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Yes that's correct, Mr. Jones didn't seem to go in for branding (no bufferbeam numbers and no H.R on the tender). Drummond took over in 1896 and the elaborate white-black-white lining was applied until 1902 when the HR seemed to run out of money for paint and seemingly everything was painted plain green.

We get asked this all the time and it's difficult to answer. Within the next 18 months is what we would hope.

Thank you, the team is very pleased with the design so far. The blue one is effectively 'Gamma' without the name or the logo on the nose :)

The railways of Scotland are sparsely represented in OO Gauge, so we are pleased to buck the trend and bring you the first ever item of ready-to-run Caledonian Railway freight stock – the Diagram 67 10t van. Spanning coast to coast of Scotland, the Caledonian Railway owned lines from Aberdeen to Annan, covering some of the most scenic railways to grace the UK network. This widespread railway not only served the majority of Scotland’s major cities but also a huge amount of industry and commerce throughout its 76-year history. Routes to the most highly populated areas of the country created a noticeable increase in traffic, and with the company’s goal of providing competitive cross-border trains and excursion traffic to the coast it grew exponentially. Along with the towns and cities, its access to the numerous ports that were dotted along the Firths of the Clyde and Forth meant there was a steady stream of laden freight wagons, moving into and out of the area, and as the turn of the century approached a need for suitable stock to safely transport explosives arose. In 1903, the first Diagram.67 van rolled off of the production line with the firms of R.Y. Pickering constructing 150 vehicles, Motherwell Wagon & Rolling Stock Co. 25, and Renshaw another 25. This initial batch was the first of many, and by the time a further batch had been ordered in 1907 the initial design had been revised to replace the original roof door with end ventilators. Shortly after the outbreak of WW1, the Traffic Committee authorised the conversion of several Dia.67 vans to carry Cordite paste, a key component in the creation of artillery shells. The design proved successful, as two more batches of 150 vans were ordered in 1917. By 1918, over 1300 examples of the vans had been constructed. Continuing through the grouping railway era and into nationalisation the Dia.67 travelled far and wide across the UK, finding themselves much further afield than their native land. Several even ended up in the hands of some rather interesting privately owned companies, including Britain’s most famous confectioner Cadbury. Numerous Dia.67 Vans have survived into preservation, including at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society museum at Bo’ness. The Rapido Trains UK OO Gauge Caledonian Railway Dia.67 Van features full external, and underframe details including brass bearings for smooth friction-free running, NEM coupling pockets and a high-quality livery application. Tooling covers two different wheel styles, Morton hand brakes, duel or vacuum fitted brakes, and three different axlebox and spring arrangements. RRP is £34.95 and they can be pre-ordered from us or any of our retailers - click here to go to our website and browse all 22 versions

Pre-order is now available from us or any of our retailers. https://rapidotrains.co.uk/caledonia-fireless-0-4-0/ RRP for DC/Silent £139.95 RRP for DCC Sound-Fitted £249.95

Do what you want - sell them, repaint them, modify them, use them as novelty roller skates... Most importantly have fun!

Making the limited edition even more limited!

Looking for fellow singles on Valentine’s Day? Well, we’ve got the perfect match for you. The order books are closing on the 4th of March, so why not couple up to the gorgeous GNR Stirling Single by pre-ordering yours before they are all taken? https://rapidotrains.co.uk/gnr-stirling-single-no-1/

I filmed this little segment and put it on my own channel in case it's helpful. If it feels like it's not moving, try adjusting your grip or doing it from the other side. The force required is not much at all.

In the refrigerated hold of course, then once unloaded they will be heated in transit.

On the ship! (somewhere)

The buffer heads and the 'lip' of the housing plugs into the hole in the rest of the housing (moulded as part of the chassis).

Pre-order is now available from us or any of our retailers https://rapidotrains.co.uk/caledonia-fireless-0-4-0/ DC/Silent £139.95 DCC Sound-Fitted £249.95 3D-printed samples showing 2 tooling variations We love steam locos at Rapido, and most of them follow similar design principles. The Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 fireless well and truly takes the design rulebook and throws it out the window. As the railways established themselves as a reliable method to transport goods one problem came to the forefront – fire. Steam locos fundamentally need a heat source created from some form of fire to turn water into steam. However, this fire, alongside sparks emitted from the chimney, caused great concern in environments where munitions, fuel or other flammable materials were being moved or stored. The solution is a locomotive that won't spark, or have a naked flame on board. Thankfully, some bright spark had the clever idea of harnessing steam power in a large rechargeable steam reservoir, which would sit in the place of the boiler of a conventional steam locomotive. This reservoir would be filled with a mix of boiling water and steam at high pressure. As the locomotive was used the steam would be used and thus the pressure in the reservoir would drop. This in turn allowed the water to start to boil replacing the steam that had been used. With this method a locomotive could work for about 4 hours prior to recharging. The result is a design that has a distinct lack of key features which people associate with more traditional steam locomotives, such as a smokebox and chimney, a firebox, forward-mounted cylinders and coal bunkers or tenders. Its lack of a firebox requires its cylinders to be rear-mounted both to improve efficiency and redistribute the weight of the loco, and its other missing features are simply because they are surplus to requirement. Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 fireless 'MP1' (Works No.1944 built in 1927) in 1979 © Gordon Edgar collection - with thanks. The largest number of British-built fireless locomotives were constructed by Andrew Barclay & Co. Ltd, and an impressive 114 were built between 1913 and 1961 of varying designs, so it was only fitting that we pick the most numerous of Barclay’s prototypes, the ‘Caledonia’, to produce as the very first Ready-to-run OO Gauge British Fireless loco. These industrial oddities survived far longer than most British Railways and industrial coal-fired steam locos with many examples working into the 1980s and even into the 1990s with many examples later preserved around the country. Full details and pre-ordering will be available from 16th Feb 2024.

It should be for 1960 and 61 as the photo references we have used have been narrowed down to between 1960 and 1967.

Hi Fred, how do you mean? Every wagon comes with 4 wheels as a load as it was felt to be the thing that was the least era-specific we could do.

There are three days left to pre-order the Y7 0-4-0T, a delightful shunting locomotive available in OO Gauge. Don't miss out on this charming model. You can secure your pre-order now through our website or any of your favourite retailers. https://rapidotrains.co.uk/lner-y7-ner-h/

A heads-up to OO modellers - if you want to guarantee a pre-order for our upcoming LOWMAC wagon, get your order in before Monday 12th February. This brand-new model comes in a variety of liveries covering LNER, LMS, BR service stock and engineers, including some seen in preservation. Every wagon includes a load of 4 wheelsets with prototypical axle ends to be used as a load or a scenic item on your layout. See more here: https://rapidotrains.co.uk/lner-lms-25t-machine-wagon/

It's all dependent on how well the samples behave and whether there are adjustment to make so not possible to make promises that we might have to break if there is a hold-up. Hope that's understandable. We'll definitely give a heads-up on when the order book is closing though.

We can't because they are on the chassis mould which is from the O11. The only way this and the N19 are viable is because they share the chassis from the previous run.

Are you asking if I can make an announcement of an announcement? 😉 We need to see working samples before we can close the order book. Once it's closed it's likely around 9 months to produce and deliver it.

Awwwww yisssss

Should be soon!

The UK company was started in 2018 :)

We need to change the number - likely 294. Unfortunately the article we were referencing had an error in it and someone has flagged this to us. Excellent reference you have there!