scottishlocos

Jim

Great to see you out and about with GBrf and class 60s on heavy trains they were designed to haul

Bob

I think it's possible as an IS loco it would have worked South maybe as far as Perth and sometimes Edinburgh then maybe used on a local service or two before heading home

Have a look 6lda

https://6lda.wordpress.com

All

Let me turn this around why should we D&E modellers spend a single cent on this venture to a museum which has until now had a very anti D&E policy also if its a true one off then none of the funds raised will do anything to further D&E modelling on a wider scale.

In addition maybe many are suffering from Pendon fatigue as the amount of articles in the model railway magazines is ridiculous some of them may as well be *New Track pins put on The Vale* here's a six page special this is to the detriment of all modellers as other articles are pushed out for something that has been covered a thousand times.

Dave

Jim

Good luck there are a few GBrf drivers who post pic on the Scottish gen/photo sites and at least one pic has been used on the twitter feed so hopefully they should be supportive of the hobby

All the best

Jim

This SRPS Rail tour with 025 was GBrf operated and 025 has been to Blackpool via the S&C so a few routes you sign

You will just have to convince GBrf on the merits of getting a couple of 37s

Was rumors 901 was going team GB but that seems not to be the case now

Jules

Good to see another Scottish Region modeller here just a few points if may

Class 37s were mostly still dual braked so they could be used with the older vac braked wagons

As you have said you can't model Millerhill Yard in the space you have so try modelling one small corner of it where wagons and locos are stored and repairs are carried out have a look at Slateford yard and Rutherglen engineers sidings for inspiration of a small engineers yard/depot

Also you could have the tail end of a few sidings covered by an override so loco comes in with a few wagons but the train is under the bridge loco runs round the train and wagons are hauled away giving the impression of a much longer train

Marlyn

I really like this layout less is more!

Great to see Far North Line represented as its often overlooked.

Would like to see some class 26 and 37s on it as well.

Also keep checking Oxford Diecast for suitable road vehicles Langley models also has some good kits for farming/construction vehicles from your era

Dave

Jim

Good luck at GBrf

All

This does seem like a good idea hopefully it works out

Pacers wouldn't get up the first hill on the WHL and are being phased out

Also I think the 158 plan for the WHL has been dropped and it will continue with 156s

All

Here is 37025 on the relatively rare Inverkeithing East Curve

Not that far west, Paul; I think the furthest west it got was the Bridgewater/ Taunton area for the M5. The only coal traffic in the area was still in 'flat-bottom' minerals, though HEAs took over one flow in the mid-1980s.

Could it have been a crippled wagon from this flow sent for repairs

All

I would say it has been drafted in to replace a broken or unavailable SCR plough

Also

Meant to say I think Haymarket lost its allocation of locos and became a sprinter depot in about 1990/91 so I think the ploughs would have been gone around that time as well

Dave

All

Having looked at the picture above I with the plough and the 37 in the background I am almost certain it's at Thornaby or Tees Yard hopefully somebody with more knowledge of the North East can confirm 37341 was a Thornaby loco but was stored in 94 this could be the Thornaby scrap line note the open bonnet door the 37 wasn't cut up until 03 so shows just how long items can be stored before cutting up

Dave

All

Hornby have more or less ignored D&E modellers a few new liveries but not much to go on

As for the accessories which are as old as the hills most are available and still in reasonable quality from bargin bins at swapmeets shows and model shops nobody is going to buy these when there are lots of them around at pocket money prices

Dave

Guys

I am fairly sure snowploughs were long gone from Haymarket by 1/99 as stated above so this must have been stored elsewhere before it was cut up possibly at Slateford or Millerhill even maybe at Booths for a bit before being cut

I am sure in 99 Scottish ploughs were based at Motherwell Carstairs and Inverness

Dave

Guys

I haven,t done the coast for a year or 2 what are the best options for the 37's I will be in Cumbria at some point this week possibly Workington area would probably like to do Workington - Carlise and return

Thanks

Sorry

That was link to the page here is pic

http://www.hondawanderer.com/Class_37_5.htm

All

Thanks pics I have seen are in books and one on this page looks like they only have an end at one side and it didn't matter which way round they were loaded also no stanchions on the later pics

Dave

http://www.hondawanderer.com/Class_37_5.htm

Guys

I am looking for information and pictures on the KFAs open containers used on WHL to carry paper reels and aluminium ingots.

I have a few questions were open containers the same and loaded with either ingots or paper?

Also the limited photos I have seen of these wagons sometimes thy have stans ions but both these pics were 80s the 90s/00's pics they don't have them were the remote effects at some point

Thanks

Dave

Guys

Hope I can shed some light on this one the steel trains were hauled by 86/87 but by the early 90s the steel trains were put into metals Sector working as the metals sector had no 86/87s allocated the trains were usually Class 37 hauled.

I suspect when the 26s were used it was probably during a slow period for coal traffic am sure Longannet used to have a summer shut down of 2or 3 weeks

Dave

John

Thanks for that any idea if any of them are still involved in other publications or even better if they are on here

Thanks

Ok

No worries thanks

Kevin

Many thanks so article is in CJ Freezer style and who was editor of this magazine at the time

Thanks for answer

Sorry

I thought I had put it in the heading it was November/December issue 1994 other articles include a history of Hornby Dublin and an article about modelling Lngmoor military railway

Dave