Many thanks Steven B and Class8mikado, and everyone else who has chipped-in with. Helpful comments!

Having given in for another pack could i show my ignorance with a few questions about pullmans of this era ...
Are all pullman cars 'at seat dining'  or are parlour cars non dining ?
Think i read somewhere that the Kitchen end of kitchen cars always faced towards the centre of the train...rather than back to back,  is that right ?

Thanks chaps.

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 14, 2026, 12:29:43 PMA selection of singles by Fine Young Cannibals.
I'd forgotten how good they were

A most excellent band. Having grown up with the whole 2-Tone movement, they were a natural progression for me, with Steele & Cox being ex-The Beat. Roland Gift's voice is, if you'll forgive the pun, a gift.

Maybe that urine recyc tastes better than VB

Not anymore, mate. I've got a fancy bumbag now

"Any food consumed must be bought on the premises"

Yet the old knacker even has his own nosebag!!

Quote from: madchadbrad on April 17, 2026, 07:59:08 AM

Quote from: class8mikado on April 16, 2026, 09:47:51 AM.

Seems perfectly clear to me... 

That might be true if I knew what I was looking for: I have no idea what the push-pull gear would look like as a separate spare part!

Well i dug out my spare body and checking with photos of the real thing on Google images - Found this  https://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/Push%20Pull%20YTT.html  - my spare has gear intact on one side but damaged missing (from the crash) from the other  so sorry cant help.
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Many thanks for that article! Difficult to tell whether the "Dapol spares" kit I spotted chez Peter's Spares includes the necessary parts though ... ... ... I might just buy the kit to find out, now there are prototype photos for reference!
If you have a photo of the undamaged side of your push pull loco I can compare it with a non-push-pull loco and try fit bits from the spares kit to suit? Then all I would have to do is renumber the loco to be ready for the forthcoming suburban coaches.
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Steven B has saved me the job

You can find photos of the previous Ivatt 2-6-2MT here:
Hattons Version Details

Or, compare to Dapol's O Gauge model:
Photo 1
Photo 2

You're looking for all the extra gubbins either side of the smoke box (in place of the normal cylinder exhaust pipes).

Quote from: class8mikado on April 16, 2026, 09:47:51 AM.

Seems perfectly clear to me... 

That might be true if I knew what I was looking for: I have no idea what the push-pull gear would look like as a separate spare part!
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Well i dug out my spare body and checking with photos of the real thing on Google images - Found this  https://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/Push%20Pull%20YTT.html  - my spare has gear intact on one side but damaged missing (from the crash) from the other  so sorry cant help.
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Many thanks for that article! Difficult to tell whether the "Dapol spares" kit I spotted chez Peter's Spares includes the necessary parts though ... ... ... I might just buy the kit to find out, now there are prototype photos for reference!
If you have a photo of the undamaged side of your push pull loco I can compare it with a non-push-pull loco and try fit bits from the spares kit to suit? Then all I would have to do is renumber the loco to be ready for the forthcoming suburban coaches.

great to see that picture.
life getting back to somewhat normal.