A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[NHY 581]

1 minute ago, MrWolf said:

 

They do look very nice, especially that six wheeler...

 

I'm not helping am I?

 

No. 

 

 

[Ian Hargrave]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

 

And..............I'm dreading the arrival of the SE&CR Brake vans with....ahem.....cough...."a number of examples ordered" 

Bringing aid & comfort to Hattons SECR P1 no doubt. Particularly like Rails special edition van. Lotta cash though…ah well . All very beautiful stuff .We are lucky. Saints alive ! ! !    Here follows a pregnant but meaningful pause full,of hint and innuendo.  In memoriam Cefntilla Court and her sisters,South Wales Main line 1948 to early 1950 ‘s .Just HOW much longer must I wait. .? 9

 

[2ManySpams]

5 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Another wagon from Rapido, this time the four plank open, is due with retailers this week. Photo courtesy of Rapido.

 

 

Nice, but it's not a clay wagon...

 

Please use your influence old bean.

[gwrrob]

2 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Nice, but it's not a clay wagon...

 

Please use your influence old bean.

 

https://rapidotrains.co.uk/product-suggestion/

[MrWolf]

56 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

No. 

 

 

 

 

...Awfully sorry old chap, al ways was such a duffer at that kind of thing...

[NHY 581]

Then again.........

 

 

 

 

[John Besley]

Hope you don't mind this interlude seeing as what you've posted pics of the SDR & PDSR...

50 years ago I stood on his same platform in the Feb 73 half term and watched 4588 depart with the 10:30 service train

 

Today it's 4277...

 

[TrevorP1]

2 hours ago, John Besley said:

Hope you don't mind this interlude seeing as what you've posted pics of the SDR & PDSR...

50 years ago I stood on his same platform in the Feb 73 half term and watched 4588 depart with the 10:30 service train

 

Today it's 4277...

 

 

Time flies when you're having fun! 😀 

 

I remember seeing Flying Scotsman there around that time. If memory serves we stayed in the station hotel at Churston. 

[John Besley]

33 minutes ago, TrevorP1 said:

 

Time flies when you're having fun! 😀 

 

I remember seeing Flying Scotsman there around that time. If memory serves we stayed in the station hotel at Churston. 

 

First engine I drove .... August 1973 as a 14 year old cleaner... out of the bay siding and up to the ashpit instruction by Les Richards ex ER loco inspector employed by Mac Alpine...

 

Different era then

[gwrrob]

I can highly recommend the footplate experience on this line too as I think it's less than 100 sheets for a run to Kingswear with your partner allowed to ride in the Devon Belle observation coach. Return travel for both in the same coach. Going through Greenway Tunnel stood in the cab of Goliath was very memorable.

[gwrrob]

Some great chat this afternoon on Stoke Courtenay about milk trains had me dipping into my archive for a shot or two of mine. I would love these to be made redundant for something special from Rapido/Accurascale.

 

 

[checkrail]

Lovely stuff Robin - thanks for posting.  What's the origin of your 6-wheel tanks?  Looking at pics of these wagons from the 30s to the 60s in all the albums, whether at Hemyock, Carmarthen, west London or wherever, there seems to be one unifying characteristic - they're all absolutely filthy (though not on the inside one hopes) so no research needed on the livery!

 

 

[St Enodoc]

54 minutes ago, checkrail said:

they're all absolutely filthy (though not on the inside one hopes)

No - steam-cleaned regularly (I was going to write "after every trip" but I'm not absolutely sure of that).

[gwrrob]

11 hours ago, checkrail said:

Lovely stuff Robin - thanks for posting.  What's the origin of your 6-wheel tanks?  

 

 

Dapol and Hornby with added end pipework and screwlinks.  The West Park Dairy version is really too early for me although I do like the livery and the train has the blue Express Dairy tanks as a flavour of a milk train of the late 40s.

 

A really detailed model would prove very popular for many , both branch and mainline modellers.

 

Here's ED No. 60 courtesy of @toboldlygo

 

Edited February 18, 2023 by gwrrob
detail, detail. detail.

[Oldddudders]

10 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

No - steam-cleaned regularly (I was going to write "after every trip" but I'm not absolutely sure of that).

Yes, the cleaning process conducted in a platform at Vauxhall was a daily event, I am sure. 

[Mallard60022]

14 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

Yes, the cleaning process conducted in a platform at Vauxhall was a daily event, I am sure. 

Also every Tank Cleaned (internally) at Seaton Junction Express Dairy, pre filling. There could be absolutely no chance of contamination.

Phil

[Coach bogie]

14 hours ago, checkrail said:

L there seems to be one unifying characteristic - they're all absolutely filthy (though not on the inside one hopes) so no research needed on the livery!

 

Too much reliance on water troughs to clean them!!!!

 

 

Mike Wiltshire

[5BarVT]

51 minutes ago, Coach bogie said:

Too much reliance on water troughs to clean them!!!!

Boring Goring?

Paul.

[MrWolf]

6 hours ago, Coach bogie said:

Too much reliance on water troughs to clean them!!!!

 

 

Mike Wiltshire

Surf's up!

[gwrrob]

The new Rapido 4 plank open is surfacing with retailers and here's the two offered in post '37 livery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 20, 2023 by gwrrob
detail, detail. detail.

[BenL]

3 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Thanks Robin - this prompted me to check Rails’ website for pics and I notice some of the later livery ones like this one (which I’ve ordered) don’t  have the brake lever and shoe on one side as I was expecting

Edited February 18, 2023 by BenL

[NHY 581]

Here you go....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rob. 

[brushman47544]

12 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Yes, the cleaning process conducted in a platform at Vauxhall was a daily event, I am sure. 

Err… I presume that Oldddudders was being sarcastic…

[BenL]

Here’re a couple without  the second lever and brake shoe:

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/gwr-dia-o21-no-73691-gwr-grey-small-letters
 

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/gwr-dia-o21-open-no-54156-gwr-grey-large-letters

 

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/gwr-dia-o21-open-no-74563-gwr-grey-large-letters

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2023 by BenL

[NHY 581]

5 minutes ago, BenL said:

Glad Mr Sheep has a good un.

 

Here’re a couple missing the second lever and brake shoe:

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/gwr-dia-o21-no-73691-gwr-grey-small-letters
 

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/gwr-dia-o21-open-no-54156-gwr-grey-large-letters

 

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/gwr-dia-o21-open-no-74563-gwr-grey-large-letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's disappointing. The large letter jobs were next on the to order list.......

 

 

Rob.