Hornby 2009 catalogue

"Alan Dawes" wrote

Hornby supply a price list with their catalogue - try asking the retailer from where you purchased the catalogue.

John.

Which would either be Ivatt's or the Caledonian 123.

It's the Dugald Drummond Caledonian 4-2-2 in LMS red livery numbered 14010 in a limited edition train pack with 3 ex Caledonian LMS coaches.

Alan

Ivatt's were the last built, in 1911 AFAIR just before Gresley took over as Great Northern CME.

Caledonian 123 was the last in service.

To be ultra-picky, it's the Neilson 4-2-2. They seem to have been responsible for the design, basing it on the Drummond 4-4-0s ordered by the Caledonian. Done as a private venture for (IIRC) the Edinburgh Exhibition, but definitely in the hope the Caledonian would buy it.

Pretty engine, though, and nice that the model is about again, even if it does lack the most recent refinements.

: : Ivatt's were the last built, in 1911 AFAIR just before Gresley took : over as Great Northern CME. : : Caledonian 123 was the last in service. :

I think that you have missed the point about the *typo* error in the Hornby Catalogue, *DEAN* was a CME for the GWR, not the Caledonian!...

The last NER singles to be built were the Class J 4-2-2s, the last ones being built in December 1890. The final one to be withdrawn was

Class J, along with the similar Class I, had the dubious distinction of being the only T.W. Wordsell designs to be withdrawn during the lifetime of the NER.

On 24/02/2009 12:44, Christopher A. Lee said,

AFAIR???? Just how old are you? :-)

In message , Paul Boyd writes

Perhaps he remembers the bloke who wrote the words to "Maggie May".

On 24/02/2009 17:34, Jane Sullivan said,

I guess you're referring to the prolific writer who goes by the name of "Trad", rather than...

...actually, you could be referring to Rod Stewart :-)

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I always think of Rod Stewart as a pop singer, not a folk singer. Real folk singers have a finger in one ear, while the other hand cuddles a pint pot.

However, Fred Wedlock puts the contemporary/traditional thing rather well: "Contemporary folk songs are written by people who are alive at the time they write them. Traditional songs are a bit more difficult..."

Also, IIRC, the first locomotives (certainly in UK) to break the 1000dbhp barrier on a sustained basis. Formidable machines (and so very elegant..).

A J would be nice. So would a Q1. But I'd settle for an M.

Here's a real folk singer:

While the Audience they are inflicting their droning on have fingers in both ears and wish that one hand was free to wield an axe.

G.Harman

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KW could sometimes be quite amusing, but not often.

Fred Wedlock's real name is Phil... but I knew his uncle Fred in Weston super Mare, not far from the WC&P

his grandfather "Tubby" Wedlock played football for England.

David

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Well now, there's a thing! I learn something new every day...

Getting back to Maggie May (still not really on topic, even though the song includes "Lime Street"), at one of their "Folk at the Phil" sessions The Spinners read out a letter they'd had from somebody in London who claimed to have written a musical about Maggie May, and telling them that they could no longer use Maggie May as their signature tune because he now held the copyright. I've no idea if they bothered to reply to the letter, but they sang Maggie May several times that night, and carried on singing it as normal afterwards.

: : Getting back to Maggie May (still not really on topic, even though the : song includes "Lime Street"), at one of their "Folk at the Phil" : sessions The Spinners read out a letter they'd had from somebody in : London who claimed to have written a musical about Maggie May, and : telling them that they could no longer use Maggie May as their signature : tune because he now held the copyright. I've no idea if they bothered to : reply to the letter, but they sang Maggie May several times that night, : and carried on singing it as normal afterwards. :

I suspect the reply to the effect - "Get a s*dding clue about copyright law, tw*t!"

On 26/02/2009 13:45, David Jackson said,

'tis on topic! Rod Stewart is a model railway bod :-)