MarkC

Hi Tony Yes, 9Fs are banned from the national network now. It's because of the fact that some turnouts are now fitted with raised check rails, as I understand it, so a blanket ban on locomotives with flangeless drivers - which effectively means just the 9Fs these days, has been introduced. The concern is that there is a chance that a flangeless wheel could come into contact with the raised rail, which would be a Bad Thing... Mark

There's a good list:- Wizard Models, 247 Developments, Nairnshire Modelling Supplies, Alan Gibson are ones that immediately leap to my mind. I'm sure that others will be along to add to these :)

Hi Chas It is at present, presumably to print as one piece, but it's only connected by a couple of small bars at the bottom, so will be very easy to separate when I start the build Mark

Here's a Shapeways Clayton shell in 4mm scale, courtesy of @rue_d_etropal, if anyone's interested

Reopening this thread, I now have the following locomotive/railcar/DMU types which we know ran on the line at some point. Some only once, it has to be said, but it may be of interest:- Contractors' locomotives Fox, Walker 0-6-0T 12" Barclay 0-4-0T NER Class 1001 Class A (later F8) Class D (later H1) Class O (later G5) Class BTP (later G6) Class W (original & rebuilt - later A6) Class P (Later J24) Class P1 (Later J25) Petrol Railcar Class X3 (I think) on Inspection train Petrol inspection saloon LNER Class V1 Class V3 Class J39 (very restricted use) Class D17/2 Class D20 Class D49 Class A5/2 Class A8 Class B1 Sentinel steam railcar Clayton steam railcar BR (including ex LMS locomotives after nationalisation, and LNER locomotives only known to have run on the line after nationalisation) Class L1 Class K1 Class K4 (only on last day special) Class J27 Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 Stanier 2-6-4T (2-cylinder design) Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 Fairburn 2-6-4T BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T BR Standard Class 3 2-6-0 BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 Derby Lightweight DMU Met-Camm Class 101 DMU BRCW Class 104 DMU Cravens Class 105 DMU BR Derby Class 108 DMU BRCW Class 110 DMU BR Trans-Pennine Class 124 DMU EE Type 4 (later Class 40) BR Drewry 0-6-0 shunter Please feel free to add to the list. Thank you. Mark

ISTR that the old LMS-era Class 502s were pretty large as far as loading gauge dimensions were concerned, especially in cross-section; they operated through the Northern Line tunnels OK. They were certainly bigger than their Class 503 Wirral Line cousins. Mark

Very nice. Summer is here 😎 However, I'll now see your Swifts & raise you some Little Terns. Not far from where I live, at Crimdon, there is an area of the beach which is one of the few places in the country where Little Terns come for the breeding season. Always good to see - from a distance, of course... Mark

NP John. Good luck with your build. Mark

Hi John We're moving about a bit too much for any modelling of an evening at present, so using t'interweb for research is a worthwhile alternative! Mark

@John Tomlinson & others - I know you shouldn't "quote your own post", but it freshens the thread. Here's the post detailing the A5 errors in the Craftsman kit, which will be of interest to some. It's 3 years old, so easily missed... https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/64295-wright-writes/page/1821/#comment-3980222

Bit late replying to this - but IIRC Durham-Ulverston (via Stainmore, Tebay & the Hincaster-Arnside line) was a regular charter service for miners. The NUM had a convalescent home at Ulverston. All that way on a Sentinel railcar though - wow... Mark

Replacement wheelsets from Peter's Spares are a doddle to fit & improve both running & appearance. Mark

@Tony Wright Hi Tony - the Alan Gibson code you need for the frames is LM1-254 Brgds Mark

Cheers, John. Nice to know I'm not yet losing the plot... 😜 Mark

Wasn't a Tyne Dock 9F briefly used on the Alnwick services? Or am I confusing the last rites there with another location?

Percussive maintenance at its finest... 😎

Definitely liking this power unit, @34016 . Very nice indeed. I have a (poorly built) Nucast railmotor, an eBay rescue, to fettle at some point; like many others, I'm wary of using underpowered motor bogies. Mark

Mmm, apropos of everything and nothing, I have seen serious failures in my own industry where parts, on the face of it identical to those supplied as OEM (and made by a reputable company, not pattern parts - AKA "supplied by Ali Baba") have caused catastrophic incidents, the worst being a ball bearing on the vertical shaft of a large fuel centrifuge collapsing, leading to the shaft shearing whilst at full speed, some 8000rpm, and the bowl, about 450mm in diameter & weighing about 80kg, going walkabout after smashing its way through the machine casing... I've also been involved in a warranty claim against a well known British engine manufacturer - we ended up in the High Court - where the cylinder heads were cracking after only a couple of hundred operating hours. Turned out - after I as the Chief Engineer, and several others, had had to both give evidence and be cross-examined by the other side's barristers, who were trying to blame us - that the engines should never have been sold on the promise that they could deliver continuous power output as claimed, using an existing design of cylinder head. Amazing what evidence can turn up during disclosure... Using wrong spec lub oils - yep, seen that too... Mark

Hi Phil. Thank you. Our wine, a rosé, for the record, was beautifully chilled 😎 Cheers Mark

They walk amongst us...

I was on board this service - the 1230 Moorlander dining service ex Grosmont, hauled by 5428 Eric Treacy. Yes, it was the crossing just south of the one by New Bridge 'box, so not the one shown in our wonderful (sic) mainstream media. We had just passed New Bridge on our way into Pickering, when the brakes suddenly came on hard, and we stopped very abruptly. I said to my wife "that felt like an emergency stop. Has someone pulled the communication cord?" Fortunately, our wine wasn't spilled... Anyway, a couple of minutes later an air ambulance landed nearby. We were told that there had been an incident, but no other details were known. Looking back, I could now see both railway staff and police officers inspecting the track & train. We now heard that a car had hit the train, and the driver was in hospital with serious injuries. After about 2 hours, we were allowed to run into Pickering, run round & set off back. We could see the car, hard up against a post & with airbags deployed. On arrival at Grosmont, I looked at the vehicle that was now at the front - a NPCS 4 wheel van with a genset in it for powering the dining train on-board services. The only damage to be seen was one footstep,which was bent up & back. Probably no more than a couple of hours' work to sort it out. The emergency stop had been initiated by the guard, who heard a bang & immediately reacted by operating his emergency brake. I cannot praise the NYMR staff involved highly enough - total professionalism by all involved. Mark

Hi John. I've been searching for the thread which discussed the mods needed to produce an A5/2 and/or errors in the Craftsman kit. No joy as yet. Mark

Well done, John. Looks like it'll be time to start on my Craftsman kit once my A8 is finished, eh? Will get an Isinglass drawing organised too. Cheers Mark

There were two - the ISSA catalogue and the IMPA catalogue.i've used both, but my employer of the last 12 years (anniversary was last week) only uses the IMPA one. Mark

Just a small update on progress since I got home, now that I have found some time to do some modelling:- The chassis runs nicely after final tweaking of the pickups. However, some trimming of the frames to allow better clearance for both bogie and pony truck are in hand. Slow and steady there, as I don't want to remove too much. Mark