Modelling the Railways of East Anglia in 4mm scale Paul Goldsmith Issue 8 February 2021 Cover photographs by Chris Nevard for Model Rail Magazine of my Colchester c1955 4mm/OO model railway. Modelling the Railways of East Anglia in 4mm Scale INTRODUCTION When first produced about 20 years ago, the from “the Central London Area Group (CLAG)”: aim of the document was to list locomotives http://www.clag.org.uk and click on the link to and rolling stock that operated on the GER, LNE supplier.text. (E), BR (GE Section) and the privatised railway of East Anglia to date, which had been produced as Over the last couple of years various questions a “ready–to-run” model or as a model “kit” in have been raised regarding liveries and painting 4mm scale. However, over the years the scope schemes and short sections and links to various has somewhat expanded. websites has been added. A section on Overhead Line Equipment has been added by In the 1970s the hobby benefited by the etched Paul Godwin. brass kit “cottage industry”, with the late Fred Blackman (Mallard Models) producing the first We hope the document is of value and etched brass loco kit (Class D16/3) and encourages more people to model the East subsequently various kits from the late George Anglian scene and manufacturers to produce Pring (George Allen Models), Dave Phillips more relevant items for the East Anglia railway (Stelfox Models) and Dan Pinnock (D&S Models), modeller. Note, we do not attempt to state if to name but a few. This issue has been models are currently available, discontinued or expanded to 67 pages and includes an currently in a manufacturers catalogue. increasing number of products from the new “cottage industries” of 3D printing and laser cut My thanks to Ian Taylor, Paul Godwin, Paul models. Willis, Nigel Burbidge, Mike Bootman, Roger Green and Steven Duhig for help with this issue The document currently specifically omits and all those who have provided information locomotives and rolling stock that have over the last twenty years. Further comments, appeared solely on diversions from other lines, additional information, and ideas for further special workings such as Deltic locomotives, inclusions in the list are always welcome. troop train workings off other regions and those that operate on preserved lines. We have also Information about the Great Eastern Railway, its only included only a limited amount of constituents, and successors and how to join the information relevant to the M&GN, GN&GE, LTS Great Eastern Railway Society can be found on and LT/Transport for London lines, together the Great Eastern Railway Society web site: with cross London workings and workings from http://www.gersociety.org.uk other lines such as the GN and LNW into Cambridge and March. In time, we may address Paul Goldsmith these issues. © All illustrations (except as shown) of Paul Godwin, Paul Willis, Steven Duhig and my 4mm scale/OO gauge model railways In general we have not included manufacturer e-mail: [email protected] and supplier addresses as these are readily found at: http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk and 8th issue new listings/revised text in purple ©Paul Goldsmith 03/02/2021 Issue 8 Page 2 of 67 The inclusion or exclusion of suppliers or manufacturers in this document does not indicate an endorsement or otherwise of any products or services being offered. Modelling the Railways of East Anglia in 4mm Scale CONTENTS Section 1 Locomotives Page 5 Section 3 Infrastructure Page 52 1.1 Steam Locomotives 3.1 Buildings 1.2 Diesel Locomotives 3.2 Structures & Lineside 1.3 Diesel Multiple Units 3.3 Signalling 1.4 Electric Locomotives 3.4 Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) 1.5 Electric Multiple Units 1.6 Diesel & Electric Locomotive & DMU shed Section 4 Miscellaneous Page 59 allocations on the GE Section 1952-1990 1.7 Components for Locomotives This section lists products not included in other Sections and those that are generally applicable to locomotives, Section 2 Rolling Stock Page 34 rolling stock, structures, and equipment. 2.1 Carriages to GER designs 4.1 Transfers 2.1.1 Passenger Stock 4.2 Number shed and name plates. 2.1.2 Miscellaneous non-passenger coaching stock 4.3 Drawings 2.1.3 Components for Carriages to GER Designs 4.4 Miscellaneous 2.2 Carriages to GCR and NER designs Section 5 Published Works Page 63 2.3 Carriages to LNER designs It is not our intention to list every book of value to the 2.3.1 Gresley 61’6” Vestibuled Stock GER enthusiast, but list those, which are aimed or have 2.3.2 Gresley 52’6” Vestibuled Stock built for the GE specific value to the modeller. Unfortunately, far too Section. many publications have appeared over the years where 2.3.3 Gresley 51’1½ Non-Vestibuled Stock the caption to photographs gives little detail other than 2.3.4 Gresley Articulated Non-vestibuled Stock. the location and locomotive number, completely ignoring 2.3.5 Thompson Vestibuled Stock the vehicles behind the locomotive or infrastructure in 2.3.6 Thompson Non-vestibuled Stock the picture. Again, I would welcome comments and 2.3.7 Miscellaneous non-passenger coaching stock to suggested inclusions to the list. The Great Eastern Railway LNER design Society over the years has produced lists of magazine 2.3.8 Components for carriages to LNER Designs articles by way of Information Sheets and lists books of value to the GE enthusiast on the Society Internet site. 2.4 Carriages and non-passenger coaching stock to other railway designs Section 6 Internet Sites Page 66 2.5 Carriages to BR designs There are many Internet web sites, some of which are 2.5.1 TPOs and miscellaneous non-passenger coaching listed on the Great Eastern Railway Society Internet site stock to BR design http://www.gersociety.org.uk/ 2.5.2 Components for carriages to BR designs Therefore, the sites listed here are those either aimed at 2.6 Samples of carriage workings and train formations the railway modeller or have been of help in my railway 2.6.1 GER period modelling. 2.6.2 LNER period 2.6.3 BR period General Notes 2.6.4 Post 1997 privatisation period Cooper Craft took over Blacksmith, Mailcoach, Ian Kirk 2.7 Freight stock and Slaters ranges of models and were in the process of 2.7.1 GER and LNER wagons re-releasing various kits, but it appears the company is in 2.7.2 Private Owner wagons financial difficulty with reports on various forums that 2.7.3 Components for freight stock paid for goods are not being delivered and some brands are being produced by others, see below. ©Paul Goldsmith 03/02/2021 Issue 8 Page 3 of 67 The inclusion or exclusion of suppliers or manufacturers in this document does not indicate an endorsement or otherwise of any products or services being offered. Modelling the Railways of East Anglia in 4mm Scale D&S Models has re-released some of its 4mm range of 4mm-scale range which are gradually being re-released. carriages and horseboxes and hopefully further releases hopefully will be made in due course. Model Signal Engineering and Comet products and Rupert Brown carriage kits have been taken over by Wizard Eileen's Emporium has taken over Bill Bedford models Models. range of etched components and jigs. Bill Bedford, trading under the name Mousa Models will continue to supply his Stephen Poole and Nu-Cast kits to South Eastern Finecast present locomotive, locomotive frames, MU motorising and wagon kits as well as the made-to-order coach Parkside 4mm model kits now owned by PECO, which also etches, but these will be the under new branding. includes Ratio and Wills kits. Falcon Brassworks has been taken over again and their 3D printing. range is slowly being made available through Dart Probably best-known manufacturer is Shapeways with Castings. two factories, one in USA and another in the Netherlands. Stafford Road Model Works, Coast Line Models, Model Peter K kits are now part of Kemilway. Railway Structures, Rixon Finescale Models, Street Level Models and Recreation 21 all have their products Phoenix Precision Paints are now owners of DMR Kits, No produced by Shapeways. Nonsense Kits, Modern Traction Kits (MTK) and some Kirk ©Paul Goldsmith 03/02/2021 Issue 8 Page 4 of 67 The inclusion or exclusion of suppliers or manufacturers in this document does not indicate an endorsement or otherwise of any products or services being offered. Modelling the Railways of East Anglia in 4mm Scale SECTION 1 LOCOMOTIVES General steam locomotive notes: on the GE Section was the Whitemoor-Wisbech goods, which in 1963 was always hauled by a B-1. GER locomotive liveries. Relatively little is known of the details of locomotive liveries in the earlier The last record of steam traction in the east of the period. Under Sinclair on the ECR the locomotives area was on 12th December 1963, when LMS 2-8-0 8F are understood to have been painted a pea green 48750 worked a cattle train from March to Trowse colour, panelled in black and lined in white or red, (Norwich) cattle yard. Apparently, March did not with chocolate-brown frames. Further details of GER have a suitable diesel loco and as cattle trains cannot liveries can be found at: be delayed, the 8F was used. https://www.gersociety.org.uk/index.php/locomotiv es/liveries East Anglia was one of the first areas of BR to eliminate steam traction, but right up to the end of LNER locomotive liveries.