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  1. 1165Valour
    Interesting, has this article been reproduced somewhere online, or does it require searching around for a copy?
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    Thank you, if you want the bigger GC engines, I take it the closest place would be Chester where the LNWR met the CLC?
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    To go along with my thread asking what a layout depicting the LNWR North Wales line would need, I'd like to ask what a layout depicting the CLC Liverpool to Manchester line needs. What GCR, GNR, and Midland engines ran this line in pre-Grouping days? What traffic was most common on this line?
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    Thank you! I'd wondered if the John Hicks could be included. Would it be possible for the Wirral and GCR to make appearances via exchange sidings at Connah's Quay and Chester?
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    Thanks, with the GCR I more meant them making an appearance in the area of the WM&CQR, Borderlands Line, and SH&DR.
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    Seeing an image of the LNWR in Conwy made me take an interest in the North Wales line, and I wondered what a layout depicting the line would need to include. I know the Irish Mail used this route, but is there anything else of interest? I think it could be possible to include the Wirral and the GCR at the line's start. Does anyone know of the classes that worked the line around the 1900s?
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    The link to sdjr.net are dead, does anyone still have the information from the site anywhere?
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    In 1914 the LB&SCR tried using two of the E2s (first batch) on six coach push-pull trains between London Bridge and Crystal Palace. Apparently they were not a success, but I can't find out what the specific issues were. Does anyone know what they were, and if they could have been rectified? Thanks
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    Ah, thanks! I do like the Churchward Counties, they look built for fast running!
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    I'd been hoping there would be a way to throw in the Saints (were any running in their Atlantic form in the post-WWI era?), as well as the 4-4-0s such as the Cities and Bulldogs. Did any of the 2800s use this line?
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    Here's the short list I drew up for what locos were there in the 1918-22 period: GWR: Stars 3100 2-6-2Ts GCR: Directors/Improved Directors Lord Faringdons 9Q (several were at Neasden, so I'm guessing they would have worked around here) 9N
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    I like the idea of an SE&CR/Brighton layout, though I hestitate between including the Southern Belle or the SE&CR boat trains, and you really can't have both on the same layout realistically!
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    Thanks, I was speculating on what locos the DN&SR might have bought had they remained independent a la the S&DJR and M&SWJR.
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    I've been intrigued by the humble Hull & Barnsley Railway for a while now, and I wondered if this held any potential for a layout. As the H&BR had running powers over the Midland to Sheffield, this could put an interesting spin on an otherwise orthodox Midland layout. Maybe a "might-have-been" concept where the H&BR got running powers to Manchester over the GCR?
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    I've thought myself about what possibilities modelling the M&SWJR as an independent company (a la the S&DJR) in the 1920s-30s, or the DN&SR if it had remained an independent company and built the planned extension to Southampton. Any ideas on what a DN&SR "house style" and livery would look like? I've always found the Hull & Barnsley style and black livery attractive, and I think black could provide a good contrast to GWR brunswick and LSWR sage green. Maybe an extra Stirling brother took a job on the DN&SR?
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    What years did the "peak period" you describe embrace? The Directors were introduced in 1913, and then WWI begins, ending so much of the colorful Pre-Grouping days.
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    Very true, my apologies. I had intended to ask if the engines ever worked often on the GW&GC at any point in their working lives, with special reference to the 1918-1922 period.
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    Looking at BRDatabase, several B7s were based out of Neasden throughout the 1910s-20s, so there's that.
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    Thanks, this should be useful. Would the Oakwood Press book on the GW&GC have much on this?
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    Does anyone know what the main types of engines were used on the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway? I was wondering if any of Robinson's 4-6-0 or 4-4-0 types would have worked there at some point.
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    A big thanks to everyone who has replied to this, I didn't think it would get so many replies that quickly!
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    Hey all, I'm considering purchasing Terry Gourvish's (rather pricey!) book on BR from 1948 to 1973, are his books any good, and what other books on UK railway managment are available? Thanks
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    While it isn't directly related to the OP's question, about how many wooden-bodied wagons and PO wagons survive into BR years?
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    Hey all, just how much was the government and the Board of Trade involved in the building and operation of the railways? If anyone knows of books on this, including the 1926 General Strike, feel free to mention them.
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