SDCR (SDJR) High sided goods and cattle wagon, 1862

Jon Nazareth

Jon Nazareth

Western Thunderer
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All finished now apart from the number plate plates which are on order. Mike Williams supplied the special wagon springs, the W irons and I altered some of his axle boxes to suit. The wheels are Slaters and the rest is scratchbuilt. I've never before used so many 16BA nuts on a single wagon. Two things that didn't work out.......I tried many times to make the hoops that fit onto the upstands but failed each time to get an even curve and both of them the same also, for some unknown reason or an aberration more like, I made the buffer centres 3 1/4" instead of 3"!!! I don't expect that it will matter going forwards but, reversing may be a problem :oops:.
This was a very difficult one to photograph as the camera shines a light on the subject and on this light grey paint the pictures don't come up too well. This is definitely one wagon that would benefit from weathering but, I haven't the courage to do it.

Jon
 
Spitfire2865

Spitfire2865

Western Thunderer
Very nice. Always looks strange when the sides come up from the solebar. Makes sense on something like a brake, but I wonder what the reason was for a cattle wagon.
 
queensquare

queensquare

Western Thunderer
Lovely modelling although worth pointing out that the SDJR was never know as the Somerset and Dorset Central. There were two seperate companies, Somerset Central and Dorset Central, SCR and DCR. These came together in 1862 to form the Somerset and Dorset Railway, S&D. In 1876 financial exhaustion following the opening of the Bath extension caused the company to enter into a 999 year lease with the Midland and LSWR becoming the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, SDJR.

cheers Jerry
 
Jon Nazareth

Jon Nazareth

Western Thunderer
Mike, That's why I like it because it's strange/different and early.

Trevor, That's how it was on the drawing and I would assume that they built a few as the drawing has some alterations written on in ink.

Jon
 
Jon Nazareth

Jon Nazareth

Western Thunderer
Jerry
All I can say is that S&DCR is written on the drawing together with the date, December 9th 1862 and it coincided with an entry on Wiki not that Wiki is always right. Oh well, the plates that I've ordered have written on them, S&DCR and as this is the second set that I've paid for, the first set came out too large, and I don't feel like ordering more. All said in the nicest possible way :).
Having said that though, do you know what the very early number plates looked like?

Jon
 
queensquare

queensquare

Western Thunderer
Jon Nazareth said:
Jerry
All I can say is that S&DCR is written on the drawing together with the date, December 9th 1862 and it coincided with an entry on Wiki not that Wiki is always right. Oh well, the plates that I've ordered have written on them, S&DCR and as this is the second set that I've paid for, the first set came out too large, and I don't feel like ordering more. All said in the nicest possible way :).
Having said that though, do you know what the very early number plates looked like?

Jon
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That's interesting, I've never come across any reference to the company being called the Somerset and Dorset Central before. I'm afraid I have no idea what the early number plates would have looked like, I wonder if the S&D Trust down at Washford have anything in their collection.

Jerry
 
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