Asterix2012

When would this type of dump car been first built?

When did the original white metal kit come out? Back in the early sixties I imagine a lot of the rtr stuff was still around on the mainline

I have just found this thread and I have a question about the Vulcan Foundry built SDJR Scotties Were the frames and boiler the same as those used on the 1377 class?

Sometimes they fall out completely

And whether they are a qualified jobsworth

Worth a bit more than fifty Shame it’s not to be a kit

They do rivets as well

It had not occurred to me to stick something in the freezer to weaken the glue, will have to try that out.

Ther is at least one photo of a similar trolley in Perth during the First World War I will see if it’s in the web There are a few images at places as diverse as Snow Hill and Derby on this Google search, afraid I am not able to embed any here https://www.google.com/search?q=refreshment+trolley+on+railway+station&rlz=1CDGOYI_enGB837GB894&hl=en-GB&prmd=imnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv9uqG0oP-AhVGfMAKHQ6nAZkQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=414&bih=622&dpr=3

You got me at weathering water lilies. And how would one weather a horses arse?

Agreed, all the mooring posts I can remember have been round, admittedly in ports and harbours rather than canals

Would the numbers and other items such as tare etc be done at the same time? Doing M and R’s all day sounds like a punishment

Based on what my father told me years ago from his experience as a driver and fireman working tender first was only done where turning facilities were not available Paradoxically pacifics and V2 were worked tender first from time to time on the Corstorphine branch in Edinburgh Tender first working is seen more often nowadays due to the loss of turning facilities, for example on the Mallaig line

I don’t think the lner ones would be expected to work tender first to any extent that might be part of the reason Indeed the NB atlantics carried only a single link or shackle at the front probably for the same reason.

Caramel logs are also available

Canvas sheets were mass produced in Dundee in the 19th century, they were used among other things to cover wagons on the wagon trains heading out to the American west. So there was the capacity to produce sheets of any sort, not got any info on railway sheets being made but only just put these two things together

Ref the photo of Great Western number 795 above, I never realised they did a four coupled pannier tank. Any details on that engine?

I took a few photos of the large limekiln at Littlemill next to the east coast mainline last year, may be if interest to this subject have to make a few posts to get them in

Gunpowder vans are for the explosives hence all the safety features Once incorporated in shells bullets and bombs you have a relatively safe product. Think about it, if they are safe to cart around a battlefield they are safe to load into a normal van or open. This reminded me of a story my old dad used to tell about when he was a young (railway) fireman during the war He was on a munitions train from Clydebank (I think) passing Cadder yard when they were stopped due to an air raid warning A young army officer in charge of the detail protecting the yard bowled over and asked them what was in the train. On being told “bombs” he apparently told them to clear off. I heard this story about 30 odd years ago so apologies for any errors of memory

Interesting, Newtyle old station opened apparently in 1831, although long ago changed to goods only when the new station opened in 1868 and the old incline closed. Still exists as well as one of the few remaining artefacts of the old Dundee and Newtyle Railway.