Hello Mike

Thank you very much for your post and the questions you asked.

I love the Southern - in many ways it was the best-presented of all the 'Big Four' and certainly the one which was kindest to its investors.

Every now and then I have a Southern-only running session on my layout, Poppingham. I have a few of the excellent Union Mills 'T9' 4-4-0s and both types of Southern 0-6-0. The rolling stock used is ProperlyPoole Graham Farish.

Apart from one 'T9' in Mr Bulleid's Malachite Green - vivid and such fun - the period modelled is between the locomotive renumbering and Sir Herbert Walker's retirement. Definitely 1930s - more specifically around the Silver Jubilee year or the year of Three Kings - within your lifetime if not mine. Here's a photograph:-

   



I think the colour scheme of the Lone Star station buildings looks suitably Southern.

With the very best of good wishes.

John

You cruel, cruel man. I'm not allowed any of that any more. Apart from the mushrooms and I hate mushrooms.

 

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Chris

NewportNobby and Bealman have a sort of breakfast comparison on their respective wanderings, but I posted this to show I have orange juice with brekkie, not VB 



Even Mrs B wouldn't go in the pool at 8pm in winter!

I'm a transition rule one man, but I do have some southern stuff 

How many of the members model Southern Railway and in which years 1920s, 1930s or 1940s
I concentrated on the 1930s, Maunsell green days! In the ex LSWR area.
At 92, I have almost given up ant serious modelling, eyesight and dexterity deteriorate which takes a lot of the enjoyment.
I had all the 4-6-0s except the T14, The H15, N15 and S15 classes can all be modeled by a bit of mix and match parts from the Langley S15 and BHE N15 white metal kits, the Langley "watercart" tender can also be used behind a Union Mills T9.
I managed to hack a Peco Jubilee into a Nelson; for the earlier tender use the BHE N15 tender kit which can be motorised with a 6 wheel chassis plus a 4th axle added at the front.
Other Drummond 4-4-0 s are possible, I made a K10 from brass tube and sheet.
A lot can be done by a bit of careful hacking, a Scot or Jubilee can be hacked to look like a Nelson, you just need to find photos and/or scale drawings and an 8 wheel tender, in the early days Nelsons had the same tender as the Arthurs.
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Mathieson coach wheels come in sets of 8...

Quote from: Train Waiting on Yesterday at 08:14:22 PMNo, not just you. As ever, I blame metrication. A proper Imperial system would have a dozen axles, or, more likely, a baker's dozen in each packet. Enough for an LMS 12-wheel Dining Car with a spare set in case any were dodgy

A dozen wheelsets would do two 12-wheeled Diners or Sleepers, or three 8-wheeled coaches, or four 6-wheeled coaches.

That would be a much better pack quantity than tens, which don't really suit any requirements properly - either needing multiple packs or having some wheelsets left over.

Quote from: Papyrus on Yesterday at 07:30:56 PM... do Farish sell their coach wheels in packs of 10? Unless you model exclusively 4-wheel coaching stock you are always going to have two axles left over. Packs of 8 or 12 would make more sense.

Is it just me?

Cheers, 

Chris

PS. I've just realised you need 10 for LNER quad-arts, but that's still a bit niche.

Why, why, why Delila?

No, not just you. As ever, I blame metrication. A proper Imperial system would have a dozen axles, or, more likely, a baker's dozen in each packet. Enough for an LMS 12-wheel Dining Car with a spare set in case any were dodgy.

Things just aren't what they used to be.

With all good wishes.

John

Packs of 12 would be better. As it is, I tend to get them two packs at a time,so enough for 5 coaches.

Good question Chris


why do farish n gauge wheels come in packs of ten   

                 
Graham Farish / Bachmann Europe replacement wheelsets and axles come in packs of ten primarily to match standard British bogie coach configurations (two bogies with two axles each equals four wheels per coach, meaning a pack of 10 services two and a half coaches or up to 10 individual two-axle wagons) while offering an economical bulk quantity for layout maintenance.


I wonder that British bogie passenger coaches typically use two bogies per carriage, with each bogie holding two wheel axles (4 axles per coach).

A pack of 10 axles conveniently services a small formation of 2 full coaches (8 axles) with 2 spare axles left over for the workbench.



Buying individual wheelsets is inefficient for packaging, shipping, and manufacturing? An argument farish may have

 A set of 10 hits a cost-effective price point for Graham Farish N Gauge

I agree 12 would make sense or 8 as you suggest. Or multiples thereof

Be interested in others' opinions