Progress (or otherwise) on Jeff's new layout

Hi Jeff

Thanks for the reply - I confess that my knowledge of the SR area is sparse so perhaps I missed the Belle and longer formations!!  That must have been quite a load to lug around.

I can see why the WR BG's were used - I assume that the Pullman Company didn't produce a BG themselves for the British trains?  I don't recall seeing one - but then again, I missed the longer formations so I'm no trustworthy source of info!  :lol: :lol: :lol:

Barry

We organised a visit from Claus Ellef of this parish today. We had a really good chinwag and ran some trains in the background - I even put a Danish IC3 unit on for him!  :lol: :lol:

I had a great time chatting to the point I was starting to go hoarse, and I think Claus enjoyed himself too. I sincerely hope we can do this again in the near future.

:cheers

Goodonya. Me and Evan often get together, but do more chin wagging than anything.  :)

[user=321]SRman[/user] wrote:

We organised a visit from Claus Ellef of this parish today. We had a really good chinwag and ran some trains in the background - I even put a Danish IC3 unit on for him!  :lol: :lol:

I had a great time chatting to the point I was starting to go hoarse, and I think Claus enjoyed himself too. I sincerely hope we can do this again in the near future.

:cheers

Thank you,  Agnes and Jeff for an enjoyable afternoon. A while since I have seen so many trains in one place!

[user=2172]Claus Ellef[/user] wrote:

[user=321]SRman[/user] wrote:

We organised a visit from Claus Ellef of this parish today. We had a really good chinwag and ran some trains in the background - I even put a Danish IC3 unit on for him!  :lol: :lol:

I had a great time chatting to the point I was starting to go hoarse, and I think Claus enjoyed himself too. I sincerely hope we can do this again in the near future.

:cheers

Thank you,  Agnes and Jeff for an enjoyable afternoon. A while since I have seen so many trains in one place!

Thank you. You are welcome back here anytime, Claus. As Agnes and I are retired, it is just a case of fitting it into your own tight schedules.

:thumbs :thumbs

Thanks for the little present too, the Ford Thames van.




p.s. I should add that it is not a prerequisite of visiting Newton Broadway to bring a gift! 

[user=321]SRman[/user] wrote:

[user=2006]Barry Miltenburg[/user] wrote:

Hi Jeff

Nice Pullmans.  Being as heavy as they were, the real trains always seemed to be much shorter than their standard stock equivalents, so it makes sense to stick to 7 or 8 anyway.  I certainly don't recall seeing a photo of 12 or 13-coach sets

Barry

The Bournemouth Belle often went to 11 or 12 coaches, Barry. I have 11 on in the photos, which is actually one car too long for the loop it should be stored in!  :lol:  The formation is not accurate as I have two Pullman brake cars and a BG as well. There is one photo in one of my books where there was a BG with a Pullman brake, but in general, the mark 1 BGs replaced the worn out brake coaches. The Bournemuth Belle gained a little infamy for its "borrowed" Western Region BGs in chocolate and cream.

I can't remember for sure, but I think the Golden Arrow also often went up to those sorts of numbers too, but in later years, the number of Pullmans in the rake was reduced considerably, and standard mark 1 coaches were used instead.

Lovely photos, Jeff, and such a super collection.

The Golden Arrow generally ran at 10 coaches I believe.

Regards

Michael

[user=1512]Headmaster[/user] wrote:

Lovely photos, Jeff, and such a super collection.

The Golden Arrow generally ran at 10 coaches I believe.

Regards

Michael

Thanks Michael.

:cheers


It always seemed to me that the Pullman cars, at least those in the Golden Arrow, sounded different when rolling along, compared to more "ordinary" stock - a more "quality" sound, if that's possible. I used to see it semi-regularly passing through Petts Wood station when visiting or staying with my grandparents there in the early to mid 1960s.

re "p.s. I should add that it is not a prerequisite of visiting Newton Broadway to bring a gift! "

Phew! I'm not Greek either so you should be ok.

[user=2170]Colin W[/user] wrote:

re "p.s. I should add that it is not a prerequisite of visiting Newton Broadway to bring a gift! "

Phew! I'm not Greek either so you should be ok.

No Trojan horses, then? It should actually have been called a Greek horse anyway!

[user=321]SRman[/user] wrote:

[user=2170]Colin W[/user] wrote:

re "p.s. I should add that it is not a prerequisite of visiting Newton Broadway to bring a gift! "

Phew! I'm not Greek either so you should be ok.

No Trojan horses, then? It should actually have been called a Greek horse anyway!

 

I was wondering if I could drop over next week to continue our interrupted (by SWMBO) discussions.

Colin

[user=2170]Colin W[/user] wrote:

[user=321]SRman[/user] wrote:

[user=2170]Colin W[/user] wrote:

re "p.s. I should add that it is not a prerequisite of visiting Newton Broadway to bring a gift! "

Phew! I'm not Greek either so you should be ok.

No Trojan horses, then? It should actually have been called a Greek horse anyway!

 

I was wondering if I could drop over next week to continue our interrupted (by SWMBO) discussions.

Colin

Of course you can. Just give us a call when you are ready.  :)

A little bit of pre-grouping fun. I have posed a few trains of pre-grouping stock for effect, using appropriate locomotives (or the nearest I have to that). The coaches include the Bachmann SECR birdcage 3-set, with a couple of brass Roxey Mouldings luggage vans, and two sets of Hornby 4-wheel coaches in LSWR and LBSC liveries. Locomtives in these photos are a Hatton's P class 0-6-0T 'Bluebell' (a preserved livery), a Hornby SECR H class 0-4-4T, a Bachmann LBSC E4 0-6-2T, and a Hornby LSWR M7 0-4-4T.

Hi Jeff Very good, I like all your trains. The birdcage coaches are good, I understand that the Roxey Moulding are a good test for any Loco. But my favourite are the four wheel coaches, I am still considering the purchase of some to run by at the back of my Inglenook Junction.  Best wishes Kevin 

[user=1801]Passed Driver[/user] wrote:

Hi Jeff Very good, I like all your trains. The birdcage coaches are good, I understand that the Roxey Moulding are a good test for any Loco. But my favourite are the four wheel coaches, I am still considering the purchase of some to run by at the back of my Inglenook Junction.  Best wishes Kevin 

The 4- and 6-wheel coaches are ideal for small, very compact layouts. As you can see, the entire four car sets plus locos fit nicely into my photographic section on the programming track.

Hi Jeff. Thank you for your reply. That is what I was thinking, but, although I began with building my Inglenook Junction followed by building the extension/ fiddleyard, I think that I would be better off getting someone to help me build another plank with a BLT. I did email a Yorkshire company , but, they measure in metric and I need to be exact meaning no bumps ( for French speakers and Peter Sellers) that is beumps. between the planks.  Best wishes Kevin 

Look out for bombas.

[user=1120]peterm[/user] wrote:

Look out for bombas.

You mean 'beums' ??

Ha ha, I probably do.

Way back in the last century, as a teenager, my first large steam loco was a Triang B12. Fast forward to the last few years, and Hornby released a rather nice, but expensive new super detailed model of the B12. I wanted one purely for the nostalgia, but wasn't prepared to pay full price. Saw one on Amazon, which was still a little dearer than I wanted to pay, so I put it in the shopping cart and left it there. A few weeks later, the price suddenly dropped significantly, so I bought it on the spot. 
61576 turned up on the doorstep this morning, and after a quick test on DC, was fitted with a Zimo MX600 decoder. I also fitted the detailing parts while I had it on the workbench. It runs very sweetly and smoothly, and has had a bit of a trundle around the layout, so I am very happy with the purchase.

So how did a B12 find itself on the Southern Region? Well, when the Eastern Region was loaning various B1 and V2 locomotives to cover for the temporary withdrawal of the Merchant Navies, it goes like this:

Shed master: Hello Eastern, the other Southern sheds like your B1 locos. Could you send us a B-1-too, please?

ER manager: Sure, no problem. (To the Shed Master: Hey, Fred. Send the Southern a B12, will you?).

Jeff

I, like you, had an old B12 as a teenager and now have the modern equivalent.

The new one is miles better of course but it lacks that bit of phosphor bronze strip the sandpaper on the tender wheels to make the chuffing noise  :lol: :lol:

I bought an old one, just for Old Times sake but someone, in their wisdom, had removed the "chuff" from the tender.  No fun some people.

Barry