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Hope all goes well Frank and look forward to sampling the delights of the Bom. West layout and the company of others including your good self. best regards, Ed

Mr Tender, Your advice was spot on. I had no idea of cv,s 267/8 . I checked that cv 268 was zero and increased the cv 267 setting from 50 (as delivered new) to 70. I immediately achieved 6 chuffs per driver rev. Thank you so much for your help--greatly appreciated. Ed

Hi gentlemen, I have an original W.C loco fitted with a Zimo mx645 decoder. At my set max. speed of 38mph there are too many chuffs relative to road speed. At a crawl I can see there are approx. 8 chuffs per driver rev.and there should be 6. My settings are-- cv2 1 cv3 100 cv4 67 cv5 128 cv6 60 cv57 100 cv58 255 cv61 97 cv62 0 cv63 62 cv249 0 do I look at cv 58 first--it appears to be set on max? regards, Ed

Thank you very much Frank--I would love to meet up with you at Swindon, Sat 9/9 and thank you personally for the great help you offer freely to others. Best regards, Ed

My friend, Many thanks for your kind reply--very useful. regards, Ed

Gentlemen, I have searched high and low but have failed to come up with anything other than it was essentially a first class Pullman car service operating between London Waterloo and Southampton, connecting with the Queen Mary/Elizabeth liners. I also know of certain coaches allocated to this duty including both 8 and 12 wheel cars. I run this train on my layout as follows--- PBV S 663 S PF Rosemary KF Argus KF Monaco KF Ibis PT Car 34 KT Car 171 BPT Car 154 This being my best guess so far. I also believe this was mainly light pacific hauled judging by the pics so far seen. Also presumably this ran to coincide with ship departures and arrivals and therefore would work as ECS one way? Frequency would be another query and finally would any /all of the cars be turned? Thank you , Ed Plant

correction---61 was 8 wheel and 6 was withdrawn May 1961. Car 107 also featured in 1961 There were of course many more 12 wheel cars running earlier, say to 1959/60.

Dirty Den, Replying with what info. I have rather than offering expert opinion I have the following for 1961---- Brake 162 Car 106 Car 61 Car 6 Car 58 Onyx Sappho Rosemary Evadne Car 97 Brake 63 All 8 wheel by this time other than cars 6,61 and 97, 12 wheel regards,Ed

Hi---34043 got her 4500 gall. cut down tender June 1952 and second emblem March 1957.. 34032 Camelford had the second emblem applied March 1959 and ran with a 4500 gall.high sided tender to the same date--thereafter cut down. I understand that Wilton as previously issued by Hornby is a good starting point for modification to 34043. Hope this is of help , regards, Ed

Frank---What a wonderfully detailed drawing beautifully drawn for others to share--thank you, Ed

Thank you very much for your kind assistance--I have ordered the cabside no.sets and the microsol. Ed

Hi TOBOLDLYGO, Did you remove the cabside nos. with a scalpel and were the replacements a single complete transfer/from where etc? I am in the process of converting 35028 to 35030 and have everything but these. You obviously thought it better to remove the nameplates rather than glue over? Incidentally I have had it fitted with the ESU Loksound decoder and it sounds great--still some tweaking to do . The only thing missing is wheel slip but I have a Zimo + Bullied sound file about to be fitted to Bude--this has wheel slip. It will be interesting to compare. regards,Ed

I think it was in Romsey--maybe still is under some other name? I remember the caption---Strong and Co. of Romsey Ed

Hi Mattingleycustom Having picked up my R3436 from Rails today I completely agree that Hornby have come up with a stunning loco model---I would add to your last sentence by saying that there are very few modellers capable of attaining this level of detail,performance and finish,let alone reaching the perfection level you speak of. I am not saying we should not attempt to build whatever ourselves--I believe I am just being realistic. regards, Ed

Do not forget the tender changes as well--e.g. 35029 ran with a high sided 5100 gallon tender from July 1952--not the 6000 version as on Clan Line. Ed

I of course agree--my focus is on Clan Line and its conversion to 35030. I believe that will cover the period May 53 to April 58. Having looked high and low I can find no evidence of 35030 having resited safety valves before its rebuild in 1958. Its 3 boilers and changes ,boiler 1120 /1949 as original,1113, 1954 and 1111 in 1958.The latter with resited valves as previously fitted to 35016.

Hi Bob-- my understanding is-- 35023 ran with a 6000 gall. high sided from new until rebuilt 16.2 57 B.R green from 23 .3 52 Early emblem from new until well beyond rebuilding(11.62) New style cab from new,11-48 Cyl val.removed 5-53 Safety valves resited 10.54 Fluted con rods from new to 12.55 Therefore the model would appear to represent the loco as running from 5.53 to 10.54 regards, Ed

Ellerman Lines ran with a 5100 gallon high sided tender from July 1952--The air smoothed Clan Line model is coupled with a 6000gall. high sided tender.

Gentlemen--on the Hornby website it clearly states pre allocation for R3436 ( the one holding my interest) is sold out at Hornby direct and I think maybe the Summer availability refers to the next batch in? Therefore the presumably limited numbers forwarded to the retailers remains on/after end of March/early April. I sincerely hope so. regards, Ed

Martin--have a look at Southern E Mail group--modelling section--M,N Model variations--you will find what you need there except for the R3130XS version, with I believe TTS sound in the tender The TCS DP2X-UK decoder will just fit in the loco DCC ready models--otherwise you need to lengthen the opening at the loco body base to free the ballast weight--move it forward to the smokebox.You can then introduce a Lenz std chip. regards,/Ed

Thanks for that----were they all built with single chimneys initially, irrespective as to whether they first emerged in streamlined or non streamlined form?

Ref. the term Semi--it was the word used for the Coronation class by all (or nearly all) trainspotters in the Stafford/Norton Bridge/ Crewe area when I was in attendance 1954-1959. On a quite different note--although I am a great admirer of the splendid proportions of these rather magnificent locos. I am not fully au fait with all the detail differences between class members---but if you look on the Hornby web site covering the latest livery pictures of the initial 3 releases you will see Atholl with a SINGLE chimney---I cannot find any evidence to support this--is this in fact so ?-----and is this a clue as to what might next be on the development line---as far as I know Princess Royal class had the single version. Interesting?

Mick--agree the real thing is even better--last saw this on Portland in a very sorry state.Where can this loco be viewed and will it be prepared for main line running ? Ed

Hi gentlemen, British India Line is likely to prove irresistible to me.However do we know if this will come out with sound decoder facility in the tender and will it reflect those few but noticeable differences with clack valve pipework bends,bend in the ejector pipe over the nameplate on the left hand side and long sand filler? Thank you, Ed

Thanks Bob--I enlisted Bob,s help to show the marked difference in nameplate length.I will now use the correct shorter length red backed plates ex CGW.This does away with the need to get the Hornby red backed scrolls off.I appreciate that the scrolls should be positioned higher up but I did not want a body paint touch up issue. regards, Ed