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However, despite sounding like a grumpy old man above, I do actually welcome comments on posts (to which I will always try and respond), feedback and questions related to this blog or all things Southern Railway, and the other way to contact me is by email here
I do not intend to exhibit Fisherton Sarum to death, primarily so that it does not become too familiar on the exhibition circuit, avoiding the walk on by syndrome that can be seen with some layouts that the public has seen time and time again.
Fisherton Sarum, and therefore by inference myself, can however be seen at one or three shows a year, the current booked appearances are as follows:
18th /19th October 2014 – Festival of Model Railways – Peterborough East of England Showground
Other exhibitions currently in discussion will be added to the list when confirmed.
I am indebted to my family and members of the High Wycombe and District Model Railway Society that ably assist me and without whom I would not be able to exhibit Fisherton Sarum at all.
For the benefit of Exhibition Managers, interested in perhaps inviting Fisherton Sarum to their show, my information sheet about the layout is here: Fisherton Sarum layout details However to contact me direct, in the first instance, please contact me via email here.
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Hi,
Can you help please. I have a Class 73 Electro-Diesel Locomotive with Large Logo BR Blue and want to find out the numbering and type of coach stock used at the time.
Thanks,
Paul Q
Thanks Graham for this and other advance announcements. As regards adding the USA tank to my sidings, the considerable temptation is overshadowed by the similar hints of an Adams Radial Tank, and an S15. Not to mention hints from KMRC of rolling stock. So at risk of having none of these, I shall have to hold fire for the short term. Dare I say it, the 4mm LSWR modeller has never had it so good. I still look for a half-decent r-t-p station building of Tite origin.
Peter B
Peter
The tweet messages were retweets from elsewhere and while interesting and indeed possibly correct I am unable at this to collaborate such.
Hi Graham,
I’m a recent convert to the Southern (well BR Southern Region) as I have spent most of my modelling life focussing on Western region steam. I have a query relating to passenger stock, inspired by an article in the latest Model Rail magazine and single coach formations/trains.
I have some pictures of the Lyme Regis branch, showing a Radial tank pulling a single coach. I have also seen pictures of the single coach train on the Torrington branch.
My question is did the Terrier,s ever run with a single coach, particularly on the Hayling Island branch? Likewise did the Beattie well tanks ever pull a single coach to the terminus at Padstow? Finally did the Southern region ever see single coach Pull Push formations? Finally, is there a particular book that would be beneficial to a newcomer modelling the Southern Region that you could recommend?
Many thanks for reading my e-mail and I hope that it has not inconvenienced you in any way.
Mark
Hello Mark, good to hear from you and I am always to converse on all things Southern.
I am glad that you have seen the light and moved over tot he Southern Way! Single coach trains were reasonably unusual and certainly only seen on a few branches, and you have listed most of them that I know of including the Hayling Island branch witgh Terriers especially out of the summer season. The Beattie well tanks were pretty much confined to goods services but I am sure there will have been an exception to the rule.
Certainly by BR(s) days all Pull Push units were two coaches and the use of single Pull Push coaches in early SR days was pretty unusual too. If you are interested in books on Southern Coaching stock then I can totally recommend Mike King’s excellent “Illustrated history of Southern Coaches” and “Illustrated history of Southern Pull Push stock” I am lucky to count Mike as a good friend and his works are my bible for anything connected with Southern coach stock.
I hope this helps?
Graham,
Many thanks for your help – and the heads up on the books too. I am a real sucker for pull push (and autocoach) operations, and had hoped to buy one of the new Hornby sets, so I will probably endeavour to get hold of that book first. However, I do understand that it is a bit restricted in terms of date/time of operations, so I may have to consider the Kernow set instead!
Best wishes and many thanks for sharing your knowledge,
Mark
Hi Graham. Thanks for your interesting comments on why you model post war. It is my area of interest also, but I am trying to capture examples of the variations and combinations of insignia and livery in 1948 for locos from all 4 companies. I have yet to start on the Southern but could you tell me a good reference for southern loco liveries carried in 1948. Yeadons for the LNER and Essery for the LMS are excellent for this, and I now need similar quality references for the SR and the GWR. Many thanks for your time. Rodger
Hello Rodger
I am not aware of a single source for such livery information I tend to refer to either the various D.L.Bradley books or the Irwell Press “Book of ….” ranges of books about individual locomotive classes.
Thanks for the quick reply Graham. I suspected as much! The “book of…” series is a bit variable – the one on the royal scots was full of useful details for modelling a specific loco at any point in time, but the one on the A3s much less so. Cheers. Rodger
I agree to a certain extent about the variability of the “Book of series” however the Southern ones appear to be more consistent which may be simply due to the availability of the individual locomotive records.