Quote from: Newportnobby on July 14, 2026, 08:50:02 AMFor those like me who had to look up SLOA, it's........
"Steam Locomotive Operator's Association"

Or, in the case of my mishap whilst playing trains in the loft the other day,
"Slipped, Landed On A**e".

PW

The famous(?) "Marlow Donkey" (local to me) had the 14xx and I've just acquired the auto coach this week. A 14xx would be wonderful.

Thanks for the replies

The Dapol 14xxs aren't bad little models, especially for their age. With some sympathetic weathering and a few extra details fitted like lamps and lamp irons, they look pretty good. The one thing that lets the BR Green ones down is the awful shade of BR Green that Dapol use on all their models. I repainted and relined this example into a better version of BR lined green.



If you use DCC, I can recommend fitting a stayalive to them. Hardwiring a Zimo MX615 and 1 cap stayalive make a tremendous difference to the smooth running. Both my 14xxs can happily crawl around the layout all day. 

Sadly the likely manufacturers don't confide such things to us

On a happier note, youngest Bealette is off to Sydney Opera House on Thursday to hear the orchestra play the Lord of the Rings soundtrack.

All cool with me!

Any ideas if we are going to get a state of the art model of the GWR 14xx.
I had a couple of Dapol ones donkey's years ago sorry to say very poor runners.
We could do with an updated new tooled one.

For those like me who had to look up SLOA, it's........
"Steam Locomotive Operator's Association"

Thanks, Tim. I believe it might also be on Radio 3 this Saturday.

Edit:- Confirmed

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002yy1v

It will be broadcast on BBC4 telly on Friday 24th July but only 2 hours against the radio's 3 hours

Quote from: eddief83 on July 13, 2026, 02:38:56 PMI have the full SLOA pullman set and want an intercity charter set similar to Mallard pulled in 1988 for the anniversary run.

What is your SLOA rake made up from? From the period photos I've seen the formation changed a little. My interpretation is made up of Mk1 Pullmans plus a RMB and some regular blue/grey or Intercity FO.

I've got the Pilkington set on my to-do list. All over green with light blue and red markings at the ends - possibly the worst livery every painted on a train.