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This photo appears multiple times on the SLS site, in an uncropped version with a signal to the right. Quick find on 7684 will show you the LPC version, which incidentally can be seen at the left hand side of the print shown above. Another version bears the following caption: "2-4-0 locomotive CR122...

There's a matching picture of the express train locomotive (Lambie No.13) after the accident in the Wagon Book, p. 214. No.13 fared better than No.431, being rebuilt and lasting long enough to receive LMS No.14308.

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In the June 1963 MRN Kenneth Werrett produced a drawing of the LNWR gunpowder van and stated it was painted "invisible grey." This was his usual descripition of the standard LNWR freight stock livery. In December 1963 a photograph was published querying the colour (red or grey?), with the comment "B...

Sorry Allan, I didn't make myself clear. The two vans to the right of the white van are the probable WCJS grey ones.

For interest, here's the picture from LNWR liveries. This example isn't dual fitted.

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Hello Allan I assume that you were looking at A32 among the wagon scans, which is an SRX official from the wagon album of 1901. This is the catalogue entry for that photo. 8-wheel bogie 25-ton trolly wagon CR4, Diagram 20. Long rake of mainly 4-wheel 8-ton CR open goods wagons in background. One 4-w...

Here's List 10, direct from Ian Middleditch himself. It adds kits 4 and 18 to list number 9.
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You're correct about the RCH requirement for an either-side brake to be applied by a lever at the right hand end of the wagon, JIm. All we know is that when the standard D59 mineral wagon and its counterpart D67 covered van were introduced in 1903, the Morton brake was specified. There is no mention...

According to Alan Earnshaw's article on the line in British Railway Journal (issue 30), the carriage transferred to Wanlockhead in 1930 was G&KER No.5, one of eight built by Birmingham RC&W in 1908. It was "painted in the original red livery of the G&KER, lined out in yellow. The LMS did little to a...

I've just got round to looking at the three carriages. In order they are a full brake, a Composite and a brake 3rd. I can correlate them with designs described in the Carriage Book (p.133 full brake and p.135 the others), all of which date from 1873/4. Sorry of this adds to the confusion! There are ...

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I have now found out that Pickering supplied Melville B and not the other way round. The story is interesting in its own way and I'll put a short piece in True Line.

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Can anyone tell me anything about the firm of Melville B Craig of Wishaw, later Melville B Craig & Shanks of Glasgow? There doesn't seem to be a PO directory for Wishaw in NLS and the Glasgow directories seem to finish at 1912.

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Thanks both - sorry it was so easy!

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My turn for a mystery location, from Ronnie Cockburn's collection. Are the lamp posts Scottish Central?

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60527 was Sun Chariot, Jim

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The Scottish Local History Forum published a four page article on Grant's visit to Scotland - issue 87, pp. 41-4. It's available on the website as a back number for £6.00

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The only thing I know about this, Howard, was that Grant inspected the first Tay Bridge just before its opening and made the perceptive remark that it was a big bridge. I'm sure that the details of his trip were well documented at the time.

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Ross, I've just looked at the photo of your runner wagon again. You need to reduce the depth of the axleboxes. Part of the journal was inside the w-iron - see the end elevation and photos of the 7-ton bogie on pp. 86-7 of the wagon book. Your arrangement probably does funny things to the footboards ...

It would take the identity of the crane, Ross. The number of the wagon in the photo is single digit, so in this case it would be 3 or 4 since both cranes were on the scene.

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Great stuff Ross. In the enlargement of the St. Rollox picture on p. 279, the packing wagon is almost certainly lettered MOTHERWELL STEAM CRANE No. X. Crucially, the exhaust from crane No.4 just fogs it slightly.

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Can't be done I'm afraid Graham. Theyre 1 1/2 inch to the foot!

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According to the SRX register drawing 8670 was dated 01/11/1897

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I have GAs for the Diagram 71 and 72 vans, Peter. Sir Eric did a drawing in the Railway Modeller of the Diagram 71 van and as is often the case, got it wrong.

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Don't know if you've seen this - from the Carluke History website. I feel a diversionary thread on bunnets coming on..........

http://www.carlukehistory.co.uk/stories ... nstaff.jpg
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I've just been looking at the original scan of the 4-wheel carriage that Jim showed earlier. There's a line of script just below the line of the metal strip tying the two axle guards together which reads "gas cylinders, fittings &c shown in blue." These are the feint lines referred to and is only a ...

I've never heard of them being used for empty casks, Allan. Are you confusing them with the Diagram 12 barrel trucks that were built between 1885 and 1893? They too were built on old carriage underframes. The 4-wheeled milk vans were Westinghouse fitted to run on passenger trains according to the 19...