Mike, a very nice haul, with a very detailed and interesting history. I have a Mainline Shepherds Neame van (the oldest brewery in Britain) as well as a fine train of Mainline / Bachmann GWR fruit vans (Return to Weymouth or Weymouth Quay, where the pre 1950 steamers to the channel islands landed fruit, veg, flowers and milk); following the history hooks from our wagons really is fascinating. Personally, wagons are 'mobile scenery' behind the engines and the mainline / Bachmann ones have really good detail for the price. Add in the occasional Oxford wagon (Weymouth and District cooperative, Bridport "Toad") and some limited edition Dapol Wagons with local colour (Martock and District coal, Bruttons brewers, Pittards Leather, Westland Aircraft, Petters Ltd) and it all adds colour to the layout. The only improvement I make to the mainline wagons is to replace the tension links with the Bachmann 36-025 couplings, as these are a very good match for NEM short tension links that are on most of my engines (they have also been used to update my Bachmann engines that came with the mainline D tension links. Keep up the good work. P.S. I fully support your stand on use of your video material. I believe it is not the first time that RU-vid has been challenged for overstepping the mark!
Hey thanks very much indeed 😊 oh I love those Shepard Neame vans (see my ministry of jolly good ideas video) agree with everything you say and this is the highlighted reply
In another historical note, before the railways, Noon was at different times across the country based on sun zenith. The needs of the railway timetable and the availability of the telegraph changed time for the Britain in 1847 to Greenwich Mean time or "Railway Time".. including London time and Bristol time (approx 11 minutes behind London). In 1822, St Nicholas Church in Bristol had two minute hands.. 1 for Bristol time, the second for London time.
Interesting video Mike. I might have to keep an eye out for some of these wagons, because I really need some more for my layout. Cheers Jasper & Willow
Great video. Love the informative history of the model and the history of the industry behind the livery. This subject could keep you busy for sometime. I love the old Mainline models. Groundbreaking for their time.
Many thanks indeed. Lol yeah the research can take ages, my tanker, milk tank and original Wonderful Wagons videos took months and months but great fun
Nice to see your bargains. I recently bought four boxed Mainline 4 wheel tank wagons for £6-50 each from my local model railway shop who sells mostly second hand. The fineness of the mouldings is not to modern standards but they are robust and good value.
Great video, loved this one especially as I collect Mainline hopper wagons a lot people try and modify the couplings I like mine with the original coupling and little spring in place, propelling or hauling they will not let you down. Really liked the historical content thank you.
Always like the history you tell in relation to each wagon. And in previous videos the development and history of the various regional industries, eg the one about hops. Cheers, David, NSW, Aus.
Thanks Mike, I've got a few of mainline wagon's, coaches and loco's, i just love um, thanks for the fix on the buffer's, there's nearly always some broken on s/h items, Happy Easter J
Nice selection of wagons Mike, I have a couple of those ones myself. The Mainline stuff still looks good even today, at least there are no overly fragile parts to fall of and as we don't stick them on our layouts upside down the lack of under frame detail isn't really a worry.
Private owner wagons do add a touch of colour to a train but realistically they were rarely, if ever, seen on the wider rail network. As your video shows, many of the companies didn't even exist prior to WWII.
Thanks, if you check out my big Wonderful Wagons video I explain that, while they all existed they were taken over by the ministry for war work, after the war many owners found themselves getting 16 ton steel wagons as their own had been worn out! quite amazing really.
Thank you for the history lesson wagons & ore cars, professor. I still find the train braking system in the UK amazing. In the US we generally use air braking. First developed by George Westinghouse. Happy Easter to you and your wife from Bill and Janet from California
Hi Bill, many thanks. We are all air brakes now, vacuum was phased out on the main line a long time ago, still in use on heritage lines. I worked trains vacuum fitted, it was a good brake but did tend to be slow release. Locos were fitted with exhauster speed ups to try and improve things.
Happy Easter to you both! I always like to see mainline/branchline wagons. They really are wonderful models and often a good bargain. Although people seem to be catching on... I picked up an old GraFar guards van the other week for £3 in early SR brown. Whoever owned it previously had painted the ends in vermilion, added a guard and weathered the roof. Its a nice little model and obviously must have been enjoyed to have the extra work gone into it. There was no way I wasn't rescuing it at that money. Makes you wonder about the mystery modeller and their layout. If models could talk eh?
Hi, glad you enjoyed. Van sounds wonderful and it's always nice to have a well loved model. £3 is a complete bargain. Yes would be very interesting to find out where it had been
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Thank you for asking Mike.👍 Current belief is it down to motor speed disparities and would like to discuss capacitors with you having bought some spare blanking plugs. Running session this Saturday so currently concentrating on preparations for that then will look at running a few of my green units to weed out those of differing speeds. Colin ⚡
Happy Easter to both of you, I found this latest film very interesting, those Mainline wagons are a great find. Well done with the inventive repair. I recently found some SH wagons, including the same Woollie colliery, but the real treasure amongst the group was a coal merchant's wagon from an obscure local goods yard 10 minutes walk from where I grew up. That made it a must buy group for me, Im often amazed by what's out there. Very enjoyable, thanks. Hope that you are still on the mend?
Many thanks Neil. Oh wow that's very cool indeed, got to wonder how the manufacturers decided on and got details of the real wagons. I'm still fighting on cheers 🥂
I really do like Mainline wagons and at that price, such a bargain. I like to realign the brake shoes with the wheels on the early chassis. Not too hard to do if you take your time. Happy Easter mate.
How about an Easter Egg Hunt train, hauled by Lydham Manor, on Easter Sunday? Very Easter-ish complete with you and your wife hunting for chocolate Easter Eggs, hidden around the house.
Airfix wagons are just has good often slightly cheaper than Mainline wagons .I have both in my collection better value than modern one which are beyond my budget .
