Bishdurham

So the good news is that they are ready to move on from the virus. Hatton's have been very considerate and the trunk service has been very useful to many people. If they are about to do a stock-take they will want to clear their shelves so there are no mistakes made with sold items being counted as being in stock. Being in the Colonies I have a desire that shipments are as economical as possible, but from time to time I have had to accept that a shipment is made before another item comes in. This is annoying but with today's shipping schedules, is only to be expected.

Thanks! I take it that Geoff meant to say that the /1 were RHD and the /2 were LHD. They also had shorter chimneys to cope with the LNER loading gauge and some other differences. So I am happy to wait to see if a /2 version is produced later.

Thanks Geoff! My Bank Manager sends his regards, as you have saved me some money ( for now!)

I am being idle here, but are any of the current offerings of North East based locomotives? Thanks

Do you expect the model to break down as often as the 1:1 scale version ?

I think Locomotion teamed up with Cavalex on that one.

Hope this works, the lighting wasn't that good.

Value Weathering.

It arrived across the water, weathering by TMC and I think it looks quite good.

New site looks great but I think there are some pre-orders missing. Can't see a tab for completed orders either. Thanks!

I still haven't seen an activate your account email. But I am in the Colonies and we only got electricity last week!

You could say the Cauldron wagon did exactly the same thing. Where the HAA was different was the mechanical loading and unloading of the wagon and being able to get colliery and end user to install equipment to facilitate this.

I feel old. When I was a student, I would cycle to Hendon Beach in Sunderland. There I would see 36 HAAs being pulled by a 56. If I remember correctly, although there were trains from Wearmouth Colliery, the docks branch would be used for crew changes for the flows between collieries in Northumberland and the power stations in Yorkshire. Thought this was part of the continuing history of coal and railways which had started with the Londonderry Railway in 1854 and would go on long into the future. However, all have now gone or been repurposed. So I think I might give Locomotion Models some of my pennies.

Of course now you will need to supply coal loads in singles too!

That could be a costly idea for me! Thank you!

I like it and so ordered one. Hope it does well for Jenny.

Possible CC43515 a Coke Cola tram now says coming in November.

Its use is dependent on their ability to keep to it. I notice that the W1 "British Enterprise" is not on the list. Does this mean it has been dropped or just forgotten when they did the list?

I have the DAR version on order, as it is my local line.

Which explains the survival rate on the ex-GE lines which never made much money. Of course, it is interesting to note that the SR was happy to reuse former six wheel stock to form the basis of the new electric stock as it began the process of electrification.

Thanks Nick! Good photos!

There is always hope! Just looking at the RCTS Part 5 it almost looks like no two pictures were the same, plenty of variations through the 60 years they were in service. I'm really looking forward to getting mine and for my fictional and as yet unbuilt Heritage Railway it will be right under Rule 1

Have you built it yet? Any pictures or comments about the build? Thanks!

Although not old enough to remember seeing wooden hoppers on BR, I do remember seeing rakes of HTO/HTV which would be mixed and include five rib and rebodied three rib wagons. I think whatever was about was used to meet traffic. The NCB were still using wooden bodied wagons in the North East and they would be a real mixture as well.

Gone very quiet here! I suppose the D is taking all the attention?