Sheffield Exchange, Toy trains, music and fun!

[Clive Mortimore]

Platform 1 has a 3 car Derby and a 4 car Met Cam unit waiting to go to York, apparently.

Platform 2 has a mixed unit....see futher down the post.

Platform 3 has a 2 car Derby coupled to a 2 car BRCW BUT engined set (converted from a class110) 

Platform 4 has a 2 car Derby unit (converted form a class 110)

Platform 5 sees a Cravens 2 car paired with a Derby 2 car set.

Platform 7 has a Met Cam 2 car waiting to go somewhere.

 

Platform 6 is occupied by a Met Cam 3 car and a Gloucester 2 car (converted from a class 110) 

Just arrived on platform 8 is a 6 car train made up of 2 Derby 3 car units. Three out of the five Derby 3 car units made for the NER are seen today in Sheffield Exchange.

 

 

Back to platform 2 the hybrid train is a Derby DMBS, a Met Cam TC and a BRCW DMC (converted from a center coach of a class 110 set).

 

A close up of the DMBS of the Gloucester unit. The other day I was looking at platform heights compared to the coaches as most of us modellers seem to make them too high, some so high the passengers cannot open the doors. Looking at photos of the real thing you should be able to see the solbar on a high platform, a lower older platform on a gap between it and the bottom of the solbar.

[Clive Mortimore]

A panorama shot of all 8 trains in all 8 platforms.

 

Just as our intrepid photographer was about to go home this thing turned up. It must have joined on the end of another train as all platforms were full.

[Clive Mortimore]

Two cut and shuts I have been working on. The coaches were part of late bgman /Graham's collection I obtained at the SW members day. I don't think they are what he had planned for them but Graham if you are looking I hope you approve.

A LMS 65ft FO, most ran as RFOs but were not lettered as dinning coaches in either LMS or BR service.

 

The corridor side of a 50ft Kitchen Car.

 

 

The side they do the cooking of the same coach. The gap between the bowed side and the roof will disappear when I glue the roof on to the body.................I hope.

 

There is a third coach to go with this set a period II SO, one of four similar diagrams, one was for RFO, later downgraded to RTO (RSO), one for a TO (SO) with 1 by 2 seating, one for a TO (SO) with 2 by 2 seating and one for a RTO (RSO)  which I am making. Now I am having problems with cutting out the beading for this coach (I will get there). I should have not been so brave and gone for the RTO which was rebuilt following an accident with steel panels. It was part of the train that went to the USA with Royal Scot. I think I have quite a few one off coaches.

 

[great northern]

9 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

It has been a bit of time since I posted snaps of the train set. I am in full DMU mode.

 

Some shots from the concourse end.

The Mags and Fags kiosk fell off while I was carrying stuff around the layout and I didn't notice in on the floor, crunch.

 

Let's try and be arty like Gilbert is.

 

All 8 platforms have a train in them.

 

 

Arty, moi?

[Clive Mortimore]

We now are going to look at the fuddle yards, starting with the Doncaster sidings.

A Cravens 3 car unit, converted Triang Mk1s.

 

A stranger from Liverpool, a Derby 4 car suburban (class 115), no not a Bachmann 117 cut and shut but a Lima one. Do you think I am made of money.

There were a very few workings, mainly at weekends that saw these units cross the Pennines, including one to Hull.

 

Behind the Derby unit is an 8 car train formed of four 2 car Met Cam units, all Lima and boy do they sound great.

 

A Derby 4 car unit coupled to a Met Cam 4 car unit.

 

 

Three units converted from the Hornby 110, an 8 car train formed of two 4 car BRCW class 104 units, and a 6 car trains made up from a 3 car BRCW unit and a 3 car Met Cam set.

 

Three 8 car DMU trains are in these sidings. Far more fitting for the time period than many layouts were there is the token 2 car set.

[Clive Mortimore]

Moving over to the other side of the room we have the Manchester sidings.

 

A couple of Derby long underframe units, far from their Lincoln home. One is a MTK kit and the other yet another converted class 110.

 

Two designs of unit built to cross the Pennines, an unaltered Hornby class 110 and a 6 car Swindon Trans-Pennine unit.

 

All RTR in this photo, a six coach Calder Valley set, and train formed of two 2 car Cravens units.

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

Last train in Manchester sidings is one formed of 3 MTK units.

A Gloucester set.

 

A BRCW unit.

 

And a Cravens train.

 

I had a few problems running them the other night as they seemed to want to travel sideways through time.

 

[John Tomlinson]

What a cracking set of DMU pictures to cheer us all up on a Sunday morning!

 

I hope this means you're now getting better from Covid , if not fully recovered.

 

John.

[Northmoor]

38 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Behind the Derby unit is an 8 car train formed of four 2 car Met Cam units, all Lima and boy do they sound great.

 

Three 8 car DMU trains are in these sidings. Far more fitting for the time period than many layouts were there is the token 2 car set.

Welcome back to the land of model trains Clive.  I agree, Lima DMUs actually sound like real DMUs. I still love mine although it hardly ever leaves its box.

 

Also agree about far too few DMUs in so many 1950s/60s layouts, but then the owner has normally spent their money on far too many one-off prototype diesels that apparently all ran in the same place and period as well............

[Clive Mortimore]

I love Molly's version of this song and this a a great live performance.

Edit......I will give you a clue to which one I fancy, she is wearing bib and braces shorts.

 

Edited August 14, 2022 by Clive Mortimore

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, John Tomlinson said:

What a cracking set of DMU pictures to cheer us all up on a Sunday morning!

 

I hope this means you're now getting better from Covid , if not fully recovered.

 

John.

Thanks John

 

I am well on the mend, the cough has gone and my appetite is back. Concentration not fully back if it was ever there.

[richard i]

I like your rendition of the silver jubilee in the last photo. Just need a photo of the A4 on the front.

glad to hear your health is improving.

richard 

[Clive Mortimore]

38 minutes ago, richard i said:

I like your rendition of the silver jubilee in the last photo. Just need a photo of the A4 on the front.

glad to hear your health is improving.

richard 

Richard

 

I know your profession wastes a lot of paper, well the kids do, but why would I want a sheet of A4 paper on the front of my train?

[Clive Mortimore]

2 hours ago, Northmoor said:

Welcome back to the land of model trains Clive.  I agree, Lima DMUs actually sound like real DMUs. I still love mine although it hardly ever leaves its box.

 

Also agree about far too few DMUs in so many 1950s/60s layouts, but then the owner has normally spent their money on far too many one-off prototype diesels that apparently all ran in the same place and period as well............

Ah! One off prototypes, and why not all in the same place at the same time? 

 

Two Lions, one scratchbuilt and one Heljan

Two Falcons, one homemade and one Silver Fox kit, different liveries.

Two DP2s, one Lima conversion and one Heljan.....the Lima conversion despite being 12mm too short looks better than the Heljan one.

One LMS Co-Co bespoke build

One SR 1Co-Co1Started life as a MTK kit, all that remained are the buffer beams and the little dangly thing between the bogies.

One 10800, as rebuilt to Hawk.

 

Being built GT3, all me own work

 

To build a Deltic.

 

Had in the past

Deltic, proper Kitmaster one

Kestrel, scratchbuilt, eldest kid broke the cabs.

DPH1, part scratchbuilt, cab broke when I dropped it, never finished.

 

[richard i]

1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said:

One SR 1Co-Co1Started life as a MTK kit, all that remained are the buffer beams and the little dangly thing between the bogies.

Must be male then.

[stevea]

Hi, Clive

    Excellent to see a full set of carts in use. Was getting withdrawal symptoms. And even better news that you're getting over the dreaded lurgi

Regards

Steve

[Clive Mortimore]

A new band to me

 

[Clive Mortimore]

Another song with a railway connection by the lovely Clio 

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

What is your Chulym like?

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

Some new additions to the Mortimore loco fleet.

 

A Dave Alexander kit BTH Type 1 (class 15 for our younger readers). It runs lovely if a little noisy. It has two motors, one in each bogie, they only drive one axle each, not that matters because it can move a longer than normal train on Sheff Ex. There are some changes need to the paint work to get the livery correct. Number 11 BTH type 1.

 

 

The BTH was won on Vectis Auctions and came as a package with a Yorkshire 0-4-0 shunter (Class 02 in new money). It is a Craftsman kit, again it runs very nicely. It is missing (or never put on) the rear veranda handrails. It is not alone because the one I built is still waiting for its handrails. The one my mate Ian made is the only one of the three to have this feature.

 

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Clive Mortimore

[Clive Mortimore]

I came across this earlier tonight, it is brilliant.

 

 

[John Tomlinson]

51 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Some new additions to the Mortimore loco fleet.

 

A Dave Alexander kit BTH Type 1 (class 15 for our younger readers). It runs lovely if a little noisy. It has two motors, one in each bogie, they only drive one axle each, not that matters because it can move a longer than normal train on Sheff Ex. There are some changes need to the paint work to get the livery correct. Number 11 BTH type 1.

 

 

The BTH was won on Vectis Auctions and came as a package with a Yorkshire 0-4-0 shunter (Class 02 in new money). It is a Craftsman kit, again it runs very nicely. It is missing (or never put on) the rear veranda handrails. It is not alone because the one I built is still waiting for its handrails. The one my mate Ian made is the only one of the three to have this feature.

 

 

 

I have an Alexander Clayton I made yonks ago, two motor all wheel drive. Will pull the house down and doesn't catch fire, so not very realistic!

 

Looks like a very nice BTH Type 1, not much to do on the paintwork. Good of the builder to do one of the hood end numbers, maybe needs the other too?

 

John.

[Clive Mortimore]

29 minutes ago, John Tomlinson said:

 

I have an Alexander Clayton I made yonks ago, two motor all wheel drive. Will pull the house down and doesn't catch fire, so not very realistic!

 

Looks like a very nice BTH Type 1, not much to do on the paintwork. Good of the builder to do one of the hood end numbers, maybe needs the other too?

 

John.

Hi John

 

I think it will be renumbered as I already have a D8205, given to me by Robin Idle. As his model is scratch built I think it will retain its number. Mind you will I do it before I am brown bread?

[Clive Mortimore]

Open your ears to this one

 

[Andrew P]

Just watching this on Sky Arts.

BRILLIANT.