2011 British Model Railway Wish List Poll

2011 British Model Railway Wish List Poll - Report

by Pat Hammond (poll co-ordinator)

This will be my last year as co-ordinator of the Wish List Poll and this is my last report. After ten years it is time to step down and hand-over to people more expert than me. As from next year the co-ordination will be provided by a panel of railway and model enthusiasts under the supervision of Brian Macdermott, while Graham Plowman of GPP Software will continue to organise the voting. I wish them every success.

Over the three polls, this year - N, 00 and 0 - there were a total of 13,709 votes cast. Of these 248 were for 0 gauge, 2160 for N gauge and 11,301 for 00.

4mm Scale

Primary Interest

We start with 00, as it is the most popular scale, and look first as the ten most popular regions/eras

1958-1967 late BR (Southern Region to end of steam) 8.1%
1958-1967 late BR (Western Region to end of steam) 6.7%
1948-1958 early BR (Southern Region) 6.5%
1958-1967 late BR (Midland Region to end of steam) 6.3%
1923-1948 LNER Prewar 6.1%
1958-1967 late BR (Eastern Region to end of steam) 5.9%
1974-1987 BR blue TOPS (Bachmann Era 7) 5.7%
1994 Onwards - post Privatisation era 5.3%
1948-1958 early BR (Eastern Region) 4.1%
18xx-1923 pre-Grouping 3.9%

The voting showed that the primary interest of 52% of voters is the BR steam/transitional period and this is reflected in the number of green liveried diesels and steam locos in BR liveries made in recent years. In second place is pre-Nationalisation steam with 25% of the votes and in third place the post steam eras with 17% of the vote. The remaining 6% favour freelance or heritage models.

Looking at regions, the eastern side of the country is the most popular at present with 22.4% of the voters. Next comes the South with 18.3%, the West with 15.6%, the Midlands with 11.6% and Scotland with 3.8%. 28.3% voters did not vote for a period that specified a region.

Age Groups

The principle age group into which voters placed themselves is 60-69 years. These represent roughly a third of all the voters (32.3%). The next largest group are aged 50-59 (25.5%) and in third place are those aged 40-49 (22.3%). The rest are as follows: 30-39 (7.5%), 20-29 (6.2%), 70-79 (3.2%), 10-19 (2.6%) and over 80 (2%). This means that almost 85% of voters are over 40 years of age. These are people who were probably given a train set as a child and renewed an interest later in life as they gained more free time. If the popularity of model railways declined amongst children in the 1980s and 1990s, will that adult market be there in the future?

Control Systems and Sound

67.7% of voters are using a DC control system but 12.9% plan to switch to DCC. 28% currently have DCC and the remainder do not have a layout but just collect models.

39.3% of voters currently have hand controlled points and signals, while 36% use conventional 16V AC with switches. 5.2% use a hybrid system of their own and 5.1% have adopted a wire in tube system of operation. Of the rest, 4.5% use DCC through throttles, 2.4% use 12V DC slow motion motors with SPST, 0.9% DCC through SSI, 0.5% DCC through RR&Co, 0.5% DCC through JMRI, 0.3% MERG CBUS, 0.2% MERG RPC and 0.2% DCC through MRCC.

83% do not have sound but 14.9% hope to use it in the future with DCC, 4.0% hope to use it with DC and 1.7% with an external hi-fi system to play train sounds. 15.8% currently use sound through DCC and another 0.7% use sound through a DC system. 0.4 of current users intend to abandon sound.

Wheels

As a few use more than one type of wheel gauge, the total appears to exceed 100%. 97.4% of voters use the current ready-to-run wheels fitted to models when bought. 2% fit BRMSB finescale 00 wheels, 1.4% fit P4 wheels, 0.8% fit EM gauge wheels and 0.7% fit other types.

What Models to Make in the Future

The 11,301 votes cast in the 00 poll were spread over 1026 individual suggestions and, as only the most voted for items are likely to be taken seriously as popular subjects, the following tables show the most requested 00 models in each section.

BR Standard Locomotives

BR 8P 4-6-2 Duke of Gloucester (71)
BR 2MT 2-6-0 (48)
BR 3MT 2-6-0 (40)
BR 9F 2-10-0 Crosti (31)
WD 'Austerity' 8F 2-10-0 (27)
BR 2MT 2-6-2T (23)

BR passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

BR Mk2F coaches (37)
BR Mk2D coaches (27)
BR Mk2E coaches (18)
BR MK1 open 1st (FO)(diagram 73) (16)
BR Mk1 long underframe, non-gangwayed (14)
BR Mk1 open brake 2nd (BSO) (13)
BR Mk2C coaches (12)
BR Mk2 driving bake 2nd open (DBSO) (12)
BR Mk1 short underframe, non-gangwayed (11)
BR Mk2B coaches (10)

BR Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

BR Mk1 traveling post office vehicles (41)
Horse box (1957 build) (29)
CCT (15)
Horse box (diagram 9 1954) (7)

BR Freight Stock

FFA/FGA Freightliner flats (23)
HTO/V 21T hopper wagon (12)
KFA 'Warflat' (12)
KWA 'Warwell' (12)
21-ton grain hopper (steel) (12)
Class B tank wagon (11)
Fastline/GBRF HYA/IIA coal wagons (11)
'Prestwin' silo wagon (11)
21-ton Coke Hopper (9)
'Grainflow' bogie wagons (8)
'Palvan'13T pipe wagon (7)
21T mineral wagon (7)
21-ton coal hopper (7)
BOC liquid oxygen tanks (7)

BR General Railway Service Vehicles

Cowans Sheldon breakdown crane (26)
Tamping machine (16)
Diesel bogie brake tender (14)
Catfish ballast hopper (12)
Dynamometer car (BR modified Hawksworth) (11)
APT-E (10)
Wickham trolley (7)

GWR Locos (Including Constituent Companies)

GWR 42xx 2-8-0T (74)
GWR 72xx 2-8-2T (58)
GWR 40xx 4-6-0 'Star' (50)
GWR 47xx 2-8-0 (42)
GWR 64xx 0-6-0PT (34)
GWR steam railmotor (32)
GWR 15xx 0-6-0PT (26)
GWR 33xx 4-4-0 'Bulldog' (25)
GWR 94xx 0-6-0PT (25)
GWR 29xx 4-6-0 'Saint' (24)
GWR 52xx 2-8-0T (22)
GWR 60xx 4-6-0 'King' (21)
GWR 16xx 0-6-0PT (20)

GWR/WR Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

Churchward 'Toplight' coaches (1907-1922) (66)
Collett 57ft gangwayed bow end coaches/dining car (1925-1929) (27)
Collett non-gangwayed coaches (pre-WWII) (20)
BR(WR)-built autocoach (15)
Collett 'Sunshine' gangwayed coaches (1936)(1938) (14)
59ft 6in wood-panelled autocoach (12)
Hawksworth non-gangwayed coaches (post-WWII) (11)
Collett 57ft gangwayed flat ended coaches (1933-35) (11)

GWR/WR Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

Passenger brake van (various diags. e.g. diag. K42, Collett) (17)
'Siphon G' (internal frame) (12)
Passenger brake van ('Toplights') (10)
'Siphon C' (4-wheel) (9)
'Siphon F' (external frame). (8)

GWR/WR Freight Stock

'Mica B' meat van (white) (7)
20-ton 'Felix Pole' 21ft 6in mineral (coal) wagon (7)
Goods brake van ('Toad') (various lengths) (5)

GWR/WR Railway Service Vehicles

BR(WR) inspection saloon diag Q13 (11)
Tool van (11)
Shunter's truck (10)
10-ton and 20-ton loco coal wagons (N2, N13, N27, N28) (6)

LMS Locos (Including Constituent Companies)

LMS Garratt 2-6-0 + 0-6-2 (37)
CR 'Jumbo' 0-6-0 (35)
LMS Stanier 6P/5F 2-6-0 Mogul (28)
L&Y Aspinall 27 class 0-6-0 Nos.52088-52467,52515-52529 (24)
CR McIntosh 0-4-4T (24)
LMS 'Compound' 4-4-0 Nos.40900-40939,41045-41199 (22)
LMS Stanier 5MT 2-6-0 'Crab' Nos.42945- (21)

LMS/LMR Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

Non-gangway, non-lavatory coaches (35)
Push-pull (19)
Period II gangwayed coaches (13)
Period I gangwayed coaches (12)
Period III Stanier TO (to extend Hornby range) (10)

LMS/LMR Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

LMS horse box (numerous diags.) (9)
LMS traveling post office - sorting van (POS) and tender (POT) (7)
LMS 8-wheel 42ft luggage and parcels van (diag. 1870) (6)

LMS/LMR Freight Stock

LMS goods brake van (13)
LMS 'Tube' wagon (11)
LMS 12-ton vans (11)
LMS 20-ton hopper coke wagon (11)
LMS cattle wagon (diagrams 1661/1840) (9)

LMS/LMR General Railway Service Vehicles

LMS district engineer's inspection saloon (12)
Breakdown crane (Ransomes & Rapier 30-ton) (11)

LNER Locos (Including Constituent Companies)

GER (LNER) J15 0-6-0 (82)
GCR (LNER) D11/1 'Director' 4-4-0 (81)
GER (LNER) D16 'Claud Hamilton' 4-4-0 (75)
GNR (LNER) J6 0-6-0 (70)
LNER P2 2-8-2 (66)
LNER K1 2-6-0 (62)
NER (LNER) Q6 0-8-0 (60)
GCR (LNER) J11 0-6-0 (52)
NER (LNER) B16 4-6-0 (51)
NER (LNER) J27 0-6-0 (50)
GNR (LNER) J50 0-6-0T (44)
GER (LNER) N7 0-6-2T (39)
GER (LNER) B12 4-6-0 (39)
NER (LNER) G5 0-4-4T (38)
GCR (LNER) A5 4-6-2T (37)
GNR (LNER) C1 4-4-2 Atlantic (37)
NBR (LNER) J36 0-6-0 (31)
GER (LNER) J69 0-6-0T (29)
GNR (LNER) O2 2-8-0 (26)
NER (LNER) J21 0-6-0 (25)
LNER A2/3 4-6-2 (21)

LNER/ER Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

Thompson non-gangwayed stock (40)
Gresley 'Quad-' and 'Quint-Art' articulated sets (38)
LNER streamlined stock (30)
Thompson gangwayed stock (14)
Gresley 52ft 6in gangwayed stock (12)
LNER tourist stock (1933-1939) (11)
Thompson catering stock (10)
Gresley non-gangwayed stock (51ft 1 1/2 in over body) (10)
LNER 'Beaver Tail' observation car (10)

LNER/ER Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

6-wheeled van (BZ) (diag. 358) (20)
Horse box (diag. 5 of 1938) (15)
52ft bogie CCT (diag. 7) (8)
Gresley 51ft 1 1/2 in full brake (B) (non-gangwayed) (7)

LNER/ER Freight Stock

LNER 20-ton coal hopper (16)
LNER 10-ton fish van (10ft wheelbase, 17ft 6in over headstocks) (9)
LNER 20-ton 'Plate' wagon (8)
LNER cattle wagon (8)
LNER 6-plank general merchandise wagon (7)
LNER 10-ton fish van (12ft wheelbase, 19ft 6in over headstocks) (6)
LNER fish van (14ft wheelbase, 23ft over headstocks) (6)

SR Locos (Including Constituent Companies)

LBSCR H2 4-4-2 'Brighton Atlantic' (81)
LSWR 700 0-6-0 'Black Motor' (59)
SR 'Merchant Navy' 4-6-2 (unrebuilt) (58)
SR S15 4-6-0 Nos.30823-30847 (51)
LSWR 04155 4-4-2T Adams Radial (48)
SECR H 0-4-4T (43)
USA 0-6-0T (39)
SR Q 0-6-0 (34)
SR U 2-6-0 Nos.31610-31639 (31)
LSWR S15 4-6-0 Nos.30496-30515 (31)
SR W 2-6-4T (24)
LBSCR K 2-6-0 (22)

SR Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

Maunsell push-pull sets Nos.600-619 (diag. 2407 BCK + Diag. 2023 SO) (67)
SECR 'Birdcage' 3-sets Nos.567-570, 572, 574-624, 626-629 (diags. 160+315 or 316+162)n (58)
LBSCR push-pull sets (28)
Maunsell composite dining saloon/kitchen buffet car (diags. 2658/9) (25)
Maunsell open 3rd (diag. 2005) (17)
Bulleid Bournemouth Line 6-car sets (Nos.290-300) (17)
Bulleid 10 1/4 in (shallow ventilator) 2-sets(R) Nos.63-75 (diag. 2405 BCK + diag. 2123 BTK) (16)
Maunsell kitchen/restaurant 1st (diags. 2650/1/5/6)(with diag. 2005 open 3rd) (16)
LSWR 3-LAV sets Nos.101-167 etc. (sample diags. 124+274A+124 & 125+285+125) (15)
Bulleid 10 1/4 in (shallow ventilator) 3-sets Nos.771-793 (BTK diag. 2123 + CK diag. 2318) (15)
Bulleid 10 1/4 in (shallow ventilator) corridor brake composite (diag. 2406) (15)
Bulleid 59ft multi-door stock (1945-1946)(diag. 2121 BTK + diag. 2316 CK) (14)
Bulleid 'Tavern' cars (diags. 2663/4* and 2665/8) (14)
Isle of Wight (LBSCR and SECR) 54ft bogie stock (13)
Bulleid restaurant 1st + kitchen restaurant 3rd (diag. 2507 + diag. 2660) (11)

SR Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

Maunsell bogie van B (45)
Gangwayed bogie luggage van (GBL/CorPMV)(diag. 3097) (18)
Parcels & misc. vehicle (PMV) (15)
Maunsell PO sorting van (with lavatory) (diag. 3192) and PO stowage van (diag. 3196) (8)

SR Freight Stock

SECR 25-ton 'Dance Hall' brake van (17)
SR cattle wagon (11)
SR 8-plank open wagon (diag. 1400) (10)
SR 25-ton 4-wheel 'Pillbox' brake van (also 15-ton variant) (6)

SR General Railway Service Vehicles

SR bogie ballast wagon 'Walrus' (13)

Gas Turbine Locos

18000 (Brown Boveri A1A A1A gas turbine) (27)
GT3 (English Electric 4-6-0 gas turbine) (23)

Diesel Locos

Class 20/3 - refurbished flush fronted (DRS) (26)
Class 67 (25)
Class 16 (20)

Electric Locos

Class 90 (36)
Class 71 (27)
Class 73 (26)
Class 70 (SR Co-Co Nos.20001-20003) (22)
Class 81 (21)
Class 74 (21)
Class 89 (20)

DMUs

Class 120 Swindon 'Cross Country' (42)
Class 124 'Trans-Pennine' (33)
Class 116 Derby High Density Suburban (30)
Class 117 Pressed Steel (upgraded) (28)
Class 101 (26)
Class 104 BRCW (24)
Class 123 Swindon Intercity (20)

EMUs

Class 401 2BIL bi-lavatory stock (31)
3SUB/4SUB suburban stock (non-Bulleid) (22)

Linesside & Miscellaneous

Operating semaphore signals (general) (53)
RTR 00 gauge track with 4mm sleepers/spa/cing (45)
Operating GWR semaphore signals (36)
Operating LNER semaphore signals (30)
Operating SR semaphore signals (28)
Operating LMS semaphore signals (28)
1930s road vehicles (19)
BR turntable (realistic) (17)
Operating colour light signals (general) (15)
GWR Turntable (realistic) (14)
Catenary system (high quality - British) (12)
Range of seated coach passengers (12)
1980s road vehicles (10)
Smoke generator (steam locos) (9)
LNER turntable (realistic) (9)
Range of seated diesel drivers (7)
Smoke generator (diesel locos) (7)

Pullman Cars

BR Mk2 Manchester Pullman coaches (12
1928 all-steel cars (7)
1951 Festival of Britain/Golden Arrow cars (7)


Top 50 4mm Scale Models Requested

Finally let us look at the 50 most wanted models:

Subject Votes
1st - GER (LNER) J15 0-6-0 82
=2nd - GCR (LNER) D11/1 'Director' Class 4-4-0 81
=2nd - LBSCR H2 4-4-2 'Brighton Atlantic' 81
4th - GER (LNER) D16 'Claud Hamilton' 4-4-0 75
5th - GWR 42xx 2-8-0T 74
6th - BR 8P 4-6-2 Duke of Gloucester 71
7th - GNR (LNER) J6 0-6-0 70
8th - Maunsell push-pull sets Nos.600-619 (diag.2407 BCK + diag.2023 SO) 67
=9th - Churchward 'Toplight' coaches (1907-1922) 66
=9th - LNER P2 2-8-2 66
11th - LNER K1 2-6-0 62
12th - NER (LNER) Q6 0-8-0 60
13th - LSWR 700 0-6-0 'Black Motor' 59
=14th - GWR 72xx 2-8-2T 58
=14th - SECR 'Birdcage' 3-sets Nos.567-570, 572, 574-624, 626-629 (diags. 160+315 or 316+162) 58
=14th - SR 'Merchant Navy' 4-6-2 (unrebuilt) 58
17th - Operating semaphore signals (general) 53
18th - GCR (LNER) J11 0-6-0 52
=19th - NER (LNER) B16 4-6-0 51
=19th - SR S15 4-6-0 Nos.30823-30847 51
=21st - GWR 40xx 4-6-0 'Star' 50
=21st - NER (LNER) J27 0-6-0 50
=23rd - BR 2MT 2-6-0 48
=23rd - LSWR 04155 4-4-2T Adams Radial 48
=25th - Maunsell bogie van B 45
=25th - RTR 00 gauge track with 4mm sleepers/spacing 45
27th - GNR (LNER) J50 0-6-0T 44
28th - SECR H 0-4-4T 43
=29th - Class 120 Swindon 'Cross Country' 42
=29th - GWR 47xx 2-8-0 42
31st - BR Mk1 traveling post office vehicles 41
=32nd - BR 3MT 2-6-0 40
=32nd - Thompson non-gangwayed stock 40
=34th - GER (LNER) B12 4-6-0 39
=34th - GER (LNER) N7 0-6-2T 39
=34th - USA 0-6-0T 39
=37th - Gresley 'Quad-' and 'Quint-Art' articulated sets 38
=37th - NER (LNER) G5 0-4-4T 38
=39th - BR Mk2F coaches 37
=39th - GCR (LNER) A5 4-6-2T 37
=39th - GNR (LNER) C1 4-4-2 Atlantic 37
=39th - LMS Garratt 2-6-0 + 0-6-2 37
=43rd - Class 90 36
=43rd - Operating GWR semaphore signals 36
=45th - CR 'Jumbo' 0-6-0 35
=45th - Non-gangway, non-lavatory coaches 35
=47th - GWR 64xx 0-6-0PT 34
=47th - SR Q 0-6-0 34
49th - Class 124 'Trans-Pennine' 33
50th - GWR steam railmotor 32

2mm Scale

Primary Interest

The nine most popular regions/eras with N gauge voters are:

1994> - Post-Privatisation era 11.8%
1974-1987 BR blue TOPS (Bachmann Era 7) 7.5%
1988-1995 BR Sectorisation (Bachmann Era 8) 7.5%
1958-1967 late BR (LMR) to end of steam 6.5%
1958-1967 late BR (ER) to end of steam 5.9%
1958-1967 late BR (WR) to end of steam 4.8%
Freelance 4.8%
1958-1967 late BR (SR) to end of steam 4.4%
1948-1958 early BR (SR) 4.4%

The voting showed that the primary interest of 38% of voters is the BR steam/transitional period. Unlike with 00 scale, strongly in second place is post-steam eras with 30.1% of the votes and in third place pre-Nationalisation steam with just 26.3% of the vote.

Looking at regions, the eastern side of the country is only marginally the most popular at present with 16.7% of the voters. Next comes the West with 15.6%, the Midlands with 14%, the South with 11.8% and Scotland with 1.1%. Due to the much larger interest in the post steam eras, around 40% of voters did not vote for a period that specified a region.

Age Groups

N gauge seems to attract younger modellers than 00 scale. The top three age categories are the same but in reverse order. In consequence, the largest age group is 40-49 year olds (26.3%), the next largest group are aged 50-59 (25.6%) and in third place are those aged 60-69 (21.9%). The rest are as follows: 30-39 (13.1%), 20-29 (9.4%), 70-79 (2.5%) and 10-19 (1.3%). This means that 73.8% of N gauge voters are over 40 years of age.

N Gauge Popularity

Another interesting statistic is that based on this poll, 00 modellers currently out number N gauge modellers 5 to 1. This I believe shows an important increase in the popularity of N gauge as a few years ago the ratio was said to be 10 to 1.

Control Systems and Sound

61.8% of N gauge voters are using a DC control system but a further 11.8% use DC but plan to switch to DCC. 25.8% currently have DCC.

39.8% of N gauge voters currently use conventional 16V AC with switches, while 37.1% have hand controlled points and signals. 6.5% have adopted a wire in tube system of operation and 4.3% use a hybrid system of their own. Of the rest, 4.8% use DCC through throttles, 2.1% DCC through JMRI, 1.6% use 12V DC slow motion motors with SPST, 1.1% MERG CBUS and 0.5% use DCC through RR&Co.

5.4% are using DCC sound and 1.1% are using sound with DC. Of the rest, 21% intend to use DCC sound in the future, 3.8% intend to use DC sound and a further 2.1% intend to use HiFi sound effects in the future.

Wheels

97.3% of N gauge modellers are happy to use the wheels already on the models they buy. The rest are fitting 2mm fine scale wheels.

What Models to Make in the Future

As normally happens with a small number of voters, the votes are widely scattered and few subjects show a trend. For this reason the following lists are shorter than those in the 00 section. This low level of voting can expose the results to the influence of canvassing. This could explain the high number of requests for certain subjects when compared with the rest. Again, the number of votes for each item listed is shown in brackets after the description.

BR Locomotives

BR 4MT 4-6-0 (8)
WD 'Austerity' 8F 2-8-0 (7)
BR 9F 2-10-0 Crosti (5)

BR Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

BR Mk2A coaches (18)
BR Mk1 sleepers (diagrams 1, 5 and 10)(SLC,SLF,SLS) (4)
BR Mk2D Coaches (4)

BR Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

CCT (18)
BR Mk1 travelling post office vehicles (4)

BR Freight Stock

KFA Tiphook container flat (5)
KFA 'Warflat' (5)
KWA 'Warwell' (4)
Cargowaggon IZA twin van (4)

BR General Railway Service Vehicles

Cowans Sheldon breakdown crane (10)
Tamping machine (10)
Ballast machines (5)

GWR Locos (Including Constituent Companies)

GWR 3440 4-4-0 City of Truro (15)
GWR 32xx 4-4-0 'Dukedog' (8)
GWR 50xx 4-6-0 'Castle' (7)
GWR 68xx 4-6-0 ' (6)
GWR 47xx 2-8-0 (6)
GWR 40xx 4-6-0 'Castle' (6)
GWR 60xx 4-6-0 'King' (6)
GWR 25xx 0-6-0 'Dean Goods' (6)
GWR 42xx 2-8-0T (5)

GWR/WR Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

Hawksworth gangwayed coaches (post-WWII) (17)
Dean clerestory gangwayed coaches (5)

GWR/WR Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

Fruit van (28ft 6in - 3-doors per side) 'Fruit D' (5)
Passenger brake van (various diags. e.g. diag. K42, Collett) (5)

GWR/WR Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

Collett 57ft gangwayed bow end coaches/dining car (1925-1929) (5)
Collett 'Sunshine' gangwayed coaches (1936)(1938) (4)

LMS Locos (Including Constituent Companies)

S&DJR Fowler 7F 2-8-0 (12)
LMS Stanier 8P 4-6-2 'Coronation' (7)
LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0 Nos.44027-44606 (6)
LMS Fowler 6P 4-6-0 'Patriot' Nos.45500-45551 (5)

LMS/LMR Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

Period III Stanier 12-wheel restaurant/kitchen cars (7)
Period III Stanier 50ft kitchen car (4)
1937 'Coronation Scot' (4)
LMS push-pull (4)

LMS/LMR Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

LMS 50ft passenger brake van (15)

LMS/LMR Freight Stock

LMS 20-ton hopper coke wagon (5)
LMS 12-ton vans (4)

LMS/LMR General Railway Service Vehicles

Breakdown crane (Ransomes & Rapier 30-ton) (4)

LNER Locos (Including Constituent Companies)

LNER A4 4-6-2 (14)
LNER A3 4-6-2 (9)
LNER K3 2-6-0 (7)
GER (LNER) J15 0-6-0 (7)
LNER K1 2-6-0 (6)
NER (LNER) J27 0-6-0 (5)
GNR (LNER) N2 0-6-2T (5)

LNER/ER Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

Thompson gangwayed stock (14)
Gresley 'Quad-' and 'Quint-Art' articulated sets (8)
Gresley non-gangwayed stock (51ft 1 1/2 in over body) (6)
LNER streamlined stock (5)

LNER/ER Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

Thompson full brake (BG) (diag. 344) (6)
Gresley gangwayed brake (BG) (diag. 113) (4)

LNER/ER Freight Stock

LNER fish van (14ft wheelbase, 23ft over headstocks) (4)
LNER 20-ton coal hopper (4)

SR Locos (Including Constituent Companies)

SR V 4-4-0 'Schools' (14)
SR LN 4-6-0 'Lord Nelson' (13)
LSWR T9 4-4-0 (7)
SR U 2-6-0 Nos.31610-31639 (6)
SR N 2-6-0 Nos.31400-31414 (6)
SR 'West Country' 4-6-2 (rebuilt) (6)
SR 'West Country' 4-6-2 (unrebuilt) (6)
SR N15 4-6-0 Nos.30763-30792 (5)
LSWR 0298 2-4-0WT Beattie Well Tank (5)

SR Passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (PCCS)

Maunsell 3-sets Nos.390-399/445-448 (BTK-CK-BTK) (14)
Maunsell corridor 3rd, corridor brake 3rd and corridor brake composite (diags. 2008, 2113 and 2403) (10)
Maunsell push-pull sets Nos.600-619 (diag. 2407 BCK + diag. 2023 SO) (8)
Bulleid 10 1/4 in (shallow ventilator) 3-sets Nos.771-793 (BTK diag. 2123 + CK diag. 2318) (5)
Bulleid BRCW 3-sets (BTK-CK-BTK)(1947-49) (4)

SR Non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)

Maunsell bogie van B (10)

SR General Railway Service Vehicles

SR bogie ballast wagon 'Walrus' (4)

Gas Turbine Locos

18000 (Brown Boveri A1A A1A gas turbine) (6)

Diesel Locos

Class 70 'PowerHaul' (12)
Class 50 (11)
Class 22 (11)
Class 25 (11)
Class 23 'Baby Deltic' (9)
class 31 (9)
Class D16/1 (LMS 10000, 10001) (9)
Class 59 (9)
Class 40 (7)
Class 53 Falcon (7)
Class 28 (7)
Class 17 Clayton (7)
Class 27 (6)
Class 33 (6)
Class 41 D600 A1A A1A 'Warship' (5)
D0260 Lion (5)
Class 15 BTH (5)

Electric Locos

Class 90 (7)
Class 92 (6)
Class 71 (5)

DMUs

Class 105 Cravens (11)
Class 120 Swindon 'Cross Country' (11)
Class 117 Pressed Steel (upgraded) (10)
Class 185 'Desiro' (10)
Class 116 Derby High Density Suburban (9)
Class 158 (7)
Class 205 3H-Hampshire and 2H-Hampshire / Hastings units (7)
Class 180 'Adelante' (6)
Class 124 'Trans-Pennine' (5)

EMUs

Class 415 4EPB electro-pneumatic brake stock (8)
Class 423 4VEP vestibule electro-pneumatic brake stock (7)
Class 321 'Dusty Bin' (7)
6PUL Pullman stock (7)
3SUB/4SUB suburban stock (non-Bulleid) (6)
Class 390 'Pendolino' (6)
Class 416 2EPB electro-pneumatic brake stock (6)

Lineside and Miscellaneous

1980s road vehicles (10)
1930s road vehicles (6)
Network Rail MPV (5)

Pullman Cars

1928 all-steel cars (5)


Top 30 2mm Scale Models Requested

Finally, let us look at the 30 most wanted N gauge models:

Subject Votes
=1st - BR Mk2A coaches 18
=1st - CCT 18
3rd - Hawksworth gangwayed coaches (post-WWII) 17
=4th - GWR 3440 4-4-0 City of Truro 15
=4th - LMS 50ft passenger brake van 15
=6th - LNER A4 4-6-2 14
=6th - Maunsell 3-sets Nos.390-399/445-448 (BTK-CK-BTK) 14
=6th - SR V 4-4-0 'Schools' 14
=6th - Thompson gangwayed stock 14
10th - SR LN 4-6-0 'Lord Nelson' 13
=11th - Class 70 'PowerHaul' 12
=11th - S&DJR Fowler 7F 2-8-0 12
=13th - Class 105 Cravens 11
=13th - Class 120 Swindon 'Cross Country' 11
=13th - Class 22 11
=13th - Class 25 11
=13th - Class 50 11
=18th - 1980s road vehicles 10
=18th - Class 117 Pressed Steel (upgraded) 10
=18th - Class 185 'Desiro' 10
=18th - Cowans Sheldon breakdown crane 10
=18th - Maunsell bogie 'Van B' 10
=18th - Maunsell corridor 3rd, corridor brake 3rd and corridor brake composite (diags. 2008, 2113 and 2403) 10
=18th - Tamping machine 10
=25th - Class 116 Derby High Density Suburban 9
=25th - Class 23 'Baby Deltic' 9
=25th - Class 31 9
=25th - Class 59 9
=25th - Class D16/1 (LMS 10000, 10001) 9
=25th - LNER A3 4-6-2 9


7mm Scale

Due to the very low number of votes this poll produced inconclusive information and so is not included here. It is likely that next year the poll will be limited to 2mm and 4mm scales.


In closing this report, my thanks go to Graham Plowman of GPP Software for the excellent work he does in organising the voting. Despite warnings that the software was super secure, Graham tells me that seven people tried to circumvent the precautions in order to vote a second time. Their votes were removed. My thanks also go to Brian Macdermott and 'The Team' who will be taking over the co-ordination next year and have been advising with this year's poll. We are also grateful to the model railway magazines who give us support by helping to promote the poll - only one of the leading magazines continues to disassociate itself from it but we hope to win them over in the end. Thanks to all those who voted and, finally, a big 'thank you' to the manufacturers who continue to listen to our wishes and make the models we want and the retailers who stock them.