Hornby Releases

Yes, I saw that too. I am jut as concerned about whether there will be any stock for them to pull! Apparently "Maunsell coaches" have been mentioned in some of the leaks, but as to whether these are the old repainted GW stuff, or new tooling is unknown at this time.

"Elliott Cowton" wrote

Hornby's *totally* new kettle releases for 2006 are:-

Rebuilt WC/BB M7 0-4-4T King Arthur 4-6-0 Britannia 4-6-2

seems like someone is obsessed with the Southern! :-(

Plus a Digital 4-car Pendolino train set - not up to the standard of recent diesel releases (according to Rail Express).

And from the secondhand Lima tooling

Diesel classes 59, 67 & 73, dmu classes 101, 121 and 156 and GWR railcar(s) of classes.

John.

No! definitely a " :-) "

Elliott (who lives in the south, has been awarded dual nationality as a yorkshireman and subscribes to LNER groups as well as Southern groups)

Weren't the Britannia's initially delivered to the ER?

John - any news on new rolling stock? Its all very well us having these wonderful new locos (yes - wonderful!) if there isnt anything suitable for them to pull!

"Rich Mackin" wrote

There were indeed, but BB/WC, N15 and M7 most definitely resided exclusively south of the Thames, and some Brits did too, at least initially.

John.

"John Ruddy" wrote

Gresleys in maroon (at long last, but hope they get the colour right), some ex-Lima CCTs, but very little else that I've been able to notice, although I only received listings today and have not had much time to assimilate everything.

John.

I know you're not a Southern fan John, and it does seem to be a somewhat weak list for non Southern modellers. I am a BR(S) fan though, and all the above (including some of the modern stuff) will be in my loco roster. However it does seem unusual to have such a strong regional bias in any one year. I hoped mostly for the rebuilt light pacifics, but I'm happy to have the others as well! :-)

Ian J.

I wish the obsession went as far as giving us a CIG or an EPB or something!

Regards,

Stuart.

The message from "John Turner" contains these words:

'bout time too!!!

Lord of the Isles is on the list too, but not a 'totally new' model. Not clear if they are going to re-introduce steel rail for it, the magnadhesion won't work on n-s. Keith

Oh, a bit like Bachmann was with all the LNER stuff a few years back you mean ?!

":::Jerry::::" wrote

I think you'll find that Bachmann have produced stuff on a fairly regular basis which is suitable for Southern Region modellers. How about:

N 2-6-0 Lord Nelson Standard 4 Standard 5 Standard 4MT 2-6-4T Bulleid coaches New SR van (only just released)

to mention but a few, add to that from Hornby

Rebuilt MN Original WC/BB Terrier Q1 0-6-0 Pullman cars

and I don't think the Souther are doing too bad, particularly with three totally new releases scheduled in 2006, and the Britannia thrown in for good measure.

John.

Oh Shit! There goes my credit card balance again, stand by Mr. Turner :-) Rob

Ill second that!! Rob

I want one of them!

Even if it's not a "totally new" model they can still make it pull a single-sized train without magnadhesion.

The original Lord of the Isles had what IMO was Triang's best motor, with a thrust bearing for the worm.

Yes, the 'TT' motor, I'm sure it won't come with one of those. My guess would be that they use their tender drive from the GW 0-6-0. Be a shame though, a single that won't slip is a contradiction in terms. Keith

Talking about locos that won't slip, how about a live steamer with geared drive to the tender axles so the drivers weight is used. See

So probably from the Dapol tooling then... Still, my son will probably want one.

No Virgin 87 then... That's a shame. That's one of the few things I actually want, but I've just about bannished those Lima pancakes from my layout.

Adrian

That won't stop 'em complaining ;-)

(kim)