Caledonian Railway Association Forum

I know this isn't Caledonian, but it is a viaduct and I suggest this piece by Network Rail gives some interesting information about Luftwaffe attacks on the railway.

https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.u ... ime-damage#

JimS

A lovely picture, John.
And here is mine of the tank at Denny, which is appropriate in view of the current series in TTL.

JimS

Donald, I am sure folk will understand the use of the Forum in such circumstances. Most will not know what a helpful man Jim was and should be told what a huge part he played in developing the rail container trains under the WH Malcolm brand. I have taken, I guess, 18 or so parties of students to se...

Indeed that was the starting point, Jim. I was heavily involved in editing it and getting it published by the Scalefour Society. It was a bit pioneering to produce it as a CD, but we thought modellers would find that of particular benefit. For the price, it should be on every modeller's desk. Thanks...

Thank you for these, John. The aerial view is particularly interesting for another reason, what I think is the water tank, top right. If I am right, it looks like a small tank on a wooden frame, like that at Denny in the recent TTL (and which I did personally photograph years ago when it was in use)...

Thank you, gentlemen. I think I was justified in being a bit suspicious. The reverse simply says Callander Old in pencil, with no further details. It came from the effects of well-respected modeller and photographer of all aspects of railway infrastructure, but the writing and size of picture do not...

Well, I did offer the alleged photo of Callander Old recently!

I suspect it is probably not a photo of any ex-Caley buildings, but it may show the old site.

JimS

The attached picture has come my way, claiming to be Callander Old.
I thought it might be of interest and that someone might be able to tell us more about what it shows.

JimS

Delightful stuff, thank you, but I feel short-changed on the Clyde steamers.
That ballast on Beattock Bank was impressive, though.

JimS

In case anyone is lying awake worrying about this, David has succeeded in communicating with me, and my home email has not changed, nor the [email protected] business.
We agreed that it was a lovely engine on a fine model. I attach a close up of the viaduct.

JimS

Thin air, I fear.
JimS

Not often I would disagree with Alan K, but I fancy the pre-Drummond wagon, or two, or three.

JimS

Muchalls Viaduct with Caley train #1 compressed.jpg I have submitted the following item to our TTL editor, but thought that since this Forum has much fewer members than the Association at large, but has many active modellers then it would do no harm to publish it here first. It stems from the fact ...

Beaten you to it, Jim. Here is the drawing by the late lamented Richard Chown. Water Column by RChown compressed .jpg There is also a drawing in The True Line No.79 p31. I have poor photocopies of a three page article (or maybe an email discussion) on water columns, with some pictures of various sty...

Graham,
I am a fan of satin varnish, which you can always weather down a bit if you wish, but it seems fine for black engines to me. And yes, you'll have to line and number the back of the bunker.

Mind you, this is the wrong Jim to be pronouncing on livery . . .

JImS

More encouragement for the rest of us, Jim, thanks.
Delighted to know of at least one layout which will demonstrate the specialised point locking devised by the Caledonian Signal Engineer.

JimS

I don't know, to be honest, Kris. There is certainly very strong light, judging by the shadows. At the top of the tank, it may have emphasised some lining below a cheap LMS painting job, but on the other hand the line appears to run right to the edge of the tank, which lining would not have done. Th...

Two not particularly relevant comments: Having looked at JimMac's drawings of the L&A tank, I recall that Mike Sharman did whitemetal castings of similar plates, and in fact I find that in my useful items box I have had two ancient packets thereof for years. Having noted Sinclair's comments on how t...

Great stuff, Kris. Other folk will notice that Chris mentions that he has given me the sounds of 812. Indeed he has, and his very kind gesture has enabled contact to be made with a firm dealing with sound decoders. It seems hopeful that Caledonian sounds can be added to your sound decoders, but watc...

At present, these recordings are not in our Archives.
A case could be made for rectifying that, if you are prepared to donate a copy of the EP.

JimS

This from the 1889 Appendix may help to understand what was hung on what. "In coupling up the Vehicles on Passenger Trains, the screw coupling must be made as tight as possible, so that the buffers of the Carriages may be kept close while the Train is running, or while the continuous brake is being ...

We Jims stick together. I saw it as Jim Watt has described it.
Wait till you see my paragraphs on double-coupling!

JimS

I have resisted wading in on this topic until I had a fairly final draft of the relevant section of my book on operating the Caledonian. Here is what I have written, which I hope clarifies some aspects at least. Comments welcome of course, with references. JimS Here is what I have written: Caledonia...

The following request for information appeared on the Forum of our Highland colleagues. The Caledonian is mentioned towards the end of the list of queries, but the other matters are interesting in themselves. You'll see that Peter Tatlow has answered many points, but leaves us in the Caley Associati...

Jim,

Doubtless your corrugated roof was the consequence of a fire!

Nice work, too, even if John has rather disproved my theory. Would that we had more pictures of everyday things, of course.

JS