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Speaking of GWR Pacifics i found this little item on ebay this week http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqIOKnUE49LN)CCsBOdhhr48mw~~_12.JPG http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300601130029?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 An interesting little item bit of topic but its interesting and the firs...

Hello Everyone, thought an update on Oldcastle is well overdue, well there isn't much to update really, I haven't made any progress on re bulding the baseboards yet ( due to starting a job, leaving said job (after 3 days..... no fault on My part), and compleating the ECDL course), but that should ch...

I have a 14XX (R2778 4869 in shirtbutton livery) I havent carried out any mechamical modifications to My loco and it ran with no problems on my old layout, I had to paint the chimney black when I first got the loco as it was left unpainted, the only other thing I've done is to paint the smokebox han...

they were in GW service for 6 years, so the county's do (only just) fit into the big four catergory

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Stu

they fitted a Giesl Ejector to one of the battle of britain Class loco's (they did a feature in the Hornby magazine a few years ago to covert a normal BoB to look like the converted BoB)

Hope this helps

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Stu

to be historically accurate, you wouldn't have seen any County's pre war ( F W Hawksworth design from 1942), but it's your own personal preference to what you run on your layout,

Hope this helps

cheers

Stu

Pannier09 wrote:Another note have Hornby or Bachmann released 34067 Tangmere?

Tangmere is listed in the 2003 hornby catalouge (R2221), you might be able to pick on up on EBay, but as it is 8 years since it was released,it might be harder to find one,

Hope this helps

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Stu

I know they use Class 66 on some of the maintanance trains as the last time they were replacing track, I saw a 66 in Ruislip station,

also I've seen a Metronet liveried 66 at West Ruislip with a balast train waiting to go into Ruislip Gardens Depot

Hope This Helps

Stu

If it's GW/BR (W) 3 digit headcode numbers you want, this might help you:

http://g3w1.com/gwr_train_description.htm

hope this helps

Stu

I have three Bachmann Loco's (Collett's Goods, Pannier and 4575 prarie), And appart from a coupling height issue with the prarie, I have had no issues with build quality, the prairie was a bit of a temprimental runner straight out the box, but once it had been run in has been a very smooth runner, t...

nice to see "Spud 1" has got some work, especially after all the fuss about getting the boiler certificate extended, Main line trips for 24 have been thin on the ground with only 1 torbay express trips this year, one Cathedrals express and one trip to plymouth (that ended with a diesel pil...

sorry for the delay, but I have finally found my book, so this is what is written about the post war Hawksworth livery: Express Passenger Livery from 1945 onwards the basic locomotive body remained the middle chrome green of pre war days,although due to inferior paint quality and poor finishes this ...

Just seen this on Facebook (other social networks are avaliable)
Pete Waterman is donating the Gas turbine locomotive 18000 to didcot

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ox ... e-14407111

the formal handover will be during the GWS 50th celebrations in september

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Stu

Hi Siquelme nice to see another GW fan on the forum :) , you've got some nice loco's there kinda feel sorry for County of Hants as its the only one without a headboard... got any suggestions for which headboard i should get it? How about "the Cornishman" headboard, as most of the 10XX coun...

you are right bufferstop, so they are ,

had a momentary lapse there ..... I'm off to write 1000 lines "I must remember what does what" as punishment!!!

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Stu