Popular Post Ruston Posted April 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2022 I don't know on which pages I posted pictures of my models, and 167 pages is a lot to go through, so I'll re-post a selection here in one go. Diag 1/108 Rebodied. Morton VB. Bachmann. Renumbered, repainted. Diag 1/108 Morton VB. Top flap. Bachmann. Renumbered, repainted. Diag. 1/117 Clasp VB. Plated. Oleo buffers. Modified Airfix Diag 1/109 Clasp VB. Oleo buffers. Modified Parkside. Diag 1/111 Unfitted. Plated. Double brakes. Bachmann. Renumbered, repainted. Diag 1/108 Unfitted. Double brakes. Bachmann. Renumbered, repainted. Diag. 1/108 Unfitted. Plated. Airfix Diag. 1/108 Unfitted. Plated and top flap replaced by plain steel sheet. Airfix. Diag 1/108 Unfitted. Rebodied. Bachmann. Renumbered, repainted. Diag 1/117 Unfitted. Clasp brakes. Oleo buffers. Modified Airfix. 25 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted April 3, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2022 Lovely modelling Ruston. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted April 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2022 25262 by Redhill Bull, on Flickr Hereford 25309 by Redhill Bull, on Flickr Hereford IMG_0034-5 by Pete Wilcox, on Flickr Kearsley Power Station IMG_0022-003 by Pete Wilcox, on Flickr Toton 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Thought you might enjoy this....... from a private 10 1/4" railway last weekend! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 This is nice. The original photographer exercises his right not enable BB code to allow embedded viewing so here is the direct link: https://flic.kr/p/2nfSJMg 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Metr0Land Posted May 15, 2022 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2022 Talerddig, Summer 1960 by robmcrorie, on Flickr Crumlin 12.4.54 by robmcrorie, on Flickr Ampthill 14.4.51 by robmcrorie, on Flickr E5012 Class 71 @ Ashford by Alan Monk, on Flickr 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 15/02/2022 at 20:05, The Johnster said: One of my 1970s Canton bottom guard's link workings was a Radyr-Pensnett, originating from Abercwmboi. with these big hoppers, a class 8 train which I worked from Radyr to Gloucester for relief after secondmanning the loco off shed. Stationmaster Mike will probably be able to furnish the headcode, loco was a 45 or 47, about half 3 or so off Radyr. They were certainly impressive beasties, more so when you were walking down the long curved canyon between them and a rake of 21ton coal hoppers on the next road at Radyr to examine your train... Going the other way, I remember the very impressive boom of doom noise they made over rail joints, but we had no booked working of the empties at Canton. . A bit late to the party. . Abercwmboi produced a smokeless fuel known as 'Phurnacite'. . Messrs Lunt, Comley & Pitt had a facility at Pensnett which was for the receiving and distribution of foundry coke (not smokeless fuel). . The foundry coke was transported in BR 20ton Coke Hoppers built to Dia. 1/152 (the type with solid steel sides, and no wooden coke raves) - those wagons allocated to the 'Pensnett' circuit had modified discharge chutes, and were branded 'Pensnett' on the wagon sides. . The 'Pensnett' traffic originated either at Radyr (coke from Nantgarw), or Llantrisant (coke from Cwm or Coed Ely) on an as required basis, and was for several years a Cl.35 'Hymek' diagram. . In 1971 / 1972 the train ran as; 8M64 20:06 Llantrisant - Kingswinford and 6V55 02:40 Kingswinford - Llantrisant. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 26power Posted June 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2022 A couple of colour images that might be of interest: Wath. August 1973. Class 25/0 D5152 at Heap Bridge, 10/6/70. Apologies if posted on here previously! 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 30, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2022 The bottom one is full of character, begging to be a shunting plank layout! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor quinn Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 I’ll just drop a couple of pictures of my current work in progress, reworking my 10’ wb Horwich rebuilds. I originally built them in the 80s from Mainline mineral wagons but didn’t upgrade the chassis. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binky Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 30/06/2022 at 14:37, 26power said: Class 25/0 D5152 at Heap Bridge, 10/6/70. Looks like a tight squeeze there between the loco and the wagon on the next siding! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 10 hours ago, Binky said: Looks like a tight squeeze there between the loco and the wagon on the next siding! That's up to the shunter on the day! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18, 2022 Something you had to keep an eye out for while walking around yards and riding on loco or shunting chariot steps. Shunters would know the clearing points of each of the roads in their yards, and were able to use the knowledge to get an extra wagon in to cope with traffic, with this result. Nowt wrong with it, but perhaps not best practice; you might be undone by buffers decompressing when you release the brakes, and pushing the end wagon out foul of the next road. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 If you leave a wagon foul leave it we’ll foul for the benefit of the blind! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locomad2 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 22 hours ago, The Johnster said: Something you had to keep an eye out for while walking around yards and riding on loco or shunting chariot steps. Shunters would know the clearing points of each of the roads in their yards, and were able to use the knowledge to get an extra wagon in to cope with traffic, with this result. Nowt wrong with it, but perhaps not best practice; you might be undone by buffers decompressing when you release the brakes, and pushing the end wagon out foul of the next road. Something I learnt with childhood layouts, cram another wagon on a siding by pushing all the coupling together only to find they creep 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 19, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, locomad2 said: Something I learnt with childhood layouts, cram another wagon on a siding by pushing all the coupling together only to find they creep Sidings can never be too long... And double ended ones are subject to vehicles shunted into the stored stock at the other end, not to mention that empty minerals, especially high sided hoppers, are prone to being shifted about by strong winds, and usually only the first couple have the brakes pinned down to hold them in place. What was safe when the brakes were pinned might not be a few hours later when the wind gets up! Edited July 19, 2022 by The Johnster 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Minfit & Ruston. Hamworthy by Kevin Lane, on Flickr 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Porcy Mane said: Minfit & Ruston. Hamworthy by Kevin Lane, on Flickr Edited July 21, 2022 by Gordon A I thought I had commented Poole docks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Gordon A said: Minfit & Ruston. 🤔 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Porcy Mane said: 🤔 Sorry, I thought I had typed "Poole docks". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 32437 near Lewes (pjs,1240) by Geoff Dowling, on Flickr 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 15 hours ago, Porcy Mane said: 32437 near Lewes (pjs,1240) by Geoff Dowling, on Flickr Useful to remind us that mineral wagons were once new, and didn't always have the appearance of being sent through a giant cement mixer. Paul 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2022 2 hours ago, hmrspaul said: Useful to remind us that mineral wagons were once new, and didn't always have the appearance of being sent through a giant cement mixer. Paul Despite what quite a few modellers seem to believe, regardless of era. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2022 One would certainly expect to see one or two fairly clean new ones in any longish train during the construction period, say late 40s to mid 60s, and an occasional recently repainted one for the following 20 years or so. Unfitted examples tended to be very rusty towards the end of their lives, but otherwise a full train would display them in a full range of conditions. They were not well cared for in general, but the sheer number of them and the extended period over which they were built meant that recently built or repainted examples were easy to find. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 31, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2022 UID Derby Type 4 by Alan Monk, on Flickr -Location not stated D5211 Derby Type 2 Class 25 by Alan Monk, on Flickr - Location not stated 6707 EE Type 3 Class 37 @ Retford by Alan Monk, on Flickr 48252 Hyde April 26th 1968 by David Hills, on Flickr 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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