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There are too many mistaken liveries on tank wagons on Heritage railways. Even when done by professional firms https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/smbpanchor/e1e33375b Paul

Did YTD have any 12ft wheelbase tank wagons? https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/yorkshiretardistillers What is correct on that wb is the Hornby MTD wagon which they copied well in its 1968 livery https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/mtd/e32835152 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/mtd/e228592a4 . These are very old models so not wonderful! Paul

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I missed this topic first time around. The unusual hopper in internal use is the feature of a scale drawing on page 11 in MERRY-GO-ROUND on the Rails by David Monk-Steel, published by the HMRS https://hmrs.org.uk/merry-go-round-on-the-rails-book.html Paul

I have a TPO repaint in October 1987 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brtpo/eca8dc4d but my BG and GUV repaints date from 1990 [which doesn't mean non were repainted in late 87]. Paul

Unfortunately the editor died. He was also involved (manager??) of the short lived Collector's corner here in York. Paul

Certainly later in life. In the diagram book on 2/800 http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/SpecialVehiclesIssue.pdf They are not in the earlier copy of the diagram book on their website. Paul

Some Photos in https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brarmel including as beam carriers. Paul

66780 [ex 66008] The Cemex Express GBRf worked a train of Autoballasters onto the ECML immediately south of York a couple of hours ago. Photos in https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/belmondgbrf66 Paul

Looks very similar to this NBR livestock van https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lnerlivestock/e184a2c87 Paul

It is World Penguin Awareness Day - 20 January 2024 And you will believe Penguins can fly. In reality they fly in the water - and it is possible to swim alongside them. Paul

It is World Penguin Awareness Day - 20 January 2024 It is not necessary to be cold to see them, these are the Endangered Galapagos Penguin which live on the Equator https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22697825/182729677 Paul

We pride ourselves on offering a small, intimate show, where we display layouts from the club, members and local friends. It is held in aid of York Against Cancer and is sponsored by Monk Bar Model shop. The charity supports the show by providing refreshments. Being held at Heworth Church Hall, Melrosegate, Heworth, York, North Yorkshire YO31 0RL Sat 17 February 2024 10.00 - 17.00 Sun18 February 2024 10.00 - 16.00 The Club Secondhand stand is over-flowing! Layouts Attending : On30 gauge THE GREAT WHITE RIVER NAVIGATION, EXTRACTION & STEAM PACKET COMPANY O gauge BADGERS BOTTOM & MANOR FARM ( A DVLR might have been layout) OO gauge RAF KIDBROOKE; THE BRICK MPD; CHILDRENS INTERACTIVE LAYOUT N gauge STAMFORD EAST; LOW FELL 009 gauge DOLWYN; SCRAYINGHAM Trade Stands Monk Bar Model Shop YORK George Books Grosmont Paul Lunn Layout Design Demo’ Stands IAN FORSYTH Loco and wagon construction. BOB DAWSON Architectural model builder in all scales. Other Highlights YORK AGAINST CANCER TEAM Cafe Ebor Group 2nd Hand Shop. and on the door a TOMBOLA Admission fee Adults £4 Children £1 Under 5’s free A local exhibition in a local hall run by a local club. How Exhibitions should be.

My father rarely mentioned detail of his work (or his extensive war service for that matter). It was only my moving to Cardiff for my first Sandwich training that he mentioned the problems at Cardiff, that was 1970. He had even asked me about the Pembroke Dock branch when we went there for our A-level Ecology practical week in 1967 Would the Central Wales line be part of any long term plans - wasn't it supposed to close under Beeching? I haven't looked up my copy of the report. They had already lost the direct Southampton/Fawley to Birmingham routes so Oil trains (the heaviest in the country at that time) had to go via Acton. Paul

Well I was mistaken. A very positive take on the hobby from Cheltenham. Interesting that the shop owner suggested the new TT is selling very well. Pete W putting the spin on that there used to be two manufacturer's (!!) now 7. Paul PS, and to give no details I've assisted two manufacturer's in the past week with new projects, both of which were a surprise.

More nonsense to come? ITV News 10.30 introduction film and comment about end of Model Railways. Yet to see what they have to say. Paul

Thanks, I had overlooked the speed limitation of the Class 14s. Altogether a very strange idea - 40 mph would have made them a nuisance for any trips out on mainlines in busy periods - as you had through Cardiff where line capacity restricted the development of Milford Haven oil traffic. Paul (whose Dad sold the movement of oil on rail during the 1960s from Marylebone HQ)

I must show Julie that there is worse than ours! I was surprised that the original article didn't give any advice on how to dispose of them. I do agree fridge then freezer does sound reasonable, but then I'm not a Cane Toad. I love your Ibis Paul

Stationmaster, do you think they would have been a better, more flexible, loco if they had been fitted with steam heating? Or were they correct to assume all of the passenger traffic that the 0-6-0Ts had been responsible for had become operated by DMUs (or already lost - plenty of closures pre-Beeching) Paul

I haven't kept up with current offer. But, in the recent past Hornby did various starter packs that were restricted to sale by individual large catalogue companies such as Argos. Paul

The HMRS book also mentions that the only way to distinguish distant signals was the V cut in the end of the arm. Also having the black band on the back came in later, with comments that this hadn't happened for some of the signals illustrated. Paul

The GWR (Which the WR remained faithful to) was notorious for mis-ordering. Consider the hundreds of 0-6-0 tanks they had delivered in the first years of BR, many built (partially) by private works, many put straight to store. On the other hand, the lack of class 20s or similar in South Wales does seem to have led to O8s being used for trips which might have been better worked by a Class 14. I remember steel trains being worked into Newport Docks https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/br0809/e38e6c62e https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/br0809/e28e846e7 and Llanwern steel works or the Ford trains in Dan-y-Graig. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/br0809/e2e8c7978 But, these workings probably didn't inconvenience local mainline working too much. Paul

That is the correct way to carry a calf. I saw similar, one on a platform truck at Derby c1966. This discussion appears to overlook that unfitted cattle wagons were common until the 1950s. There is a full BR booklet on livestock. They must have been very happy to lose this traffic, very complex to operate. Paul

Thanks,. I don't have my bus spotter book anymore but IIRC RTs ran into several thousand. Annoyingly RMs appeared on the 117 route very early but we never got the RM on the 90 (1960-68). Paul