.. so you can go and blacken it again
There are not quite as many shots of the roof detail on the prototype, but mostly they show the exhaust in a rust color combined with a fair bit of blackening on the silver even when the loco itself was fairly clean
Thanks for that, lads. I realized the bottom LNER was probablely genuine but the CB&PR is a fake too? I'd be happy with a GS&WR one just to have a little something:)
No, I spotted that too. There seem to have been at least 16 of these things yet no other photos that I have found anywhere. They have obviously had use but there appears to be quite a few potentially open pipes etc. Would these be large enough to be from a lorry and they just happen to be headed for the scrap-yard on the flat wagons?
How does one confirm the authenticity of various pieces, particularly signs, which seem to turn up from time to time. It's hard to be sure that they are the genuine item or something that somebody has just cast a week ago
I suspected that centralized distribution was not necessary. Lots of old photos of churns on the platform awaiting pickup, at least when branch lines existed. Great map by the way
I think I have also seen some bulk milk containers mounted on flats as jhb suggests. Finding a photo might be a problem as I can't remember where. They can't have been too plentiful so JM poses an interesting question
EDIT: Haven't sampled the contents but this would seem to be one I was thinking of from Brian Flannigan
The first tank are sitting on 25201- series 12T flats (1962) with hand wheel and the second I cannot see but it is has the traditional brake lever