7mm Newton Chambers Car Carriers

[Brian Daniels]

I have just had Mr Taylor from Westdale round to take a few pictures of his latest kit, the Newton Chambers double deck car carriers. It is very nice and I will be having at least one. They will be available at Telford.

Thought you might like to see it here though!

 

[SteadyRed]

Will look very nice in Blue & grey, did they also carry maroon livery?

 

[lancer1027]

Yes they did carry maroon but i think they looked better in blue/grey

Rob

 

[Len Cattley]

What area did they come out in?

Len

 

[Steph Dale]

Eastern Region

 

[Brian Daniels]

Worked from Kings Cross to Edinburgh and Inverness. They are UIC compliant as there were plans to go into Europe with them!

 

[Steph Dale]

Thanks to the EM Gauge 70s 'site there's some good prototype info and photos available at: http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/proto_carcarriers.html

Steph

 

[Len Cattley]

Only for oil burners then

Len

 

[Brian Daniels]

Built in 1961/62 in Maroon, were there still steam hauled trains on the East Coast? I would think these did get hauled by steam.

 

[Heather Kay]

Starting around 2:50.

 

[Steph Dale]

Good video: DP2 at around 4:10 too....

 

[Heather Kay]

Good video: DP2 at around 4:10 too....

Yep, which magically changes to an EE Type 4 like we wouldn't notice.

 

[Steph Dale]

And the cars which keep changing colour...

 

[Heather Kay]

I can imagine the frantic calls to get a camera out and shoot some more just before the edit!

 

[mickoo]

Only for oil burners then

Len

Not at all, plenty of pictures of a steam hauled car carrier train in the early 60's, more so the further north you went.

 

[Len Cattley]

Sounds good then, I havn't seen any pictures of them on the West coast main line though. That video of Heathers reminds me when my Mum and Dad took us to France when I was young many years ago, the good times.

Len

 

[mickoo]

Len, East coast only I believe, the train ran from Edinburgh to London and back, not sure if others ran elsewhere but all the photos I've seen have been ECML. They may have run later on the WCML on some cross country motor rail services, I've got a nagging feeling I've seen one at Stafford but no photos, only memories. Of the 14 still extant in 1981 I had copped seven by that date.

 

[40126]

I have just had Mr Taylor from Westdale round to take a few pictures of his latest kit, the Newton Chambers double deck car carriers. It is very nice and I will be having at least one. They will be available at Telford.

Thought you might like to see it here though!


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Hi Brian

Did Mr Taylor let you know roughly How much these will be ?.

Steve

 

[Brian Daniels]

No Steve but he did intimate that they would be a bit more than a standard coach as everything on it is a new casting and of no use to any other projects.

 

[SteadyRed]

I doubt the Newton Chambers car carriers would have been used on this service, I think it used GUVs and later open flats, but an interesting read all the same.

http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/12827-motorail-service/

Artistic license & you can imagine a Western or Warship working Newton Chambers car carriers to Newton Abbott or St Austell, an added benefit that you don't have to find scale cars to put on flats.

I'll get mi coat

Dave