Rolling stock

Largely the coaching stock seen around Deddington Junction in partes tres diversa est. The first and largest category is Great Western; then there's LMS and Midland; the third is Southern. Then of course there is a rake of Pullmans. The eastern companies are not represented although the Great Central is a neighbour and therefore is the LNER.

A selection of goods rakes and other trains is below

Click on a photo to see a larger version.

Baba's early 1980s rake of Centenary stock by GMR/Airfix still looks well, sporting the post-1934 deco 'shirtbutton' monogram. It is our top rake despite not having the finish of later models.

Our three-coach rake of Collett corridors from Mainline and Bachmann can be marshalled alone.

From an early age, I have been in love with GWR branch-lines and wanted one. To me, an autotrailer is an essential part thereof. This is the Airfix version from the 1980s.

The decals were applied before I realised that putting them on a matt surface shows the trapped air; decals should be applied to a gloss surfce then matt-coated.

Although Pullmans were around from the late 19th century and the LBSCR had 12-wheelers in 1906, strictly these models belong to a later period. the GWR only ran Pullmans on The Torquay Pullman Limited 1928-30.

Maunsell's corridors in 1930s olive green have a matching luggage van. The train can also have a single Pullman marshalled within it, as was common practice on the Southern Railway. Traffic to the south coast is the sole perogative of our Schools' class Charterhouse.

Helping to regress the scene at Dedd'n Jn is a pair of Midland Railway (Hornby) clerestory corridors sourced from eBay. They can run behind the LMS Crab in early LMS Midland-style livery or the S&DJR compound or even the LSWR Greyhound T9. Compare.

Small prairie 4527 trundles past Hempton box with a mixed goods. Note the barrier wagons between the loco and the oil tanker.

We are slowly getting together a wartime set of vehicles albeit with the world wars mixed up – so far a gunpowder van, a War Office tanker and Ministry of Munitions wagon.

Still to come:

photos of:
cattle wagons
a parcels train of mixed LMS and SR and GWR
and the South Midland's engineers' train.

	Rolling stock
	Largely the coaching stock seen around Deddington Junction in partes tres diversa est. The first and largest category is Great Western; then there's LMS and Midland; the third is Southern. Then of course there is a rake of Pullmans. The eastern companies are not represented although the Great Central is a neighbour and therefore is the LNER. A selection of goods rakes and other trains is below Click on a photo to see a larger version.
	Baba admired the two-coach B-set and bought this Airfix unit in the early 80s. It was frequently paired with a large Prairie and used for fast suburban work. Both loco and B-set are in post-1934 livery.
Baba's early 1980s rake of Centenary stock by GMR/Airfix still looks well, sporting the post-1934 deco 'shirtbutton' monogram. It is our top rake despite not having the finish of later models.	The rake now forms The Exmoor Express hauled behind Sketty Hall or Tintagel Castle.
Our three-coach rake of Collett corridors from Mainline and Bachmann can be marshalled alone.	They mix well with period clerestory stock to display the varied profiles and liveries also favoured by Baba as below.

	Another preference is our four-coach rake of GWR corridor clerestories with the 1890s Dean mongram, bought in the early 1980s. It rides well behind The City of Truro in the same period livery and behind Dean's Lord of the Isles.
From an early age, I have been in love with GWR branch-lines and wanted one. To me, an autotrailer is an essential part thereof. This is the Airfix version from the 1980s.
The decals were applied before I realised that putting them on a matt surface shows the trapped air; decals should be applied to a gloss surfce then matt-coated.	This was never going to be a runner. Built from an old white-metal K's kit, it is heavy, distorts easly and is right for early retirement on a disconnected siding.
Although Pullmans were around from the late 19th century and the LBSCR had 12-wheelers in 1906, strictly these models belong to a later period. the GWR only ran Pullmans on The Torquay Pullman Limited 1928-30.	We distort space-time to accomodate our mythical SMR train. Hornby's very fine Pullmans make up our Oxfordshire Belle. There are both eight-wheel and 12-wheel vehicles, with or without the observation car.
Maunsell's corridors in 1930s olive green have a matching luggage van. The train can also have a single Pullman marshalled within it, as was common practice on the Southern Railway. Traffic to the south coast is the sole perogative of our Schools' class Charterhouse.
	The LMS corridors by Bachmann are not up to the standard of their Collett coaches (above).
Helping to regress the scene at Dedd'n Jn is a pair of Midland Railway (Hornby) clerestory corridors sourced from eBay. They can run behind the LMS Crab in early LMS Midland-style livery or the S&DJR compound or even the LSWR Greyhound T9. Compare.
	The Midland Railway clerestory non-corridor pair, also sourced from eBay will get rare use, again maybe behind the LMS Crab, the S&DJR compound or even the LSWR M7. The moudling is the same as the old Triang-Hornby GWR set above. Similary for the corridor set above.
Small prairie 4527 trundles past Hempton box with a mixed goods. Note the barrier wagons between the loco and the oil tanker.	Llanfair Grange heads a milk train. Glass-lined milk tankers did not appear until the 30s but churns stayed around for a long time after and so we can mix tankers with Siphons.
We are slowly getting together a wartime set of vehicles albeit with the world wars mixed up – so far a gunpowder van, a War Office tanker and Ministry of Munitions wagon.	Local coal traffic is important to the South Midland, including wagons from Witney, Oxford, Adderbury, Aynho and North Aston as well as supplies for the gasworks.
Still to come: photos of: cattle wagons a parcels train of mixed LMS and SR and GWR and the South Midland's engineers' train.
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