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40s weekend at Bridgenorth always a great day and it’s funny who you bump in to on the station! Also sunny day at Leamington engine shed.

Weve seen a lot of questions answered this week.  On Monday while driving home I went past one of the large building sites in the city (London) and noted that the cement silos were orange,  so I stopped and asked the site master why. He told me that the cement industry std colour code for bulk cement powder was for fire brigade recognition (cement is flammable).  Last week I asked the question about the A and B tankers  (white and black).  These were railway colour code for flammable loads – white being the most dangerous, then black then ORANGE.  Yes, there were orange wagons. These were for blulk cement. This fitted both industries code for hazardous materials. Then today in part two of Peter Brookbanks blog , there at the bottom,  his photo shows  a brand new Rugby cement wagon the same colour that I had seen on Monday. I love it when it all works out in the end Thanks Peter now I know.

I have just started to look at the tankers. We are well on with the TTA wagon.  We have been asked to do the BR 22 ton Esso Tanks Class B what was the difference from the Class A Tanks. I know there have been articles but I have none of them can you help.Thanks

Through railnuts.com we have acheived a better grip on the colours of the pressflos. We now start another quest on the Diesel brake tenders. At first sight this looks easy but as all things rail it’s far from it. Vac pipes seem to come through the buffer beam or under it. Some have the bag hanging down, as on a coach, some are fixed above. Some have guard irons, some dont ,most irons appear on the LMS bogie. Now there are not that many photos about so here we go. What do you know that we may not?

Since we started railnuts I have put photos of some of the boilers in the workshop. These photos show Britannia’s boiler B and a GW Boiler.

When i was in Somerset the other week I heard about this em GWR railway built by one man over 30 years. Now theres fantastic and theres this. Its top notch up there in the Pendon bracket. He has offered this to the modeling mags who have said no ! every building is a real building  just the place is a dream. The layout was built Robert Dudly Cook. Thanks to Robert for leting us seeing it, Oh and by the way its Dcc with sound!