Tag: Adams
Picture of the Month – February 2026
This Month's Picture... Adams B4 No. 96 'Normandy' now in black but still named in SR Sunshine lettering (a re liveried Dapol model) shunts some banana traffic (kit built D1478 wagons) whilst USA tank No. 72 (yet to receive modified cab and coal bunker) on docks shunting duty 4 heads towards the quayside. Canute Road … Continue reading Picture of the Month – February 2026
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway via Bachmann produces three exclusive models, Adams O2 Calbourne, ex LBSC coach twin pack and Haven Street station
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IoWSR) and Bachmann Europe have partnered to produce a range of exclusive models centred around the locomotives, rolling stock and buildings found on the Isle of Wight’s only preserved railway. The first model to be produced by the partnership is the LSWR Adams O2 Steam Locomotive No. 24 ‘Calbourne’. … Continue reading The Isle of Wight Steam Railway via Bachmann produces three exclusive models, Adams O2 Calbourne, ex LBSC coach twin pack and Haven Street station
Happy New Year – Picture of the Month – January 2025
Welcome to 2025 - Happy New Year - This Month's Picture... Adams B4 No. 100, not being one of the 14 Docks allocated members of the class must be on loan from Bournemouth shed as she shunts at Canute Road Quay. She has been built from McGowan's kit long before the RTR Dapol B4 was … Continue reading Happy New Year – Picture of the Month – January 2025
Workbench Witterings #25 Canute for Cantue Road Quay – a PD&SWJR inspired might have been
The Southern Railway inherited a small number of oddity locomotives including three from the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway (PD&SWJR) that were ordered from Hawthorn Leslie and Company . It was these locomotives, especially the 0-6-0T No. 756 "A. S. Harris" that first inspired this, albeit larger, quick win 'might have been' project … Continue reading Workbench Witterings #25 Canute for Cantue Road Quay – a PD&SWJR inspired might have been
Picture of the Month – February 2024
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#onthisday William Adams 200th Birthday. His T3 class enters service again
Today the 15th October marks the 200th birthday of William Adams (15 October 1823 – 7 August 1904). He was the Locomotive Superintendent of the North London Railway from 1858 to 1873; the Great Eastern Railway from 1873 until 1878 and then of course the London and South Western Railway until his retirement in 1895. … Continue reading #onthisday William Adams 200th Birthday. His T3 class enters service again
Picture of the Month – March 2023
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Picture of the Month – August 2022
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Dapol announce new production batches of their 00 gauge ex LSWR B4 0-4-0 tanks and Class73 Electro-diesels
At this weekend's London Festival of Railway Modelling, Dapol announced new production batches of their ex LSWR Adams B4 0-4-0 tanks and Class 73 Electro-Diesels both in 00 gauge. Adams B4 The Dapol ex LSWR B4 class 0-4-0t were first announced back in March 2014 and the first versions arrived in June 2018., with a second batch with further livery … Continue reading Dapol announce new production batches of their 00 gauge ex LSWR B4 0-4-0 tanks and Class73 Electro-diesels