PhilJ W

Yes, most cars of that era were somewhat incontinent.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. On the news this evening about a fatal stabbing in Surrey on a Waterloo bound train this afternoon. The police are still looking for the perpetrator. I expect Rick if he was on duty has been caught up in this and will tell us what he can in due course.

I'll have the Borgward Isabella estate on the left please.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Bright and sunny this AM but still a mite cold. Not that I mind the cold that much as long as its dry which its predicted to be into next week. Not a lot else to report, be back later.

Goodnight all.

Yes it did, it served the entire length of the island and the HM dockyard was at the mid point of the line. The course of the line was an elongated S shape.

The Cararama Mercedes Actros is actually 1/74 scale. They also do one in 1/80 scale that is often claimed to be 1/87.

I noticed in some of the films the end doors seem to have been removed altogether.

The lorry trailers were curtainsiders which a lorry driver member of my club says can be very tricky in a crosswind as they can act like a sail.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. In Tess Coes today I picked up the latest BRM. Attached to the magazine were four 3D printed figures based on the editorial team. Our esteemed leader is easy to pick out, a shining (reflected) light leads the way, and all the others have hair. I had better not go any further as I have no wish to be banned.

IIRC the trailer vans initially had a driving cab at one end so that they could be operated in 'push-pull' mode. These were removed early in the life of the railway due to there being little used. The single ended motor vans also had driving controls at both ends. The 'tourist' stock AFAIK had no doors, just a screen between the vestible and the passenger compartments, this is visible in one of the photos in Pomeroy's book. The 'Pullman' cars had a veranda similar to the passenger motor cars at one end only. I do not known if they were ever turned or 'handed'. The ends of the passenger cars were fitted with a central door for the conductor/guard to move through the train. The Pullman cars had unglazed windows and no fixed seating but were provided with a number of wicker chairs.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Some evidence this morning of rain last night but I must have slept through it. I saw the storage warehouse blaze mentioned by Bob on the news as well, plenty of scope for dodgy insurance claims there. After the 1989 gale I had some minor damage to the roof of my then home, I luckily got it repaired within a day or two. The builder informed me that the insurance companies were letting claims under £1,000 through without query. Probably something similar in this case.

Goodnight all.

Have you clicked the 'remember password' box?

Evening all from Estuary-Land. No visit to the club tonight, I've developed a stinking cold. Despite that I don't feel to bad but I don't want to pass it on. Talking of missing ER's, I seem to recall someone from Canada (Windsor, Ontario IIRC) who modeled British outline who has now disappeared altogether.

Motor vehicles were banned until WW2, only horse drawn vehicles were allowed. Even when they were allowed the majority would be military types even after the war and the demise of the railway. There were a few British servicemen based there but it appears that the majority were American. The American army engineers used the railway to transport equipment to build an airfield at the eastern end of the island hence the two Brill locomotives. My prefered scale is 00 but HO military models are available from firms such as Roco Minitanks and American military figures are available in HO.

I don't have that problem, I don't put any up so there's none to come down.

They are the bogie frames, they look like commonwealth bogies. I'm not that well up on Brill interurban baggage cars but I understand that they were of two different types. As for the freight stock, there were four open wagons, two vans and a tank wagon, all on bogies. The open wagons were of two lengths, the shorter ones were low sided, in 00 scale they could be adapted from the Ratio bolster wagon kit which looks to be about the right size. I haven't seen a photograph or drawing of the larger wagons. The two vans were unpowered versions of the motor baggage cars and the tank wagon looked very like the American tank cars of the day.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Cloudy here this morning but still a tad colder, a high pressure system will be sitting over the UK until the weekend which means dry cold settled weather. Nothing else to report, muggatee awaits, be back later.

Goodnight all.

My mistake, the pic of the Brill conversion is on the first film, just after the shot of the train entering the tunnel.

Usually its only bottled beers that remain drinkable. I still have some bottles of Chimay Blonde with a best before date of 2007! It is still drinkable and tastes perfectly OK, I had a bottle over Christmas.

I understood that the government would not allow the LNER the US$ to purchase any American locomotives?

That also explains the demise of circus trains.

That would make for some interesting starts, a U-turn on the grid.