Following on from my entry last week, I've identified other possibilities only a few miles away from my initial choices:

Seacombe - Wirral Rly with GCR running rights

Bournemouth West - LSWR with S & D running rights

I'm always looking for synergies with my existing fleet and can now see another nucleus forming around pre-WW2 era in Norfolk. I already own a B12/3, B17/4 and J17, but tonight I came across a large number of images of Midland & Great Northern (M&GN) locos taken pre-WW2 http://www.smugmug.c...55256&k=xrMnPDT including a GCR J11 drafted onto ex-M&GN lines and several shots of the Midland Rly design 3F (M&GN rebuilt D class; LNER J41).

Other sources also state ex-Midland Rly 3Fs and 4Fs also visited M&GN lines at the time, so I could potentially be interested in not only Bachmann's forthcoming L & Y 2-4-2T, one of which was bought by the Wirral Rly, but also Bachmann's J11 and Midland/LMS 4F when they're released. 0-6-0s were the workhorses of yore but they're underrepresented in my collection.

If I decided to include a S&D loco in my fleet my first choice would be the iconic 7F 2-8-0.

These acquisitions will all be integrated into my appropriate sub-collections so they may appear in pre-grouping, Big Four or BR liveries as necessary. Certainly this time I've got plenty of options to consider!

Latest news - I'll wait for Bachmann's L & Y 2-4-2T to appear "in the flesh" before proceeding any further with this project, as that'll be the lynchpin for this collection.