Wheeltapper

I have been collecting images and info about Camerton for more years than I remember . You are right about the lack of pictures of Old Pit and in fact New Pit is not that well documented either. Also the original signal box on the Hallatrow side of the station bridge does not seem to have been photographed although it can just be seen through the bridge in one of the station pictures. I have also never seen a picture of the canal bridge by Old Pit or the tramway which connected Old and New Pits. Still you never know what may turn up one day.

DD has very kindly made a photographic display section on which it will be able to pose wagons , 00 on one side and by turning it round there is an N Gauge area on the other side . He has made a superb job of it and I hope to be able to start cataloging and photographing the wagons that have been donated very soon . One of the side effects of some of the chemo theraphy I have had is damage to the nerve endings in my hands which means some days I have no use in my hands at all but on other days you may not realise there is anything wrong and I can do most normal activities . To catalogue the wagons and take the pictures I have to just hope I am having a good day at the time. The task is getting bigger by the day - some days our poor postie cannot carry all the parcels as so many are arriving . The sorting office have started sending out a van just for us . For example yesterday 13 parcels of donated wagons arrived on the van with more on the normal delivery. It makes me very proud to be part of a hobby which is fortunate to have so many very generous people as participants and I can assure everyone that this generosity in kind and spirit will be put to the very best use possible in the interests of other cancer patients.

I missed this post first time around but I have to say I think it would be a great idea , a sort of cross between Pendon and Pecorama. It got me thinking what layouts I would include that I have seen in the past and that have influenced by modelling and my attitude to the hobby. So my dream Model Railway Museum would include the following which immediately spring to mind but which do not form a complete list. Craig & Mertonford (P.D.Hancock) Pendon (Roy England and Team) Berrow Branch (Mac Pyrke) Buckingham ( Rev Peter Denny.) Island of Sodor (Rev. W Awdrey) Charford (John Charman) Torpoint (Guy Williams ?) Marthwaite (David Jenkinson) Broad Gauge Workshops (Mike Sharman) Yatton (Bristol 4mm Group) Some of these are still around under different ownership and I guess the others are long gone so it is just a dream.

I think the prototype was built by the Birmingham Carriage and Wagon Works . There have been kits for Irish and IOM railcars - ok I know they are different gauges but it may be possible to use parts for a freelance construction job. I once saw a K 's LMS Rail Bus kit converted to narrowgauge and that looked quite good.. Do any of the Japanese manufacturers produce anything suitable ?

Michael Firstly appologies to Rick for coming in on his thread but in answer to Michael's question in 1900 the now preserved Beattie Well Tank (then numbered 298) was based at Wadebridge for use on the china clay traffic . It would probably have been in the green LSWR livery then . China clay was carried by the GWR in 5 plank end door wagons which had the addition of a seperate 3 part zinc floor fitted and the load would have been covered by a tarpaulin which would have been badly stained. China clay was also transported in very large barrells ( I think they were known as Hogsheads.)