So, Bachmann have announced they're producing a range of five LNWR Fifty Foot bogie gangwayed corridor coaches, with models seemingly well underway.
It might be worth a shout out to some here, as they're doing three versions in the first batch: LNWR livery, plain unlined LMS; and most appropriately for here, in LNER brown, as Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway coaching stock.
https://youtu.be/DHXQiOc7L7o?si=2pcDDmv6nSk1UuYm
Bachmann 50 foot LNWR coaches (yes, there is an LNER connection)
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Re: Bachmann 50 foot LNWR coaches (yes, there is an LNER connection)
Thats pretty cool, its nice to see some pre-grouping stock in production and this might mark the first time I’ve seen the M&GNJR get a mention for a prototype.
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Re: Bachmann 50 foot LNWR coaches (yes, there is an LNER connection)
G'Day Gents
I suppose the question to ask is, were they painted into Teak, in there later years, when the LNER took over !!!
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I suppose the question to ask is, were they painted into Teak, in there later years, when the LNER took over !!!
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Re: Bachmann 50 foot LNWR coaches (yes, there is an LNER connection)
Brown, certainly. Teak - I've not seen a photo but I wouldn't rule it out.
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G'Day Gents
A Full Brake in Brown would look good, Thank you Jonathan.
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A Full Brake in Brown would look good, Thank you Jonathan.
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Re: Bachmann 50 foot LNWR coaches (yes, there is an LNER connection)
There was an interesting discussion on this subject about a year ago.
If I remember correctly the outcome could broadly be summed up as "not impossible, but not likely."
Which is a shame as I'd already painted mine up in 'imitation' teak.....
The first of the LNWR coaches arrived in 1935 and seem to have fairly quickly received M&GN lettering and numbers, but weren't necessarily repainted until later.
There is one photo of a coach in M&GN in Focus that I thought was in imitation teak...but the same photo is used in Digby's Guide to the M&GNJR to illustrate an example (pretty clearly) still in crimson lake....and until I noticed the shot composition was identical I thought they were two entirely different coaches...
...,.the challenges of interpreting black and white imagery I guess.
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