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The Springburn Story by John Thomas
I managed to pick up a nice copy of this long out of print book on line this week. I read it as a youngster and was enthralled by it, having family connections with this part of Glasgow. It’s a fascinating and surprisingly human tale of a community that today is a sad shadow of…
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Ten Years since the end of the Travelling Post Office
Is it really ten years since I watched the last West Coast TPO roll to a stop in Carlisle Station in the wee hours? This retweet from the NRM blog marks the recent anniversary.
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Beetlecrushers and Bulldogs
One of the key locomotives in the project is the Caledonian 498 class dock tank. Introduced in 1912 and used in places where tight curvature existed such as docks and industrial locations, these engines could be seen at locations such as Polmadie, Greenock Ladyburn and Grangemouth. The last examples were withdrawn in 1962, replaced by…
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More wagons ready for service.
The three wagons I’ve been tackling this week are now complete and ready for service. As sub-projects go I’ve got through these very quickly. Probably a good job, bearing in mind the number I’m going to need!
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Possible new Reid Atlantic kit from 52F
(Image courtesy of WRHA Archive.) Whilst a number of kits exist for models of the Caledonian and Highland Railways’ larger locomotives, there is nothing similar for the NBR (sorry, I just don’t like the full title!) 🙂 equivalent, WP Reid’s impressive Atlantic Class locomotives. Built in the early 1900s to handle crack East Coast services…
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Another step forward.
A couple of hours’ work tonight sees the timberwork effects taken a bit further and decals applied. The two ex-LMS vehicles had to have their decals created from various sources but this went fairly painlessly. We’re nearly there with this trio!
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Wagonworks Activity
I’ve mentioned the new project that is hatching here at the moment already. I don’t want to elaborate just yet as i want to illustrate the feature with some nice images I have found. Meantime, some suitable vehicles have been taking form on the workbench in the shape of the LNER 20 ton Plate wagon,…
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A new batch of wagons
These are the first of some new wagons I’m building with a new project in mind. I’m just waiting for a couple of photographic permissions before I do a dedicated post. Suffice to say that it’s a subject I’ve always had a notion for and there was a good chance that I was going to…
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The Immortal Memory
With yesterday’s Burns’ Night commemmorations in mind, i thought I’d re-blog this wonderful and comprehensive tribute from Bella Caledonia. A man whose writings may be even more relevant today as when he penned them. The Immortal Memory.
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Alba Weathering and effects
Just a quick post to advise that I have now set up a dedicated blog covering my weathering and effects work, as opposed to the more general layout and build projects here. See http://www.albaweathering.com Thanks.
Max Stafford's Kennel 