Arthur Budd

This is a shot of the Branchlines railcar set. There are someother shots of the model on the site as well. Note this is the Railcar set and not the small Branchlines Railbus, pictures of which are also on the site. Branchlines railcar set Hope this helps Arthur

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your Honley Tank articles in the Snooze over the years so I'm really looking forward to reading about this latest project. Regards Arthur

By all means carry on with more about Bridport on this thread, David. Look forward to seeing more of the layout; I really enjoyed operating it at Wimborne. Great fun! Regards Arthur

Hi Stephen Thanks for your kind comments. I've already built a couple of Kevin Trim's Dorset Kits W&L coaches to go behind the loco; just not got round to painting them yet. I've also built some of his wagon and sheep truck kits, also not painted, but I will need to build some more to give a decent train length. Also I will need some covered vans, cattle wagons and the Brake Van as supplied by Mercian. I will be checking them out at the next Shepton show. Regards Arthur

Last Sunday, when David Taylor was exhibiting his superb layout Bridport Town at the Wimborne 0 Gauge group's annual show, he extended visiting rights to my recently completed model of the W&L "Countess". As this would be the first time the loco had run anywhere other than on my rolling road or along a yard of Peco track, I was a trifle anxious lest she disgraced herself and fell off the track at the first turnout. However I am pleased to report that she behaved herself impeccably and ran up and down the layout beautifully. Unfortunately she was unable to enter revenue service due to a coupling incompatability (not unknown on real narrow gauge railways) and also because, over the whistles, she was a tad too tall to pass through the back scene and into the fiddle yard. So after a few solo runs along the layout she posed for the official photographs to commemorate this historic occasion. However, owing to a senior moment as I left the house, I had completely forgotten to take my camera along to the show but fortunately David was able to step into the breach and proceeded to take an excellent series of photos, a selection of which, courtesy of David Taylor, I attach below. Arthur B.