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 … Continue reading Making Quay Changes #6 heading South East
Tag: Southampton Docks
Workbench Witterings #9 Refreshing the E2, no mention of Thomas…dam… in
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 … Continue reading Workbench Witterings #9 Refreshing the E2, no mention of Thomas…dam… in
Making Quay Changes #5 the Class 07 diesels take over at the Docks
This is the fifth in the series of 'Making Quay Changes' posts with the Canute Road Quay being transported to either a different location or era or both. In this post we are firmly in the Southampton Docks but after 1962 when the Class 07 diesels were specifically introduced to modernise the operations in the … Continue reading Making Quay Changes #5 the Class 07 diesels take over at the Docks
Making Quay Changes #4 being industrious
This is the fourth 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 … Continue reading Making Quay Changes #4 being industrious
Making Quay Changes #3 between the wars, the 1920s / 1930s
This is the third 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 … Continue reading Making Quay Changes #3 between the wars, the 1920s / 1930s
Workbench Witterings #7 what were these B4?
Following on from my recent Talking Stock #38 The Adams B4 tanks post that included a brief history of the prototype and also a review of the recent range of Dapol ready to run models, I have added a few of these to my fleet for Canute Road Quay and therefore renamed and numbered to … Continue reading Workbench Witterings #7 what were these B4?
Talking Stock #38 The Adams B4s the not so small 0-4-0 tanks
Due to the expansion of the many small yards and docks the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) required a number of small tank locomotives. First introduced by Adams in 1891 the B4 class of 0-4-0 tanks comprised initially of two batches of ten built at Nine Elms works and the first ten were completed … Continue reading Talking Stock #38 The Adams B4s the not so small 0-4-0 tanks
Happy New Year! – Picture of the Month – January 2020
This months picture to bring in the new year... ex LSWR B4 0-4-0t No. 90 'Caen' in Southampton Docks livery, rests at Canute Road Quay. She is a Dapol model, with lamps and crew added and weathered. Check back here on 6th January, just after 9am, for a roundup of the Hornby new range … Continue reading Happy New Year! – Picture of the Month – January 2020
Making Quay Changes #2 post rationing time travelling into the late 1950s
This is the second in a series of 'Making Quay Changes' posts with the Canute Road Quay being transported to either a different location or era or both. After my Making Quay Changes #1 post moving the scene Eastwards, perhaps to the docks of Ipswich or Yarmouth, utilising the lovely Model Rail magazine limited edition … Continue reading Making Quay Changes #2 post rationing time travelling into the late 1950s
Making Quay Changes #1 Moving Eastwards
Although my usual modelling genre, as regular readers will know, is the Southern Railway between 1946 and 1949, however due to Canute Road Quay having very few visual references to either period or location (yes there are a couple, but hey...) it allows me to change the location and era with different rolling stock, vehicles … Continue reading Making Quay Changes #1 Moving Eastwards