craigy

Not a chance of it ever running again, believe me i know. Way to much in restoration costs, logistics, running costs, storage and the best one...we don't want it too ( Crewe heritage trust etc ) lol

On 29/07/2020 at 10:11, RedgateModels said:

This just popped up on a saved search

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363060481544?ul_noapp=true

 

not for me, but nice prezzy for someone with a passion for APT- Mr Tilt perhaps?

Way over priced, we sell them at our shop for £5, the Crewe Heritage Centre shop that is lol

Hi.

Thankyou for that Royal Oak.

Regards. Brian

58 minutes ago, royaloak said:

I note the 'partners' in the APT adventure are remarkable quiet at this time, I would have thought an update from them would be rather opportune.

Hi,

I assume you mean Durham Trains of Stanley & Crewe Heritage Centre ( as our name is on the leaflet, C.H.C ) As i'm aware there is only one "partner(s)" and that's Durham trains of Stanley, Crewe Heritage Centre have nothing to do with the model or the running of the business end of it we just supplied a train for him to scan, nothing more nothing less.

I can't see what the other error is and i look after the original ! Mind you it's hard to tell from a photo what the problem is and i haven't seen the 3D print yet.

 No doubt Dave will sort it, at least he's picked up on it.

Brian

Hi trailrage.

Seee if you can get a picture of the other end of the train that would solve the problem. You can then work out which coach is which, then the coach the coach you need can be worked out by looking at it's window layout, ie; 2 windows missing or red stripe along the top it's the TRUB, Yellow stripe its a 1st class, no stripe 2nd class.

Brian

Hi.

Chances are it was a TRUB 484--, remember that the train wasn't always made up of the original coaches they swapped and changed around, so they could end in anything from 1 - 7. What number you have there or was given could well be correct.

Brian

Happy new year to one and all, hope you have a good and prosperous one !

We had one Redgate till it went "walkabouts" never to return.

This really should be at Crewe

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPER-RARE-LARGE-SCALE-APT-INTERCITY-ADVANCED-PASSENGER-TRAIN-BY-SPACE-MODELS/233031997233?hash=item3641ca1731:g:HAAAAOSwmvpcBbrv:rk:7:pf:0

Hi all.

 Couple of pics of the APT in just as it was getting dark, sorry for the quality but it was going dark, also the power car 006 now as it's lighting properly sorted so now running from 110v

Hi all.

The power car gets a mention in the latest edition of The Railway Magazine, quite a lrge one aswell.

Yes it is Rob. iIm in contact with Spencer now and again enquiring what will happen with the DTS they have, whether it's going on display or not.

I asked a few months back if it was possible to pop over he said yes as long as plenty of time is given before hand as like you say, it's shut until 2020

That P-Train coach used to sit in the foyer of the CM&EE Dept. at the RTC in Derby. I suppose BR donated it to the Silk Mill when the project was cancelled. At one time there were two of them with the articulated bogie connecting them, but the 2nd one vanished after a while.

 

All that was all after I left BR in April '78 but I still went back to the RTC for some years afterwards as they changed from being my employers to one of my customers then. 

Hi Kit.

Yes the model coach we have is from the Silk Mill museum and it was originally fixed to the DTS they still have. We also have the artic bogie that they used, what they did was disconnect them and put the coach we have, into storage. After a couple of years i was contacted by the curator there asking if we wanted it and if we didn't it was going in the skip !!!...needless to say i said yes so off we went with a long wheel base transit van and collected it. I had to take the window out of the APT so i could get it in !

Cheers Brian.

P.S hope your well.

Been to Spalding model railway show today. An N gauge layout had a APT-P running. Nice,

That would probably be Andy Stephneys Kings Park or Hatch End.

Regards.

Hi Jamie.

No idea who made the large coach as it was given to us by Derby silk mill museum, i would assume it was a publicity commission piece specially made for the train. Yes we are out of season now so most of the work will be done over the next 5 months, enough to keep me occupied !

Cheers Brian

Hi Brian

 

I heard you asked DJM Dave to upscale it to 7-1/4 inch Gauge and to order the 14-Car set in the same Gauge to have it run round the Full Size APT-P while sitting on the 7 1/4 Gauge one, while I hold on to the OO-Gauge one in my hands while it goes round the track, and my little brother sitting in front of me holding his N-Gauge Model from DJM... if only hey kid...

 

Good work Brian, sorry not been on of late, hope you are keeping well and looking after the APT-P for us all lol

To DJM Dave, What would that cost, and how many Orders do we need to Pass the go ahead on the 7-1/4 Inch APT-P...?

 

I do plan on winning big time soon on the Euro Lottery (before we Brexit) and its just a matter of time before I ask you the question for real DJM Dave haha  

 

Regards

Jamie

PS: Brexit is underlined in RED... What... you mean, .... Its in the European dictionaries, its just not been but in the Oxford Dictionary yet...  

Hi Jamie.

Good to hear from you . I haven't asked or mentioned anything to Dave about a 7.25" scale APT that would ruiniously expensive, besides Mardyke did many years ago.I'm looking forward to seeing the OO gauge one to come out, should be top class.

Cheers. Brian

Do you have a 14 coach DJM APT on order :)

Hi don't unfortunately Woodenhead, bit out of price range mate, but looking forward to seeing them come out .

Hi all.

Couple of pictures from the weekend with work starting in the power car removing the panels and removing the tables out of the ex coach ready for a new display to be put in there. A lot of scrubbing down and repainting in the power car is needed along with perspex panels to replace the covers that have been removed. The new display in the ex coach will include something that hasn't been displayed yet, so keeping that under wraps till the new season.

Thankyou Kit

Hi all.

Been a couple of months since i last posted a picture on here so here's a couple. After about 8 years of having no full lighting in the ex coach, i have finally sorted it with the help of wiring diagrams bought from RDDS  ( Heritage centre owned ). Well pleased.....now to find out why the tilt pumps won't come on when switched on, a negative wire perhaps ? Anyways now our season has finished i have plenty of stuff to keep me going and for a long time no rush !

Hi.

Yes a certifcate's easy to do, trying to build a curcuit of track inside the APT is another question lol 

It's great to hear it, i only caught half of the one on Sunday then got sidetracked, completely missed Saturdays. I will hear a full one, one day.

Brian

Hi all.

Hi all.

The TBF with the one door in the guards compartment is correct ( 3rd picture ), there isn't another door at the other end thats the store cupboard area so that is correct. There are two doors only on the TBF both of them for the guards compartment opposite each other the other end of the coach has the toilet then opposite is the store cupboard...if that makes sense lol.

Kit is correct there should be one door either end they are laid out in a diagonal pattern, so it would be door then toilet, door, toilet...if you walk round the coach, so to speak.

Brian