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A 4-EPB EMU passing Norwood Junction on a Charing Cross to Caterham service probably in August/September 1983.

Class 415 (or 4-EPB) EMU 5421 departs West Croydon with a Victoria - Wimbledon via Selhurst and Sutton service sometime in September 1983

The seemingly blank WF38 signal  (or signal displaying a 'black' aspect) is what caught my eye

Yes I noticed that after I scanned the image. No idea what was going on there.

I'd rather have a Minerva one and help the little guys out, plus past form suggests the Minerva tank will be top notch.

These evil multi-national corporate giants like Dapol need to be put in their place 

Took surprisingly few photos of the Deltics over the years. This is probably my favourite, taken in September 1972 on a Canon Dial half frame camera on Agfa CT18 stock.

9008 The Green Howards at Newcastle.

Clapham Junction May 1983

Rock Ferry - 2 November 1983

A couple at West Kirby in September 1984

EMD-powered C class loco (owned by leasing company CFCL Australia) on grain train duties at Bribbaree, New South Wales - 5 April 2017.

It was a toss up between 'Lines in the landscape' or 'Creative Photography' with this one......but given all the train except the front of the lead loco is in shadow, I felt it just about qualified for the latter.

Train 1311 climbs the grade to Demondrille, near Harden, New South Wales on 3 April 2017

Hello all,

 

Following the decision to proceed after we reached the minimum order threshold just before Model Rail Scotland at the SECC in February, this model has now been tooled and the first EP sample assembled and sent to us for assessment.

 

The factory sent this image before sending. It shows the version with revised suspension, and also shows the etched platforms and ladders.

 

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There is a slim chance it may arrive in time for us to have it on the Revolution Trains stand at the York Model Railway Show at York Racecourse over the Easter weekend.

 

Once we have approved it the model can move forward to the painted sample stage and then production. The order book remains open for the time being.

 

Cheers

 

Ben A.

Mmmm.......might have to see if we can stretch the bank balance a bit further. Very nice 

A loaded grain train near Oolong, New South Wales on Sunday 2 April 2017 (click on image to view full size)

Three vintage ALCo models still at work in Australia, taken in Junee, New South Wales, last Wednesday afternoon. All three are owned by transport and logistics company QUBE and are used on container shuttles in the area.

DL531 model 864 was built for the South Australian Railways in 1963 and has seen a number of owners over the years. CE615 8044 is 20 years younger having been built by Comeng in 1982 for the NSW State Rail Authority. ALCo 'World' DL500B 4458 was built for the New South Wales Government Railways in 1961.

Sadly I don't think the QJs have run for a couple of years now. Iowa Interstate donated them to a preservation group, but not a lot seems to be happening.

One of my favs is Mark Llanuza's photo stream on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/7547061@N02/

Dangerously full of cool modellable stuff new to me (at least it was new to me a few years ago, I'm now a fan of the EJ&J among others)

Llanuza gets plenty of friendly abuse in the comments section for many of his photos - not always the best images technically they still ooze late 70s/early 80s fallen flag diesel nostalgia. Some great stuff chasing the last Milwaukee F units across the countryside.

A big favourite of mine is Bill Gordon's (lowmoor) page on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/130647200@N05/ some very classy transition era stuff from the late 50s/ early 60s from B & O, C & O and N & W country, but also lots of logging and industrial steam in its dying days. From dinky little Shays on Logging lines to massive Y6 Mallets on the Norfolk & Western - a fantastic archive.

Wow so much to take in......

Some of these weren't that rare at the time (late 60s to early 70s), but were certainly something different.

As well as the 25s at Clapham Jct, they were regular visitors on cross London freights to Hither Green in the late 1960s  as were the occasional Class 27 when still allocated to Cricklewood.

My most unusual 25 sighting was D7660 in blue southbound through Forest Hill light engine on 31 August 1967. I can only assume it had been to Bricklayers Arms or possibly dropped some wagons off at New Cross Gate.

31s also visited Hither Green on cross London freights, but there was also a daily (?) Temple Mills to Hoo Jct (Via the Dartford Loop) freight with a 31 as regular power which occasionally produced a 37 and on the very odd occasion a Class 15!!

Double 47 or 47/45 combos were daily regulars on the MGR coal trains to Northfleet and Eastern and Scottish Region 47s on cement trains Oxwellmains.

D383 made it to Hither Green in October 1967 - I had seen it at Willesden while at an Open Day there and then found out at School on Monday it also made it to HG that day.

Of course the most unusual diesel was the visit of D6122 to Hither Green for several months - though this could hardly be viewed as a 'working'

Lines of all sorts with this one.........A pair Pacific National's EMD-powered 82 class wind a rake of empty coal hoppers off the Kooragang Island branch at Sandgate, New South Wales on 10 May 2005.

..........for the onward journey to Norwood Yard mostly. Although in later years similar workings saw Warships and Westerns go all the way to Norwood yard and work return freights back onto the WR.

 

.......

 

Kevin

and Hymeks

Yep, that would be nice. Having looked through the 1:148 scale section of the catalogue it is quite clear how few bog standard saloon cars are included and even less from the 1970-2000 period. They've even dilly-dallied over getting the Cortina produced having announced it a while back.

 

It is very obvious that they are concentrating on commercials, buses, agricultural and military subjects. You can hardly populate a layout with a selection limited to those choices and, although one or two may be of use, having a selection of bog standard saloon/hatchback cars would get multiple sales as more would be required and could be accommodated on a layout (on wagons and roads) rather than a large number of military scout cars, hearses and fire engines.   

 

G.

As I may have suggested in another thread before, there is obviously a niche opportunity for some cash-upped entrepreneur to exploit here.

I'm surprised no-one has jumped in already

On its tour Down Under, Flying Scotsman departs Port Augusta, South Australia during August 1989.

It would appear I was only 10 days behind you - this was taken on a solo visit at Rheine shed on 28 August 1974

 

Bingley Hall, are you sure about Bill Alborough's demise? A friend of mine from the 80's TEFS trips got an invite to last September's annual reunion and, although he didn't go, I'm sure he would have mentioned it.

Anyway, 'hope you find the photos interesting.  Cheers, Ray.

Not 100% sure. I thought I heard it from a friend when I was back in the UK about 3 years ago. Memory could be playing tricks.

Trevor - last 012s was May 75 as I recall.