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It can become addictive this D1666 spotting. Here's one in 1950 with traces of pre-1936 LMS lettering still showing: British Railways Wagon/Van at Three Bridges in 1950 - S56302 Bogie goods brake van - Lens of Sutton Dennis Cullum Collection (thetransportlibrary.co.uk) and a bonus fitted D1892 still very obviously declaring its former owner, said to be 1954: British Railways Scene at Whitemoor Marshalling Yard,LNER in 1954 - View of wagons on down hump. SR Lecture & Dabating Socy visit. - Lens of Sutton Dennis Cullum Collection (thetransportlibrary.co.uk) Simon

Thanks for sharing this Nick. Simon

It is Barnsley, the GC shed adjacent to Barnsley Exchange station,and as you note that's a J39 with very grubby splashers lost in the muck! A lot less prominent than on the Bachmann OO model. Simon

Excellent. Keeping the N5 fans happy! Regards, Simon

The end of the headstocks aren't as prominent as I'd expect, but by this date my best guess is that they are a couple of 13T 8 plank hoppers to LNER diagram 72. The straight sided precursor of the better known diagram 137s where the sides slope in over the depth of the bottom 2 planks. Diagram 72 here: https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/lnermineral/h162ac872 Diagram 137 here: https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/lnermineral/h12a64c39 Regards, Simon

It doesn't look like that single wagon was a one off. Here are some still in service up at South Pelaw in the same year: BR British Railways Steam Locomotive Class Q6 63418 at South Pelaw in 1961 - 10/06/1961 - Neville Stead Collection (thetransportlibrary.co.uk) Simon

That's a shame. The Bachmann model is pretty accurate, I think, with the correct pressed steel door. It being the same design that was supplied to the MWT/MoT and became BR diagram 1/100. Some of these same wagons were delivered in full DENABY 'livery'. All a bit late for Jerry! Simon

Worth finding someone with the 12th volume (collection) in Keith Turton's magnum opus. Hopefully it has more than the HMRS collection which (online) only has a wartime (that's WWII for those of you stuck even further in the past than I am 😉 )slope sided mineral with owner indicated in the small lettering of the period. Simon

It looks like one of the LNER built ones with the steel end stanchions. So 36 years old or so by that point. Simon Simon

Yes Bruce they are etched. It's a while since I've built any of Stephen's bogies, but I'd imagine leaving a space for bolts to represent the springs would leave the bogies pretty weak and prone to deforming before you solder in the bolts even assuming that 16BA or similar would be suitable. Simon

Looking good Jerry. What have you used for the corrugated iron? Thanks, Simon

Looking forward to seeing how you get on with this Mike. I've always liked the GC 4-6-0s and my modelling period is a few months earlier than ours to have an excuse to run a B7. That hasn't stopped me building a B9 though despite the last going in 1949. I've sadly no evidence of Immingham west of the Pennines in 1950 so my token apple green loco will be a B1. Are you aware of Geoff Holt's two volumes on Locomotive Modelling? In those he built a kit and scratchbuilt two GC condition Imminghams. The first volume has a loco GA (split across a double page) and the second a tender GA (one or two anomalies in that drawing). Your build will be quite different though given your later period and the features unique to 1482. Regards, Simon

It looks like the date is correct if this page here is also accurate for the Ketton Osprey express: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~mwaller/travels/2018/2018-07-01.html Simon

Looking good so far. Always nice to see another B7. Are those valve guides the right way round? Regards, Simon

One of those moments I realise I may have watched too much of The Simpsons...

I thought the issue was that the work they were designed for disappeared even as they were being delivered rather than just a hydraulic clearout? Why else try them off the WR in the Hull area? Regards, Simon

I don't profess to be on top of the dates for the various painting instructions. I model spring 1950 so the actual instructions mean relatively little. It's a period when you just model what you see in contemporary photos. Or really your best guess at what you see. For example, looking through some of the Cheona (Geoff Gamble) books on vans or Geoff Kent's 4mm Wagon books you'll see clearly unfitted (not piped) vans with a nice fresh coat of bauxite. The question then is is it BR bauxite wrongly applied, LNER red oxide/bauxite wrongly applied (on an ex-LNER wagon) or, for an LMS wagon, LMS bauxite where paint stocks are still being used up? This is the railway someone modelling this period is trying to replicate (Flickr photo taken by David Ford of this parish's father c.1951): Three or four black number patches at most in that scene and a lot of bare wood! Unpainted unfitted 5 plank behind the hand next to an MR open with just a few planks on one side (presumably) in original body colour. Great fun if time consuming. Simon

There are certainly variations within variations before the application of BR liveries settled down following their introduction. I've seen unfitted five planks with LMS bauxite strapping and corrugated ends, and solebars clearly in black, for example. With the 3 plank my assumption is based on the fact that the solebar looks lighter in colour than the springs below despite being in shadow. Simon

Most of mine sound like a coffee grinder, then I film them!

This neatly illustrates the fun in modelling this era. BR number in LMS style. Unpainted wood, but solebar in 'body colour' according to LMS practice. In this case almost certainly the dark shade of bauxite used by the LMS. A similar unpainted wagon built at the same time in an ex-LNER works would likely have the steel solebar in black. Simon

Thank you all for your replies. Darryl, looking in the LNER Wagons reference you supplied it looks like these are the wooden underframe variant of the LNER sleeper wagon. Interesting that a batch of pipes (spun iron?) is loaded into wagons of quite different lengths (Pipe, Sleeper etc). Many thanks, Simon

Good afternoon, Please can anyone help me identify the first two wagons behind the tender loaded with what I assume is a pipe load? They look superficially similar to an SR 8 plank wagon, but without the substantial metalwork around the doors. Many thanks, Simon

Drawhook retained but Group Standard buffers in the image on the LNER Encyclopedia page for the B3s Graeme: https://www.lner.info/locos/B/b3.php Regards, Simon

Large ejector. Looks rather like the typical MR/ early LMS arrangement. A bit of info on these and how to make one in 2mm scale here: Simon

Thanks Iain. That's really helpful. Regards, Simon