Bazza

Great to see the funiculars have been repainted - they were very heavily graffitied when I saw them last.

Bazza

I remember visiting the first Warley Show at the NEC and have been most years since, often with a group of friends, and sometimes on my own. Amazing the  club was able to organise such a major show and for such a long time. They deserve our thanks and also their right to an honourable retirement.

Those involved will now have a lot more time for their own modelling!

Something new might take its place but there are many other shows to attend, some quite new on the scene.

In the meantime, thanks for all the good memories of Warley Shows.

Bazza

Don't forget the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch school trains. Fancy going to school on a miniature railway!

Yes please to a 97XX condensing tank, very much part of the WR London Area scene. Admittedly geographically limited but I'm sure would sell as well some of the "oddball" releases we have seen recently. Bazza

1502 was the regular shunter at Didcot.

Bazza

35 minutes ago, Harlequin said:

Oh! Good question!

 

I think you might mean the connection for the steam lance on the smoke box ring.

Bazza

The treads are fine. Only the sides of the tyres need painting. It's looking good.

Bazza

Great idea. I'm not in the market for these but surely they are just too perfect to be internal user wagons!

Bazza

That would be great. Although a GWS member, These tours can reach the parts not normally accessible.

Bazza

We were all offered a bottle of water and a pack of biscuits once off the train. I gave my biscuits away as I was hoping for my Standard Premier meal on Eurostar which I actually nearly didn't get.

I have to add my thanks to Graham for his organising this trip, it was most enjoyable and we were all very relieved to scrape onto the last Eurostar of the day. After all we did not want to miss the Coronation! Couple of photos of the train evacuation site (a first for me too) and the view from the bendy bus.

Bazza

Hi Gilbert, That's a relief - was beginning to be concerned about you!

Realise that I'm a little late, but a very big thank you from me for all that you have done for RMWeb, in fact for most of us you are RMWeb!

Hopefully the only problems you get now are computer related and not people. Can't remember the last outbreak of virtual violence on here and for that we have to thank your wise leadership.

Do you have any time left for your own modelling?

With best wishes, Barry 

As far as I'm aware, these coaches were not particularly limited in dimensions because of through running onto the Metropolitan because that section had been built broad gauge. The A60 Met line stock was the widest rolling stock in the country because of the Met's generous loading gauge.

However, I'm waiting for the main line toplights and still hope that Hornby will do a Collet BG, and anyone does a GWR restaurant car.

Hi Tony, yes, congratulations on the first 10 years of Wright writes. A daily visit for me, even though GWR/BR(WR) rarely features. You probably did not anticipate its popularity and longevity nor, I suspect, did Andy York who may now need a dedicated server for this thread!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience, we appreciate it all.

It's not really a quantum leap in accuracy from the Bachmann model, and with prices as they are these days, I'm not surprised there has not been a deluge of cascaded 9fs. It is more difficult to justify a like for like replacement at these prices. You might do better if you want a Manor later this year! Bazza

Hi ,sorry about the mix up with the quote above, I agree very much with the idea of modelling the ordinary. It is so easy to have so many special wagons, and locomotives that the scene becomes more of a trainset than a model railway. I think this gets worse with the modern scene where you can have so many different pretty liveries which would probably never be seen together. Things were more static in the timeframe of Stoke Courtenay and you have certainly captured the feel of the period covered. Many thanks for sharing it with us.

9 hours ago, checkrail said:

My last post partially answers @AlfaZagato's suggestion.  I suppose the full answer is no, up to now I haven't considered odd wagons or special loads, though these Tamanian productions do give food for thought.  With a fairly small (and deliberately generic) layout my general rule has been "model the typical, not the unusual".  Hence the preponderance of four-wheel open wagons and vans.  I'm also now strapped for storage capacity and find that If I store stuff off layout I rarely look at it again for many moons.  But recently I was thinking I should get a couple of the old Bachmann Macaw bogie bolster wagons and suitable loads.  Timid I know in comparison with Crocodiles etc.!

 

John C.

I'm afraid being shorthanded is my fault. My wife fell down the stairs and is in hospital so I could not be on duty at Fareham Hope it hasn't been too stressful for the rest of the team. 

Bazza

Regarding speeds of 38 stock, the ride on the long run between Acton Town and Hammersmith on the Piccadilly line used to be quite exciting and probably felt faster than it really was but certainly well in excess of 25mph.

13 hours ago, Bazza said:

I think that 1501 was a Southall engine . I remember seeing it as the pilot engine at the Iron Bridge sidings many times.

Bazza

And for the record 1502 was a Didcot engine.

I think that 1501 was a Southall engine . I remember seeing it as the pilot engine at the Iron Bridge sidings many times.

Bazza

Hi Andy et al, so sorry you had this to deal with. Excellent that RMWeb is back, although that probably means that actual modelling time will decrease! Thanks for all your hard work, hope the blood pressure is back to normal.

Bazza