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I have discovered a copy of the price list & catalogue in an unbuilt box. The castings & box are clean & pristine, some might be tempted to keep it unbuilt, but this will appear an an extra CR cattle wagon.

Jim
Did they need both platforms at Oban for the service provided ?
Duncan

Also looks like a mk4 Cortina (1976>), a mk 1 ? Fiesta (1976>), a mk 2 Transit (1977 >) & possibly a Marina van (1972>)

Duncan

thanks John

Are pantiles just East Lothian & Fife, or also further afield ?
Duncan

many thanks Jim

Fantastic film.

Is that a lamp on the smokebox on the loco in the above photo ?

It looks like pretty thick liquid going into liquid !

many thanks all, I have the joint stock & CR carriages books, so have the layout of the partitions, just wondered if anyone had a photo of the interior in particular !, Jim, your instructions will be a help & photos are always useful

Steve, I imagine it was handled with the wagon charges, but I don't know whether these were done on a weekly or monthly basis.

Does anyone have any kit instructions for the blue saloon ? I have a sheet of etches and could probably figure out where they all go, but some instructions would be useful. Not sure if it is one of John B's etches. I have various photos & the diagram of the interior in Mike's Carriage Book. Many tha...

The GWR coach involved in the 9th July1914 collision at Carlisle when the 11.50pm WCJS ran into the back of a NBR train was a 54ft third carriage, dia C17, number 3141 (not a brake third). The WCJS train was 1 x LNWR van, 7 x various WCJS carriages / vans & 1 x LYR brake third. For more details see ...

I'm not quite sure where it could be fitted in ?

I posted the photo to the car club forum & it appears to be a 1937 Riley 12/4 saloon - hope that helps

some nice pictures here http://www.classic-a...loon-32086.aspx

Duncan

Thanks Jim, wouldn't the CR use W/H for the express by preference ? Could there be any reason not to ?

One point puzzled me while reading the troop train composition in the TL article - approximately 1/2 of the troop train was Westinghouse piped only, so would be un-braked. Was there a speed limit for such trains, or have I got things wrong ?

many thanks Duncan

Gympie, what make of kit is the horsebox ? I assume from the answers that it is 4mm. Thanks Duncan

I asked some questions of GWR modellers on the RMweb forum about the through carriages from the southern perspective. I have meaning to summarise the topic for here, but time has marched on. The link to the topic is below with some interesting thoughts on GWR through carriages. http://www.rmweb.co.u...

John A wee bit before your time period, Duncan Kennedy in his book "The Ballachulish Line - the birth and death of a highland railway" (he was an assistant engineer, 1898 to 1903) mentions that the rails were 80lb 32 foot lengths, with 12 sleepers to the length. The sleepers were creosoted pine or s...

Looking at the epilepsy theory, I think this deserves further investigation, do we have a medical expert in the house ? I believe that there are 2 forms of epilepsy, the 1st where the individual has the classic fits and the 2nd where there are no fits, the individual just freezes for a short period ...