Category: Rhiw 2

Plan B .2

And back to reality. Despite a lot of trial set-ups and having trestles everywhere, not to mention a phonecall with AWK discussing Summer Springs, I haven’t really managed to crack the nut in the way that I wanted to. This is not the end of the world a…

Bredgar and Wormshill model show

 Rhiw 2’s second outing this weekend at the Bredgar model show. Unusual these days, although I did exhibit at the almost equivalent Amberley Museum weekend for quite a number of years. The exhibition takes place in the engine shed which throws up …

Rhiw 2 in RM

…and all back together again. A simple enough job, but one that was possibly overdue. Clearances are tight along the edge , but even with the lengthy Sprinter coaches, all seems well. I did forget to mention this. Rhiw 2 gets six pages in RM thi…

Rhiw running session

 A decision was made to have regular running sessions for the current exhibition animals. This rather than the last minute check before a show. This week Rhiw came out of the box and some of the new stock was introduced, the short wheelbase pickin…

Parkside vac-braked minerals

The weekend saw a push to get a rake of vac-braked 16 tonners painted up. These representing what must have been the last use of these on scrap traffic. With four left to do it was a case of looking at Paul Bartlett’s excellent wagon photo site an…

Scrap loads for 16t minerals

Both Mk1 and Mk2 Rhiw were based around the movement of scrap and chemical traffic through the scene. Mk2 has been backdated slightly to 78-83 and not only leans more on first generation DMUs, but there is a subtle shift in wagonary. The huge slab…