sulzer71

Brilliant , just realised i have Hornby R4611A which is W3245 so i'll look into what livery it wore during the 90's period and have that repainted/renumbered to suit

interesting , i'm guessing this would be ideal for a conversion then? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-GAUGE-R4614A-BR-BLUE-GREY-INTERCITY-MK2E-OPEN-FIRST-W3231-U23/201698779994

Hi , don't suppose you would know the 'halfords' equivalent of the purple used for the earlier 'swoosh' livery? thanks

Would you know when the MK3 sleepers were introduced? i don't plan on modelling earlier than 84 tbh , i have the MMRG ltd edition 37114 which i intend to run with an ETHEL when Heljan release theirs next year

wirey33 thanks , i do already have the book

Thanks , what exactly would the day coach be? eg type? luckily i have an IC liveried MK1 BG and have Transrail/EWS 37's with a couple of Regional Railways class 37 bodyshells and chassis to build 2 Loco's that will need numbering as appropriate scottish ones

Good Afternoon all I'm about to embark on building a layout themed mainly on the Fort William sleeper train from the early 80's to around 2006 , it's not going to be a complex layout and the main focal point will be single track running through countryside , no station , no yards apart from a fiddle yard off the main scene I've been collecting loco's and stock since around February and have many class 37's in various liveries plus some 20's & 27's and a small amount of rolling stock and i have a few questions listed below , i have been doing a lot of research and want to make my trains as prototypical as possible really and not been able to find certain things out so thought i would ask the folks here Early 80's - What other stock would be included in the sleeper apart from Blue/Grey Mk3 sleepers and are RTR versions available (i already have the sleepers) , also what other passenger trains would traverse the route and what loco's/coaches would make the formations up? Mid 80's-90's - Pretty much as above but obviously with 37/4's and now into the intercity livery era , same again , apart from the sleepers what other coaches were in the consist and what's available RTR? 90's - Pretty much as above 2000-2006 - Not sure when the Caledonian purple livery was introduced but i don't believe the MK2 coaches that were in the consist are available in RTR form so what coaches would be the best for conversion? (i already have some sleeper coaches in the purple swoosh livery and one in the later first caledonian purple which i have seen in the consist hauled by 37's before the 67's took over) I would also be interested in formations of freight workings over the route (lets for instance say the stretch of line i'm modelling is somewhere like between Crianlarich and Tyndrum) I have a selection of MK1/MK2 stock from various manufacturers in blue/grey and intercity liveries and types so looking how i could utilise these Looking forward to your input Dave

Has anybody noticed the wonky cab window yet though?