Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 07:59:15 Tue 19 Mar 2013

What's your latest aquisition?

Here's my latest purchase, a Tri-ang-Hornby R.754 M7 in BR Black livery.

The box was tatty, crew were missing and the BR totem transfers on the tank sides were part missing as per normal.

The model is slowly being restored, a fresh box mint was found on ebay with incorrect labels (the one on the right) and I have crew and original totem transfers a plenty in stock, I will post stages of the restoration at intervals for all my friends on here to see as they take place.

Here's the loco pre-restoration but with nice new original 40+ BR Totem transfers put on the side tanks, a packet of the original transfers is posed by the loco for reference.

Hope all at Hornby like what I am doing to their old locos.

Enjoy!

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0063_zps3ff63c6a.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0064_zps634965e3.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0065_zpse2948e27.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0066_zps04c86aff.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0067-3_zpsdfd86c7c.jpg.html

Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021

VESPA

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Posted at 09:56:26 Tue 3 Dec 2013

Well I took the plunge yesterday and bought 10000 & 10001 in BR green with eggshell blue waistband. I have a black 10001 that runs beautifully smoothly. Then I got an email from L'pool to say that the DOG 71000 is due 16th Dec. I thought I had cancelled

it but will let the order run now.

VESPA

Posted 09:56:26 Tue 3 Dec 2013

LC&DR

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Posted at 11:24:54 Tue 3 Dec 2013

As I have said many times before, it is your railway, you can run what you like, with whatever you like, and although some things did not appear simultaneously in the real history, you can very easily write your own.

A very good example of this

is the 'O' gauge model railway in the NRM. One moment a LNER Goods train races by then a Class 40 on maroon mark 1s appears.

Enjoy!

Graskie said:

LC&DR said:

The 'blue' DELTIC was built in 1955 as a privately owned demonstration

locomotive. It spent many months on the London Midland and Eastern regions, before it was withdrawn in 1960. It was then moved into the Science Museum in South Kensington.

The 'LMS Twins' 10000 and 10001 retained the black livery with aluminium lining

until about 1956 when they were painted in BR dark green with orange and black lining.

The SR 1Co-Co1 trio were also painted black with aluminium lining until 1956 when they were painted in the same style as 10000 & 10001. The 10000 and 10201 series

locomotives spent time on both the Southern and London Midland regions and finished their days at Willesden shed. Withdrawal dates were 10000 1963, cut up 1968, 10001 1966, cut up 1966, 10201 to 10203 1963 cut up 1968.

Graskie said:

As a very

young lad in the early 1950's I often saw Deltic, 10000, 10001, 10201, 10202 and 10203 through Blisworth on the WCML. I haven't got any of them yet for my railway but what sort of livery would they have had then? I can't quite remember but wouldn't mind getting

some of them eventually (with sound, of course).. Very sorry, LC. I meant to thank you for your info - very useful. So, because I saw these at a very early age, probably just before 1952, I could get away with a blue Deltic? I have a feeling we did see some

of the others running in pairs.

Posted 11:24:54 Tue 3 Dec 2013

Bulleidboy

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Posted at 14:33:18 Tue 3 Dec 2013

Vespa said:

Well I took the plunge yesterday and bought 10000 & 10001 in BR green with eggshell blue waistband. I have a black 10001 that runs beautifully smoothly. Then I got an email from L'pool to say that the DOG 71000 is due 16th Dec.

I thought I had cancelled it but will let the order run now.

From information posted on RM*** today, there are only seven Hornby items that will arrive before Christmas, and DOG 71000 is one of those, in all formats. Everything else is now 2014.

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 14:33:18 Tue 3 Dec 2013

oldpottsline.

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Posted at 17:54:37 Tue 3 Dec 2013

R 3216 Diamond Jubilee Class 67

Posted 17:54:37 Tue 3 Dec 2013

Fishmanoz

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Posted at 19:43:30 Tue 3 Dec 2013

Great post OPL. Succinct, to the point, no other manufacturers' products mentioned, no smart remarks, and nothing derogatory about other posters or their spelling skills (in case you were wondering, there are 2 typos in the thread title, not just the one

referred to recently and rather ostentatiously).

As you can tell, I have no recent purchases, my last now consigned a number of pages back up this thread. So I am reduced to smart remarks to remain at all relevant on this thread. So before Rumpole

rises to his feet to object, I withdraw this post your Honour.

And thanks for all the fish …

Posted 19:43:30 Tue 3 Dec 2013

2e0dtoeric

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Posted at 20:11:46 Tue 3 Dec 2013

Point of order......
permission to approach the (railway) bench?

Posted 20:11:46 Tue 3 Dec 2013

oldpottsline.

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Posted at 20:12:49 Tue 3 Dec 2013

Yes Fishmanoz I had spotted the mistakes. And I like your humour. To the point. Old potts line

Posted 20:12:49 Tue 3 Dec 2013

Fishmanoz

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Posted at 20:29:48 Tue 3 Dec 2013

Too late 2e0, we are adjourning for breakfast around here.

And thanks for all the fish …

Posted 20:29:48 Tue 3 Dec 2013

81F

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Posted at 23:49:18 Thu 5 Dec 2013

I seem to recall my late Grandmother telling me how my Great Grandfather would buy a wagon load of coal direct from the colliery in a wagon "hired" from the railway (GWR) just before winter and distribute it to other members of the extended family to see

them through the winter.

From what she said I do not think it was via a coal merchant because I think she said it was cheaper to go direct. I must admit I'd be interested to know if anyone would know how this arrangement worked. The only thing I do

know is that he did run a shop and later a haulage business (never more than one cart/lorry!) so he could probably do this through his business rather than as an individual.

Modelling a combined 00 and 009 gauge Layout (GWR/GVT) mostly

Posted 23:49:18 Thu 5 Dec 2013

81F

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Posted at 23:51:25 Thu 5 Dec 2013

Sorry - the relevance of my story to this tread is that I think the wagons may have been railway (GWR) owned rather than PO wagons

Modelling a combined 00 and 009 gauge Layout (GWR/GVT) mostly

Posted 23:51:25 Thu 5 Dec 2013

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