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I bought a copy of OPC's "British Railways Locomotives - 1955" by Chris Banks the other day. It has been a bit of an "eye opener" among other things and has prompted me to start this topic to ask a few questions. Perhaps those a bit older than I might remember and be able to answer them. I had blithely thought that modelling early 50s steam was the same as modelling late 50s early 60s steam - wrong! It's more than just a different logo and colour scheme. So here goes:-
Questions:
None of the pictures in the book (mostly taken between '54 and '56) show the elongated BR lion sitting in crown holding wheel emblem. So was this emblem introduced as part of The Modernisation Plan?
Ditto for coach livery. All the coaches appear to be carmine and cream. Was maroon part of The Plan too?
Notes:
At first I thought there was a serious omission in the book. No 55x or 56x sheds. Then I noticed the 20x and 25x shed codes in the London Midland section. So any locos I want to run will need different shed code plates.
Many standard class locomotives had not yet been built! This leads back to my first question. Bachmann are proposing to deliver 9F 92116 with the old logo but 92116 was not in the lists during 1955 nor was it delivered. So was 92116 delivered early enough to be supplied with the old logo?
If I do decide to run a Bachmann standard class 4MT tank, I can run it in pristine condition because 80116 was delivered to York in May 1955 and 80117 to 80121 were delivered to Whitby between May and July. Surely they can't have got too dirty too soon?
There are many photos in the book, many taken in loco depots. Some of the North Eastern shots show glimpses of coaling towers. There may just be enough views to enable a passable scratch built model to be built.
The rear fly leaf is adversing a pair of Engine Shed directories. (a snip at £35 each! :-(() Volume 1 was in the bookshop and seemed pretty comprehensive with track diagrams and so on. But it did not cover my region of interest, so it stayed on the shelf. Does anyone have either or both of these and are they worth pursuing as reference works?
David
Questions:
None of the pictures in the book (mostly taken between '54 and '56) show the elongated BR lion sitting in crown holding wheel emblem. So was this emblem introduced as part of The Modernisation Plan?
Ditto for coach livery. All the coaches appear to be carmine and cream. Was maroon part of The Plan too?
Notes:
At first I thought there was a serious omission in the book. No 55x or 56x sheds. Then I noticed the 20x and 25x shed codes in the London Midland section. So any locos I want to run will need different shed code plates.
Many standard class locomotives had not yet been built! This leads back to my first question. Bachmann are proposing to deliver 9F 92116 with the old logo but 92116 was not in the lists during 1955 nor was it delivered. So was 92116 delivered early enough to be supplied with the old logo?
If I do decide to run a Bachmann standard class 4MT tank, I can run it in pristine condition because 80116 was delivered to York in May 1955 and 80117 to 80121 were delivered to Whitby between May and July. Surely they can't have got too dirty too soon?
There are many photos in the book, many taken in loco depots. Some of the North Eastern shots show glimpses of coaling towers. There may just be enough views to enable a passable scratch built model to be built.
The rear fly leaf is adversing a pair of Engine Shed directories. (a snip at £35 each! :-(() Volume 1 was in the bookshop and seemed pretty comprehensive with track diagrams and so on. But it did not cover my region of interest, so it stayed on the shelf. Does anyone have either or both of these and are they worth pursuing as reference works?
David