Can You Identify This Train

The message from "Nigel Heather" contains these words:

The track is very similar to the track used for Hornby "O" gauge, and the track-clip is identical to the ones I used to use.

Hmmm! I can remember everything being stamped with the "Hornby" mark, but perhaps the early stuff wasn't trade-marked. OTOH perhaps it was Bing or some other continental make.

I can't comment about the loco...

"Nigel Heather" wrote

Have the look of Bing or possibly Carrette.

John.

A 2-2-0. I wonder what the protoype was?

A photograph from a early Hornby catalogue :-)

Probably a 4-6-2

:-)

The message from MartinS contains these words:

An 0-2-0 has a much more definite "prototype". Was it running at Warley? Or was it Manchester...?

The message from "Brian Watson" contains these words:

Ah! Somebody else who has seen a Hornby O-gauge Flying Scotsman. I always reckoned that somebody at Binns Road got their oceans mixed-up. (the model was a 4-4-2 [Atlantic] instead of a 4-6-2 [Pacific])

Adams "Fairfield" steam rail-motor on the Bristol and Exeter was an

The message from Christopher A. Lee contains these words:

That's not the prototype I was thinking about... ;-)

Not exactly the same

This one is a much closer(Carette) in varying conditions

I assume you refer to the Far Twittering and Oysterperch Railway?

The message from MartinS contains these words:

That's the one! Absolutely brilliant contribution to the Festival of Britain in 1951 (the prototype) and a fascinating model - not just to watch, but to watch the faces of the audience.

The Rowland Emmet railway and cartoons came with two different names.

Far Twittering and Oysterperch.

Also Far Tottering and Oystercreek.

I always assumed this was because a publisher owned the copyright.

The Festival of Britain Railway was Far Tottering and Oystercreek.

The message from Christopher A. Lee contains these words:

You're obviously *far* older than me. I didn't go to the Festival, although ISTR passing near to the site while it was in full swing - possibly on my way to Folkestone? - and wondering if it was in the programme for our holiday. It wasn't.

There were two sites, the festival proper, on the South Bank, and the Festival Gardens in Battersea Park.

The railway was in the park, and lasted after the festival was over.

The message from Christopher A. Lee contains these words:

Presuming that we travelled from London Charing Cross, it would have been the South Bank bit that we saw from the train: Skylon(?), Dome of Discovery, etc. Wasn't 70004 parked down there as well? I remember the place we stayed at in Folkestone was beside the line which led down to the harbour... ;-)

The Skylon, Dome of Discovery etc, yes.

One of the things that fascinated me was the huge kaleidoscope built in the old shot tower.

We used to have an allotment next to the WCML between Kenton and Wealdstone.

I remember seeing 70004 William Shakespeare being pulled past it dead, on its way to the Festival, and my father telling me all about it. It was in a special finish, which my memory tells me was highly polished brown.

One of the interesting things about the Festival is that London Transport laid some new in-street tram track to extend a route to reach it. This was the strange "buried 3rd rail" conduit system, probably the last time any was built in the world.

Thanks very much - that Carette looks almost spot on.

Cheers,

Nigel

"Christopher A. Lee" wrote

It was Brunswick green, with a bit of extra spit and polish. :-)

John.