Porcy Mane

I assume in preservation with Ridley Hall being turned over to teacher training during 1967.

Consett, like most steel works produced it's own coke of various types (and all of its associated by-products) at the Fell Cokeworks. This works is visible in most photographs taken from the Castleside road as it lay directly above Consett Low Yard. The Fell cokeworks also exported its coke to other users. There was a weekly coke train that left Consett via the Lanchester valley the customer being the Avenue Cokeworks at Chesterfield.

N.E region route learner. Cinema seating at both ends. Allowed multiple crews to route learn rather than just one or two extras crammed into a loco cab. Still going strong in 68. https://flic.kr/p/aZfRZX

I thinks I'd trust Mr. Turner, given 90473 was a Colwick ingine and scrapped during 1962.

That vertical tooling line leading down from below the quarterlights is very prominent. Hope its not there on the production runs. Tooling line is present on the SLW version but barely visible.

Early days they were continuous, later converted to temp controlled. The "screech" from the clutch when the fan cut in scared the crap out off many a driver. I think I've got that the right way round.

You forgot to mention the dogs. I saw a pair whippets, one retriever and a couple of terriers (canine). There's me thinking the hobby was struggling to attract new blood.

The fitting of the yellow springs or the route restrictions? No idea. Pure speculation on my part but I'd suspect the painting of the springs ended when the derailments still continued and the decision was made to fit completely revised suspensions to a limited number of palvans. There was an article in the contempory railway press (mid 1960's) on suspension testing and the very simple parameters needed, under which palvan derailments could occur. Can't remember the magazine though.

Yep. Yellow painted springs. Indicated fitment of balanced springs and allowed to travel in class C & D trains. There were route restrictions though.

The buffer beam step rotated 90 degrees is quite novel.

Ave a good one.

Ho, ho,ho. Wish I'd thought of that.

Froth on the Tyne? Guinness Road tankers on their associated wagons and an Ale van for Park Royal. Got to be! Just left the Guinness warehouse about half a mile away.

Bit like one of those auto answer systems! "You are moving forward in the queue". "You only have another 3months (?) too wait ".

Oh no. A working slip coach from Dublin. Summik else to budget for.

Unless somone has found a simpler way; I found it was body off, disconnect the JST's, remove pcb and pop off the bogie tower retainer to allow the bogie to drop away. First you need to remove the two screws below the bogie that partly retain the cosmetic outer frame, then you need to get at the top of the bogie to lever the bogie clips at the front and rear ends over and away from the bottom of the metal gear tower. You might be able to straighten the pick ups without removing the Cosmetic part of the bogie. See here: SLW at top, Bachmann at bottom here showing access to the pick ups without removing the cosmetic bits.

Durham Wharfe. For taking coal into the Bottle works. No Surprise that Robert Candlish of the Charlton Bottle Works, started of with a bottle works at Seaham Harbour.

Quite prototypical then.

So Hattons looks to be in the dark, very much the same as everybody else. I'd wager it has the same 4 pin JST connector between loco & tender with two wires for pick up two for motor. Pick up on all loco & tender wheels via pogos. As this loco has been coming for a number of years Hornby has probably stuck with the 8 pin NEM 652 socket due to space limitations within the tender body. It would be nice to think Hornby has applied a bit of lateral thinking to utilise a Next 18 socket (or even better a plux 22) along with a decent size speaker housing but taking into account the length of time since it left the drawing board I think we'll be lumbered with the 8 Pin. Easy enough to convert though.

So should I be keeping an eye out for yet another announcement of a delay to the imminent spring arrival of the 2MT? Maybe someone was so desperate for one, they took matters into their own hands? Above said totally in jest. 😶 Hoping this problem doesn't impact on Hornby too much.

Four tabs centred about 6mm from the outer ends of the doors. Prise the body out about1mm ( I used a no. 17 blade) on one side and it should flop out. You can see the position of the tabs by looking through the open doors.

The image I'm referring to, the B786873 door open image that was in the 1962 MR and also on the info sheet supplied with the model, credited to "CL collection". It appears on the Rapido UK website, Ferry van page annotated, "Courtesy of Paul Bartlett". Scroll down from this link. https://rapidotrains.co.uk/br-dia-1-277-vix-ferry-van/

Good to see someone else keeping an immaculately tidy work area. Man out of my own heart. P

I did say, "I think". Hopefully that implied I wasn't sure. Thanks for the correction. That's the one. The same image that was published in Oct. 62 "Modern Railways". The identical image also appears on the promotional literature that came in the box with my Rapido van. On that sheet the photo is credited to Chris Leighs Collection.

There is. There was a series of officials taken of B786873 when new illustrating various views and with the door both open and closed. They shew that the XP branding was the standard BR size of the time and tare weight was also applied to the bottom of the extreme right hand body panel. One of the series, door open, is printed on the info sheet that is supplied with the wagon. I think it's also on Mr Bartletts website. If I remember correctly a door closed image from the set appeared earlier in the thread (scanned from Transport Age?) but disappeared during the site crash. They also show that when new the grab handles and door locking bar was painted black. P