welsh wizard

Clarence road station was opposite the Police station i think there is one wall of it left standing ! I have got some photos off the net somewhere so will try and put them up for you ! I remember driving past it and following the railway in my dads lorry in the school holidays ! Brian will probably find this subject ! he is the fount of all knowledge on things Cardiff I expect he has some Photos of Clarence road there are a couple of Photos on line if you Google Cardiff Clarence street station, along with the riverside platforms at the General.

Yes I admit some Lima motors just need a clean and an oil but mine needs a power unit change either that or I put some wings on it and call it Tornado (as in the aircraft)) I am loathe to get rid of it as its a bit of a "pet"...hence the re-motoring looks like vi trains /Hornby might be the way to go!

Hello Simon thanks for the reply I will contact the above shop, just a bit wary as its not a model torque one, as I have heard good reports about the model torque makes ...

i have tried to get hold of a model torque motor to re do a Lima 47 but it seems the business has closed down (Inter city models used to supply them) has anyone got any info on an alternative system? i know there is someone selling motors on e bay but not sure of the quality,also the Hornby railroad 47 looks as if it has the same pancake motor fitted as the Lima anybody done something different ?.....

thanks for all the info ,the article was originally in a HRCA Journal an interesting one off Loco...

I have just come across an article describing a "one off" Saddle tank designated S class apparently it was a rebuild of a C class loco cant seem to find anymore info on it anyone else heard of this SR oddity? or have any pictures .

Just got around to reading this section and its great to see the modern 0 gauge coarse scale getting a mention! there are two forums worth looking at the Ace trains forum and the classic 0 gauge index, also Dave Upton sends out a free monthly newsletter called just the ticket well worth a read ! as an aside to running corgi/basset lowke on peco track check out Roy James you tube videos of his dream city railway ,he runs Ace B/L Darstaed on peco 0 gauge track and doesn't seem to have any issues.

I am so glad that my memory wasn't playing tricks !! and that it has helped you out ! merv from a cloudy S Wales coast...

Just came across your layout ,superb ! don't know if anyone has mentioned this before but I did have a book when i was a youngster I think it was called modern railways the world over and there was an article titled a Royal Scot visits Camden ( I think) any way there were about 6 pages of photos of Camden with the loco being disposed and coaled etc ..might be a worth a look if you can get hold of a copy? merv from a sunny s wales coast.....

The central workshops for Cardiff city council in Clare road , I was told when I done my apprenticeship that they used to repair the trams there? and they still had the long full length pits in the workshops, don't know if anyone can confirm that it was originally a Tram depot ?

This looks a superb plan ! you could also do the co-op specials from kidder to Barry island double headed through the forest !....

will do !

I will be there don't know what time tho !

Looking good ! the owner of my local model shop MIB Models in porthcawl models in TT and he keeps quite good stocks of the stuff haven't been tempted .........yet !!! but I keep looking !!!!

In some ways it still lives on as I recovered the vacuum exhausters and various parts for the class 11 on the SVR at Kidderminster !

Hello Derek i remember the AVR from the Railway Modeller, would love to hear about it !

I know that Alan the man from MIB Models in Porthcawl is taking his TT Continental layout to Swansea, and I think there is a show at Cefn Coed Colliery museum over the bank Holiday not sure of the date and times etc......

there was a superb french language film on you tube about Bastille station and the line, which even showed some of the double deck coaches and some film of the loco shed, which I think was at Nogent sur Marne ? will try and look out the Link ......

Just read in Continental modeller that Winco are stocking the RTR Sud express CP 1400 in both the orange livery and the original blue .....me very very tempted !!!!!!

So glad that some of the layout has survived ! it really was and is Inspirational, remember reading the modeller articles over and over again ! Thanks for sharing ....

What a superb thread brought back memories of collecting the beer from Simpkiss,s brewery at Brierly Hill and waiting while a peak passed round the back on the clay train ! Timed my visits with what I hoped was the appearance of the working after that ! Another sight was the GWR ATC ramp abandoned by the side of the track between Lye and Cradley.Managed to get the Depot Engineer to authorise a snowplough test run from Bescot to Stourbridge via the Dudley Line with a pair of 31s in the early nineties must have been one of the last trains to run the whole route !! pity we ran a hotbox at Stourbridge it was a late finish that day ! Happy days .......thanks for the pictures keep em coming

Just a quick question ,i was looking at a video of this line on you tube and was wondering what happened to the tunnel at Scarborough station ? has it been bulldozed out of existence? Interesting working to reverse back into the station and reverse out again! Must say that I haven't come across this line before vaguely remember reading an article about robin hoods bay in the RM in the 70s but what a superb line it must have been to travel on especially the climb from Whitby and another reversal to get up to the viaduct ! Shame it has gone . has anyone modelled it I wonder ?

There is a show coming up in June in Porthcawl at the Hi Tide Inn will sort out the dates and opening times its only a one day show on the saturday

A superb loco ! Keep the updates coming enjoying reading them ...