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hey all. does any body know weather or not a NER snowplough like the one at (NRM shildon) is available in kit form for 4mm??? or would it have to be scratch built? Oh and while on the subject. who makes a decent lner brake down crane??


many many thanks


dan

After making a number of enquiries over the last couple of years. I have found no one does a kit of a snowplough in any gauge other than Prolix models of Keighley which does a resin model in 7mm this is the reply I got from Prolix.

I chose to manufacture a NER snowplough for two reasons. The first being that the snowplough shape is very difficult to make and being able to accurately reproduce that shape would draw attention to my entry into the model railway marketplace. The second being that demand would be assured but limited allowing me to work out any potential problems with a small production run. This has been the case so far.

I originally intended to do at least one other variation of a NER snowplough (a request was made for a version with a veranda) but so far interest has been limited. I will only consider doing another version if two conditions are met - the first being that it is a variation which shares the same basic plough shape as 11/12 (this in fact applies to many of the variations including 18,19 and 20) - the second being that I have firm pre-orders for a reasonable quantity. A slight plus point is that the 18,19,20 ploughs are the simplest bodies to reproduce.
Keith Crowther
Prolix Models

sheddy wrote:hey all. does any body know weather or not a NER snowplough like the one at (NRM shildon) is available in kit form for 4mm??? or would it have to be scratch built? Oh and while on the subject. who makes a decent lner brake down crane??

No, Yes, and D&S used to do a NER crane, occasionally they come up on ebay

By way of consolation, it was pointed out on a similar thread on RMweb that breakdown cranes weren't often needed except in the most spectacular of accidents and that routine derailments were generally sorted using jacks.

An ordinary breakdown train would therefore require the usual mess wagon, a couple of tool wagons and maybe a couple of opens for sleepers, deal boards and anything else that might have sounded useful. This kind of train can obviously be knocked up quite easily.

Although its not LNER I do have a photo of the Wemyss Private Railway tool wagon, which is basically a five plank open with a pitched wriggly tin roof - not unlike a salt or lime wagon in outline. Something like that could be quite distinctive.