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Talking Stock #25 Marsh got one Atlantic 4-4-2 tank right with the I3
Douglas Earie-Marsh will probably be best known for the popular and graceful H1 and H2 Atlantic express engines, although these were essentially Ivatt designs from the Great Northern with whom March...
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R4538 Maunsell open second class coach in BR green arrives
Just a quick post to confirm that as advised in my delivery status update post, on 22nd May, the Hornby R4538 Maunsell open second class coach in BR green has now arrived with many retailers although...
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Protoype information re Hornby Maunsell open second class coach in BR green
Further to my post earlier this week regarding the availability of the Hornby R4538 Maunsell open second class coach in BR green, its arrival has generated some discussion on a number of forums and...
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Controlling interests #6 uncoupling the box van
One of the regular operational movements when operating Fisherton Sarum is to bring the 12t box van of spare parts and shed consumables, that has arrived from Eastliegh works, to the shed stores...
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Making sure summer comes soonest in the South
With once again a respectful nod to the Southern Publicity Department back in 1936 I am soon heading very South (well about 2 and bit hours in a plane south) for some exploration, rest, relaxation...
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Fisherton Sarum at Hornby Magazine Live 13th/14th July
It is now less than two weeks until Fisherton Sarum makes an appearance at the Hornby Magazine Live exhibition being held in Hartlepool on 13th and 14th July. The show is filled with 25 layouts, with...
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Brighton Belle in N – Hornby Arnold update
As per my post at the time Arnold one of the brnads of Hornby International announced last January their intent to produce a N Gauge Brighton Belle in British 1.148 scale rather then the usual...
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Hornby announces delays to 2013 items, including some Southern related
Hornby Hobbies Ltd. is announcing a number of delays to 2013 catalogue items. They advise that despite their best estimates a proportion of delivery dates will not be met. Hornby are advising the...
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Less than 2 days to go before Fisherton Sarum appears at Hornby Magazine live...
It is now less than two days before the doors open at the 2013 Hornby Magazine Live exhibition in Hartlepool. Further details can be found in my recent post about the show here. A view across the front...
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A view from the line #11 getting close to the wire..the telegraph wire
One of the characteristic views from the coach window when travelling on our railways , until the late 1070′s, was the continual dipping and rising of the telegraph wires. Telegraph, telephone and...
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Kernow models announce LSWR Type 3 signal box and SR Boom water column
The Kernow Model Centre have today announce a number of further commissions from Bachmann Scenecraft that will interest modellers of the London South Western Railway (LSWR) and Southern / Southern...
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Talking Stock #26 The four Urie G16 large tanks
I have a bit of a soft spot for all large tank locomotives and a number of classes of large tanks existed on the Southern Railway such as the H16 4-6-2T, W 2-6-4T, the Z class 0-8-0T that I featured in...
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Bachmann announce that it is to produce a 00 scale ex London Brighton and...
Bachmann Europe Plc today, 31st August, have announced the addition to their range of an 00 scale ex London Brighton and South Coast Atlantic H2 Class 4-4-2 The announcement was made at their annual...
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Bachmann H2 Class Atlantic announcement further information
Further to my post yesterday that broke the news that Bachmann are to produce an 00 scale ex London Brighton and South Coast Atlantic H2 Class 4-4-2 I can now provide some further details. The Bachmann...
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Model Rail USA tank to now be manufactured by Bachmann
Within my post of last Saturday breaking the news of the Bachmann H2 class announcement I also broke the news that the Model Rail Magazine commissioned USA 0-6-0 tank model is now to be produced by...
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Anniversaries all round, a golden look back to 1963
This is not only my 200th post on this here little part of the interweb blogosphere, but more importantly today marks the 50th and Golden Wedding anniversary of my Mum and Dad. I offer them my most...
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Heading to dark(er)side
This weekend 14th / 15th September is the Swindon Railway Festival hosted by STEAM the Museum of the Great Western Railway (I only just managed to type that!). By the ‘Darker Side’ I of course mean...
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First Pictures! Arnold / Hornby N Gauge Brighton Belle Engineering Prototype
It was back in January this year that the continental manufacturer Arnold that are part of the Hornby International stable of brands initially announced they were to produce an N gauge version of the...
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A view from the line #12 the pressure of signalling the line
The London South Western Railway (LSWR) first started using pneumatic control, rather than traditional wire and point rodding, at Grateley in 1901, utilising the system from the British Pneumatic...
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In the media: completing the set…a teaser
If you have ever read my In the Media page you will have noticed that Fisherton Sarum has so far appeared in three of the four mainstream model railway monthly magazines, Railway Modeller (2006),...
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