Roger Pound
Western Thunderer
Well, it's all happening here! A change of identity (to protect the innocent. naturally) and an adjustment to the whereabouts of what used to be known as Pence East Goods. Operations have been transferred to a new location known as Sumwear Junction. All the Ministry will allow us to say that this railway operation reflects the war effort somewhere in England. All we can conclude is that workings are principally by the LMSR and LNER , whilst the odd loco from elsewhere can occasionally be seen.
Some of my friends were convinced that this would never happen on any layout of mine, but a recent working from a supply depot actually saw the arrival of a former GWR loco, now purloined by the Ministry of War Transport
. Fortunately everything on it had been painted matt black so it more or less blended in without too much trouble with the other stock.
Now to present day facts. As some of you well know I have been having a bit of a trying time health wise of late which has meant a halt to most of my modelling activity. However the former Pence East was in my mind and I have been able to get out to it for short periods in the shed when the weather was more clement. It also meant I was able to devote more time to reading and browsing. When Oxford Rail advertised their 'War Bundle' Bargain Box I could not resist the contents to not only augment certain types of military vehicle in my collection but increase the variety of types. A Dean Goods and Warwell were the railway content of this item and also useful additions . The discounted price clinched it! As yet the contents have not yet been put to serious work - but I am slowly making progress health-wise, so it will come
!
I am known among many as one who does not worship at the alter of Swindon. Don't go on at me - it's my choice and it's still a free country (I believe........
). Notwithstanding, I do acknowledge quite happily that the Dean Goods 0-6-0 was a good workaday locomotive which served long and well. It's rugged reliability and simplicity made it a choice for the ROD and WD in times of war. These engines were serving on the continent at the outbreak of WW2 and some were captured and put to use by the DR. There is a photograph by Georg Otte ( p 79,"Unterwegs mit der Reischsbahn") of a Dean goods, stated as being WD 200 captured in Belgium, in use at Orscha Bhf on the Eastern Front. T"he rather skimpy Swindon pattern cab had a wooden extension fitted to provide a little more protection against the more severe weather the loco encountered in those foreign climes!
For many reasons, not least the fact I have sold off much of my British outline stock, I also decided to rename the layout to cover the inter-working of the various companies and the South Midlands had certain points to recommend it. As a lad, when listening to the BBC news to see how the war was going - yes, I'm that old - the phrase "somewhere in England" was frequently used. Thus it required no great stretch of the imagination on my part to mess about with spelling to come up with my new title for this thread. I claim no originality here - this idea is at least as old as me........
. In the meantime, the new stock, along with the existing items are stored away.quietly awaiting re-activation sooner rather than later. I do hope you will be sufficiently interested to have another look at this thread in due time. Until such time as I can get out to the shed more, I will carry on with my return to building a 1/72nd scale Lancaster - something I always wanted to do and never have managed to pull in!
Until the next time,
Roger
Some of my friends were convinced that this would never happen on any layout of mine, but a recent working from a supply depot actually saw the arrival of a former GWR loco, now purloined by the Ministry of War Transport
. Fortunately everything on it had been painted matt black so it more or less blended in without too much trouble with the other stock.Now to present day facts. As some of you well know I have been having a bit of a trying time health wise of late which has meant a halt to most of my modelling activity. However the former Pence East was in my mind and I have been able to get out to it for short periods in the shed when the weather was more clement. It also meant I was able to devote more time to reading and browsing. When Oxford Rail advertised their 'War Bundle' Bargain Box I could not resist the contents to not only augment certain types of military vehicle in my collection but increase the variety of types. A Dean Goods and Warwell were the railway content of this item and also useful additions . The discounted price clinched it! As yet the contents have not yet been put to serious work - but I am slowly making progress health-wise, so it will come
!I am known among many as one who does not worship at the alter of Swindon. Don't go on at me - it's my choice and it's still a free country (I believe........
). Notwithstanding, I do acknowledge quite happily that the Dean Goods 0-6-0 was a good workaday locomotive which served long and well. It's rugged reliability and simplicity made it a choice for the ROD and WD in times of war. These engines were serving on the continent at the outbreak of WW2 and some were captured and put to use by the DR. There is a photograph by Georg Otte ( p 79,"Unterwegs mit der Reischsbahn") of a Dean goods, stated as being WD 200 captured in Belgium, in use at Orscha Bhf on the Eastern Front. T"he rather skimpy Swindon pattern cab had a wooden extension fitted to provide a little more protection against the more severe weather the loco encountered in those foreign climes!For many reasons, not least the fact I have sold off much of my British outline stock, I also decided to rename the layout to cover the inter-working of the various companies and the South Midlands had certain points to recommend it. As a lad, when listening to the BBC news to see how the war was going - yes, I'm that old - the phrase "somewhere in England" was frequently used. Thus it required no great stretch of the imagination on my part to mess about with spelling to come up with my new title for this thread. I claim no originality here - this idea is at least as old as me........
. In the meantime, the new stock, along with the existing items are stored away.quietly awaiting re-activation sooner rather than later. I do hope you will be sufficiently interested to have another look at this thread in due time. Until such time as I can get out to the shed more, I will carry on with my return to building a 1/72nd scale Lancaster - something I always wanted to do and never have managed to pull in!Until the next time,
Roger
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) - extending the head-shunt off the double slip and re-aligning the road to the military sidings. Some test running has been done - as usual it finished up as me 'playing trains' for half an hour 
