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That's fantastic, thank you so much! Those will be my pair then, by a very simple process of deduction! Interesting to see Forfar with an allocation, for the Strathmore route and itself lost without trace.

What's the cat no.?

I think Vi-Trains locos are known to operate more responsively in reverse. 😄

That's a total of 510 locos, you must be a millionaire!

This is very illuminating; I am the proud owner of a pair of Sharks, and thought I should be in the market for a couple more. But it seems that on the Eastern at least, they only hunted in pairs. In my extrapolation of the universe, these would be notionally allocated to the DCE Edinburgh, so probably at Slateford. It occurs to me now though, that to have any more would be overkill, and bring in another DCE, Carlisle perhaps. They're not cheap from the Hornby aftermarket so this should trim my wants list by a few quid.

Joueff: 'Hold my beer'

That, simply put, is the nub of it. And by recent, I mean the previous iteration without the tinted windows, whiplash aerial and racing trim. I expect people with significant quantities of pre-2022 Bachmann 47s would be highly unlikely to add, even less swap to, the Danish duff.

I've just stumbled across this topic in Latest Posts and am by no means deft in such matters, but I would say as a rule of thumb that in the 1950s, Mk1s were just entering service and as such were concentrated on main line and other premier duties. From what little I know about Scottish branch line goings on, in the fifties the stock would be Big Four hand-me-downs, most likely from the two predecessor companies in that area. In the far west, Southern and ex-GW coaches would be on the respective branches. EDIT to add that Mk1 suburban non-corridor stock may have worked some branch stuff in the fifties, but it's not convincing me TBF.

From memory, and I only travelled on them a handful of times, the saloon such as it was, had a coupé style, with booths, two-seater snugs and some low backed loose chairs. I should have a diagram/ seating plan somewhere in the 'Diagram Book' (borrowed from York Works at closure). EDIT: The 2007 Combine lists the RLO as having 27 moveable seats, with refurbished vehicles to a new (final?) specification, having some lounge style "sofa" seating. This is how I remember it, so the RLO interiors went through at least two iterations.

That's awesome Bill, and of course it was retimed, I must be going senile - how on earth would Kenneth Gray have obtained all those great shots around Stainton (uploaded on RailScot) during November otherwise! Also, it would have run in the path of the last 2S52 wouldn't it? Indeed, one of these photos features D193 on 1S65, and its existence prompted me to include this Blue Full Yellow End Class 46 in my fleet in model form. As for the pilgrimage to 12A, that's surely the best lecture-free afternoon ever spent. Huge respect, sir!

Agreed, Raikes Lane in Bolton is a good facility.

I'm not sure that I understand the first question. The second part, well, all production series 15X DMUs were designed to inter-work and all except Class 159 were Regional Railways operated, including the 155s when introduced. Google a few pictures from 1985 onwards and I'm sure the story will unfold.

Is he the 'softly softly catchee monkey' guy?

Hopefully this model comes with an Accuraclag generator.

I wonder, was this type of wagon used for the movement/ delivery of things like weaving looms in the UK? I've seen pictures of such machines on international/ ferry wagons being imported from Europe for delivery, but was there a domestic supply too?

Fantastic to see you back in the loft doing what matters! I bet it's brisk up on Whinburgh Edge this afternoon, with a hint of sleet and hail from the direction of Slitriggshiel.

I have 25 Crab locos known to have worked over the route. By the time of the first Locoshed book to hand (1965 edition), only 9 of these remained in service: 42705 at Bolton 42717 Rose Grove 42751 Gorton 42780 Ayr 42793 Stockport 42800 Ayr 42831 Bury (Newton Heath by 1966) 42901 Stockport and 42905 Bury Of the others already withdrawn, 42833-36 and 42875-77 are consecutively numbered sequences recorded at Hawick. EDIT to add: Found pictures on Flickr of withdrawn 42834 at Upperby and 42835 at Kingmoor in 1962/63, so there was perhaps a phase when Carlisle allocated Crabs put in the occasional shift on the Waverley. Second EDIT : Carlisle sheds had the largest single allocation of the class, with 23 in total. It certainly appears that some LMR, North Western depots' charges appeared on the route, I suspect they may have worked on double-headed cartrains as well as the through fitted freights.

Crab were rare on the Waverley route but not unknown. You're right in thinking they were LM interlopers and possibly pressed into service by Carlisle if short of St Margaret's power, which also suggests that Hurlford examples could appear as Kingmoor or Canal kick-outs. I haven't got the records to hand but will provide more analysis as soon as I have. Great modelling, of course, and the Hornby 2MT is delightful.

Fixed that!

You've inadvertently destroyed your own position here. The whole point being that Heljan doesn't need to manufacture coaches, those are well served by the major manufacturers, not to mention tens of thousands swilling around the second-hand market. Hornby has gone out on a limb, a daring gamble for which I applaud it. But the reluctance of others to invest heavily in this scale before its longevity has been demonstrated is probably prudent.

I reckon my fleet of Bachmann EE Type 4s are unthreatened at this time. And TBF, any future time... Based on their EE Type 3 and Brush Type 4 counterparts not being usurped by latest tooling. It's just not going to happen any more than a switch to TT120 is on the cards.

Sorry? I don't follow.

Some would say it was the only thing right about the AL4s.

Yeah, I realised my error shortly after posting but couldn't get back to edit or delete. Had no idea that the K was a weight identifier. Every day's a school day hey!

All I observe about that identity is that the K suffix indicates that it's supposed to depict a former private owner wagon that's been taken into capital stock. As to the actual provenance, I haven't got the book (Rowlands?) to hand just now.