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Yes, it can: Crewcastrian 1980 Flickr image How odd. Simon

An LSWR 40T bogie hopper wagon. https://hmrs.org.uk/adb005-40t-bogie-ballast-hopper-lswr-500-engineers-dept-tare-17-4-1-side-open-spoke-wheels-paint-date-17.html 16 built 1903-4 by G&R Turner of Langley Mill (Nottingham) for the LSWR with 4 more added in 1911. Simon

Is the GC van ex-CLC Jonathan? How Cheshire Lines stock taken on by the LNER and LMS was renumbered is not something I've seen covered. What colours did you use for the new and newish wood effect on the D178 open? It's very effective. Simon

Almost, it was a 2-10-2 that was envisaged. Try this link for Mr King's take on the proposed Baldwin 2-10-2: https://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2443&start=1845 It would certainly have been different lugging long trains from the coalfields to Immingham! Simon

That sounds like a challenge to have 7, 4 and 2 mm models of B7s displayed together as you managed with Valour! Simon

Looking at the construction of that ship's wheel, it does make you wonder just what the firemen at Northwich and Trafford Park sheds did to Sir Edward Fraser's (see remains of ship's wheel missing several handles on 62653 in Tony's post! Simon

Look at the tender front just above the sidesheet extension in Tony's image of the last D10 62653 above. The ship's wheel is visible. The wheel was used to lower and raise the water scoop rather than something looking like a brake standard as used on many other company's locos. It's also visible on Woodcock29's J11 tender. Simon

Yes, broadly speaking as I understand it the coalrail tenders plated in GC days received plain plating on the outside of the coalrails. Those plated in LNER days received the plating on the inside of the coalrails. I can't find an embeddable image of the real thing, but here's two of my tenders: one a model of one built with open coalrails (and subsequently plated on the inside); and the other representing a tender built with solid coalguards from new: Beading generally indicates a tender built with solid coalguards. Simon

Yes, the imperfect but complete model is worth far more than a perfect one in our imagination! Simon

It could no doubt be added to, but I started a thread documenting some of the variations to look out for on the Robinson 3250 and 4000 gallon tenders: Edit: this view taken from the above thread shows what the rear of your 04/8 should look like: (Robert Gadson Flickr image) A circular filler (almost totally hidden by the tender flare), with the division plate closer to the tank rear, and not a truncated D filler. Simon

My guess would be that you remove the box. However that might depend on whether it's a loco for the 1958 mainline or your more flexible period M&GN section. Which J11 are you doing? Simon

The angular dome of the same general form as fitted to the O4s was pretty uncommon on J11s, although there were at least one or two. Most BR J11s had a dome with a flatter top than the GC dome. This N Jordan Flickr image shows the most common BR era boiler fittings: It took me a while to realise when doing mine that both the whistle and middle front lampiron are off centre. The whistle presumably to stay in loading gauge and the middle lamp iron to avoid the centre hinge on the valve cover. I think @t-b-g was referring to the fact that you have modelled both the D shaped water filler with the extra box for the water pick up gear (I'm not sure whether any retained the extra box despite losing the scoop) and more importantly you've added the box that the ship's wheel fits on in front of the front coalguard. If your J11 is not scoop fitted then this definitely needs removing as per the image above. Simon

I do like a Pom-Pom. Here's a pair very lost on the S&DJR! Simon

Great work Nick. I've managed to avoid the temptation to model a Cauliflower as I don't think they got closer to Chorlton than Trafford Park. I was expecting to see a 4-6-0 when you mentioned 19in Goods. Was the Cauliflower the 18in? I'm not well up on LNWR types. As you are doing 2mm and 4mm side by side builds, I believe Brassmasters have a nice kit for a ... Simon

Nick's 9F isn't scratchbuilt Tony. It's a Bob Jones (Fence Houses Model Foundry) kit. The scratchbuilt bit is the working reversing gear! Regards, Simon

That's a J17 not a J11 though. Regards, Simon

I've seen this working before. I have a vague idea that one of David Jenkinson's books refers to an afternoon Edinburgh/Glasgow-St Pancras conveying milk tanks. One for @LNER4479 perhaps? Simon

Great stuff Laurie! I love the sequence: check hair and make up; ring bellcode; set route! Simon

Apologies if this has been confirmed and I've missed it, but yes MSC 240 is an early LMS van. It's a diagram 1664 van (2544 vans built 1924-26). Similar in many respects to MR diagram 664, but easily distinguishable by the shorter wheelbase (9 rather than 10ft) and the diagonal strapping going top left to bottom right rather than bottom left to top right on the side to the left of the door. Regards, Simon

You'll find more useful information searching for Tremorfa steelworks. The Celsa steelworks was formerly Allied Steel & Wire (ASW) and is split across two sites. This steelworks site is the one, part of which, your plan is based on at the bottom end of Tidal sidings. The 08 in the bottom of your Google Maps view is taking scrap to the scrap bay alongside the electric arc furnace building. The other site is accessed via the line disappearing off to the left. This leads to the Castle Works which is a rolling mill. A thread on some of the wagons used over the years here: EWS/DB era shunters here: Link to my post with a few more 08s at Celsa: Simon

Interesting topic. I wondered why there'd been no mention of the Dingle oil terminal, and then I realised that at least one used there, MD&HB 43, was an 0-6-0: https://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/8/picture_parade.htm Simon

Chapter and verse on the topic here: https://lightmoor.co.uk/books/robinson39s-locomotive-liveries-on-the-great-central-railway/L9754 Simon

My money would be on it being the north end of the sidings marked as slaughterhouse at their other end here: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.0&lat=56.12147&lon=-3.78742&layers=168&b=1&marker=56.116,-3.793 That fits with the direction that the other train is propelling in and also there is a footbridge round the curve shown on at least one of the later maps. Edit: Railscot also has the following: https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/A/Alloa_Co-op_Coal_Siding/ More helpful map here: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.6&lat=56.12091&lon=-3.78584&layers=258&b=1&marker=56.116,-3.793 Simon

Yes 2012 is the upload date. The photo is likely to be July 1991 at the latest when ELAND moved from Tinsley to Old Oak Common, and it can't be much earlier than May 1991 and be in that condition. Simon

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16.0&lat=53.74985&lon=-0.39582&layers=168&right=ESRIWorld