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Hi Mike, It is possible that some wagons got an Olive drab at some point - if you look through the historical photos, there are some wagons that have a different numbering style (some class "D", seem to have a "V" on the sides), lack of WD symbol etc. I'd guess that these might be green ones. I don't think it can be many though - these types of wagons start to appear during late 1916/1917 & the war ended in Nov 1918 The Lincs coast guys have also restored their WD stock to the "Battleship" grey colours. I'm sure that there were colour variations with this. There was no such thing as a standard RAL/ISO type colour chart in those days! Please can you PM me with your e-mail address & I'll get some details to you about our 2014 event (second weekend - September 2014) Thanks, Gareth
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Hi - I'm really interested to see this layout! My main passion is WDLR equipment & rolling stock - based at the Moseley Railway Trust, we've now restored WW1 20 & 40hp Simplex locos, a Class H watertank & 2 Class D (currently finishing them). There are more vehicles to come. It may be of interest, that contrary to popular belief, during the restorations we have determined that the Class D - H stock (& probably others) were originally built/finished in "Battleship" grey - there was also anecdotal evidence of this in notes written at the time. More recently I have found that the lettering on the vehicles should be a yellow & not white (I'll have to re-do this on our Water Tank - as we initially gave it white lettering). The grey we have used on our wagons was matched from original surviving paintwork. The Watertanks were the only vehicles I know of, to have received some form of camouflage - this was applied in the battlefield. Presumably the galvanised finish of the tanks when supplied made too much of a target for enemy snipers/field guns! The Petrol tractors were all variants of "Olive Drab" - our 40hp Protected was matched to original paint found during the restoration. You can see more of our work at www.mrt.org.uk or via my own WW1 website - www.wdlr.org.uk We are planning a large WW1 themed event in September 2014 - I would be very interested to invite this layout to attend please! Keep up the good work! Cheers, Gareth
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untilThe Moseley Railway Trust has made good progress with the construction of the 2'0" gauge Apedale Valley Light Railway at the Apedale site near Newcastle-Under-Lyme, North Staffordshire. It is expected that the operation of public passenger trains will commence during the summer of 2010. More details at www.mrt.org.uk A Grand Opening Gala will be held at Apedale on September 18th and 19th. During this weekend, the official opening ceremony will take place – and the Trust is planning that a VIP will "cut the ribbon". It is planned that will be three locomotives in steam, with a range of internal combustion locos also operating. In all there should be in excess of 65 locomotives present. Surely sufficient to whet the most jaded appetite? There will be a number of narrow gauge model railways in a variety of scales from the delights of Hull Miniature Railway Society's `Barrowfleet' (009 and 00) and Hazel Grove MRC's penultimate outing of "The High Peak Tramway" (O16.5) right up to `Hookers Junction' in 1/12th scale. Additionally there will be a wide range of traders, vintage vehicles and other attractions. Our colleagues at the adjacent Apedale Heritage Centre will be running underground tours of their coal mine, and the café will doubtless be doing a roaring trade with their legendary oatcakes. This is the perfect opportunity for narrow gauge modellers of any scale to get `up close and personal' with camera and tape measure to a considerable range of locomotives and is not to be missed. See www.mrt.org.ukfor more details of what will be one of the Narrow Gauge "events of the year". The `how to find us' button on our website provides maps and useful sets of directions.