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Hi thanks for all your kind comments, might even encourage me to get it finished . Meanwhile there is short video of it running, as I use 3 link couplings the hand of God had to be kept out sight so coupling/uncoupling was done behind the camera https://jpsgallery.zenfolio.com/p18173113/hF1FCD9C0#hf1fcd9c0

Hi Barclay, the oily gunk is AK interactive Shaft& bearings Grease and/or engine oil. They make quite a few useful washes etc.

I have an unfinished shunting plank which has an exchange siding for some sort of industry (it's deliberately vague as is it's location and time) these are some of my industrial fleet

2 of mine that have been weathered, got another one waiting in the "roundtoit" pile

This one was at Derby 29/4/88 https://jpsgallery.zenfolio.com/p678808618/e939f68a1

If anyone needs to justify running one of these on the "main-line" this is Jacks Green scampering along the East Coast Main Line south of Peterborough on its way from Nassington Quarry to the Peterborough Sugar Factory https://jpsgallery.zenfolio.com/p127423666/hf0fe1f58#hf0fe1f58 And a photo of a well weathered Ring Haw at Nassington, both photo's by M. Bratley https://jpsgallery.zenfolio.com/p127423666/hf019a40c#hf019a40c

These are from a collection by M Bratley that I'm currently scanning (with permission to share) no dates

I've got a Hardys Hudswell Clarke in my roundtoit pile that I'm planning to do as 1800 as it was when it was working at Peterborough Sugarbeet Factory (without the face) where it was fitted with a feed water pump,does anyone make one of these in 4mm? (Photo Mike Bratley)

419 crossing the River Yare with the short set

Cheers, I more or less follow Tim Shackleton's methods which are basically Hand brush a layer of grime on then wipe most of it off leaving dirt in hard to reach areas behind handrails etc (photo of Eastfield at this stage with some rust) Then airbrush a grimey mix of dirty black/rust brown/roof dirt particularly on horizontal surfaces and wheels/frames Finish off by highlighting "working" areas with weathering powders/washes (both Barclays need this doing) As others have said weathering isnt scary or difficult with a little practice, and if it doesn't look right meths on a cotton bud will take most of it off and leave a recently cleaned effect

My pair are now beginning to look less like fairground engines and more like workers, Name and worksplates are from Narrow Planet

Yes it's a straw sprayed with red oxide for now, still got a lot of work to do on this layout

Old and new Jocko's

Collected my pair from the post office, so here's a totally unnecessary phot of them on my shunting plank

46521 heads towards Rothley with a local train at the GCR winter gala. More of my gala photo's are at http://jpsgallery.zenfolio.com/p212211347

There is a photograph of a Port of London Authority Hudswell Clarke (1598/1927) in "Industrial Locomotives & Railways of London & The Northern Home Counties" by Gordon Edgar on page 85, which has what looks very much like a steam heat pipe (but no brake pipe) on the bufferbeam. My guess would be that it would be for steam heating Banana vans.

The last Public demo train on Sunday evening. Hope all the groups have success at their new homes http://jpsgallery.zenfolio.com/p468403085/e987bb0ba

37425 arrives at Yarmouth on the 12.36 from Norwich, 37716 is on the other end of the set

37714 trundles towards Swithland 18/6/17

Colchester May '87 http://jpsgallery.zenfolio.com/p793671457/h3c62b38d#h3c62b38d

85014 drags 90008 through Stafford, 26/3/89 86426 in its retro paint scheme passes Stafford 4/3/89 82232 passing Tamworth on 1/6/88 More 81/85 phots http://jpsgallery.zenfolio.com/p590867683 & 86/87/90 http://jpsgallery.zenfolio.com/p896220261

25200 worked to Harwich Parkstone Quay on May 19th 1984 after a 31 failed at Nuneaton, definitely unusual and certainly surprised the relief driver at Ipswich.

2 phots from 22/7/16, 402 unusually arrives into platform 2 at Carlisle and due to late running the sets cross at Askham

37716 at Whitehaven working the 17-37 service from Carlisle to Barrow on 4/5/16, with 37401 on the back of the train.

Thanks for your kind comment, but to be honest when the GC put on such a fantastic day it's hard to go wrong.