Gawd I'm going back to VB breakfasts.

Modelling the Southern Railway is a rabbit hole I'm trying to avoid. My primary (UK) interest is in BR blue, because that's what I grew up with and worked with when I worked for BR.

However, my mother grew up between the wars in Southern England. Her parents in turn always said that the little girl in the famous poster was modelled on her, as she liked trains and railways so much. The family always travelled by train, and apparently my grandfather had a season ticket covering the Southern Railway as he travelled for work.

So far I've resisted falling down that particular rabbit hole (just) as I've gone down quite enough diversions as it is, but if ever I do model British outline steam, it would be the Southern in 1930s. I've managed to accumulate a few books on the subject, worryingly!

Despite being surrounded by poultry most of my younger life, you won't find eggs of any description on my breakfast plate, nor mushrooms or black pudding.

But where are the Baked Beans

Buttered Toast and black current jam to finish

Not forgetting orange juice and copious amounts of black coffee

No black pudding here, but I did switch to scrambled eggs and green snot pie!

At least he didn't call it a full English 'cos that has BAKED BEANS!!!!!
I have a mushroom allergy anyway, and can't take black/white pudding

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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