Quote from: Roy L S on February 23, 2026, 09:01:51 AM

Quote from: Dancess on February 22, 2026, 10:19:54 PMPorthole coaches as they were my favourite.

They do look nice, but are they sufficiently different to Series 3 Staniers to justify the tooling cost and could they sell enough?

The main difference that Porthole stock offers is that they lasted around 5 years longer and there were a fair number of them carried BR Blue & Grey livery (mostly 62ft brake 3rds and 60ft Composites)
However... given that Farish have previously said they couldn't justify tooling for alternative frame lengths to expand the existing Period 3 range (almost every train should include a 60ft Corridor Composite!) sadly, I don't think Porthole stock would come from that direction...

Accept:Metal Heart

Always loved this mix of classical minor harmonic scales and tunes woven into metal.

The album "Deltics" by Chris Rea.

The 'soundtrack of my life' as a working class youth  in an industrial town in the UK Midlands in the 1970s.

Parallel boiler LMS Royal Scot ?

Quote from: Dancess on February 22, 2026, 10:19:54 PMPorthole coaches as they were my favourite.

They do look nice, but are they sufficiently different to Series 3 Staniers to justify the tooling cost and could they sell enough?

Hey man, psychadelic!

A very old Kraftwerk track from the 1970s Vertigo sampler album 'Suck it and see'

Porthole coaches as they were my favourite.

If I had to choose just one, it would be 'Lion', but that stands no chance.
Dapol may yet do the LMS suburbans and I know next to nothing about coaching stock outside the transition era.
I can't think of a single wagon I'd want/need as again, I know half of s*d all about them

I thoroughly enjoyed "Europa Endlos" and the film that accompanied it. Thanks @Stingray.

Stuart