railway bought the remains of the canal company to use some of the land to build the railway over. A lovely area, with some very curious railways. I'm building the old S&H Woofferton Junction in 4mm, as well as the branch as far as Tenbury - with some contraction of course.

On 08/01/2022 at 19:33, Brassey said:

For those interested in mixed formations, here's another image of a 4-6-0 possible taken at the same location.  The image came from an acquaintance with the caption ".2941 Easton Court with the 5.25 p.m. Shrewsbury to Bristol Express on 18th July 1914"

 

Very appropriate - almost passing his Lordship's front-door....!

Does anyone know how many of these models have been made - and if there will be further batches made....?

On 19/12/2021 at 22:58, Compound2632 said:

 

You can take a lifetime of around 35-45 years in traffic as a rule of thumb, though of course there are exceptions.

 

Of the 50 ft corridor carriages of 1898-1902, represented by the Ratio kits, a good number survived to participate in the LMS' great renumbering of 1933 but probably not much after that. (Jenkinson's LNWR Carriages does not give withdrawal dates, which I think implies none survived to nationalisation.) There were a few survivors to the 1950s from the ones that had been transferred to the M&GN in LMS days and had become LNER stock.

 

If you look at the elliptical-roof 57 ft carriages built from 1908 onwards, many of which had the same interior layout as their LMS successors, last withdrawals are typically in the mid-1950s but the earliest withdrawals can be up to two decades earlier.

 

 

Thanks. That's quite a long potential life - with the opportunity for a model to be in four liveries. High time for some RTR by the sound of it.

Out of interest - when did all the ex-LNWR coaches get withdrawn.....?

4 hours ago, Jol Wilkinson said:

 

While their may be a pent up demand for Pre-group RTR models, I don't believe it actually encouraging pre-group modelling to any significant degree. The RTR manufacturers have, not surprisingly,  concentrated on locos, but have largely ignored rolling stock. The "generic" carriages from Hornby and Hattons , beautifully painted as they are, don't fill the bill if you want accurate models to go with the locos. It is probably uneconomic to produce even a small selection of LNWR, CR, LSWR, etc.

 

Which is why pre-group modelling will remain the domain of those who are willing to create their models from the wide range of kits that are available.

 

 

I'm a late re-starter to model railways. I have limited time for kits and scratchbuilds. I can do some - but some RTR coaches would be great - especially LNWR-built. For example, LNWR coaches could be produced in both LNWR and LMS livery and cover quite a large time-period. I don't think that is so specialist that they wouldn''t sell, and the effort to produce accurate carriages is little different to the generic tat that has been churned out since Triang days.

The recent spate of Pre-Grouping locos is very encouraging. I think there is a substantial pent-up appetite for such RTR models. Let's hope more arrive - along with more equally accurate rolling stock.

1 hour ago, john new said:

I am a novice on many things LNWR as, despite being a part-owner in Orion, that is the only one I know much about plus some basics on the rest. Strangely, unless it is a trick of the camera angles and lighting a couple of things appear; firstly the red livery makes that one look bigger and also the dome on the red one (Novelty) looks slightly off kilter in both photos; slightly clockwise as we look at it head on but doesn't on the black one (Lucknow).

I noticed the wonky dome too, but didn't like to mention.....

They look great - I ordered a couple of Luknow - I will re-name to suit a local shed. They arrived this afternoon and are perfect - no damage. Lovely models. The coaches, however, will require some actual modelling......

Hmmm.......I seem to have had an uncharacteristic mental glitch, as these were ordered last year, and I thought that it was an option...... I have just been on the phone to Rails, and indeed - I am told that it is not an option.... doooooooh... Sorry folks. 'As you were'...!

Incidentally, the young lady at Rails referred to delivery as expected 'November-December'..... Happily - I'm in no rush.

On 17/10/2021 at 10:03, CKPR said:

Living in the badlands of the Marches, all planning decisions are made to suit the purveyors of  expensive identikit houses such as  B*rd*r O*k and their competitors , all of whom churn out the same factory produced vaguely scandimodern wooden houses for baby boomer retirees. The current batch are being built down the road from our place on what was previously stables and waterlogged rough pasture prone to flooding...

You omitted to mention the benefits to pedestrian safety of gridlock in Tenbury's only main through street, and the enrichment of the fine country air of all that surplus sewerage wafting-up from the overloaded sewers. No wonder such progress is so warmly welcomed in the locale.....

I've ordered a couple with sound. Has anyone heard these sound-schemes yet - any good....?

I'm after any drawings for a GWR level crossing for a single line with wooden gates and posts - not the cast-iron post type. Any info' gratefully received.

I'm new to this type - and the SECR generally - and have a couple of queries for the experts here.

• I see the Rails version lacks the rear set of lining on the boiler that the NRM version has. Which was prevalent in service....?
• Any reason these are being made with a matt finish - were the originals not gloss - like the real NRM example....?
• The Rails version is available in a DCC Sound version..... I'm a bit confused about whether the NRM version is available in a Sound version...like the Rails version...?

I have to say, these look gorgeous in the original SECR livery.

     About a week ago it was 22C and I was in shorts and a T-Shirt, now we are back to frost and snow. The brief taste of balmier weather reminded me that, after very long break - and official retirement, I became one of those idiotic 'born-again bikers' last year. I don't need a bike - but most of my pals have them, and the ability to go out for a Jolly as a bit of a posse appeals. Getting back on a bike was a little surreal. As a kid - I started-out on an execrable BSA Bantam....like the Telegram-boys used to ride - enough to put one off biking for life. In fact it did have a good go at killing me. Thankfully, modern stuff just works - unlike me - all stiff and creaky. I'm convinced that if I come-off I'll be found halfway up a cow-pasture, still locked rigidly in the riding position......

     At least being in my dotage, I don't feel the need to do any more than potter like the silly old fart I am. Roll-on summer I say - and lots of 'Wing Commander's weather'.... 

Took these a couple of weeks ago passing through B&E.

Whilst any attention to pre-Grouping coaches is very welcome, what a pity Hornby have basically copied Hattons generic approach. If the coaches had have been based on at least ONE correct set of prototypes - then one livery at least would have been accurate. Like Hattons - they are rather a pig-in-a-poke. Pity - Hornby could have upped the game. Had they been a reasonably accurate representation - I would certainly have bought a quite a few.

On 21/11/2020 at 13:38, CKPR said:

 

Tenbury Wells, which is just up the road from us, has lost both it's mistletoe auction and it's apple festival this year - I think the latter is of more recent origin than the mistletoe auction. There was, of course, a station at Tenbury Wells on the old  GWR line from Kidderminster to Wooferton [which is visible from our front window], which makes me wonder whether there were any mistletoe specials  run back in the day. 

     I have no idea if there were 'Mistletoe Specials', but there were certainly many specials related to the local production of fruit and hops - especially with regard to the transportation of seasonal workers. These groups were reported to get quite rowdy (Perhaps from the fruits of the Teme Valley.) - and railway staff took to locking the carriage doors to prevent groups of them inadvertently exiting the train at the wrong station(s) on the return journey to the Black Country. Extra sidings were added at Newnham Bridge to cater for the hop & fruit traffic in the late summer and autumn - quite a tonnage, whereas the mistletoe would only have filled a couple of parcel vans.

     I thought I'd post this since the weather of late has been so unremittingly ghastly. My son favours Autumn. Summer seems so often, to be the season of disappointment, meteorologically-speaking, but for me, Spring is replete with so much to see and smell. When the sun shines, the sheer freshness of the colours - especially after the dark grey months of winter, always has far more impact. The first image was a set I took on a stroll, and the gin-clear air set -off the bright, fresh greens against the achingly blue sky.

     The second Spring image is of the apple-blossom in the cider-orchards surrounding the house. After a warm spring day, if the evening is calm - the fragrance of all that apple-blossom fills the farmhouse. Truly sublime.

1 minute ago, truffy said:

If you're referring to the subject of this thread, it's not a train, it's a locomotive. It becomes part of a train when someone sticks stuff on the end.

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Actually - it's a toy - if you wish to be really pedantic.

Gawd.....

The train. The train. Can we talk about the train....

Several ordered in the original glorious iteration - look forward to these. Hopefully we will see more of the much neglected Pre-Grouping locos now the market is saturated with later stuff - an antidote to endless BR-everything. It'd be great if there were some RTR LNWR coaches too. Maybe this new product will provide a stimulus there too. Bravo to all concerned - these look absolutely superb....!

What can it manage to pull....?

What are you laying the track onto...?