AEC railcars

[minister_for_hardship]

On 24/1/2025 at 2:35 AM, GM073 said:

Quite a few years since this was posted - there's a RTR AEC Railcar produced by Silver Fox Models: https://silverfoxmodels.co.uk/cie-2600-class-railcar-aecpark-royal/

Has anyone any experience of these models? I think they are modelled at the time they were AEC driven as opposed to being pushed by the C Class???

 

On another point, could one of you learned gentlemen educate me what's the difference between black and tan and Supertrain livery?

 

Thanks,

Alan

I got a 2 car set in meantime, but as mentioned the shade of green is rather dull and has a blue tinge compared to the actual livery carried but better than nothing at all.

[Mol_PMB]

On 3/12/2015 at 10:44 PM, Dhu Varren said:

 

That would make sense, as I have been unable to find any pictures or video of exhausts or exhaust smoke above roof level. There is a good clear picture of the rear end of a railcar on P19 of Norman Johnston's book, 'The GNR(I) in Colour', and there is no trace of an exhaust pipe. The only exception I came across was a picture posted earlier, where there is an exhaust on the front end. http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000306151 On the other hand, the BUTs seem to have had the exhaust on the end, certainly there are a number of pictures showing an exhaust on the end, but only one end.

Here is the same car, 2633, with the exhaust pipe at the front. This photo shows it in green livery, probably light green as it has the large numerals on the front. So it must have carried this modification for some years at least:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53445962742