Stephenson & Clarke wagons Mainline Dapol and Hornby 

I enjoy the experience of watching your videos and coming away with the feeling that I have learned something new. Thank you for sharing Mike!

This is why I enjoy your posts they are so informative .

Brill bargains sir - the mainline stuff always just amazes me for its age

Great video. Mainline wagons are excellent. Amazing how they still crop up 40 years on in unused condition and often at fair prices too. We do not really need expensive modern wagons with these and the Airfix/GMR ones still around.

That was rather enjoyable to watch. They are some very nice looking wagons. Especially with that printing on the ends, that really adds to it. Thanks for sharing Matthew

Lovely looking wagons. I will watch out for those.

Great video thanks for sharing, I just love mainline wagons, J

You gave me a spooky running session idea. That spooky black Terrier Tank Engine and the grey hoppers and wagons look like a ghost train running along so silently. I'd like to see a ghost train running on your railway, pretty please.

I have a lot of Mainline and Airfix wagons and they still stand up well to a lot of the new stuff which costs stupid money now, Thank-you for your video 👍

Great video. These wagons are now on my wishlist.

Indeed a delightful model! :-)

Great review! Wonderful collection!

Hey look really nice Cheers Jasper & Willow

As usual Mike another fantastic and interesting update. Thoroughly enjoyable history lesson yet again. I have learnt so much from watching your videos and I cannot wait to have trains running on mine and you informing me what is right and wrong with the set up and maybe a bit of historical advice. Looking forwards to the next update. Regards Chris

Hi mike I hope you are well? Some fantastic wagons I may eyes some up as I through they was 1970s plus Thank you for the information And sharing your model with us Keep safe arp

Very nice looking wagons you have there Mike. I would have also thought that they were much later stock than the 1920 & 30s very interesting that they are so early. Don't worry your secret at the end is safe with me, I won't tell anyone 😇.

This was so good that I’ve asked for second hand mainline models of this wagon from all my relatives Which really confused them as to why I’d ask for old things for Christmas! Hopefully I can make a decent rake of them I also have 3 Hornby/ Triang wagons that I repainted and added all the decals to from POWsides during the 1990’s

Good vid and some nice wagons indeed!

That was enjoyable, isn't our hobby fun. ATB, Andy

Oh. So you acquired some wagons that you "found" that you "needed", eh? It would be helpful to me and many more of your married viewers if you could tell us exactly how you "found" that you "needed" even more toy trains. 🧐 I often find that I need more, but I have a hard time finding a persuasive explanation.😃 PS: lovely and informative, as usual.

Good stuff, and I think I’ll join the HMRC (not to be confused with H M Revenue & Customs). So many questions that they can answer, such a fascinating resource. The history of railways has played out in secret to the majority of people. I dropped eBay, because I dropped PayPal, because the structure didn’t sit well with me. My loss. So I have to be canny when buying. I’ve enough, but there is always something you think will be a good addition.

Great film. I learnt lots! I suppose the only clue to the real things age would be the typography. Whilst much of my 0 gauge stuff is pricey, pre and post war Hornby wagons and vans are surprising reasonable. I have paid as little as £6 for a mint and boxed coal wagon. There are some expensive vans, but those are for 'collectors', which is a sobriquet I am wary of ....

Hi Mike, what a really interesting video, think I, l keep an eye out for those. They,d go with my dublo r1. Brilliant video. Carl.

Fascinating video Mike i always wondered where the Southern got there loco coal supply from i fought it cant be all from the kent coal fields. Have you ever fought of adding the early Hornby version R.730 made between 1980 to 1993 to this wonderful fleet, had to purchase one from my local model shop. Great video as always Mike a joy to watch. 👍

Great video, I've noticed mainline bargains are getting harder to find. I like to look for airfix/gmr as I think the quality and detail is very similar but still more affordable. Cheers keep up the good work.

Hi Mike, A nice collection at great pricing ! Thanks for explaining the history of this stock. Always interesting. I've been shopping second hand Atlas - Kato diesel loco's and they are brand new but actually 20 years young, sitting in the box somewhere. They run superbly. Made in Japan and probably they have Mashima motors inside. The finest quality and very precise detailing. There are some great deals out there! Thanks for sharing & all the best. Cheers, Filip

Morning Mike, another interesting video with a bit of history added, I have one of the green ones. suppose now I need more !!! regards from Barry in Spain

I think the opened Mainline SC wagon is originally the Airfix GMR tooling. These GMR items were advanced over the original Mainline , usually ten foot wheelbase wagons, having brake shoes inline with the wheels. The window being a lid was another GMR idea that my local city centre shop was impressed with when selling me wagons. I think yours are from the post 1982 or so era when GMR folded and Mainline thankfully used the tooling to produce more of the wagons in often different liveries and the change to the lid window box. Quite involved re use of the Hong Kong factory tooling over the years. I think Kader was the firm doing the work

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