maridunian

Apologies if someone's already made this point, but the Neyland wagon photo at the start of this thread includes a sack. This would have contained shellfish - whelks, cockles, mussels, etc, literally alive, alive-oh - so not salted or iced. Mike

Just a footnote to this thread Tom. Also wanting to diversify my fleet of N Gauge industrials, I've 3D designed some Peckett body-shells which fit the old Minitrix 0-6-0 (Fowler 2f Dock Shunter/BR89 T3 Little Donkey) chassis. No pretence that these are exact scale models - most of the motors are too tall to allow that - but I'm pleased with the results which I've shared at https://www.shapeways.com/shops/maridunian-models Mike

Depends whether you want to keep the body more-or-less intact. This Ruston-and-Hornsby's very similar - but even younger. https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/PRESERVED-BRITISH-STEAM-LOCOMOTIVES/LOCOMOTIVES-ON-HERITAGE-RAILWAYS/i-dDFSdSP/A Personally, I wouldn't worry about the coupling rods - many works shunters had side-skirts for safety reasons and a plasticard panel attached each side would hide their absence, eg: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/y/yarmouth_south_town/index35.shtml You say "It's a nice little thing" and that's the snag - early diesel shunters tended to be rather ugly things, eg this Armstrong Whitworth from 1933: https://www.google.com/search?q=armstrong+whitworth+tanfield&sxsrf=ACYBGNQqOCmEmi5TmGDkY3aTxy56TVWEZg:1568117613603&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGm8yqncbkAhUxUBUIHY0jBtkQ_AUIEygC&biw=1280&bih=701 They had to appeal to customers used to steam locos, and appearing modern mean't looking like the lorries and cars of that period. Anyway, it is a lovely loco. I think a coat of black/dark green and some red buffer beams would make it look at home almost anywhere industrial. Mike

Hi Alex - the locos obviously served the rest of the colliery also, so a small layout like this could ultimately be expanded/joined to something more complex. Good luck! Mike

There's a thread on the N Gauge Forum site about the Brynlliw Colliery Landsale Site, which operated a Peckett B2 (1426) and B3 (2114). https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=38503 See Martyn Bane's Peckett site and Wikipedia's List of Pecketts for more ideas: https://www.martynbane.co.uk/images/peckett/locos/2114%2B1426-peckett.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Peckett_and_Sons_railway_locomotives Mike

Hi - two Farish Austerities wore NCB liveries, a blue 'National Coal Board' and a green 'Robert', both based on actual prototypes. Taking your points about how dated these models are, you can pick them up for £30-£40 on eBay and with a little effort enhance them quite a bit. Here's an article I wrote elsewhere about improving a 'Robert' - http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=41105.msg502990#msg502990 Mike

OK, thanks. Apparently, it's currently being restored, so I'll ask Telford Steam Railway. Mike

Thank you for this information, PGH. Having recently scratchbodged another Cannock brake van, I'm planning a similar model of CRC No. 2, as Telford seem to refer to it. Did you happen to note its dimensions, please, or does it match No. 4 as drawn? Thanks Mike