RMweb Premium 03060 Posted May 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23 20 minutes ago, queensquare said: Recently came across this fantastic picture from the Bath Chronicle in 1914. I really should get my tender cabbed 7F painted - plain black so no excuse really! Jerry Thanks for posting this Jerry, I've not seen this image before either and find the view of No.5 just as interesting as No.80 as I intend to build one of the Fox Walkers as my next S&DJR 3mm locos; I was looking for a suitable chassis at our AGM last Sat but couldn't find one although there's always a chance that I've already bought one in readiness but it needs 'unearthing' from the mess that my modelling room is currently in, it's just taken me several days to find my part built mail van kit that I'd only seen a few weeks ago ... it was in a clear plastic box right next to my seat but underneath some other things !! (LoL ... hangs head in shame.) Regards, Ian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted May 23 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 23 21 minutes ago, 03060 said: Thanks for posting this Jerry, I've not seen this image before either and find the view of No.5 just as interesting as No.80 as I intend to build one of the Fox Walkers as my next S&DJR 3mm locos; I was looking for a suitable chassis at our AGM last Sat but couldn't find one although there's always a chance that I've already bought one in readiness but it needs 'unearthing' from the mess that my modelling room is currently in, it's just taken me several days to find my part built mail van kit that I'd only seen a few weeks ago ... it was in a clear plastic box right next to my seat but underneath some other things !! (LoL ... hangs head in shame.) Regards, Ian. You could be describing my bench Ian! 😊 No81 being towed to the paint shop by Fox Walker No1 Jerry 23 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Doncaster Green Posted May 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23 23 minutes ago, queensquare said: You could be describing my bench Ian! 😊 No81 being towed to the paint shop by Fox Walker No1 Jerry Seems to be a familiar refrain; I have trouble finding the bench let alone anything in the piles of ‘stuff’ on it! John 3 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 I looked to catch up with you at railex, the layout looked really good. I could not get through as every time I got back to see it, you were surrounded by groupies several rows deep. Clearly very popular. richard 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 25 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25 On 20/05/2024 at 16:35, St Enodoc said: With a fair wind and following seas, there's a slim - very slim - chance that I'll get to Railex. Unfortunately, family business prevailed so I wasn't able to make it. Another time. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted May 30 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 30 My liking of eight coupled locos, even if not strictly suitable for the S&D just got out of hand! At the excellent Aylesbury show last weekend I was given this beast. A member had been left a large collection of unboxed stuff which had had a hard life. The monster B&O 2-8-8-4 has a few bits and pieces missing but is otherwise in good shape and runs superbly. The comparison with the 7F highlights just how huge it is, particularly when it’s remembered it’s actually to the slightly smaller scale of 1:160. It will just about squeeze through Windsor Hill but is way out of gauge for Combe Down/Devonshire. It will therefore sadly be restricted to trip working between the colliery and the sector plate! Mind - there are no low bridges on the Midland and I'm not bound by the weight restrictions on the bridges over the Avon……!😊 Jerry 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted May 30 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30 9 minutes ago, queensquare said: My liking of eight coupled locos, even if not strictly suitable for the S&D just got out of hand! At the excellent Aylesbury show last weekend I was given this beast. A member had been left a large collection of unboxed stuff which had had a hard life. The monster B&O 2-8-8-4 has a few bits and pieces missing but is otherwise in good shape and runs superbly. The comparison with the 7F highlights just how huge it is, particularly when it’s remembered it’s actually to the slightly smaller scale of 1:160. It will just about squeeze through Windsor Hill but is way out of gauge for Combe Down/Devonshire. It will therefore sadly be restricted to trip working between the colliery and the sector plate! Mind - there are no low bridges on the Midland and I'm not bound by the weight restrictions on the bridges over the Avon……!😊 Jerry if it could clear the tunnels would it need a banker? 😁 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 30 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30 Are you heading for a model of the Sacramento and Denver? Don 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRBroadgauge Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 On 31/05/2024 at 04:17, queensquare said: My liking of eight coupled locos, even if not strictly suitable for the S&D just got out of hand! I'm currently sorting out an illusive 2-6-0 for a few people. That should be done in the next month or three. I have a beyer garrat on my long term list. I could be persuaded to hook you up Jerry... :) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted June 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3 5 hours ago, VRBroadgauge said: I'm currently sorting out an illusive 2-6-0 for a few people. That should be done in the next month or three. I have a beyer garrat on my long term list. I could be persuaded to hook you up Jerry... :) That’s a beast Bruce. Those allusive 2-6-0s did run into Bath - a red one even spent the summer of 1927 there on trial! Jerry 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted June 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3 Funny, my original 00 S&D loft layout, set in the 1950s had a couple of Crabs lingering on way past their actual departure date along with a couple of Ivatt 2.6.0s. Both types a favourite of mine so simply put, they stayed ! Rob. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nick Mitchell Posted June 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3 1 hour ago, queensquare said: Those allusive 2-6-0s did run into Bath - a red one even spent the summer of 1927 there on trial! You'll enjoy lining the tender, Jerry... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted June 3 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 3 Sadly I don’t know of any pictures of the red crab on the S&D in 1927 but there are plenty of later pictures of them at Bath. I rather like these of them on green Bulleid three coach sets. Jerry 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 I recall as a teenager making a visit to Hamilton sheds. The entrance to the shed itself was an arched passageway through the offices. All you could see at the far end of the passage was the cylinders of a crab! Jim 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted June 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3 1 hour ago, Caley Jim said: I recall as a teenager making a visit to Hamilton sheds. The entrance to the shed itself was an arched passageway through the offices. All you could see at the far end of the passage was the cylinders of a crab! Jim I remember on one of our visits to the NRM going in the cab of the Midland single followed shortly after by the Crab. The latter was like a barn in comparison- those little Midland cabs may have been elegant but offered scant protection! Jerry 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 3 hours ago, queensquare said: I remember on one of our visits to the NRM going in the cab of the Midland single followed shortly after by the Crab. The latter was like a barn in comparison- those little Midland cabs may have been elegant but offered scant protection! And yet a Crab cab felt distinctly insecure - probably a psychological effect caused by the combination of the tender being significantly narrower than the loco cab together with the way the motion caused the loco to constantly pitch left and right at any sort of speed. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post barrowroad Posted June 5 Popular Post Share Posted June 5 A couple of photos of 42790 and Maunsell set 399 passing Bristol Barrow Road. 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted June 14 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 14 It’s been a good day. Steve Martin from New Zealand who is building a stunning 2mm model of StErth visited this afternoon and we ran some trains, both commenting that it would be great when we could run trains beyond Bath single line box - then this evening the wiring diagram for Bath Junction dropped into my inbox from the brilliant Frank ‘chuffer’ Davies - clear and simple enough for even this electrical duffer to follow! Next job is to get the point motors fitted and wired back to the frame. Harrap crossing next - under the roof by Christmas ..... Jerry 35 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.S. Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Glad to see you're looking after him - we'll expect field reports next month! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted June 16 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16 If Steve wants to see CF, it is fully up at Keen House this week. Tim 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted June 17 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17 On 16/06/2024 at 01:39, CF MRC said: If Steve wants to see CF, it is fully up at Keen House this week. Tim Im not sure of Steves itinery, or how much longer he is in the UK but I have pinged him a message so he may well be in touch, Jerry 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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