Steam layouts, a dying breed?

[Lawrence]

So can we now get back to steam layouts?

Never, never I tell you 

[Pengi]

So can we now get back to steam layouts?

Never, never I tell you 

I can't believe I wrote that either, Lawrence

[H]

That's all we had - ugly, tatty, dirty, smelly blue & greys ... and the coaching stock wasn't any better either

. . . although never as dirty, smelly and nasty as kettles. 

But in all seriousness - steam era layouts aren't a dying breed; they may be declining a little in popularity as time swings in favour of modern traction (as more and more new trains are developed and made increasing the potential of modelling D&E), but there will always be someone prepared to kick the dying embers over and try and breathe it back to life. And I guess as the existance of kettles as the norm fades further in to the past and memory there will be those who remember them a little bit more fancifully and not quite as they really were. It's only natural.

Long may it all be modelled in N.

H.

[4x2]

I stood on platform 1 at Keynsham Station yesterday (sat 1st Dec) and watched Tornado fly through with the Cathedrals Express'. There we're loads of people there of all ages, all taking photos or vids - Steam will always be popular and whilst there aren't many steam layouts at the moment in 6 months time it could be the other way round !

I remember a couple of years ago, people were moaning that there were too many GWR branch line layouts....

[Donkey]

  please 

Marty

[4x2]

Sorry it's a little fuzzy, i've not got used to my new camera yet...

[daveg]

The 'Thank You' tab seems to have taken a walk somewhere!

So, nice photo.

[Donkey]

Thanks Mike nice pic of her in blue  . Hopefully, thanks to people like those behind the Tornado project, steam will never die 

Marty

[scotsoft]

Thank you tab restored 

[port perran]

Nice photo. Blue doesn't look right to me but we are all different so well done to the Tornado boys.

[BernardTPM]

I have to admit I like it in blue. A lot of A1s were in that colour when first built.

[Newportnobby]

OK - so I may be an anachronism, but I have 5 more items on pre-order and, surprise, they are all steamers

[Jack]

Some steamers may not be what they seem!

In doing some light research for something else, I came across the fact that some Castle Class loco's were actually Oil Burners. Several ran out from Laura Shed from 1947 having been converted from coal.

Apparently they were easy to spot..... they were always nice and clean while those not converted were always dirty, covered in soot!   

[longbridge]

Some steamers may not be what they seem!

In doing some light research for something else, I came across the fact that some Castle Class loco's were actually Oil Burners. Several ran out from Laura Shed from 1947 having been converted from coal.

Apparently they were easy to spot..... they were always nice and clean while those not converted were always dirty, covered in soot!   

Phew  thankfully they converted GWR locos back to coal burners very soon afterwards, seems the imported oil bill was so high the authorities nearly fell over when they got the bill, besides coal supply got back into close to full swing 

[Lawrence]

OK - so I may be an anachronism

  I though you were a Libra!