I saw an acquaintance in the supermarket this morning and it looked as if he was laying in emergency stocks like so many others have done. When I asked if he had a gas cooker he said no, and when I asked if he had a camping gas stove he looked me as if I was mad. I told him he could have a house full of emergency supplies but chances are there'll be no power to cook 'em with

The "Unread posts" list is unique to each member, and shows threads that have new entries since you last viewed the thread...
A topic you started or were the last to post in, will be listed for other members until they view it but won't appear in your "unread" list until someone else posts in the thread I e. there is a new reply you haven't read yet. (by default it assumes you read what you posted, though we have doubts about a few members on that one...)

Quote from: Nbodger on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 08:56:22 AM

Quote from: Firstone18 on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 08:37:08 AMI have recently posted twice on the general section but neither post has appeared in the recently added so members will not have seen them.
Can one of the mods please advise why this is?
TIA
Firstone18

You don't see your own posts, but others do.

This one did appear in the recent unread though? I'm sure in the past a new topic I've posted has appeared in the recent unread section. I'll leave it for now and see what happens when I next start a new topic.
Cheers.

Quote from: GlenEglise on October 27, 2026, 11:12:57 PMHmm a small class of ten, like the Baby Deltics?

You are having a laugh right?

I didn't realise the (EFE) Baby Deltic was a RE-RELEASE of a FARISH STEAM loco (per the title and OP of the thread)...
Perhaps being coal fired was their ultimate flaw...

Quote from: GlenEglise on September 02, 2026, 08:15:21 PMperhaps needs to start a new thread?

Definitely...

Quote from: Firstone18 on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 08:37:08 AMI have recently posted twice on the general section but neither post has appeared in the recently added so members will not have seen them.
Can one of the mods please advise why this is?
TIA
Firstone18

You don't see your own posts, but others do.

No idea, I'm afraid. Like others, I use "all unread." Working fine. One for @Tank ?

I am still not seeing my posts from the General section appearing in the Recently Added list - is there still a problem or am I doing something wrong please?

I have recently posted twice on the general section but neither post has appeared in the recently added so members will not have seen them.
Can one of the mods please advise why this is?
TIA
Firstone18

Quote from: GlenEglise on October 27, 2026, 11:15:13 PM

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 25, 2025, 10:31:04 AM

Quote from: Roy L S on April 25, 2025, 08:07:15 AM

Quote from: GlenEglise on April 24, 2025, 10:36:59 PMI don't mind if it is Farish or Dapol or anyone else, but will we ever see a 6MT Clan produced?

GE

A small class of 10 locos, essentially a Brit with a smaller boiler and 6P power rating, were anyone to make one it would be Dapol, but I suspect not.

Roy

And mainly only seen north of Carlisle. OK, EFE did the 5 x class 41's but they've been on all kinds of wish lists for years and years

Err, I don't think so, they went all over and were misused as substitutes for Britannia's hence reducing their reputation as poor performers. They weren't meant to substitute for Britannia's.

GE

The "Clan" was trialled elsewhere but operationally largely confined to the North West of England and Scotland - places like the West Coast Main Line north of Carlisle and "Port Road" to Stranraer, but did also get as far South as Crewe and to places like Liverpool. That said, it was designed with the lighter loadings of certain Scottish lines in mind. The loco were predominately based at Polmadie (Glasgow) and Carlisle Kingmoor.

A second "improved" batch that never got built would have been destined for the Southern but that is another story.

My understanding is that the locos were popular enough with regular crews familiar with them and after mods to the blastpipe arrangement they could steam well, the real issue was that when on trials elsewhere there was an expectation that they would have the "punch" of a Brit which with their lower 6P 5F power classification was not realistic.

As to viability as a model, that would only ever "hang off" the back of a Britannia as the chassis and running gear were all but the same (just I think smaller cylinders). The fact that Dapol have produced a Brit for many years but never tooled the smaller "Clan" body/boiler as an alternative suggests to me that they did not see a return on the tooling cost. Even in OO as far as I am aware (happy to be corrected) Hornby only ever did one production run of their "Clan".

Roy

Quote from: Newportnobby on April 25, 2025, 10:31:04 AM

Quote from: Roy L S on April 25, 2025, 08:07:15 AM

Quote from: GlenEglise on April 24, 2025, 10:36:59 PMI don't mind if it is Farish or Dapol or anyone else, but will we ever see a 6MT Clan produced?

GE

A small class of 10 locos, essentially a Brit with a smaller boiler and 6P power rating, were anyone to make one it would be Dapol, but I suspect not.

Roy

And mainly only seen north of Carlisle. OK, EFE did the 5 x class 41's but they've been on all kinds of wish lists for years and years

Err, I don't think so, they went all over and were misused as substitutes for Britannia's hence reducing their reputation as poor performers. They weren't meant to substitute for Britannia's.

GE