oops!!

It should have said Happy Christmas.

There are more Christmas poems if you are interested

This just manifested itself from my wife's keyboard.

Happy Chrostmas everybody.

Christmas Eve

With the baking and wrapping and preparing all done
I was looking forward to a tomorrow-of-fun.
I poured out a wine and cosied down in my chair
Pulled off my socks and let down my hair.
I glanced at the clock, it was twelve twenty three,
Then, Santa, fell down our parlour chimney.
 I rushed to the hearth, but all I could see

Were two black boots and legs to the knee.
"Help me, I'm stuck," a muffled voice cried,
"I'll do what I can ," I quickly replied.
In a panic I said, "Stay where you are,
I hope you don't suffer from clausphobia."
 
"Hold in your stomach," I yelled up the flue.
"I'll pull and I'll shove on the count of two."
There were rumblings and groanings of the scary kind,
And slitherings and slidings, rude words unrefined,
Then out popped Santa, sooty but fine,
Thus Christmas was saved in the Saint Nick of time.

Gill Reed

Quote from: Steven B on Yesterday at 10:59:50 AMTwo coaches:
Coniston 1958: https://flic.kr/p/o3c6J6

The Coniston motor train looked better pre-war, with an Aspinall Radial at one end 

You could, too! 

Good one, Mick.

All the very best of the season to you, and all our members, wherever you are.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year, everyone!

George

Quote from: Steven B on Yesterday at 10:59:50 AMOne coach:
Southwell, 1959: https://flic.kr/p/zF9TZU

Two coaches:
Coniston 1958: https://flic.kr/p/o3c6J6
Northampton 1959: https://flic.kr/p/AtBPpS
Holcombe 1959: https://flic.kr/p/guKk3E

Three coaches:
Deganwy, 1955: https://flic.kr/p/GJY3vB

The Welsh Dragon in the Deganwy photo is the definite for me, 1x DBT+2x Comp doable from the range offered, just need to renumber one of the comps.

[Note the Northampton shot is Period 2 stock.]

Quote from: leachsprite4 on Yesterday at 11:04:46 AMAre these the coaches?
https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/lnwrk152.htm

No - the planned Dapol models are Period 3 style coaches.
The pair closed to the Camera are ex-LNWR vehicles, and the far end driving trailer is either a P1 type or ex-LNWR. The intermediate coach at the far end not 100% sure but looks like a period 2 Lav-Composite.

When I was a teenager I worked for the Co-Op "on the milk" weekends and school holidays.

They paid me £5 for a weekend.

You could get a fair few pints for that in those days

Are these the coaches?
https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/lnwrk152.htm

Quote from: madchadbrad on Yesterday at 09:31:58 AMFor a push pull train there would be a DBT and a push pull fitted comp; but could there be an all third and a BT as well or would they too have to be push pull fitted (there is no mention of that in Dapol's list)? Otherwise it'd be just a 2 coach train.

For Push-Pull operation, there would be a Loco at one end of the set and a Driving Control coach at the other end (driving end outwards of course).

In between could be any number of coaches provided they were all "motor fitted" - that means they have the through pipework and electrical connections to connect the Loco to the driving coach. The LMS had fitted Composites and 3rds, though Dapol's initial list only includes fitted Comps.

Theoretically any number of intermediate vehicles could be included, unlike the GW mechanical system where slop in the linkages limited it to one intermediate vehicle. The practical limitation is in the power of the loco (mostly Tanks of power class 1&2) and formations of more than 3 coaches were uncommon, with 2 coaches probably being most common. On the LMS it was very rare (but not totally unknown) for the loco to be in the middle between 2 driving trailers.

Most common formations from photo evidence would seem to be:

• Loco - Composite - Driving Brake Third
• Loco - Third - Driving Brake Third
• Loco - Driving Brake Third
• Loco - Third - Composite - Driving Brake Third
• Loco - Composite - Composite - Driving Brake Third
• Loco - Third - Third - Driving Brake Third
• Loco - Third - Third - Composite - Driving Brake Third