Competition time! (CHUMS mag, 1921): “Spot the 12 things wrong with this illustration”, challenges Mr Bassett-Lowke. Well I’ve guessed a paltry 5 in this C.J.Allen drawing and that’s only after reading up on CR loco number 907. I give up. Go on. Your turn. 
Answers 1-5
Answers 6-8
6. The screw link coupling on the front of the locomotive is missing. AND
7. Platforms out of gauge (@doctordunlop)
8. No. on the front buffer beam is incorrect - Caley locos had C.R in that location. (@ethan46441)
6. The screw link coupling on the front of the locomotive is missing. AND
7. Platforms out of gauge (@doctordunlop)
8. No. on the front buffer beam is incorrect - Caley locos had C.R in that location. (@ethan46441)
9. 9. but what's missing is the peculiar Caledonian method of displaying a train's routing as part of the headcode, a pair of white semaphore arms on the smokebox lamp bracket (@glenagalt)
10. Station lamps should be on the inside platform face of the fence
(Oh god it’s 05:35am)
10. Station lamps should be on the inside platform face of the fence
(Oh god it’s 05:35am)
11. Keys are on the inside of the rail, not the outside. ;(@tebee)
12. The splasher is shown with cut-outs as an aesthetic feature but 907 and its class had nonesuch.
12. The splasher is shown with cut-outs as an aesthetic feature but 907 and its class had nonesuch.
Well thank you all who contributed; your winning voucher’s redemption window alas ended in 1921. This kept me occupied for 5 hours of no sleep so than you and now it is time to get up and writes few thousand more words about the railways of Europe. Oh. God.
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