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  1. PenrithBeacon
    http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/43060/9950-Heljan-Lynton-and-Barnstaple-Steam-Locomotive-number-759 http://www.hattons.co.uk/77297/Heljan_9951_Lynton_Barnstaple_2_6_2T_760_Exe_in_Southern_Railway_green/StockDetail.aspx
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    On the LMS power classifications were reserved for revenue earning locomotives and started at 1 F or P. The 3F Jinty was an anomaly because it was at the same time a shunter and a revenue earning loco. On BR there were revenue earning locos from the SR which had the power of many dock shunters which created a further anomaly. The solution was to start the classification system at 0 and include all but a few really exceptional engines which were considered to be unclassified. Regards
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    My memory isn't what it was, but I thought that the MR end door wagons were very much of the 19thC and didn't last long after the grouping. The impression I get is that the MR, like the GWR, relied on private traders to transport coal. Referring back to the OP, when I last visited Middleton Top there was an MR wagon of the type shown on the right on display. I believe that this diagram formed the basis of the LMS standard open wagon. Regards
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    I think that probably covers it. Re your post on MR Bain suburban carriage stock; in the 50s before electrification these were used as four coach trains on the Styal Loop hauled by a Stanier 0-4-4T. I used to go down to Longsight to observe using that service from Heald Green. Regards
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    Yes MR stock on MR expresses and GN and GC stock on their expresses too. But the CLC services had GC engines with, usually, CLC stock. So you wouldn't get a CLC train hauled by a MR 0-4-4T.
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    Those newer are just rolling their eyes!
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    Thanks for that, I knew the Flatirons were used on the Manchester South District line until replaced by Fowler 2-6-4T and 2-6-2T, but I don't have any info on the 0-4-4T in the Manchester area. I thought the GCR and LNER provided engines for the CLC excepting the steam railcars
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    AFAIK their only use in the North-West was the push-pull to Buxton.
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    Love the idea of 'Knuckles' liking this post!
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    Like that! I have a GW riveter which I shall need to dust off shortly. May I ask which of the punches you used for your bufferbeam? It will act as a guide for me. MTIA
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    I wonder how any are families of enthusiasts. Ie Dad wants to re-live his not so distant past and the kids need a bit of entertainment/education and so on. I spent a very enjoyable 3 hours at Porthmadoc Harbour last August and got the impression that a lot of the people there met the above description.
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    Are there any records of how many coaches Swindon re-painted per year during that period? If there are that might give you a better idea of the changing ratios, but the records might no longer exist.
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    I can't help but feel that Bachmann must be extremely inefficient in its business processes. New products really shouldn't take this long to bring to market!
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    I think that video was taken from the footbridge at this spot. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=449147&y=334317&z=115&sv=449147,334317&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=892&ax=449147&ay=334317&lm=0 Regards
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    Pleased about the Midland 0-4-4T, be nice to have some carriages though. Regards
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    Particularly 0-4-0s
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    Again, very true. I've been planning a shunting layout for sometime (4' x 3', so it will fit on the dining room table), I've done the baseboards out of foamboard (my back won't handle weighty wood), the Templot(gnash, gnash) and some C&L trackwork and was intending to run shunting diesels because they're small. Then the W4s come along. The rest is in the future!
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    The first paragraph I can agree with but I cannot see how anybody could have foreseen the runaway demand there has been for the Pecketts. I've bought two of them myself! The second paragraph I think is wrong, I don't think there is a Glut and Famine sales technique but as I said in my first sentence, I cannot see how anybody could have foreseen the runaway demand for this model.
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    That will be welcome!
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    Wow!
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    Is this a split axle design? Regards
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    Most erudite, but you could change your spelling of 'Britannia'.
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    Yes, much the same here too, always seems to slip from my mind when planning a visit to the north. Must try better during 2017.
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    Could the Foster Yeoman engines be described as road switchers? Ie an engine which is suitable for shunting but can also be used out on the mainline. I think, but I'm not sure, that the 59 and 66s come into the same category which is why EWS found it didn't need so many 08 shunters.
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    Thanks and a Happy New Year.
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