Denbridge

Small crocodile clips serve the dual function of locating and providing electrical contact.

Still listed on the website as being available to pre-order.

I would suggest that this picture was taken post closure since the overall roof appears to be missing. Additionally, the far platform looks very overgrown.

I have to say I find your lack of regard for FS rather childish. Whatever your personal views it IS historically important, a last survivor of a great class as well as one of far too few surviving LNER designs.

The 'storage' in the vehicle is more than adequate (I've travelled in it). There is a limit to what can be planned for and this was an extremely hard impact. It was lucky there weren't more serious injuries.

Having in the past seen results from collisions a lot softer than the Scotsman incident, I would think it likely that there has been some pretty bad damage to the tender & quite possibly the loco as well, to say nothing for the carriages.

From memory I think there are some etched ballast hoppers available from Roxey for a p7 20 ton hopper & a 12 ton, but can't recall the diagram.

I knew Trevor fairly well in the late 70's early 80's as I did your father. I've often wondered what became of Trevors fine models. Do you perhaps know what became of them? When I knew him he seemed to have lost interest in modelling and was more involved with music.

And no smokebox! Also no blastpipe, blower etc.

The firebox was too wide, particularly at running plate level. I thought it ruined the look of what could have been a very nice model.

Hornby got the firebox shape very wrong on their 28, presumably to accommodate their chosen motor. It spoilt what could have been a very nice model.

The increased number of people plus ploughing engine(s) meant a field could be ploughed in a fraction of the time it took by horse. It actually saved money & time. Farms rarely owned the equipment. They would hire the services of a ploughing company who would travel from farm to farm.

Pendon uses ultrascale wheels almost exclusively and on NS rail. Their locos are often pulling long and heavy trains in the Vale scene which also has gradients off stage. No problems with slipping there.

Bettabitz are apparently with a new owner, so hopefully will re-appear.

We do have the means to create new frames. Tornado, Prince of Wales, beachy head, the Grange and 47xx are just a few of the recent builds. It would almost certainly be cheaper to build new than to repair in the unlikely event they were needed.