RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 https://goo.gl/images/G9LB3X So, are they from Brighton, Plumpton, Fontwell, Goodwood? And a River Class tank! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 Nice pictures... Still, not a common train that people are going to model with lots of 3 packs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Clearwater Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 In one of picture books I own, there's a shot of a longish horse box train on its way to Aintree. Like other things pre motorways, most horses would have got to principal race meetings by rail. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2018 Nice pictures... Still, not a common train that people are going to model with lots of 3 packs. I suspect that trains with 3 or more horseboxes were quite common to stations near racecourses. I doubt though that the train would be made up of identical wagons, most photos seem to show a right rag tag assortment. Of course not every station serves a racecourse. Perhaps next is a 3 pack of pigeon wagons? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2018 So, are they from Brighton, Plumpton, Fontwell, Goodwood? And a River Class tank! And to which pie factory is it heading? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Clearwater Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) From Yarwood, "Window on the Western": Bulldog 3380 at Snow Hill on 7th Sep 1934 with a horse box special. Caption notes it was customary for a brake compo to be marshalled at the rear. Edit: same picture available at the as ever excellent Warwickshire Railways and a bit clearer than my camera phone version! http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrbsh1778.htm David And to which pie factory is it heading? Didn't know they had ready meal lasagna in the 1920s/30s! Edited March 17, 2018 by Clearwater 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) Here is Epsom Downs on a race day , ( image : Lens of Sutton Assosciation - I used to shop there in the 50s) Some horseboxes duplicated and a lovely Mogul! Edited March 17, 2018 by Limpley Stoker 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2018 I've posted this before, but... There you go. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2018 I’m only running a small line, but there’s a passenger train, a goods train, and a horsebox special, which I quite like. (The third vehicle has a chassis waiting for a LSWR horsebox body) 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 I’m only running a small line, but there’s a passenger train, a goods train, and a horsebox special, which I quite like. (The third vehicle has a chassis waiting for a LSWR horsebox body)D161E510-D168-4C69-BD69-2281421836A3.jpeg Not often we see a model of a loco built in 1859! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 Dont think so Robin. I think that is class K....pick up branch freight,mineral or ballast. GWR shunting is a red light on the top iron front and rear.......I think.....remembering what Mike said.....that BR changed this in 1948 to red and white lights on buffer beam....front and rear Cheers John Hi All, The last bit is certainly true John - we need a bit of Stationmasterly advice me thinks... All the best, Castle http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/128677-gwr-shunting-lamp-code/ Is the lamp a white one with a red lense like a tail lamp then. John quoted the correct GWR arrangement for lamping a shunting pilot. On an engine it would be a standard engine lamp using the red slide. The lamp could be either a red or a white lamp body for Rob's time period although I think white might be more likely by then, er probably. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 17, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 Modelu produce the red lenses but it's an easy cheat to paint a clear lense with a dab of red paint on the end of a cocktail stick. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 So, are they from Brighton, Plumpton, Fontwell, Goodwood? And a River Class tank! The original website says the horseboxes are on their way from Epsom to Newmarket Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted March 17, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2018 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Its green. Its GWR - it says so which makes it GWR green. Beware of imitations!! Incidentally, why would the SR run Pullman trains to Epsom? Brian. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I'm lead to understand that one specific use was for drawing out splinters, which were frequently caught in ones hand when falling over in the Pullman coaches. There were many specially chartered trips to get cheaper bulk discount at the manufacturers factory for Suvvern Rail Pass holders in the '50s but subsequently stopped soon after the emergence of cheaper products from their local station branch of W.H.Smiffs, apparently. N.O.T. Acloo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted March 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2018 Its green. Its GWR - it says so which makes it GWR green. Beware of imitations!!Hornby (640x480).jpgIncidentally, why would the SR run Pullman trains to Epsom?Brian. Here’s your 4-4-2 tank in proper SR green taking Pullman cars to Epsom Downs on Derby Day, - probably, as before to Tattenham Corner station. I don’t think the horses were allowed in these coaches. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2018 The headcode on the I3 is Vic to Epsom Downs via Mitcham Junction. In the modern era Her Maj has always gone to Tattenham Corner, and nowadays Epsom Downs only has one platform instead of seven! But back then I suspect there was loadsa traffic to both termini. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 18, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2018 Races? Newton Abbot and Exeter? Maybe Taunton? Exeter was miles away from the City though. Horses would have come up from Cornwall and locally in south west Devon. Perhaps ceremonial horses (Military) may also have been transported to a special event? Pigeon trains were often quite long efforts. Philth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted March 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2018 And unlike horseboxes, pigeon vans had no accommodation for humans and therefore would usually have a passenger vehicle in the formation for the handlers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted March 18, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2018 With the weather turning against us again I make no apologies for shewing a Chris Nevard shot again. Three for the price of one. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2018 You'll need to sprinkle some talcum powder on that, if you want to replicate Brent as it is at this very moment, Robin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted March 18, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2018 And unlike horseboxes, pigeon vans had no accommodation for humans and therefore would usually have a passenger vehicle in the formation for the handlers Did pigeons need handlers? Weren't they just released by station staff at their destination? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2018 Did pigeons need handlers? Only the special ones and any called Tarquin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 18, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2018 You'll need to sprinkle some talcum powder on that, if you want to replicate Brent as it is at this very moment, Robin. I'm sure someone with photoshop could do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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