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I was chatting to a well known Shrewsbury spotter the other day and he informed me he saw every one of the class at Shrewsbury back 'in the day'. He also confirmed that when they first started working to there engines were changed for LMR ones at Shrewsbury station, only later on did they continue through to Crewe. He also said he cannot ever recall seeing one on Coleham shed confirming my thoughts that all diagrams were out and back. Cheers Tony

I have a vague recollection that a G&SWR NPCS vehicle featured in a drawing/article in Model Railways had twin verticle end louvres just like that.......... Tony

I was at Abingdon show last weekend and here too you could not buy a plastic wagon kit. Nor wheels, nor couplings............... Tony

A rather fuzzy corner of a neg. 1935 Peterborough and D302 or more likely D663A opens another new number? Tony.

Regarding the GWR Kruger and the MR Tariff Van. The photo was taken at Evesham 19 Aug 1903 and the tariff van is lettered Return to Derby - which seems a bit strange to me as I always assumed their routes were quite localised. The PO in the image in Gas Works Warwick No6. Cheers Tony

I am really dissapointed with this model. We sent ours back as it was not considered to be good enough. Just as Miss Prism pointed out years ago the sides have been distorted in shape with windows too small, paneling too big and erroneous extra 'fill in' plastic above the top windows. This completly spoils the look of the model when compared with drawings and photos of the real thing - just compare it to the side on view in the Wild Swan book. It is dreadfully inaccurate. My mate took a long time looking at his and also sent it back. What a real shame. Tony

Hi, I have come across a couple of negs recently of Class 71 Electrics operating without overhead pantographs fitted. The recess in the roof is empty. This was in the early period 1961-64. Was there a shortage of Pans or were they actively removed if not required for working into the Kent yards that had overhead? Cheers Tony

Thanks Guys - very interesting. I would have thought Canton drivers would have signed for Warships but clearly not. The few pics I have of Warships in Wales I have just added to the www.rail-online.co.uk web site. Clearly in 1966 there was a SO Bournemouth (with SR stock) around mid day (the quoted times vary!) that a Warship worked. The light engine at Rumney Bridge heading East is interesting. Cheers Tony

Hi, I have been cleaning up some negatives of Warships in South Wales. These are mainly on the route from the Severn Tunnel up to Pontypool Road and are heading trains from the S.West to Manchester/Liverpool and would come off at Shrewsbury or Crewe. It occured to me that although they appeared at Cardiff on some passenger workings I had never seen pics of them west of Cardiff at Swansea. Were they dagrammed to work passenger trains to Swansea? On a freight front I know they appeared on freight workings mainly coming off at Severn Tunnel, or sometimes Cardiff or Margam but again I cannot recall any photos of them at Landore. Is this correct or is it just my memory! I assume there was no differences between the Swindon built class and those from North British as far as workings were concerned (except on the Waterloo trains where SR crews were only trained on class 42s) ? Cheers Tony

Thanks Guys, Very informative, amusing and interesting answers to the query! Cheers Tony

Hi, Can anyone idenfify these wagons seen in South Wales in 1965 please? Thanks Tony

I wonder where the photos were taken, I thought that Krugers only worked on the GW main line, in which case why would a MR Tariff van (or two) be there off their own system? Tony

The LMS (possibly of MR origin) also had at least one tunnel van in the Nottingham division: Tony

What are the pieces of material on the axle between the wheel and the axle end? I cannot recall having seen these before? Tony

Chris, the neg is undated but I think around 1922. Tony