Tales from The Room of Doom. Dipping a toe in various bucolic backwaters.

[Phil O]

Sheepy,

Fireless locos were at home at large industrial sites, with an abundance of steam, to provide the power. Rural byways that are your forte would be an unlikely venue for such motive power.

 

[Flaxfield]

Sheepy,

Fireless locos were at home at large industrial sites, with an abundance of steam, to provide the power. Rural byways that are your forte would be an unlikely venue for such motive power.

Hi Phil.

Yes, I came to that conclusion myself, having got the books out....and on the subject of rural byways, another SE&CR P Class is on it's way as a replacement for the Fireless one.

Can one have too many SE&CR liveried locos ?

Rob

 

[Mike Walker]

Steady on Rob, there were only six Ps to start with!

 

[simond]

Sheepy,

Fireless locos were at home at large industrial sites, with an abundance of steam, to provide the power. Rural byways that are your forte would be an unlikely venue for such motive power.

There has to be a joke about battery electric cars in the wilds of Scotland or some such at this point…

 

[Phil O]

There has to be a joke about battery electric cars in the wilds of Scotland or some such at this point…

Hi Simon,

Would anyone in their right mind want to have a battery electric car in the wilds of Scotland, I wouldn't ente,entertain such transport on the wilds of Dartmoor.

 

[Flaxfield]

Steady on Rob, there were only six Ps to start with!

Hi Mike.

Actually eight in total, of which, four have so far been released in Wainwright's bells and whistles green livery. No, 27, 178, 325 and 753. 754 has appeared in SE&CR Grey. 178 also in SE&CR Wartime green.....and, yes, I have them all......The cross overs with the liveries, especially with the Southern liveries is fascinating.

For example, 753 and 754 became 556 and 557....but not until 1925 when 753 was still in SE&CR Grey livery and was renumbered by using the large white SE&CR numerals. By this time, 178 and 325 were in Southern Olive.

I could go on.......( I know I do !)

Rob

 

[Willl]

I'm on five Ps now, down from six (having sold Bluebell).

One I'd like to do is 555 in SECR grey, as it ran with a makeshift timber extension to the bunker.



Will