[bluedot0]

China clay wagons.......be careful.....don't drop em........Phil

[SkyFire]

Will have to be careful with shunting them as well.

[SkyFire]

Carriages have arrived, now I just need the loco.

[berth44]

If I had the moolah,I'd be after 3 of those as well Anthony! I'm the opposite to you,I've got the 'Southern' locos,but not one 'green' coach to go with them,so, one day perhaps I'll get some...Dave

[bluedot0]

Get em on the track........have airbrush.......have green........Phil

[SkyFire]

I have this one on preorder. When it comes I'll have 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

railsofsheffield.com/hornby-2012-conflat-wagon-container-due-2nd-quarter-2012-r6609-JJJA18634.aspx

[berth44]

Death becomes me,a rake of 5 Hornby 'Sealion' ballast wagons (secondhand) 106 dollars. that's cheap for these!!
Unfortunately,wrong paint job,but my airbrush will fix that!!...Dave

[SkyFire]

One day he will be catching up with you, but as long as you have a train nearby to escape too, I think you'll be safe.

I need to get some ballast wagons for the per way gang, they keep complaining about having to use wheelbarrows.

[berth44]

These 'sealions' are actually out of my 'era' and will have to be 'backdated' to be a 'Walrus'..but..in reality a 'Sealion' cannot be a 'Walrus'... Walruses' have rivets,'Sealions' are welded, but ah no care,the price was right and a coat of black paint and some new numbers,only me will know...Harr......Dave

[SkyFire]

Arrived today. Yay Railway is now intermodel, with one old style small container. - Lol

[berth44]

Very nice wee wagon Anthony,I'd love a full train of them fellas...Dave

[berth44]

Sometimes I get fed the wrong info,I got the rake of 5 'sealions' yesterday, and they are rivetted,hundreds of them!!....so with a bit of black paint and stacks of weathering and some 'new' running numbers, they will be 'walrusssssses' in my mind!
It's a crying shame to do anything to them really, they have the 'wow' factor!..looking great behind a class 20 or 25/26, infact, I think just about evey diesel in BR would be on a ballast train at some time in it's life!
Several of my lot had a go last night on this wee train,even 'DELTIC!!' (I somehow doubt that,but there again??) I just need a wee figure to represent ME in the guards van as that was my principal job way back at Carstairs Junction (BR) circa 82-85, but I know,ny
'era' is wrong, I worked with the 'blue' stuff!!!
Latly, back in 'Walrus' country, I do believe they did run with a different type of bogie, up till when I don't know, but I won't be doing anything about that unless I can get more info, only then will I change them if such a bogie is available,but meantime, who cares?,I can now build a (temp)ballast siding and re live my past as a guard,but I need some of the smaller ballast wagons, I have some 'grampus' wagons in kit form somewhere,there's a start!!........Dave.

P/S.when I'm talking ballast, I'm going to give 'pool sand' a go,when I was filling my pool filter I thought, "Hmm"....ballast??..and at approx 20-30 bucks for 10 kilos,there is a lot of it!!

[bluedot0]

I've been doing something different......have a look 'ere....

cnlines.ca/CNcyclopedia/hop/img_398000c.jpg

Now I had in my possession a couple of Accurail hoppers just lying about....when you have as much gear as I, that happens......so I been a choppin ana buildin a set of those in the piccy.

So far I have the first end built....just have to add the centre coupling.....I'm going to use the coupling parts left over from a 5 car set of Walthers well cars. Now once I've built the other end, I'll send it to the big layout for trials and to see what I need to fix.

Then to the paint shop for a coat of paint, some decals, think I'll do this one in my road name.......a piccy and more soon......Phil

[SkyFire]

Never thought of having articulated hopper cars.

[berth44]

'Articulated?' har,that thar is a big 'opper.......Dave