Weedkiller Train

With spring, hopefully, just around the corner, it was decided to make sure that the weedkiller train was in good order and in a state of readiness to deal with any unwanted weeds that we might find growing on the railway.

The train is topped and tailed by a couple of our Class 20 locomotives and consists of the following items of rolling stock:

Immediately behind the first loco are these two Bachmann Mk1 coaches in the Nomix-Chipman Weedkiller Grey livery.

These were produced as a coach pack by Bachmann for Kernow Models and have the Catalogue Nº 39-000P. 

Their Running Nºs are: CC99016 and CC99017.

Next come two TTA Water Tanks, again by Bachmann with Running Nºs 56963 and 56964. I believe there should also be a third tank, numbered 56365, but it is missing from our rake, for the moment.

The three tanks were issued as a set with the Catalogue Nº 37-576T.

The final items in the train are these three green Chipman Weed Control Tanks and black Water Tank, all by Heljan and issued as a set with the Catalogue Nº 1170.

The Running Nºs are: 115, 117, 120 and 48116, respectively.

Tri-ang TC Electrics and a Budd Railcar

We had a couple of rare and unusual visitors to the railway recently in the shape of two Tri-ang TC Electric Locos with a rake of Transcontinental Coaches plus a Budd, Canadian National, silver & black railcar.

With there being no overhead catenary on Lakeland Railway the two TC Electrics had to be diesel hauled but they did make for a fine sight.

The first loco is this green and orange liveried version, Nº 7503, although the number does not appear anywhere on the actual loco.

The Catalogue Nº for this is R257 and I think she dates from between 1959 and 1960.

Next is this two-tome green liveried version, also numbered 7503 and with the same Catalogue Nº R257.

This model was slightly later than the first one, dating from between 1962 and 1964.

Tri-ang also produced a rake of four matching, two-tone green, Transcontinental coaches, the first of which we see here being a Passenger Car, Nº 70831. 

The Catalogue Nº is R335 and she, like the ones that follow, was only available between 1962 and 1963.

The Baggage / Kitchen Car is next and is unnumbered. 

The Catalogue Nº is R337.

Now we come to the Diner which, again, is unnumbered.

The Catalogue Nº is R338.

Bringing up the rear is the Observation Car, Nº 91119.

The Catalogue Nº is R336.

Finally we see the entire train, posing for the camera before continuing its journey behind the Class 47.

A handsome train, indeed, that maintains its appeal some 60 years after it was produced.

 

Also handsome, in its own way, is this Tri-ang Budd RDC-2 Railcar in Canadian National silver and black livery.

This is Nº 101 and it was produced between 1965 and 1971 with the Catalogue Nº: R352CN.