I mentioned in my Talking Stock # 17 Drummond’s 4-4-0s more than just T9s!, that whilst Drummond had managed some successful 4-4-0 designs his various 4-6-0’s for the London South Western Railway (LSWR) were somewhat more variable in performance. This was quite worrying as increased passenger loading, the requirement for faster schedules and in general … Continue reading Talking Stock #18 Drummond’s T14 Class 4-6-0 he had to get one almost right…
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Talking Stock #16 The S15 Goods Arthurs…
Like the Urie’s other successful 4-6-0 designs the H15 and N15 King Artur Class, for the latter see my Talking Stock #9 post here, his S15 class was built in batches both by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) and also the Southern Railway. The first Twenty were built at Nine Elms in 1920. … Continue reading Talking Stock #16 The S15 Goods Arthurs…
Talking Stock #15 Maunsell 350HP diesel ‘trip’ locomotives
And now for for something slightly different... Along with the other railway companies at the time , the Southern Railway, during the 1930's, were also looking for the future of locomotive power. In 1937 Maunsell ordered three six coupled 350hp diesel electric locos, built by the SR at Ashford with English Electric power units, to compare against the … Continue reading Talking Stock #15 Maunsell 350HP diesel ‘trip’ locomotives
Talking Stock #13 Detailing the fleet of Lord Nelsons
In honour of Bradley Wiggins riding triumphantly into Paris yesterday as the first British victor of the Tour De France I thought it might be appropriate to look at the Maunsell Lord Nelson class... Introduced by Maunsell in 1926 the four cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives had 6 ft 7 in diameter driving wheels, a boiler pressure of 220 lb psi and … Continue reading Talking Stock #13 Detailing the fleet of Lord Nelsons
Hornby BR(s) Pull Push images added to review post
Just a quick post to advise that further to my review of the excellent Hornby models of the BR(s) Pull Push sets converted from Maunsell coaches I have now added my own images of Set 610 from the R4534 coach pack to my review post here. As per my subsequent post regarding availability of these … Continue reading Hornby BR(s) Pull Push images added to review post
Talking Stock #12 3 cylinders better then 2? Converting an N to an N1
As seen in my last talking stock post on the my 40T Ballast Hoppers, I often run that rake with my Maunsell N1 as part of one Fisherton Sarum’s signature trains. To create the N1 i converted a Bachmann N class model to the 3 Cylinder N1. The Southern Maunsell N1 class, comprising of six … Continue reading Talking Stock #12 3 cylinders better then 2? Converting an N to an N1
BR(s) Pull Push sets arrive from Hornby
As first announced by Hornby in January this year the models of the BR conversions of Maunsell stock into Twenty Pull Push sets, that were converted by BR(SR) from late 1959 to mid 1960, have now started to hit the retailers. The Hornby models correctly consisted of an 1935 built ex-Diagram 2403 Maunsell Brake Corridor Composite and a Diagram 2023 (ex … Continue reading BR(s) Pull Push sets arrive from Hornby
Talking Stock #9 Around the table of the N15 King Arthurs
Although not iconically named after Arthurian legends until (Sir) John Elliot joined the Southern Railway in 1925, and set up what is reputedly the UKs first Public Relations Department, the N15 ‘King Arthur’ class of 4-6-0 locomotives were first designed by Urie of the London and South Western Railway in 1918. The design was adopted … Continue reading Talking Stock #9 Around the table of the N15 King Arthurs
Happy, or is that Hornby, New Year!
Firstly of course Happy New Year to you all! Hornby's 2012 Plans As I mentioned in my It’s Christmas message this is the time of year that Hornby announce their plans for the coming year. The last couple of years it has been on Christmas Day but this year it has been kept until today … Continue reading Happy, or is that Hornby, New Year!