doodaa

Glad to hear your good news, both with your health and getting married. 

I believe I'm kit 19, still interested in having one, still not in a rush where ever its ready, have plenty of other project keeping me busy in the mean time

Steve 

Utterly brilliant.  Four years a student at the Poly commuting in by train from relatives in Walsall has left me with a bit of a soft spot for a hard, brutal station and your model captures the essence and feel of the place.  You get a sense of connection and recognition even within the relatively confined space and modifications of the model.  

 

I'm in awe.

Another Ex Brum poly Student that spend the first year commuting from Five Ways to Perry Barr, studied Engineering in A Block most of the time so may have got better grades if I did not spend the time looking out the window

Great layout captures the station as I remember it almost, while I was there the station building caught fire and One Stop shopping center was built

Steve

Good show, and spent too much money, only one criticism was it was cash only at the door. 

Steve 

You got there first, doodaa.   I should have looked at that document, particularly as I am the source of it!

 

Chris

Thanks for supplying it spent several hour studying it, little early for what I need.  ..1981 or 1985 dmu diagrams for Cardiff Valleys, but still very interesting

Steve

I secured a copy of this print from a well known, online auction site.

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The photographer is unknown, the image is undated, but it the location is Rhymney, I would hazard a guess at pre 1965-1966, but stand to be corrected.

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The power car directly below the photographer is W50857.

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However, what interests me, are the numerals stuck to the window alongside the leading seating bay in each of the power cars.

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That in W50857 apears to be '267' .

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I suspect that may tie in with a 'daigram' number, as the Cardiff Valleys suburban diagrams at that time were numbered in the "2xx" series upwards.

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Note the solitary 'Siphon G' - probably a newspaper van enjoying a lay over - having arrived as a tail load from Paddington, via Cardiff on the 'ungodly o'clock' first up train.

 

"Thrown open to the floor !"

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Brian R

On Robert Carrolls British Railways Loco-hauled coaching yahoo group in the fies section is the WR 1958-9 Winter Cardiff Valleys  diagrams  There is a note in there  about paper numbers in carriage windows.

Diagram  on a Sunday 267 is

Steve

 

 There was worse than that to be found in the Valleys: try 1 in 40 between Dingle Road and Penarth for starters!  

 

I remember from my school day, when I traveled by train to Cardiff every day, a few times the Guard coming through saying were not stopping at Dingle Road on the way to Penarth. due to an engine being out and wanting a run at the bank. If they stopped they would never get going again. It was almost as quick to walk back than to wait for the return working. This was in the middle 1980's

Steve

Me too.

Me too

Wishing Paul the best, Heath is much more iportant than model railways. I have one on order, cant remember the number at the moment, I anyone is going to print them I would still like one, happy to cover cost, and donations etc

steve

Live around the corner from the Marine on the island, it closed just over a year ago, and is now being converted in to flats, with a couple of houses going in the car park. Under the house next door to the marine runs the tunnel through to Barry Pier, now a shooting range.

Steve

can see my house on that last picture

steve

My father started his railway carear as a shunter at Cardiff General, one of his stories Involves the Clarence Road branch, when one Saturday after the branch had closed to passengers, he was taking some stock (from a rugby specal) to be stabled, on the branch, not wanting to walk the length of the train he jumped off, and waited until the loco was level with him, un hooked and had a lift back to the General, On the Monday, his shunter mate said to him you were lucky Saturday... another couple of feet and you would of been in the dirt, un beknown to him they had started lifting the branch, and he was a few feet from the end when he un hooked.

Steve

Peter Lord of Lord & Butler, used to work for Budd Morgans, as a buyer I beleve before he joined the post office.

it was Terrys Train shop in broadway, remember his refusing to show me stuff saying there no point you cant afford that

Steve