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£95 for sound is a bit much - if it can do the smell of the loo then possibly

Given the NSE class 315 or 313 in the background the photo is likely to be from the second half of 1986

The first two batches of RU had roof tanks and a 4 foot centre window (1901-1912 and 1913-1924) all delivered to WR 9/57 to 1/59 all on BR1 bogies. The remaining RUs had underframe tanks and a 4 foot centre window (1925-1943/1944-1958/1959-1991) of which only 1944-1948 were to WR - all 6/60. I can't remember which one is modelled - Parkin shows W1902 in Ch&C on delivery and the supplement lists 1901-1906 1913 1915/16 in Ch&C The first RMB was delivered in Jan 58 to the ER and would certainly be in Maroon. AFAIK the only Mk1 catering cars in C&C were W301--305; E80001-S80009, plus the prototype car 1900.

The RU (as modeled) only covers a limited number of vehicles and therefore it may be than none of the modeled versions were in Ch&C. However, this has not stoped them before in putting the wrong livery/numbers on thier Mk1s.

The dynamic load of an 89 at 125mph was supposed to be similar to a 91 at 140mph. I was told by one of the mech-engs that they could get the 89 up to 140mph (and back down to 0) better than a 91 except for the track loads - however, he also told me that 86/2 on the Norwich line were not causing a problem. This was odd given the number of time I was out on the GEML several time a month surveying the impact of all those nose suspended traction motors!

The 89 has a maximum speed of 125mph, the 91s had a design speed of 140mph. Also the 91s were express passenger/parcels only whereas the 89 was much more along the mixed traffic lines of the 87/2 (as designed). The continuous HP of the 91s is about 6100 but only 6300 max whereas the 89 was 5850hp cont and about 7800hp max. Finally the 89 was putting that HP through 6 axles rather than the 4 or the 91. Therefore at lower speeds the 89 should out perform a 91; but then under about 60mph an HST can out acceletete a 91+ Mk4

From what I was told in 1989/90 either the corridor connection rubbing plate or the drophead buckeye coupler would foul the emergency coupler when in motion.

I wasn't aware that you were considering them until after you had cancelled them. Can anybody confirm if the Mk3 set used to Oban behind a Deltic has 'SC' prefixes?

Can anybody confirm the number on 2P-005-21? This is supposed to be a Trailer First, some shops have the number as E41127 and some as E42127 (the former is correct). Has anybody got one yest to confirm which it is?

So the option of going up and down the hills is presumably odds on

If it was a preserved railway then it would be a problem. There are legal routes for 'real' railways which would make these issues less of an problem. Given how much some of the other NPs are trying to get railways rebuilt/upgraded e.g. coast route/keswick for the lakes, the NP may want to support the reinstatement to reduce cars. The benefit of the Southern route is that reinstatement would hit a whole lot of other transport objectives for central/western Devon

Has anybody done a recent assessment of the capacity of the bridge i.e. post 1990? Having done the structural models for Forth and Tay in the mid 1990's the capability to generate detailed structural models prior to that was limited (Forth bridge was 22,000 degrees of freedom). You would only do a detailed assessment prior to this if you wanted it to 'pass' given the cost of the work. The main change in accuracy is with live loads and esp wind, dead load calcs have generally been much easier to do Working from Streetview the deck does not look to bad, the current Tay outer deck sections are a cut and shut job of the original iron bridge and apart from the deck plates was not to bad in 95/96 (and that was with salt water). According transport heritage website the supports were strengthened for war time traffic and again in 1959/60 with inner trestles. It is probably unlikely that the 59/60 work was in iron so it may be possible to replace the war time and 59/60 additions with some high performance steel/composite etc. without compromising its designation

I think that will be the least of the issues with this model - having the incorrect number of windows is a bit more noticable! I can live with a RFM body being used for TRUK and TRSB models but a TRUB/TRFB is a bit far. It would have been much better to do the B/G eastern version as a TRSB/TRUk pair, as use in sets 1 to 20

You can also say the same for Norfolk, East Riding, Northumberland, West Sussex, Kent. Being pedantic since there is nothing to the west of Cornwall no D2 could pass through the county.

Your website says you are shut until the 27th. Have you seen a completed sample? Given the elementry mistakes Dapol have made with the IC executive Mk3s and the Virgin TRSB I am getting a bit twitchy! If this goes OK how about a box set of ICE named Mk3b Pullmans?

Yes some of us do, particularly if we are intersted in coaching stock. If it were a loco it would be seen as unacceptable, so there is no reason why it should not apply to coaches. The inclusion of the door lock indicator and the wrong ventilators for Mk3a TSO/FO stock is a price for actually getting a model. There is no reason why the logo, number and font should not be correct.

Photo 1 looks to be more like Garsdale than Ribblehead, but given that the NB platform at Ribblehead was ripped out in the 70's it is hard to tell.

Would it not be 1-B B-1 as the axles would not be separately powered?

B/G isn't the problem I have already got a set of b/g SC prefix coaches, I mentioned the blue striped SoctRail livery where will be no single vehicles available

I managed to miss this as I was over in Poland. On first reading I thought great but on second thought the blue stripe version is a bit pointless as a four car pack - if it was a couple of two coach packs so we could buy one pack with a CO/TSO and two packs with TSO*2 you could have had my money now. I will have to see the position when they are released.

The clip is blocked for me at work but if the dining coach is a late Mk1 then it is not an RFO since they were a very early type which were not built after the early 1950's

Dave I think you may be confusing 'plebeian' with the pejorative 'Plebs'. Given that stu said that the 'plebeians are quite well read on these matters' would, to me indicate that the usage is on the lines of its historical usage i.e. 'of the people' and would indicate that he may be suggestion that just because some customers or retailers the majority should not be considered as not able to tell the difference. On the other hand Stu could be misusing the word.

They have not gone for the RFB but for a RFM/TRSB/TRUK hybrid. The RFB is very similar to the TRUB/TRFB with three bays of seating. There were 28 RFBs and 58 TRUBs The four seating bays types TRSB/TRUK/RFM are, in the main, similar. They are different but even I would struggle with differentiating them without reference to context and livery. There were 28 TRSBs and 20 TRUKs built 58 RFMs were converted from TRUKs (12), FOs (18) and RFBs (28). The Dapol hybrid is a better match for the ex TRUKs and ex RFBs, The corridor side of the FO conversions looks significantly and obviously different. Given that Farish have only ever produced the TRFB/TRUB then going for a four window type is likely to be lead to more sales since those who want to have something which looks different to the GF model will buy them and those who don't mind will still purchase them.

Being a coach nut I have a few comments HST non buffered coaches 2P-005-002 W&SR twin pack (buffet and MK3 first class coach) - I though that WSR did not have any FO coaches only ones which were declasified. 2P-005-003 Virgin 'Pretendolno' twin pack (Buffet and 2nd class coach) Both the above are loco hauled stock with buffers 2P-005-010 Blue/Grey buffet #W40352 2P-005-210 InterCity Swallow Buffet #40307 NC216K EMT Buffet #40728 While I accept that a compromise on design of the RFM/TRSB was needed, they do look very similar with 4 passenger windows. The 403xx/407xx series have three windows, as produced by Farish. Also being very picky I have 40307 being renumbed to 40707 before IC swallow was introduced. Like Tiger I will need two blue grey ones for the TRSB/TRUK combination - it even fits in with the 254 011 set! With the other 12 I need its looking an expensive quarter.

The LMR stars in the Great St Trinian's train robery which is on about once a month on various cable channels