I guess many of us of a certain age recall being a passenger in a train and passing a freight train in the opposite direction. The rising and falling shapes just showed the diversity of some long mixed freights

Sometimes things come together quite nicely. This topic got me thinking that some tiger tankers would be useful for my 1980s stock and another topic here mentioned that Model Railways Direct were having a very good sale. So, a few days after reading the other topic and after parting with just over £80.....






These are jolly good models. They will soon be receiving weathering.

A real goods train (my pic) back in 1977
Flitwick freight by Bingley Hall, on Flickr