{"id":795,"date":"2011-09-25T18:47:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T18:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crabkey.co.uk\/?p=795"},"modified":"2011-09-25T18:47:48","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T18:47:48","slug":"packard-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crabkey.co.uk\/?p=795","title":{"rendered":"Packard Rail!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in the year I was given by my uncle his train set which he had when he was a boy, and Ian and me played with when we were boys. Unfortunately the track and layout was not fit but the locomotives and rolling stock was all fine.<\/p>\n<p>On receiving the equipment, I immediately made an inventory of it using the superb Hornby\/Triang system, of which there is lots of information on the internet for, and especially good servicing sheets.<\/p>\n<p>There are three locomotives, and these are as follows:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"400\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\"><strong>My train<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\"><strong>Based on<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">4-6-2 &quot;The Princess Royal&quot; Logo Maroon Livery (R258)         <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/WP_000372.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"WP_000372\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WP_000372\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/WP_000372_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">         <b>Princess Class<\/b>          <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; float: left\" alt=\"Princess Class\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hornbyguide.com\/class_images\/princess_class.jpg\" \/><strong>Class: <\/strong>Princess Class             <br \/><strong>Type: <\/strong>Steam             <br \/><strong>Designer: <\/strong>Sir William Stanier             <br \/><strong>Weight: <\/strong>159 tons             <br \/><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>Express Passenger <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">Diesel Pullman Motor Car Type 2 Blue Livery (R555)         <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/WP_000371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"WP_000371\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WP_000371\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/WP_000371_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">         <b>Class 251 Blue Pullman<\/b>          <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; float: left\" alt=\"Class 251 Blue Pullman\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hornbyguide.com\/class_images\/pullman_dmu.jpg\" \/><strong>Class: <\/strong>Class 251 Blue Pullman             <br \/><strong>Type: <\/strong>Diesel Electric             <br \/><strong>Designer: <\/strong>Jack Howe \u2013 Design Consultant for B.R.             <br \/><strong>Weight: <\/strong>67 tons (Power Car) &#8211; 299 tons (6 Car Set) &#8211; 364 tons (8 Car Set)             <br \/><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>Express Passenger <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">\n<p>Class 3 Standard Tank 2-6-2, BR Green, 82004 (R59)<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/WP_000369.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"WP_000369\" border=\"0\" alt=\"WP_000369\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/WP_000369_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"200\">         <b>Class 3 Standard Tank<\/b>          <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; float: left\" alt=\"Class 3 Standard Tank\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hornbyguide.com\/class_images\/class3.jpg\" \/><strong>Class: <\/strong>Class 3 Standard Tank             <br \/><strong>Type: <\/strong>Steam             <br \/><strong>Designer: <\/strong>Robert Riddles             <br \/><strong>Weight: <\/strong>75 tons             <br \/><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>Mixed Traffic <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The 351 tank and Pullman work great around the track I bought from the local model shop in Morley, but the Princess Royal is having a bit of difficulty. It managed to go round the track a couple of times this evening (for the first time!) but nothing once I\u2019d stopped it to put the tender and carriage on. There seems to be a screw loose on it which hopefully a set of Hornby screws I\u2019ve ordered should solve.<\/p>\n<p>The next job is then the layout. One of my favourite films is Oh Mr Porter! (<a title=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029335\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029335\/\">http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029335\/<\/a>) and this is based around a railway in Northern Ireland in the 1930s. There are some key pieces of scenery I\u2019d like to add to my layout:<\/p>\n<p>Buggleskelly Station<\/p>\n<p>One Eyed Joe\u2019s Mill, on the hill with a tunnel underneath going beneath the mill<\/p>\n<p>Barney\u2019s Bar in the village, with barrow for Harbottle<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>While investing this for a bit I found this excellent Youtube video on the actual location of Buggleskelly Station!<\/p>\n<p>  <center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oN9gJ3POpkc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in the year I was given by my uncle his train set which he had when he was a boy, and Ian and me played with when we were boys. Unfortunately the track and layout was not fit but the locomotives and rolling stock was all fine. 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