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No, nothing like that, just the cairn in the pics in the link. Actually, I didn't even know about the cairn until I did a google search for Tintagel, BC, looking to reply to your post here. There's a lot in northern BC to see, but I haven't yet been north of 100 Mile House in the west and Tete Jaune Cache near the border with Alberta. Maybe one day soon. Thanks for that lengthy reply, though, that was fascinating reading. The entire thing of myths and mysteries is something I can relate to with Hungarian history, there's precious little from before the 12th century that we can know for sure, and virtually nothing from "our own" sources, rather having to rely on Byzantine, Persian, Arabic, and other writers, especially for the period before the Magyars crossed the Carpathians, when they were allied with the Khazar Khaganate... but that's waaaay off topic now.

Tintagel is in British Columbia! https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMHQCR_Tintagel_Castle_Stone_Tintagel_British_Columbia_Canada

Would never have thought that when I took a photo of it in September 2019 that it would soon be gone...

That said, I suspect it'll be 3 mm Society to turn to for British steam locomotive drivers...

North West Short Line also has suitable wheels, and Modmüller in Germany (https://www.muellerradsatz.de/c/tt-radsaetze) have TT wheelsets for NEM, BTTB, and NMRA RP-25 standards.

Shame, too, as that's a very pretty building.

Now THAT would be entertaining to see...

I notice the adverts seem to be in good condition, though.

Yes, I'd heard about this when they first announced, thought, cool, more TT, but promptly forgot about it as being far out of my areas of interest. Maybe eventually they'll make something Portuguese outline? Either way... it is definitely a good development as it grows the scale.

Thanks for that link, the photos are great. I was just scanning through another article on them, at https://trainconsultant.com/2020/09/21/le-wagon-foudre-sa-vie-son-oeuvre-discutable/ , but I'll have to give it a better read when I'm less tired. But it's more of a history of barrel wagons in general.

Quite. He, along with Lezlinilzen terepasztala (his Hungarian equivalent) are just about the only things I bother to look at on FB...

I first learned it in a very different context...

Thanks for the translation... my French (Québecois) is enough to get by on a day-to-day basis, but there's a great deal of more specialised terminology that I don't know. Like barrels. Even better then - I won't have to try to build or CAD-draw the bilevels! Just get some more bi-foudres, maybe a few vans, and I'm set... (well, and find references for making État-era appropriate lettering for the bi-foudres, as they are they're SNCF)

According to the fr.wikipedia article on the class, So I'd guess your idea would be fitting. I like your bottling plant idea, it'd give a reason for my wine barrel cars to be present, too... By "bi-foudres" do you mean these https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiture_à_étage_État ?

Well, either way, the locomotive existed and was used in France, the model exists, I have the model, and I might want to do something with it/centred on it, so it's the information about its service that I'm after. The TGV may be iconic, but it's incredibly tangential to steam operations in Brittany...

I think Beckmann's reasons for producing this had little to do with wanting to be able to say they made something French, and more for the sake of having something to sell to the Sammler who buy one of everything... :P Hm, does 25 units running for 20+ years on French rails count as "incredibly tangential"? Okay, perhaps unknown on most of the network, but from what I'm gathering seems they were regulars in pre-war Brittany. And, if only 15 were taken back to Germany during the war, that should mean ten continued on with SNCF after the war, too? I didn't pay for it, though - I've never invested in a French model other than two coaches to build a mid-90s Orient Express consist; I got this as part of an "inheritance" - a member of our local TT club passed away, and we got to have his trains. This was one of the pieces I chose, because it's pretty and it's unique. Off the top of my head, I know the 150Y has been done in TT, 90% sure the 1-230F has been done, and I *think* the 150X has been done by a small producer ("Kleinserienhersteller").

Well, that situation (re Worsley Works) obtains elsewhere in the TT world, even in Germany; full, complete kits are a rarity, most do require some effort and modelling skill.

Worsley Works offer a few British outline etches in 1:120 (Classes 58 and 66), and have said they're completely open to producing their etches in 1:120, the one caveat being that if what you're ordering doesn't fill in a sheet, you'll have to wait a bit until the sheet is filled. As things are looking, eventually I'll be availing myself of their services for a Class 101 and perhaps more. But other etchers would of course also be very welcome. As for 3D printing - if you last looked at it 4, 5 years ago, you must look again - it's advanced light-years over the last little while, and getting to where the results are actually good, with a bit of care and effort.

How about a Hall or Grange and a Merchant Navy?

Thanks for that info, it gives me some leads to follow up on - I know very little about French railways beyond the superficial, and that Kandó Kálmán designed an electric locomotive for PO (which I'd love to build a model of one day...). They really are a pretty locomotive... but express trains might not be all that suited for a vignette-type layout - but just putting together (i.e. building) an accurate train for the locomotive to pull at club meetings/shows might be a worthwhile way to showcase what is actually quite a beautiful model, too. Here's a pic of it just after I got it (just before putting everything in storage before coming to Ghana), in front of the four SNCF wine barrel wagons I have, they're old BTTB stock. Which don't really fit other than that they're also French...

Right, I forgot about that... forgot that the Railjet and GySEV locomotives are multisystem. They do work all over Hungary as Floyd is based in Hungary, don't know if they go over into Slovakia, Romania, or Serbia, though. The Bulgarian ones are, I believe, an entirely different company than Floyd, and they don't come up to Hungary, but I don't know anything about their operations.

I have an État 230 (230-976, ex DRG BR38.2) from Beckmann in 1:120, and got to thinking about it... can anyone shed light on where these operated, and what they did? There's no guarantee I'll do anything, but got to thinking perhaps I can do a French module/vignette suitable for it...

Yeah, if one's willing to repaint and such, there's plenty more that's doable - I have Israel, Cuba, and Korea on my "maybe one day" lists. Cuba could get you a very interesting mix, use a Roco M62 and a resin kit of an Alco FA for your mainline power, an ex-DR railbus, the 1937 AAR standard steel boxcar and other NA kits for your passenger and freight stock. Turkey could be another interesting possibility, same with Lebanon and possibly Syria... if I'm not wrong, Turkey did receive a variety of British steam locomotives, which were run alongside German types, too. The Nohab is definitely not a new tooling, and one that I think it's safe to say literally everyone involved in Hungarian TT owns or has owned at one point or another, but I think it (and the V36) have been tweaked a bit over the years. So still a serviceable model I think, something one could do something Lux or Danish with, for sure. Especially Lux, since there has been a bunch of RTR goods stock released, and could repaint DB Silberlinge for CFL...

Also locomotive reliveries - I have one (Beckmann ex BR38 in État livery), and the V36 in SNCF livery that's been released off and on since BTTB days. There was also a Michelin railcar as a resin body or as a built-up kit, in the late 90s or early 00s, but I suspect the total production of that was in the tens, not the hundreds. There's also been a smattering of Belgian, Luxembourgish, Danish, and Swedish equipment over the years, mostly as livery variants of NOHAB diesels and various passenger and freight stock. A few Italian livery variants, and an E444 (I think) as an etched brass kit...

Well, the Hungarian market is big enough for it to be worthwhile for MTB to tool up a locomotive type that, with the exception of ten units sold to Greece, were used only in Hungary (and occasionally running across the border to Slovakia and Romania). I suspect if MTB were to tool up an 86, they'd be expecting the bulk of the sales in Hungary (and maybe Austria, as Floyd has/had running rights there too), with any UK sales as the cherry on top. Class 59 ran in Germany - could also be a possibility. Not sure about the 56 being too likely, there were only 2 or 3 that went to Hungary. I think probably the 86 is the most likely.