U36B

On 29/03/2024 at 01:57, railsquid said:

If you are modelling Deutsche Bundesbahn in the 1950s but are short of German coaching stock, feel free to drop in a Mk1 BCK behind the Danish coach:

 

The consensus here (German) is that it is indeed a Mk1, but no conclusion has been reached as to the how and why.

Well, the Mk1 did breed and by 1971:

I found this a useful information:

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=46475.msg618871#msg618871

Works for me:

SP Daylight Orange  (close)            Humbrol 46 (also Railfreight Red?!?)
ATSF/FEC/L&N Blue (close)            RAL5002: Revell 161 
PC Green (close)                              Revell 365
BN  Green (close)                             Revell 364
UP Yellow                                          RAL 1028

Oh, by the way

Has anyone hints for BR Rail Freight colors (Humbrol/Revell) ?

RF gray?

RF Red?

RF light /medium/ dark gray?

The Athearn' car is based on a PFE R-70-12:

http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/spcars/byclass/reefer/r070-12.htm

 All German goods wagons owned by the DR 192O (including those build since the 1880s) until today are covered by Stephan Carstens et al :  Güterwagen Vol. 1-9 .

Very expensive but well worth it.- numerous drawings, photos, data und often modelling hints:

https://www.stefancarstens.de

Vol, 6 (brake vans) includes in depth roster discussions, and for example, half of the vans owned 1920 were Verbandsbauart standard

Stephan

Well worth viewing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bullet_Train

The hmmm remake turned the train into a  🙄 bus and is well known as "Speed"

Nearholmer,

another German article:

So, it was the first diesel build in Austria and the first British mainline diesel loco

 50 Jahre Dieselokomotiven ;  H.K. Stockklausner;  Basel 1963 

Btw .... take a close look at the cover:

D7063,

London and Cambridge:

https://www.lner.info/locos/Experimental/Graz040.php

5 hours ago, Nearholmer said:

which British railway hosted a trial of a Graz diesel loco in 1924?

LNER - returned after a few weeks, the hydro-static transmission was a failure 

20 hours ago, martin580120 said:

That must be my 20th mineral wagon in the top photo, and it looks (and runs) considerably better than my first and second

Martin580120,

I thought I was the only one  who was  overwhelmed by the kit.

Your post inspires courage -Thanks !!!

Well..... - where is my soldering iron .... 🎯

Stephan

17 minutes ago, whart57 said:

PECO must have an idea, but I don't see it.

May be the idea is not just British but  Continental too?

Think about the Dutch Railways - NS had Class 11, Class 76 (for a short time but still...) and 77s.

Many steam locos were build in the UK and might be adapted to/from British Locos. And there were of course the WD 2-8-0 and 2-10-0s....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trains_in_the_Netherlands#Steam_locomotives

With the right partner, British TT could give Dutch TT a boost......

Oh, Piko is a major manufacturer in  NS N-scale  Models, and they are in TT too -hmmmmm

And then there are/were Class20 /37/ and 58 in France/Spain and lately rail adventure HSTs and Class 86/87 in Bulgaria and Hungary .....

I am not in TT scale but i would be tempted by a Class 08 and some clay wagons plus Polybulks and Ferryvans.....

Look like a dutch PA  ("porteur aménagé")  container to me - an idea which was quickly adopted by other continental railways.

I could not find a picture of NS PA- container, but here is a German one:

More on german ones: https://modellbahnfrokler.de/foto/bzf-bawue-ekrt.jpg

There were even  DB PA ferry-flats (10 build in 1957)-I could not find any pictures of these cars, but here is a link for a H0 kit: https://www.wagenwerk.de/fahrzeuge/gueterwagen/5683/bausatz-faehrboot-behaeltertragwagen-btbs-56-epoche-iii-beschriftung-3d-druck

As for the UK loading gauge, the PA containers were loaded sideways, like on the truck in the picture above

Stephan

Sadly Sidney Poitier passed away on Friday, January 7.

 In the the famous 1967 movie "In the Heat of the Night"  Poitier played Virgil Tibbs, a homicide detective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15DhX_ltls&t=156s

The movie starts and ends at the Railway station - some great RR footage with a GM&O E-Unit and  MoPac Diesels and roundhouse:

https://obscuretrainmovies.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/in-the-heat-of-the-night-1967/

Great film with a great actor and some great RR scenes.

Growing old, one left France to see the world:

https://dansk-jernbanearkiv.dk/sncfu.htm

Stephan

Thanks for great pictures!!

The PC car is a Seaboard Coast Line car - and the UP and BN cars got wheel inspection dots (yellow circle on black square).

Very 1978ish:

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/13/t/163471.aspx

Cheers

Stephan 

Very nice RP 25 wheels are sold by http://www.modellbahn-radsatz.de/h0/radsaetze-h0-rp25/jouef/index.php

Availability in the UK (and hmmmm the North Frisian Islands  ) is also difficult.

You could try to contact them via their E-Bay shop: https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/benno002-22?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Spanish:

http://meijoferroviario.blogspot.com/2015/11/los-vagones-de-mercancias-abiertos-de.html

Stephan