Caledonian Railway Association Forum

David I have no evidence of this being the normal practice. I just remembered reading that brake ends were red so thought that if brake ends of coaches were red then full brake ends could be as well. The red end of the duckets was based on a picture I saw of a 45' centre brake composite where the en...

How long would ex SCR and SNER have lasted in service after their takeovers? What would have been a typical life expectancy for such vehicles?

Ross

Hi Jim

I've sent you a list of some models I could loan if required. I have a WCJS 50' arc roof brake and full third along with a CR 6 wheel brake and some general goods wagons (CR, LNWR etc.)

Ross

While browsing through the Vintage Carriage Trust's online survey of historic vehicles I came across a new entry listing a derelict coach in Aberdeenshire as being of Caledonian origin. The article references the LNER Coach Association but I can find no reference of it on their site. Does anyone kno...

Thanks for the comments and advice. I've had a go at adding rivets to a basic traders wagon (didn't fancy practicing on the line wagon!). I fairly happy with the way they turned out, not as tricky as I though they might be but I'll wait until this one is painted up to be sure before I try the lime w...

Nice models Jim. Do you use a brush or a lining pen to letter your wagons? I've been in the process of painting a Wills tank (easier said than done!). This is my first attempt at lining a black engine using Fox transfers and it turned out to be rather more complex and time consuming than I expected....

Whilst browsing the web I came across this fascinating little clip of a Euston to Glasgow express around filmed 1909. http://www.huntleyarchives.com/searchresult.php?keywords=&option=all&filmCategory=Railways&filmDecade=1900&filmSound=&filmColour=&filmNumber= I've seen a couple of clips of LNWR trai...

The DCC uncoupler is from Keen Systems http://www.keen-systems.com/Couplings.html The coupling loop is mounted on a pivot which allows it to drop downwards. This is connected to an actuator and a nut/bolt counter weight. Installation was fairly straightforward. I only had to remove the old coupling,...

Great looking models Jim. I don't know how you can pack in so much detail into something so small, I struggle with 4mm at times! Over Christmas finished of the horse box and managed to finish of my Ex-ROD 2-8-0 based on the excellent pictures from a previous thread. It is Bachmann model with a few m...

Hi everyone. I've manged to get a bit of time off over Christmas to hopefully catch up of some of those little projects which never seem to come to an end and I thought I might post a few pics if anyone is interested. I've have had model railways for the last 15 years or so but they were always mode...

I came across an interesting picture in the recently published book "The Quintinshill Conspiracy" of the recovery opperation. In the background of one of the shots there is a short train formed of three vans which look like two early (ex-wcjs?) 6 wheel parcels vans with a goods van (D.3?) in between...

I have just come back from a short holiday which included a trip to the NRM. While there I took some time to take a few pics of their impressive collection of mainly LNWR 7mm models (those builder's name currently escapes me). In the collection there were three models of CR 35 ton flat wagons, two o...

Super looking models, I really should get on and finish mine! Are the transfers home made?
Ross

The mystery van looks like it has raked ends towards the top like the diagram 6 brake van. The shape of the door aperture and the position of the handrails are also very similar to the D.6 van. Could it be a third body style?
Ross

I noticed in the picture of the C&O brake van in the wagon book the first coach didn't have a brake end and looked like there were passengers in the first compartment (immediately behind the brake van). Could it have been used as a barrier vehicle a bit like the old dummy vans to protect passengers ...

Hi Dave, thanks for the reply. I was rather surprised when I saw the dates of these wagons, to me they seemed very primitive for the period, couldn't have been much fun for the guard in bad weather! I was thinking of building a model of the later version but looks like there will be a bit of guesswo...

Having seen a small section of these in the excellent wagon book, I was looking for a little more information on them. When would one have been used instead of a conventional brake van? Were they used for a specific traffic?

Ross

Though I might provide a quick update on this little project. The two coal wagons were completely striped and rebuilt with new underframes,repainted and coal loads added. Sounds simple but was a lot more work than I was expecting! The tube wagon was a bit easier, just a repaint. The load was salvage...

I think I remember reading somewhere that an Oban bogie 4-6-0 was loaned for several years from during/just after the war until the grouping. Sorry I can't be more specific.

Ross

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What scale are they? If they are 4mm I would be interested in 4 of them (72, 123, 439 and 173) if they are available.

Ross

Thanks for that Robin, I've been trying for ages to find suitable plates.

I would defiantly be interested in a etch. A set of number plates for one of the Ex-ROD engines would be handy if you could fit them in.
Ross

This is something I've often wondered when looking at pictures of other peoples models and something I've debated when painting my own. Newly painted stock with bright red ends, white roofs and white rimmed wheels probably would look a bit overpowering but would probably tone down fairly quickly in ...

Couldn't agree more about the current finish of RTR models, even the old Tri-ang single and coaches look half decent with a modern Hornby finish (and make my efforts look very 'home made' by comparison!). Recently quite a few model shops and magazines have been commissioning their own exclusive RTR ...

Would have thought that most ex-wcjs designs would have eventually made it to most parts of the system. If you haven't already, take a look at 'A Register of West Coast Joint Stock' by Casserley and Millard. It has detailed lists of all stock absorbed by the CR. Jim, you're sleeper model sounds very...