TheSignalEngineer

Does it still dry with a gloss finish?

There was a mix of stock on the WR Wolverhampton to Minehead and Ilfracombe train. When I used the return working c1961 the Ilfracombe portion included LMS stock and the Minehead part had some Gresley stock. I've also seen Thompsons used as strengtheners on the Cornishmam when it started from Wolverhampton Low Level.

Certainly looks like Mossley

I did a double take looking at some of the photos on my phone. Without reading the captions I mistook one of the models for a real one until I realised that the signal was different.

Check out those that appeared on the Harborne Branch c1959/60. IIRC Monument Lane's 58185, 58271 and Walsall's 58283 were all different. 58135 and 58220 also came up but I think they were the same as 58185. 58271 was the last survivor in the Birmingham than area

Brilliant. I worked around there several times in the late 1960s/ early 1970s.

We tried using them as lineside equipment huts about 50 years ago, absolute disaster. Even when containing several transformers and a few dozen relays they needed extra heat 24/7 in winter to stop condensation. They were a worse environment for equipment than a steel cupboard. Changed to prefabricated ones made from polyurethane foam sandwiched between coated steel sheets. The only problem with those was they were too well insulated and got too hot in the summer.

Easy, it will come with a box of 28.08mm gauge set track including second radius curves.

The CCE was still 1A70 in the Winter 63-64 WTT,

Another link may be of interest. https://flic.kr/p/4x5hzv

I may be a picky b............ at times but I agree you have overdone the rust. I didn't visit that area except passing by train in your time frame but would have expected working cases to be in better condition. The location platform would also show more signs of rust if the cases were that bad. On our patch we would certainly have had a 'Please Explain' if the Divisional Engineer had seen any like that. The actual finish before painting was either Hot Dip Galvanized or Electroplated Zinc Passivated. The details are on the second drawing down in this post. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/84785-poles-telegraph-wires-and-cables/page-2&do=findComment&comment=1430892 The drawing refers to painting in accordance with BR10 which is available here. https://www.rssb.co.uk/rgs/standards/br10%20nov%201973.pdf See page 59 for painting of location cases. We used Micaceous Iron Oxide or Chlorinated Rubber paints in the 1970s depending on the atmosphere in the area.

My lasting memory of Derby was the selection of single malts, over 30, behind the bar. Fortunately one of the last times I was there was for Advanced Signalling Technology which lasted a total of 4 weeks, so we were able to sample them all during the late-night snooker sessions which usually got abandoned when Cell Block H came on the telly at about 4am.

Never got to the topless disco but Thursday in the Pink Coconut could get interesting.

We need some proper LMS cast iron ones. And yes, we often did make wooden ones if there wasn't enough depth of ballast.

Wouldn't be surprised. There was some Gresley stock on West Country trains from the West Midlands in the early 1960s. I remember one set on a Minehead train which still had LNER carpets and mirrors in the 1st Class.

It appears that all of the Vintage Trains specials this year were cancelled. I believe this was due to the difficulties encountered as a result of the WCRC problems last year. Vintage Trains decided to go for their own Operator Licence but I don't know the current progress on this. They are also trying to raise money through a share issue to fund the venture but this looks to have stalled as the application date has been extended. Having followed their dreams of running regular steam trains over the past 30+ years I am not holding my breath.

That's what the compensator cranks are for. How do you think they get on in the real world with frost and direct sunlight to cope with? All you have to do is conquer the black art of where to put them.

In this picture of the new shed at Solihull when it was built in 1934 it appears to be black. The other buildings are in lighter colours. http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrs2620.htm

I am only aware (so far) of the catering vehicles running to Birkenhead. See posts #548 and #552 for details of the workings from Bournemouth and Margate in 1957

It would be interesting to know the speeds reached when 46244 broke the 2-hour barrier from Crewe to Euston on the Up 'Caledonian' in the late 1950s. It was around the time when the proposed 119 minute timing was announced for the future electric service.

The sketch in this post shows the rodding layout for some double ended points including the directions of travel of the rods and compensation for temperature changes. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/127305-midland-railway-crank-connection-to-stretcher-bars/page-3&do=findComment&comment=2943589

There's already plenty of rubbish in this thread so I'll throw a bit more in. Perhaps his conjugated valve gear was something he dreamed up when studying the Compounds of F W Webb, who would have been Boss at Crewe when HNG was there.

Interesting. Something I looked at in the Google picture a couple of days ago is ringed in red.

I don't have information about that particular set, but there are photos of Maunsell stock from 1949 onwards in Crimson and Cream. Mike Esau's 'Southern Then and Now' has pictures including one at Charing Cross in 1949 and an undated one at Padstow of a two coach set in Crimson and Cream hauled by a T9 with the tender still in 'Sunshine' livery but the loco carrying BR numbers.

Didn't he also have some early connections with Crewe?