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23 hours ago, Revolution Mike B said:

Let me be perfectly clear here. The price will be reflective upon the MOQ and what the factory charge Dapol to make them for. Small detail parts will fall off - it’s inevitable. As with any inside bearing bogie, there will be some drag in N Gauge. It’s near on impossible to get needle roller bearings like we would use in OO. 

All understood, I was just explaining what would help part me from my money.

I forgot to say in my last post, I would be most interested in Hanson livery.

I would be in for at least 8 to start. Price would have to be no more than the O&K, unless serious improvements were made to resolve the coupling issues, fragile detail parts, and excessive rolling resistance.

Still a proud owner of 10 O&K JHAs.

Thanks all. The book contained the information that I needed.

Thank you both. I will try and get a copy of that reprint. 

Hi all! Happy new year.

I'm seeking speed restriction tables for the western region, preferably from before the end of steam. I have found similar documents on eBay for my SR and BR (S) projects, but nothing for the GWR or BR (W).

I am prepared to pay for photocopies or scans of this data if someone has it. Thanks in advance for anyone who can help or point me in the right direction.

I can't vote, even after registering an account. 

3 minutes ago, RobSkipworth said:

No Barbie again? I'd take at least two full sets!

Couldn't agree more. I would buy two full sets of the classic barbie livery, and 'white teardrop' livery power cars, if they were ever produced. 

I was wondering if I can use Posca Pens to spruce up my N Gauge Peco InsulFrog points? I was thinking of having rust on the check rails and shiny on certain parts of the frog, as they would be in real life.

If so, which colours do people recommend?

1 hour ago, micknich2003 said:

One more to come.

This is wonderful! Thank you so much.

13 minutes ago, Miss Prism said:

btw, E116 had fishbelly bogies.

 

 

Thank you, I had updated this on my personal copy but not the thread when I realised.

2 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said:

Depends what scale you're working in and how much detail you need ...... there are drawings of several varieties - not necessarily the right ones - in https://hmrs.org.uk/great-western-railway-siphons-book.html .............. you should be able to find a copy somewhere - though an updated book is imminent.

More detail the better, although I can work with less detailed versions and use pictures to supplement them. I'll hunt down a copy of that book and keep an eye out for the new version.

I'm looking for a copy of January 1964 issue of Model Railway Constructor for its plans of GWR E147 & E167 carriages. If anyone has a spare copy that I can purchase/borrow or is able to scan their copy of this magazine for me I would greatly appreciate it. This is for research purposes into the design of the GWR's 'B sets'. Many thanks!

1 minute ago, The Stationmaster said:

Try the GWS at Didcot - thay have nasses of GWR drawings although I don;t think all the rolling stock drawings have been catalogued and the last time I heard anything about them they had not all been scanned.  GWS drawing prices are very reasonable but you will have to pay a bit more if the drawing needs to be scanned.  Judging by what I have seen the scans are of excellent quality.

 

No connection except as a very satisfied past customer. 

Thanks for the suggestion. Do I need to be a member of the GWS or go to Didcot in order to arrange this? I haven't been able to find a contact address for the GWS to make my query.

Hello! I am once again in search of drawings for carriage bogies. This time, I am researching the GWR B Sets.

So far, I have got the following information on which carriages had which bogies:

• E116: 9ft Bogies
• E129: 9ft Fishbelly Bogies
• E135/140: 7ft Plate Bogies
• E145: 9ft Heavy Bogies
• E147: 9ft Light Pressed Steel Bogies

If anyone could advise where I would obtain drawings for these, that would be fantastic. Cheers!

On 07/07/2021 at 13:07, Andy Kirkham said:

I have a coupe of pictures of Cynheidre which you would be welcome to download.

 

 

 

Lovely pics - I think I found these on flickr in the time since I made this post. Greatly enjoyed by my father, who now cycles past the site almost every day!

On 10/07/2021 at 12:23, corneliuslundie said:

The WRRC Line Superintendent is Mike Denman. You can only contact him direct via the website if you are a member. But you can drop an e-mail to the Secretary with a query (or to me via a PM). There have been half a dozen or so articles/items on the L&MMR in Welsh Railways Archive over the last 30 years or so, including two about individual locomotives. Where available back numbers can be purchased from the Circle, though I doubt if the very early issues are still available.

Jonathan

Jonathan, thank you for this info. Sorry I'm almost 2 years late in replying (not a regular on this forum)!

5 hours ago, MikeTrice said:

I have posted images here: https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/threads/gresley-carriages-in-detail.9809/post-280489

Thanks Mike, this is tremendous. I have registered on the Western Thunder website so that I can view the full size images.

7 hours ago, Trestrol said:

These are heavyweight bogies. You can tell by the two rows of rivets above the axlebox. Lightweight ones only have one row. You are also looking at the wrong thing on the axlebox cover. LNE-N refers to which LNER works cast the axleboxs. N refers to Doncaster. Underneath this is another code, probably JJ, this refers to the journal size. 

Thanks for this information. Would these be the same diagram as designed in the 20s, then?

Hi all, I am hoping someone can help me.

I need to locate drawings of the bogies for LNER Coronation and West Riding Ltd stock (LNER Diagrams 228-232). From the Isinglass drawings I have purchased, it seems the outer bogies are 8ft 6in wheelbase, and the articulated bogie types are 10ft 0in wheelbase. I was hoping to find drawings on HMRS - on this section of the site - but I can't work out which, if any, are the correct ones for the stock. From pictures, I don't think the bogies are 'heavy type', but I am not sure if they are 'light type' or standard. The 'LNE-N' lettering on the axle boxes seems to be consistent with the 'light type', but the wheel profile on these drawings looks different. I think most of the drawings on HMRS are around 10 years too early. I bought HMRS 13507 as a test, which has some features in common with the pictures I've seen, but this drawing is dated 1928, whereas the stock was built in the late 30s. I am by no means an expert on LNER coaches, so I could be barking up the wrong tree here.

There is a good view of the bogies here: 

I was going to try asking on the LNER Encyclopedia Forum, but their website didn't send me an activation email, and I can't find a way to contact the admin (I checked my spam too!).

If someone could supply drawings, or let me know which HMRS (or other catalogue, including books) item represents what I'm looking for, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks.

A further question I have - were they lit at night?

14 hours ago, Right Away said:

Here’s a photo of a permanent “T” sign at the approach to Tunnel Jnc (formerly Fisherton Jnc) on the westbound approach to Salisbury.

There used to be (perhaps there still is) a 50 mph pwr for westbound trains over the junction. This was doubtless to “rein in” trains following their speedy descent from Grateley summit, some 8 miles or so away, prior to negotiating the severe curvature before Salisbury. (Must’ve been tons of brake dust deposited on the ballast over the years around this location.)

 

 

 

In terms of modelling, here’s a shot of a very simple home made temporary termination sign; the “T” itself produced on a computer and the light box and post out of plastic strip. As for actual dimensions, The sign was approximately “scaled“ against a known dimension in a photograph of the prototype.

That's a great picture and will be very helpful. Thank you so much

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knew of any pictures of the old style SR / BR(S) commencement and termination signs for permanent speed restrictions? These ones (courtesy of railsigns.uk):

Additionally, does anyone have any idea of the size and dimensions of these signs? Any information would be appreciated.

Harry

Hi all,

Thanks for your very informative replies. They are much appreciated! I will look into the books that have been suggested and try and contact the preservation group at Cynheidre.

Harry

Hello,

My father owns a cottage adjacent to what was once the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway. Naturally he is fascinated with the history of the line, so I am looking for any photographs / books / general information that's out there about the line to give to him for his birthday. The only book I've found on the subject is M. R. C. Price's 'The Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)', which I believe he already has. I am acutely aware of the existence of at least one DVD on the line, however efforts to contact the vendors yielded no results in the past, so I am unwilling to try these places again!

If anyone has any suggestions (or simply leads which I can follow) I would appreciate your help. I apologise if I have posted this in the wrong place, I am still getting the hang of things here.

Harry