Goods Train Formations - General Discussion

[Foxhound]

There is a warning the site is not secure but it can be opened

I'll try it on my other laptop, that might be the issue. It works on my phone now, but not on Chrome. Very odd. Excellent resource, thank you!

[Foxhound]

Do you not have a Ginsters cornish pasty van Chris ? 

Please don't use the G word in the same sentence as Cornish pasty, the natives will riot.... 

[Chris Morris]

I'm pretty sure there were never any real Ginsters branded railway vans although I would be happy to be  proven wrong. There were some Ginsters liveried 158s but these didn't appear until 2003 and were used in the Wales and Borders area. Interesting though they are, that makes them wrong for me both in terms of era and location.

[Chris Morris]

A few Cargowaggon vans would fit in nicely for the 1980s.  I could be tempted but I kind of feel I have all the stock I need to have a reasoanble set of freight (and passenger) trains for each era and my stock boxes are more then full. I have enjoyed researching and collecting over the last 12 years or so though.  I've kept pretty much to the path I wanted with only a few strays being let in to my collection.

[Chris Morris]

My two favourite freight trains remain my Clayliner using Peco 5 plank wagon kits.

And my mostly van train. This is an early version. The length is dictated by the length of the storage siding. I now run it with five "door to door" livery conflats behind the loco (I got that idea from a photo in Diesel Hydraulics a colour retrospective) and the clay empties at the rear of the train. There is something mesmerising about this train, especially when the signal goes to line clear and it slowly leaves the loop.

[crewearpley40]

Taunton Cider vehicles and Polybulk maybe too late Chris.  I love your freight trains especially the clayliner. Have you sent these Chris

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/83609-western-region-1980s-freight-west-of-england-division-more-photos-added-2024/page/2/

[port perran]

Do you not have a Ginsters cornish pasty van Chris ? 

Please don't use the G word in the same sentence as Cornish pasty, the natives will riot.... 

Compared to proper Cornish pasties the Ginster version is inedible.

[Foxhound]

Taunton Cider vehicles and Polybulk maybe too late Chris.  I love your freight trains especially the clayliner. Have you sent these Chris

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/83609-western-region-1980s-freight-west-of-england-division-more-photos-added-2024/page/2/

Certainly a mid-80s thing, and a good crossover with CDAs. That RMWeb thread is a beaut!

[crewearpley40]

Taunton Cider vehicles and Polybulk maybe too late Chris.  I love your freight trains especially the clayliner. Have you sent these Chris

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/83609-western-region-1980s-freight-west-of-england-division-more-photos-added-2024/page/2/

Certainly a mid-80s thing, and a good crossover with CDAs.

That's exactly what I was thinking Rob

[Chris Morris]

I thinking I should drop the clayhoods and get myself say three tigers, a ferry wagon and a cartoon. When suitably weathered that would be more convincing. Anybody want to buy some Peco clayhoods?

[Foxhound]

Taunton Cider vehicles and Polybulk maybe too late Chris.  I love your freight trains especially the clayliner. Have you sent these Chris

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/83609-western-region-1980s-freight-west-of-england-division-more-photos-added-2024/page/2/

Certainly a mid-80s thing, and a good crossover with CDAs.

That's exactly what I was thinking Rob

My Speedlink rake is Taunton Cider, Ferryvan, Polybulk, Tiger, PAA, PRA (Shapeways) and I'm considering an HEA and a POA, possibly a second Tiger. Constantly on the lookout for a second PAA and if somebody at Kernow wants to put the shrinkray on the PRA I would have two, as the Shapeways one is okay, but it's not brilliant.
Also keen to find an N gauge ECC TUA, but were they a figment of my imagination?

Not sure if I'm in the market for more hoods at the moment, although I have just spotted that one of the old Poole BR blue 25s is 25326, which is ex-Laira and regularly seen on clays.

[Foxhound]

Do you not have a Ginsters cornish pasty van Chris ? 

Please don't use the G word in the same sentence as Cornish pasty, the natives will riot.... 

Compared to proper Cornish pasties the Ginster version is inedible.

It's an abomination. Barnecutts, Ann's, Philps, or even Cornish Oven are just a few examples of far superior pasty makers. I know there are others.

[crewearpley40]

Rob
Consider Class 45 / 47


Dr Al regularly has 25 /3s on nporium
Farcebook

Chris

[Steven B]

Also keen to find an N gauge ECC TUA, but were they a figment of my imagination?

NGS kit? unless you want it from Revolution/Rainbow Railways in OO.

[Foxhound]

Also keen to find an N gauge ECC TUA, but were they a figment of my imagination?

NGS kit? unless you want it from Revolution/Rainbow Railways in OO.

Didn't know that, thanks Steven!