"Grantham - The Streamliner Years"

[Dave S]

I forgot to mention on Sunday that Paul gallon (Rosedale) mentioned that your Dick had been on his layout in the morning.......fnarr fnarr..

[jwealleans]

I'm afraid it very much was.... it's amazing what people will do for a piece of fruit cake.

I'm sure it could be admired for miles around.

[JASd17]

The GN banana van looks great in the south bay.

The horsebox was painted to a spec. that was current at the time. We now know it was teak paint all round, not black ends.

Jonathan has said he will not touch it. It is what it is. Dan's GER horsebox is a nice kit, in comparison to the later diagram D&S NER examples. The roof on those is very tricky.

Great photos of the show.

Looking forward to a call on the 6th.

John

[JASd17]

I should probably say, I think the roof on the GER horsebox is aluminium, not Dan Pinnock's usual plasticard.

No visible signs of warping, but I cannot remember exactly though. JW might be able to tell.

John

[Dave]

Blimey Jonathan your Dick certainly gets around................................

[jwealleans]

We live in hope, Dave. I'll not comment on how rich that is from you.....

What do you want to do about your picture?

[kimballthurlow]

Thank you for the great photos and the ability to enjoy that wonderful selection of models from afar.

Banana Van
Having modelled a OO Banana Van (a modified with end vents 8 ton red van) from a picture of a Gauge 2 Märklin model from about 1910, I am intrigued.
In the 30 photographs from Grantham I could identify the John Smart horse box with black ends, and then in Photo #28 I see what looks like a horse box with duckets, with teak sides and windowed end. Is that actually a banana van? How interesting.

regards
Kimball

[jwealleans]

The image of the Banana Van is quite well known - it was a one-off vehicle, I think built for traffic from Manchester, but Mr. Sutton can correct me on that. It was scrapped very quickly by the LNER so its appearance on Grantham is very much an indulgence.

[kimballthurlow]

Thank you Jonathon for that quick response.
Bananas back in 1903 must have been a gourmet item, certainly enough to be carried in style!
Kimball

[Dave]

Jonathan I will pick the picture up when I next see you if that is ok.