Making a
BR(ex-GWR) 16xx Class 0-6-0PT for my other layout, Kyle of Sutherland, brought the St Donats
project back to mind, and got me thinking of rolling stock.
The 16xx pannier
will need renumbering, perhaps to one of the many 87F Llanelly examples of the
type that I saw in 1963. The Hawksworth tender at the back, or the alternative
Collett tender in the Malcolm Mitchell box at the front, will eventually be
paired with 5961 Toynbee Hall,
another Llanelly engine. So far, the Hall consists of a footplate and cab
modelled as described in Guy Williams’ scratchbuilding guide “The 4mm Engine”
using measurements I made of 4920 Dumbleton
Hall at Buckfastleigh. The box at the back contains a CSP/Agenoria kit for
Peckett 0-4-0ST 1151, the last of its type in South Wales, which spent its
final days shunting the Tremains yard near Bridgend. It’s just possible I saw
the real loco when I went to Bridgend by train in September 1963. I would like
to think so.
Then there’s a set of 247 Developments coach sides for a
diagram G66 Special Saloon, which I’m looking forward to building. I measured,
photographed and travelled in this coach on the South Devon Railway. I’ve also
planned to make panniers 3753 of 88J Aberdare and 7413 of 84E Tyseley.
