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YES! _Must now find the clip of a 33/1 propelling a 4TC + 4TC + 3TC......._ 😸

Thank you for your support!

Thany your for your kind words of support!

Pleased you enjoyed it - thank you! 🙂 The (visiting) Birdcage sets were excellent and I suspect they will make more return visits...... _Not really considered 'shorts' before - they seem to be popular._

Thank you - most kind! 👍 _I try my best despite visual impairment._

Thank you for your kind words of support; they are very much appreciated! It was quite exciting having four H2 Atlantics of varying liveries coming to run on ewhurst Green - Colin

Colin, thank you for your kind words of support. Weathering (or perhaps more accurately distressing) makes a significant difference! All the best - Colin

Thank you Stuart! No.422 looks superb in its pre-named days. They really do haul ten bogies with such ease - so pleased with St Alban's Head (it was a renamed model) - Colin

Thank you Mike! It was so nice to have 422, 2421 and 32424 come to visit. The haulage capacity of these models is excellent and puts many others to shame - Colin

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Thank you! 😇 If you like the HST propelling there is a Crompton propelling an 11 TC formation on this video: ruclips.net/video/BaW3HwroHmo/видео.html _It was running around the layout like this for several hours without incident._ Somewhere is a video which includes two 13-car boat thrains passing - each formed of MLV + 4 CEP + 4 CEP + 4 CEP.

Thank you for your kind comments. 👍 It is always such a pleasure to have 1930's stock come to visit this Southern Region layout! 🙂

Thank you for your observations on the layout (which is still under construction with subtle weathering present). The conductor rails are correctly positioned from the track centreline which in OO means there is a slightly wider spacing from the 'narrow' 16.5mm gauge running rails. This spacing ensures the conductor rail does not foul axleboxes (etc) whilst remaining appropriately positioned for shoegear.

@@ewhurstgreen Understood; thanks!

Pleased you enjoyed it - thank you!

Philip, this is the third sound-fitted SLW class 24 /25 that friend Rod has brought along to run and our conclusion was the stereo sound of the 25 surpasses that their previous models. Kind regards, Colin

Dave, this is one of three sound equipped blue-liveried SLW 24 & 25 models which a friend brings along to run on Ewhurst Green (amongst many other models). He'd just taken delivery of 25 324 and wanted to give it a decent run. ATB - Colin. _PS - The layout does have a couple of (non-sound) BR(S)-allocated green-liveried 24 models._

Most definately and it surpasses the previous stereo sound-equipped SLW models.

Agreed and SLW continue to set a very high standard - sound is excellent - Colin 🙂

I'm informed by its owner deliveries of 25 324 started around the start of the year with this one arriving a few days ago... However, he is rreally pleased and they are absolutely first class models with the detailing on this surpassing earlier releases - even the dials on the driver's desk illuminate! 🙂

@ewhurstgreen it sounds worth the wait! I have Tamworth Castle on order from SLW

@@vcs00railway Very much so and you'll not be dissapointed! 🙂 I've a Green SLW D5000 and the detail on 25 324 surpases that - it even has the Belling stove on the engine-room door. Rod (whose locomotive this is) uses DCC but what you hear on Ewhurst Green comes from DC operation...... 😎

Dan, thank you. None of it is particularly difficult - it just needs confidence and a little research on the desired outcome! - Colin

Thank you for your kind words of support and pleased you found the video of use.

Thank you for your support and kind words on the sub-station - it was enjoyable to do!

Thank you for your kind words of support and pleased you found the video useful.

Colin, thank you and I saw your excellent vegetable plot. _The vegetables come from my local supermarket although you mus buy them in shrink wrap for 4mm...._ Sorry, couldn't resist. Most of the vegetables are from continental H0 and N-gague ranges. Some are kits; others ready made like the tomato plants (N-gauge). There used to be many vegetable plots on the railway - a legacy from the war although most have dissapeared now. Kind regards, Colin

Thank you! I pleased it was of interest.

Mike, thank you! The static grass applicator uses a 9v PP3 and it is relatively straighforward to use even with my degraded vision. Colin

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...for a GWR locomotive - sorry, _cough_ -n a touch of Southern bias creeping in there. Some locomotives carry the early British Railways blue well. I have covered liveries on www.BloodandCustard.org

@ewhurstgreen a bit of inter company rivalry hey! Haha. Some locos just capture the imagination. I sent you a mail a few days ago, just in case you didn't get it. No worries though if you are busy 👍

@@Danthehorse Some locomotives capture the imagination; others do not. Brought up on the Southern I rember steam thereon but not the WR!

Thank you for your kind words of support! 👍 The next video should be about scenery and installing a Cathedral sub-station. ⚡

Chris, thank you for your kind words of support! 👍 So pleased you found it to be informative. You will find more on www.EwhurstGreen.com (along with my www.BloodandCustard.com website). In so many ways the scale is unimportant when compared to the subject matter and ultimately what is being achieved in model form. Hopefully the next video will be on scenery in respect of installing a Cathedral Sub-station - the principles would apply to both 4mm and 2mm scales. Kind regards, Colin

Thank you! 👍 _Within these posts you are not alone in only ever seeing 44 007 'Ingleborough'._ 🙂

Pleased you enjoyed the video and thank you for your support! 👍

Stuart, much appreciated - thank you! It was quite spontaneous as I certainly didn't expect four class 44 to attend....

Hope the video brought back a good memory Kevin! 👍

Good morning to you too Mike. 👍 I had no idea what stock friend Rod was bringing to run yesterday and the video was a last minute decision given he'd brought no less than four 'Peaks' with him! 🌞

Thank you for your support - it is much appreciated! 👍 _Sidings are close to completion with the board widening out from 2'6" to 5'. In order to gain access a 4' wide section folds down back underneath the main baseboard. More details can be found on www.EwhurstGreen.com_

Colin, each time I came across Ceynix at an exhibition I'd buy several large trees slowly accumulating a collection for a future layout. It paid off and I've still got t least three more to plant - Colin

Thank you for your kind words of support which are much appreciated. ⚡

Thank you for your interest; decades ago I knew nearby Ewhurst Green well. The explanation behind the model is covered within www.ewhurstgreen.com/ and has its basis within unfulfilled c.1884 plans to build a railway from Dorking past Cranleigh and down to Midhurst. Had these plans been fulfilled then with a direct route to London the area could have been much different than it is today.

Dan, thank you - the Southern Railway stock is all from a friends collection and makes a superb change from my BR(S) stock. It is a nice angle and once the goods yard to the left is completed will get even more interesting - the baseboard will measure up to 5' wide! - Colin

@ewhurstgreen Fantastic Colin. Its looking very nice indeed. Good morning to you sir 🙏

Thank you for your support! 👍

Thank you for your interest. 👍 They are worm and pinion drives and they do fight each other. 😟 It took time to establish that the (presumed) identical motors for essentially the same model actually differed significantly between production batches which lead to this problem. 🤔

Thank you Dan for your kind comments Lamport & Holt Line is a nice model and they occasionally come up for sale both as a locomotive and in the 'Royal Wessex' train pack. Kind regards, Colin

​@ewhurstgreen you're very welcome Colin. Love your layout, I want to do a 40s layout set in some idealic Dorset or Devon Town.

@@Danthehorse Dan, there is so much that could be modelled in Dorset (let alone Devon) - my first layout (cough) decades ago was set in West Dorset. 👍 Dorchester Town would be interesting or perhaps Weymouth with part of the line down to the Quay... Did consider the Lyme Regis branch (upon which I've travelled) albeit the Axminster end with main line trains and Saturday train splitting. Exmouth Junction has much potential (unless space is available for Exeter Central)...... However, the real challenge could be Maiden Newton with its gravity-shunt (instead of a run-round) for Bridport trains.😎

@ewhurstgreen well, I love your suggestions, though it will be a fantasy set up, something simple with an RAF airfield maybe. I dont have much room. Just an oval with a nice backdrop and some scenics. I am inspired a lot by Neville Grove video , the Battle of Britain tribute. The Bulleids really fire me up, its just deciding what to get that would be in keeping. The Channel Packet is very nice but never comes up used and I balk at £200 plus new lol. We used to holiday in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall , I'm along the coast near Chichester. Btw, Colin was my late Dad's name 👍🙏

@@Danthehorse Dan, perhaps you might want to consider modelling the Derry to Belfast main line which crossed the runway at (former) RAF Ballykelly? 🙂 The runway was extended across the railway during WWII, with airmen being routinely dropped off by train directly into the base! Nice part of the coast and not far from Tangmere either! 🙂 Have you thought about the Hayling Island branch? 🤔 _The bay platform at Havant could be interesting and some of the coaches used were made by Hornby - for example Bulleid 'multidoor' - set 978 was used on the Hayling Island branch between 1959 and 1962 albeit as a 2-Cor set often sandwiched between two loose Mk1 non-corridor seconds; the other BSK (from set 978) being employed as a Loose coach._ _Still carrying their set number BCK 6697 (Pull-Push set 618) and BCK 6699 (set 619) was used on the Hayling Island in the latter half of 1963 as a brake coach with non-corridor Mk1 Seconds 46284 & 46291 (these non-corridor coaches were produced by Replica)._ PS - Pleased to learn your Grandparents had good taste in names! 😅

Thank you for your kind comment! 👍 Basic details of the coaching sets (and locomotives) are covered within the accompanying text. However, if even greater detail is required then please may I draw your attention to the following: Ex.LSWR 4 LAV set - www.bloodandcustard.com/SR-CoachingSets-LSWR-CrossCountrySets130-324.html SR Maunsell low-window set - www.bloodandcustard.com/SR-CoachingSets-Maunsell-LW-Stock.html

@ewhurstgreen Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I meant the model coaches in the video, rather than the real things btw, just to clarify.

@@Danthehorse Dan - apologies; my misunderstanding. The ex.LSWR 4 LAV set 134 is an EFE model catalogue number E86012. The Maunsell LW set 392 is a Hornby model with the coaches sold individually. I believe their catalogue numbers were as follows: BTK no.3218 catalogue number R4394A CK no.5141 catalogue number R4299B BTK no.3219 catalogue number R4394B I hope this helps.... 👍

@ewhurstgreen you're a star Colin, thanks so much, a mine of information 👍very nice to meet you .

I'm not surprised and doubt if there is a specific specification that ensures compatibility.

Thank you! 👍 Berry Wiggins operated out of Hoo Junction (Grain). 🌞

Yes I agree! But I’m curious as to why there are barrier trucks separating the engine and the brake van from the tank wagons. Is there a specific reason as to why that is?

@@BFP5025 Thank you for your interest. 👍 The use of barrier wagons is complex but essentiallywere mandated to protect the locomotive /guards van on oil /chemical /explosive trains (etc) in case of fire or explosion. There were also requirements for the seperation of loads. _This requirement was later amended for diesel locomotives where it was assumed that (in certain cases) the body of the locomotive created sufficient barrier._

Such a hugely successful design - we seem to be stepping backwards now. My cousin occasionally used the XPT version between Sydney and Melbourne! 🙂

@@ewhurstgreen I saw the XPT at Sydney, it looked miniscule alongside Aussie sized stock.

@@user-iz1hd9si3m Interesting and I'm not surprised - personally never managed to visit Australia. Can remember issues when they wanted to divert HSTs into Waterloo - the set formations were subject to change and we'd had to prohibit Mk3 coaches with long swing-links from the DC electrified lines.

@@ewhurstgreen If Ewhurst Green ever sees a visting Class 40 you might want to check the clearances to lineside furniture!

@@user-iz1hd9si3m Don't recall any issues with the 40s (rare visitors on the Southern Region). However, in model terms the Pacers foul the conductor rail (seem to recall they were banned from SR metals)......

Thank you for your kind comments. 👍 I cannot take credit for making the trees which were hand-made (mostly) by www.ceynix.co.uk/ and were accumulated over a period of time. 🌞 Most proprietary trees are undersized and can look out of proportion. There are still more trees to plant as layout construction progresses! More can be found on www.ewhurstgreen.com/