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10001....................

I have this "(LINK TO) SHED CODE LIST" as a bookmark as it is a (fairly) Good reference point.

I also have this "(LINK TO )BRITISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVES" website bookmarked

"(LINK TO) THE RAIL UK WEBSITE" is also good !!

Hope it helps you as much as it has helped me

 

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Beleive it or not 10001, it was a difference of opinion over "15B" with a relative that led the discovery of those resources mentioned...... I have since found more "prototype" information resources. If you would like the links posting, let me know and I will put them up for you.

Thanks for your time RE: the PM. Much appreciated.

 

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10001...................You are right on both counts in that kettering was both 15B and 15C.

According to the "Loco Sheds" link, the following info, although confusing is this;

Kettering MPD was originally 15B upto (and including ??) 1963 whereupon it then became 15C, with Wellingborough becoming 15B and Leicester 15A under a somewhat misleading shed coding shuffle considering that wellingborough is, correctly, before Kettering as per the Midland main line route travelling south to north.

As for Bedford, it started out as 15D, changed to 14E in 1958 and then to 14C in 1963. Quite confusing really and a sizeable trap for modellers to fall into!

 

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Good to see old Saint George flying Tony, better than the "union" flag I think....................

 

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Tony,

I am liking the B12/3 No. 61565, but where are the three maroon Gresley coaches that came with it in the Certified Limited Edition set (1500 L/E Sets worldwide) hiding??

That A2 is a beauty too!

 

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400 Loco's? I thought I was bad with 157 and counting, but 400? WOW!!!!!

 

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Such lovely loco's!!

P2 is on my list in both forms, in the mean time, it's on with Patrick's #1

QUOTE (Chinahand @ 31 Oct 2014, 23:38) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Beautiful locos Tony and well worth the wait.

Such a pity they're not quite the right shade of green.

Unless it's Great Way Round Green, it's never going to be the right shade is it, despite BR taking it on as the passenger loco colour...

 

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Chris, ever thought carefully about the word "nice"??

Re-arrange the letters and you get "Cien", some "Nice" shampoo/bodywash/whatever it is, or, you could even say you get "Ince" (Id-est "Ince" castle, the loco!!).

Could always buy her a pack of "Nice" biscuits (as in the ones called nice)...

Or of course there is "Cine"....... Literal interpretation is cinema, but could always be a weepy on DVD?

Multiple ways to interpret "Nice" my friend, multiple ways, some literal, some with a little lateral thought and rearrangement of letters.

 

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She would like to do more soldering, if she can you get a new loco?

Simple answer? Buy your lovely assistant (who unless I have missed it we have not yet seen?) a kit loco and let her build it, whilst you treat yourself to a new loco too...

 

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Thanks Tony

Was aware of the post, although this is a build and conversion of a kitmaster Kit. Using parts of the Emily loco though as that is, it would seem, the easiest way forwards. That, and a part scratch built chassis.....

Taking my time and taking extreme care as it was the last loco my father purchased with intent to motorise it.