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Picture of the Month – June 2021
Posted in Canute Road Quay, Picture of the Month, tagged Andrew Barclay 0-4-0t, Canute Road Quay, Hattons models, Hornby Magazine, Mike Wild, Southern, Southern Railway, USA 0-6-0 Tanks on June 1, 2021| 1 Comment »
Daffodils and Easter wishes
Posted in Canute Road Quay, General, tagged Canute Road Quay, daffodils, Easter, Southampton Docks, Southern, Southern Railway on April 4, 2021| 1 Comment »
The daffodils are in bloom this Easter as LSWR B4 ‘Guernsey’ in early Southampton Docks lined green livery shunts at Canute Road Quay.May the angels protect you, may the sadness forget you, may goodness surround you and may your God always bless you. The budding trees, the new flowers, and birds that sing, whisper to me that it’s Easter, and that the supermarkets full of chocolate of all shapes (many irrelevant), sizes and special offers!
Here is wishing a warmth in the firebox of your soul on Easter & always!
Picture of the Month – April 2021
Posted in Canute Road Quay, Picture of the Month, tagged Bachmann, Canute Road Quay, Chris Nevard, Model Rail Magazine, Southern, Southern Railway, USA 0-6-0 Tanks on April 1, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Canute Road Quay features in the April 2021 issue of BRM Magazine and Fisherton Sarum makes surprise appearance on BRM TV
Posted in Canute Road Quay, Fisherton Sarum, tagged B4 class, British Railway Modelling magazine, BRM TV, Canute Road Quay, Class 07, Fisherton Sarum, Southern, Southern Railway, Southern Region, USA 0-6-0 Tanks on March 19, 2021| 1 Comment »
I am pleased to advise that Canute Road Quay makes an appearance in the April 2021 issue of BRM Magazine available now for digital subscribers and next Thursday 25th March for the printed version.
I open the article by discussing; how although I usually model the 1946 to 1949 Southern Railway time period but to allow for additional interest and how I have purposely built Canute Road Quay without having any fixed item that dates the period modelled or really identifies the area modelled.
This allows a wider range of rolling stock to be used giving a range of different locomotive traction, classes and livery choices that would be still be applicable to such a quayside location. I then continue to describe the layout itself.
The article, similar to some of my “Making Quay Changes” posts, covers time periods from the 
mid 1920s through to the 1960s starting with Southampton Docks liveried Adams B4 0-4-0t through to the USA 0-6-0 Tanks, industrial locomotives and the Class 07 diesels.
Being only a small layout, the scenic section is only 4ft x 1ft, in this issue of BRM Magazine it joins two other ‘compact’ layouts which is the theme for the issue.
Due to the current Covid restrictions rather than being able to enjoy the company and a new pair of eyes photographing layout, I provided all the photographs myself to go alongside my text.
I have used my Canon G7x camera along with my set of studio lights and spent some time one weekend in January utilising the camaras ability to automatically take a series of ‘Focus Bracketed’ images, i.e. multiple shots from the same position but with slightly different focus point, and then combining them in post processing into one image to give an increased depth of field. Hopefully you will enjoy the article and the accompanying photographs.
As a surprise bonus the April edition of BRM TV that is available for digital subscribers of the BRM magazine this month has Fisherton Sarum as its main layout feature (remind me to teach Howard how to pronounce Sarum..).
It includes video footage, that to be honest I had forgotten had been recorded, from the appearance of Fisherton Sarum at the Doncaster Festival of British Railway Modelling way back in 2012 and also includes another look at some of the images that accompanied the article about the layout in the February 2021 issue of BRM Magazine.
Picture of the Month – January 2021
Posted in Canute Road Quay, Picture of the Month, tagged Canute Road Quay, London Chatham and Dover Railway, Southern, Southern Railway, T Class 0-6-0T on January 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
This months picture… (better late than never) …
Christmas in lockdown at Canute Road Quay
Posted in Canute Road Quay, General, tagged Canute Road Quay, Christmas Message, happy new year, Southern, Southern Railway on December 20, 2020| 11 Comments »
It is certainly going to be a different Christmas for many this year, it is not cancelled but just needs to be celebrated in a different way, especially if like me you have gone from Tier 2 through to Tier 4 in less than 48 hours!
It’s a cold, crisp and frosty December morning as we approach Christmas at Canute Road Quay and the crew on board ex LSWR Adams B4 Class No. 100 try to keep warm whilst shunting on the quay as flurries of snow start to get heavier.
As the festive season and New Year break is upon us, please make the time to contact your friends and family, especially those whom might be alone, and not able to be in the company of others at this most unusual of times. It is good and OK to simply ask “Are you OK?” and likewise it is “OK not to be OK” and reach out for assistance. The one good thing, if anything, this year has been the kindness and generosity of others to help and support each other, and long may this continue.
I just wanted to say very many thanks to all of you whom have taken the time to read this blog over the past 12 months. I hope you have found such ramblings interesting and informative.
I have always enjoyed corresponding with many of you that have made contact me via email or the comments field on my various posts. I look forward to corresponding with you again in the New Year.
A further flurry of activity will be taking place at the start of the new year with Hornby (January 5th) announcing its 2021 range followed a few weeks later by Bachmann making the next of their now quarterly range announcements. I will bring you all the Southern Railway / Southern Region related news on here as soon as their announcements are made.
Seasons greetings, whatever your faith or beliefs, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! Fill up your life with as much love, compassion, tolerance, peace, happiness as you can and hopefully some time for modelling!
Finally, remember a dog is for life… not just Christmas…
Picture of the Month – December 2020
Posted in Canute Road Quay, Picture of the Month, tagged Canute Road Quay, Hornby, Hornby Magazine, Peckett W4 0-4-0t, Southern, Southern Railway on December 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
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A Hornby W4 0-4-0t Peckett modified with an open cab as well as dumb buffers on Canute Road Quay
Making Quay Changes #6 heading South East
Posted in Canute Road Quay, Making Quay Changes, tagged Canute Road Quay, Dover Docks, ex SER 0-4-0CT Crane Engine, Hattons, LCDR, London, London Chatham and Dover Railway, Newhaven Harbour, Q Kits, Richborough, Rochester, SECR, SECR P class 0-6-0t, SER, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, South Eastern Finecast, South Eastern Railway, Southampton Docks, T Class 0-6-0T on November 22, 2020| 1 Comment »
This is the sixth in a series of ‘Making Quay Changes’ posts with the Canute Road Quay being transported to either a different location or era or both. It follows my Making Quay Changes #1 post moving the scene Eastwards, and then back to Southampton with my Making Quay Changes #2 post but in the 1950s , #3 post set in the 1920/30s, #4 Being Industrious and #5 the 07 diesels take over. We now move to the South East with ex SECR motive power being utilised.
The P Class No.1558 from Hattons shunts at the quay
The T Class No. 1604 0-6-0T simmers in the background
The P class and T class meet on the Quay and shows the diminutive size of the P class
The LCDR T Class arrives as the quay.
The SER 0-40CT No. 1302 waits its next duty
The P class No. 1558 is about to depart
A busy moment at the quay
Although my usual modelling genre, as regular readers will know, is the Southern Railway between 1946 and 1949, however due to Canute Road Quay has very few visual references to either period or location (yes there are a couple, but hey…) It therefore allows me to change the location and era with different rolling stock, vehicles and details.
For this post we have stayed at Canute Road Quay‘s usual time frame but moved its location slightly. Having deliberately when building Canute Road Quay left the vehicles and other details such as crates, sack stacks and oil drums etc. loose, it enables them to be both be moved around, to give some variety in photographs, and or replaced with other items to different periods.
In this case Canute Road Quay‘s has been transported further to the South East, perhaps through squinted eyes it could on the Medway at Rochester, or or the Channel coast at Richborough Port or Newhaven Harbour perhaps…
The steam locomotives include the Hattons ex SECR P class 0-6-0T, an ex London, Chatham and Dover Railway Kirtey T Class 0-6-0T and even my South Eastern Railway 0-4-0CT crane tank makes an appearance.
The T class 0-6-0T were a class of ten locomotives introduced by the LC&DR (prior to the formation of the South, Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899) between 1879 and 1893 specifically for shunting duties, with appropriately one of the class being initially used at Dover Docks. Although withdraws started in 1932 two of the class 1602 and 1604 (as my model) lasted until July 1951 and November 1950 respectively. My model is white metal and built from a Q Kit.
The SER 0-4-0CT crane tank number 1302 as per my model, was one of two built for the SER by Neilson in 1881. Like the T class she had worked at Dover Docks and also Richborough although she saw out most of her life at Lancing and Stewarts Lane. She was withdrawn in July 1949 and scrapped at Ashford. My model is built from a South Eastern Finecast white metal kit.
I hope you enjoy this post, the next ‘Making Quay Changes’ post with Canute Road Quay may or may not be set in its usual location, so once again, where and what era will it be…?
Workbench Witterings #9 Refreshing the E2, no mention of Thomas…dam… in
Posted in Canute Road Quay, Workbench Witterings, tagged Billington, E2 Class, Hornby, LBSC, London Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southampton Docks, Southern, Southern Railway, Southern Region on October 17, 2020| 6 Comments »
The first five members of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSC) E2 class 0-6-0 tanks were introduced by L Billinton in June 1913. In service they were found to be powerful but slightly lacking in water and therefore a further batch of 5 were ordered, although delayed by the war, and built between June 1915 and October 1916 with extended side tanks, These extended tanks increased water capacity from 1,090 to 1,256 gallons.
They were used on shunting and short distance goods trips, their small capacity coal bunkers made them unsuitable for longer trips. They were also used on empty stock workings at Victoria and London Bridge.
E2 No. 2104 shunts at the Quay
Work in progress front 3/4 view
Work in Progress rear 3/4 view
The bulk of the E2 can be seen in comparison with the B4 class. The body is yet to be lowered on the chassis slightly.
The later style chassis with added guard irons and sandboxes. The front fixing lugs are yet to be filed smaller to lower the body (The rear lug is likewise reduced)
The front 3/4 view RH side
the RH Side 3/4 view, she awaits some weathering now
Further shunting at the Quay
Following the onset of electrification a number were used as shunters at Southampton Docks and despite their 16ft wheelbase restricting their use in some areas of the docks they stayed working the docks until 1962 when the Class 07 diesels arrived.
Withdrawal of took place between 1961 and 1963.
The Hornby model of the E2 0-6-0 first appeared in 1979 and following 4 versions, LBSC Umber (2 versions) , SR lined Black and SR olive green, production ceased in 1984. After which the tooling was altered used for the production of some other blue model… dam I wasn’t going to mention that…
Many years ago in my yoof I simply repainted into SR ‘Sunshine’ black, now with Canute Road Quay being an ideal setting for an E2 I decided to dig the E2 out again and give her a quick win makeover, so finescale modellers look away now…
The original chassis was the standard at the time Hornby generic 0-6-0 X04 motor fitted chassis. As this is a quick win project I have decided to not at this stage built a new chassis but simply swap it for the later style of Hornby 0-6-0 generic chassis with its closed frames and smaller motor and slightly greater level of detail. This later chassis is a direct replacement and also gives better running.
To this chassis I have added front sandboxes, made from plastic rectangular section and filed to shape with wire sand pipes, and added front and rear guard irons from plasticard.
The body itself generally matches the correct dimensions for the E2 which was certainly one of the larger 0-6-0 tanks. I have added new brass buffers, pipework, clack valves and lamp irons from various bits and bobs kicking around from the spares / scrap box.
In keeping with the Brighton Style, dating from when the water in the tanks was pre heated, the tank sides were clad and the fixing bolts for the cladding were a visible feature and the E2 was no different. To represent these visible fixings I drilled then glued in 0.45mm wire before cutting the wire almost flush with the tankside.
Just underneath the running plate I have added the long horizontal air tanks on each side, made from plastic rod and some of the piping from brass wire.
The E2 is a large tank when compared to other tanks such as the B4 class, however the body as new does sit slightly too high on the chassis, and this is simply remedied by filing the underside of the front two fixing lugs and also the underside of the single rear sprung lug.
After a dusting with primer from a Halfords aerosol can she received a coat of Halfords Satin Black again from a rattle can before the smokebox and cab roof were brush painted matt black and the bufferbeam of course in red. Her identity as 2104 was added using HMRS Pressfix transfers to complete the look.
I admit she would benefit from a proper finescale chassis, but as a quick win project I think it fits the bill and will extend the life of the Hornby model seeing occasional use on canute Road Quay. A nice 3D print of the E2 with the extended tanks is available and so this might form the basis of a future project…
Picture of the Month – October 2020
Posted in Canute Road Quay, Exhibitions, Picture of the Month, tagged Adams B4, Beckenham and West Wickham MRC, Canute Road Quay, Chris Nevard, Fisherton Sarum, London & South Western Railway, lswr, Model Rail Magazine, Southern, Southern Railway on October 1, 2020| 2 Comments »
This months picture…
Adams B4 0-4-0t No.100 rest at Canute Road Quay, she is built from a white metal kitSearch My Blog
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