Nick Platt

Coming back to the 'sport' after a 10 year break and I find I have a copy of the Swindon diagram for the conversion of this wagon from BG.  It is numbered 9862w and dated 2/4/92. Diagram 9861w is for the conversion from BG of West of England China Clay Co's 4-plank openand is dated 30/12/93.  Both copies were obatained from the NRM in 2009 so most likely are still available.

On 12/01/2020 at 10:23, coline33 said:

Thanks for mentioning the CCB Yahoo Group.   Firstly I was not the Group Owner (GO) and changes in the manner Yahoo made to signing-in prevented my entry into the site to continue my role of Moderator whilst the GO spent much of his life abroad.   The GO too had problems in communicating with Yahoo.   I have started the new year with further applications (with two from ' down under') to join which I can only forward to GO via personal email for approval.   In confirming that the approvals were granted the GO has found the site 'empty'.   Fortunately, last year on receiving the formal Yahoo notification of their changes and knowing the problems that another of my groups had experienced and changed course, I was able to download and save the content that I had contributed.   My work was mostly from CMR through to BR early diesel era with wagons to the fore!   So I am now responding to requests for data direct and anyone wanting help is welcome to contact me.  

I must confess to being the errant GO of the China Clay Branchlines site on Yahoo Groups.  Life changed when I started the restoration of a medieval house in France and my modelling went on hold in preference to 12"/ft scale timber frame repairs.  I must publicly thank Collin for his massive efforts to keep the site going in my absence. Throughout the final years I found the Group increasingly difficult to use and many errors crept ino the system with photograph and file access proving especially difficult. Initially I put it down to my lack of IT abilities but so many others suffered the same and in the end I went back to 'real' building.  The closure of the site is a big loss to those of us with an interest in china clay modelling.  Lockdown has brought me back to 4mm/ft and I'm delighted to find this thread on RMW.  Thanks again Collin for your amazing  contribution to CCB and your perseverance.