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Barnsley 1981 by roger5450

5 hours ago, Railpassion said:

Is it me, or is the choice of models utterly chaotic?

 

 

Yes and no. There is a logic to it as they are choosing models that have recently been tooled up for their OO range as presumably it will save money on the research/CAD costs. 

47361 "Wilton Endeavour" Doncaster 1988 by Peter Leathard

Barry Island Station

Caption contest time....

Baron St Works 2022 by cw_315

56092 Doncaster Works 1981 by Mark Walker

20 hours ago, South-East Rail said:

 

Looks like South Wales & West:

 

 

Ed

Thanks and there's also a thread about them here if anyone else is interested in them...

Does anyone know what the branding on the coaches is?

37411 Severn Tunnel Junction 1998 by Wembyard 

One thing I've always wondered about the 16 tonners is what was the purpose of the top flap?

Something for the track nerds, something for the HST nerds...

Locke's Sidings, Normanton 1978 by chris

Shipley 1991 by Tony Woof

21 hours ago, Ben B said:

 

Having passed the present station today, the semi-deserted BR incarnation seems a bit more characterful...

Characterful is one word for it...

It's unbelievable that they were still producing this type of wagon up to 1963!

So both Bachmann and Hornby were beaten into 3rd/4th place for 00 Manufacturer of the Year by two new(ish) upstarts. That's gotta sting.

23 hours ago, Andy Kirkham said:

 

And this 1975 picture of mine shows the same

 

That looks like a blue/grey Stanier BG in the platform, which was quite rare to see "in the wild". It also shows how the station was like a parcels depot that just happened to have a few passenger trains.

22 hours ago, Ben B said:

 

Feels like there's a micro layout there, looking over the platform and under the canopy, towards the bay :)

A bit like BR did with the real station? 😁

Bradford Forster Square 1980

22 hours ago, woodenhead said:

When you consider most large cities kept one of their main stations after the steam period albeit reduced complexity in track layout as years progresssed, Bradford really got hit didn't it.  Both stations eventually demolished and replaced with smaller affairs, most apparent here with Forster Square.

In the case of Forster Square I suspect that lot of reduction was due to the loss of the parcel traffic as I believe that there was a significant amount of parcels that were loaded near/at the station from the nearby Grattons catalogue warehouse. And at least they both initially retained their Inter City services.

Bradford Forster Square 1990

Bersham Colliery by John Stein