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This is the Columbian variant of the Ziamese Minion-boat/Scottish Seabull that's been making the rounds. Matt built the original hull sometime, Yodadud modded it, I modded it some more.
In September of 1924, Charles Randall appeared before President Stanley and the Naval Budgetary Committee, as well as the general staff, to propose the construction of a class of submarines. In the Second Blackwater War, 14 submarines owned by a rogue corporation managed to wreak havoc among all the fleets present, even cut off from their supply lines or any chain of command. If Columbia could field a fleet of submarines, it would prove a powerful asset in any war. The president was enamored with the idea, and ordered a subcommittee assembled immediately to design a submarine.
The design they came up with was a powerful, well-armed submarine, designed with input from Scottish technical advisors. Unfortunately, Columbia had again been saddled with another economic slump, and the Budgetary Committee targeted the submarine program first. Fearing total cancellation, the sub committee quickly cut costs wherever they could on their original design.
The prototype, dubbed the A-class, possessed a shocking amount of flaws for such a sleek-looking vessel. Only two torpedo tubes, a single small deck gun, and a frightening tendency to leak if the sub was taken below 20 feet. Furthermore, the lack of air conditioning in Columbia's tropical climes quickly rendered the crew miserable. On the A-1's second test, a warm sunny day in early September, condensation from the high humidity shorted out the electrical circuits, cutting the lights and forcing the crew to fumble their way to the surface in total darkness.
Nevertheless, Randall Naval Yards was contracted to begin construction on 15 A-class-submarines as a temporary stay until a better design was completed. Some credit this to Randall bidding for half the cost of any of his competitors. Others credit Charles Randall being the son-in-law of Franklin Von Astor, chairman of the Naval Ministry. Either way, the contract was a bust. When a group of officers arrived at Randall's yards in late November after a long train of delays and excuses, only seven of the fifteen subs were anywhere close to being finished. Meanwhile, Randall himself was nowhere to be found- as a gossip rag later discovered, he had cut his losses, raided the company safe, and fled to Boland.
Although understandably disenchanted by this failure, the Budgetary Committee was somehow persuaded to finish the seven subs. Loaded about merchant ships, the hulls were shipped to the Navy's shipyards at Eureka, where they were stripped and rebuilt according to higher standards.
The B-class, as the seven subs were labeled, largely followed the original blueprints, before they were scrapped in favor of a cheaper design. The B-class performed much better, and aside from some control issues and difficulty maneuvering underwater, sea trials went flawlessly. Although slow underwater, the B-class is optimized for surfaced combat. Three 4" deck guns have the firepower to match older destroyers, and 2" of armor on the large superstructure prevents the sub from being damaged by glancing hits. The B-class carries a crew of 40 sailors.
Stats:
Speed: 14 knots surfaced, 9 knots submerged
Range: 8,700 km surfaced at 10 knots
Armament: 3x1 4" deck guns; 4 21" torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes
56311 taking 4468 Mallard and 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier to Grantham from the National Railway Museum seen at Frinkley Lane, Marston, Lincs. 04/09/2013
37403 returning Light engine back to Bo’ness from Aberdeen having worked 1Z72 0543 Edinburgh to Aberdeen beds. Seen here passing Ferryden just after departing Montrose
So, my first WW2 ship :D
Still is a WIP (just needs a couple of parts and works on the camo)
Suggestions on the name? List of vessels : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_class_corvette
Comments and suggestions appreciated!
Some dodgy graffiti on the front of 37043 as it leads 37055 on a railtour from Preston to South Wales via the Heart of Wales line on Saturday 7 August 1999.
A place 830's always called home from introduction in the early 1960's until the late 1990's when the Mallee lines were standardised and the depot closed was Tailem Bend.
On 18-1-1995, locos 852 and 838 are stabled under the roundhouse waiting for thier next jobs.
Southeastern
Class 376/0 'Electrostar' 376013
5Z50 0745 Sidcup to Ramsgate
Class 375/8 'Electrostar' 375811
1P22 0853 Ramsgate to London Victoria
Rainham (Kent), 04/05/2019
Class 37 37407 is pictured in the sidings at York catching the evening sun and awaiting its next duty (or a good clean!) on October 30th 2021.
I catalogued this as a "class 302 coach on display". Was it a refurbished coach being shown to the BR Board (the HQ was nearby)? Seems it was, see below. The number doesn't make much sense! March 1980.
Class 117 DMS W51397 leads 3 car set L418 at Slough forming 10:52 Reading to Paddington service.
2nd July 1984
Taken on November 4th 1961
Ex-Metropolitan Railway E Class 0-4-4T L.48 at Neasden Works, on a sunny winters day in November 1961. The loco had entered service in 1901 as Metropolitan Railway No 81, and was renumbered by London Transport to L.48 in 1933, and was withdrawn in 1963, and scrapped.. One member of the class has survived – Metropolitan No 1, which was renumbered when the A Class loco with that number was scrapped after an accident, and which later became L.44.…
The power station closed down in 1968, and the demolished remains were taken away by LT departmental freight trains to Croxley Tip – steam-hauled until 1971, and battery-electric after that..
Neasden Works is still in use today (2025) but has been substantially rebuilt..
Restored from a faded original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
Direct Rail Services Class 66, 66431 passing Cumbernauld railway station working 4D47 Inverness - Mossend Stobart on the 23rd of April 2019
Class 5MT 45212, running off her train at Rawtenstall with the ex 11.30am from Heywood on the East Lancashire Railway.
The three-car Class 110 Calder Valley unit powers away from Irwell Vale station with 2J55 10:05 Heywood to Rawtenstall. 5/11/2017.
An unidentified class 76 electric loco with a collection of mineral wagons near Neepsend heading downhill towards Sheffield Victoria.
Taken in September 1974.
This is the only perseved 3 car class 126, comprising of DMS Sc51017, DMBS Sc51043 and TC Sc59404. Now restored, it's seen at the Bo'ness Railway at their diesel gala day, about to do the only run of the day.
Day 11 of #30x30DirectWatercolor. A sailing class of 22 boats today off Golden Gardens beach, Seattle. Detail from panorama.
The first Italian-built class 802 for GWR rolls out into the sunshine following its official unveiling at Hitachi Rail Italy's Pistoia plant on 9 February 2018.
This set is due to arrive in the UK in March, joining the three Japan-built class 802s already in the country for testing. The first class 802s are due to enter passenger service in July and all 36 sets will be delivered by March 2019.
GWR expects HST operation on services from London to Devon and Cornwall to end "around this time next year." Catch them while you can!
8-5-94 Bewdley (SVR)
Class 50 D444 drops off the single line token on the 12:45 from Bridgenorth to Kidderminster
Agfa Ct100
The Acclamator-Class Cruiser Scale 1:1455, the scale of the 75252 UCS Imperial Star Destroyer. If you like it and want see more of it, visit me on instagram.com/admiral_plackbar
Here we see GWR class 158 (158769) photographed at Crediton railway station with the sunrise coming up.
Taken February 2022.
Class 25 no.25293 arrives at Toton from the South with a weekend engineers train, taken in the early 1970s.
Class 66 in EWS Livery.
Controlled by an ESP32 which connects to a Lego PU remote. The ESP32 controls the lights motor and sound based.
It is powered by a 3S Lipo and 2 PF L motors drive the MS Disc wheels with a 20:12 drive ratio.
The LEDs are from Light My Bricks and automatically change based on direction of travel.
The engine sound is relative to motor speed and it has a two tone horn! There are 2 speakers mounted in the fuel tank.
Decals are O gauge from Fox Transfers.