You Can't Beat A Bit of Bulleid - Open Wagons Next For IRM

[Mol_PMB]

I was surprised to find some lurking among NIR's engineers' wagons at Great Victoria Street, in this photo by Jonathan Allen dated 1975:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/152343870@N07/49580818871

But I suppose that they got everywhere!

 

Not wishing to re-open buffergate, but am I right in thinking that a few of the models are fitted with the larger buffers? Maybe the following:

• 13587 in Beet 1
• 13654 and 13658 in Beet 3
• 13384 in Roundel 2
• 13491 in Roundel 3
• 2 wagons in PWD 1 (but I can't quite read the numbers)

I might be tempted to get another pack with different buffers. I confess that I don't have strong memories of these in use, but even in the 1990s there were still a few lurking in sidings like this one, which has the later type of buffers:

 

 

[Mol_PMB]

If you're looking for more inspiration on how to load your wagons, how about bales of horticultural peat, piled high and covered in a yellow plastic sheet?

Photos on Flickr from 30937 Transport Photography; what a shame that old kettle is partly blocking the view of the wagons!

 

[James Regan]

Trying to capture the spirit of the beet train - and yes this is a work in progress. I’ve found the more wagons you have the more authentic it becomes. Now to install all those chain link couplings…

[Mol_PMB]

Very impressive! Three of those have just come through my door, definitely not enough for a beet train but satisfactory amongst some vans in a mixed freight.