Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Just twigged; that's what East Coast followers mean by a "streak"..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Blimey if that's Mrs. Mallard, I'm surprised you have enough steam in the chest to keep yup the required pace! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 30, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2014 I would have thought that it was perfectly clear that the unfortunate young lady just got a bit too close to the running lines, and the draught created by 60022 speeding by blew off all her clothes. Goodness knows how long Mr Duck had to trawl the internet to find that photo, no wonder he never gets any modelling done. Or was he perhaps the photographer himself? Why is there no "lecherous" emoticon? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Mr. Duck allegedly tried to engage the naked lady in a conversation about Gresley, but she was reluctant to discuss conjugated motion, merely saying he should see a doctor if the symptoms persist, and flatly refused to be drawn on the subject of his middle big end..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 his middle big end..... I heard it had a tendency to overwork at high speed and could suddenly leak uncontrollably...... Now look what you've done, Phil. Gilbert, cuff this thread about the head and bring it back on topic before we all get Moderated! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Hang on I thought Thompson was supposed to have solved all the problems caused by Gresley's reciprocating valve gear? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I think you may find Mr Duck is quite unreconstructed..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 31, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2014 Apologies. I usually only disrupt A Nod to Brent. If that was Mrs Mallard, rest assured, I'd not be posting on here at any time. This is Mrs Mallard; looks remarkably like Mallard. She has just finished shopping at 36A and is about to run back to 36E. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Apologies. I usually only disrupt A Nod to Brent. If that was Mrs Mallard, rest assured, I'd not be posting on here at any time. This is Mrs Mallard; looks remarkably like Mallard. She has just finished shopping at 36A and is about to run back to 36E. Mallard.jpg P Phil it was clearly a case of Mis-information on my part and I bow to your superior knowledge of Mrs Mallard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Phew, back to railways again. No more palpitations..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 31, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2014 Yes, let's not upset Gilbert by dragging spotters into the thread..... oh, well, maybe these are OK? ...and the last one in anticipation of a pending new arrival (I think?) Happy times. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 31, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2014 I forgot this one; it's the Buffet scene when one of Gilbert's mates was found to have fudged a Scottish A2...... ...no hiding place for fudgers at PN in 1958. You will be pleased to hear that no damage was done to cakes during this awful incident and that G's mate was forgiven but not allowed on the next Shed bash..... P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 My word Phil, what a right Carry On. :jester: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted August 1, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) I've missed out on most of this frivolity, as the PC has been covered up while decorating is in progress, but I'm back in business over the weekend. No further comment on Mr Duck's motions, but I will respond to the questions about a C1. Being somewhat serious for once, I find it hard to contemplate not acquiring a model of one of the most iconic ECML classes. Nothing to do with locoholism, and I know full well that I can't justify one if I stick to my 1958ish plans, but I really do feel that I should have an example of this very famous class now that one is to be available, and of course if I get one I shall have to run it. We come then to the big question, which one? 251 on running in turns for a surprisingly unreported 1958 railtour? Or the black one, which like my J3 has somehow escaped the cutter's torch? And the apple green one will look absolutely lovely. Did some wealthy enthusiast get one put together from all the various parts littered round the Plant, and decide to have it in that livery? He would also have to live in or near Peterborough, and somehow get it used on local trains. This is where locoholism rears its head again. Write 1000 times, I must not order all three, I must not order all three............... Edited August 1, 2014 by great northern Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2014 I've missed out on most of this frivolity, as the PC has been covered up while decorating is in progress, but I'm back in business over the weekend. No further comment on Mr Duck's motions, but I will respond to the questions about a C1. Being somewhat serious for once, I find it hard to contemplate not acquiring a model of one of the most iconic ECML classes. Nothing to do with locoholism, and I know full well that I can't justify one if I stick to my 1958ish plans, but I really do feel that I should have an example of this very famous class now that one is to be available, and of course if I get one I shall have to run it. We come then to the big question, which one? 251 on running in turns for a surprisingly unreported 1958 railtour? Or the black one, which like my J3 has somehow escaped the cutter's torch? And the apple green one will look absolutely lovely. Did some wealthy enthusiast get one put together from all the various parts littered round the Plant, and decide to have it in that livery? He would also have to live in or near Peterborough, and somehow get it used on local trains. This is where locoholism rears its head again. Write 1000 times, I must not order all three, I must not order all three............... I have, and I don't even model the East Coast (the NRM 'Exclusives' are my one model railway 'off piste' collecting indulgence, and 251 is booked already as a [the?] Christmas present from Mrs Stationmaster, which helps a lot!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrg1 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 62822 or even 62818 would be quite appropriate as they lasted until the turn of the fifties. 62822 was a Lincolnshire local, based in Grantham and regularly seen in Boston, Skegness and south Lincolnshire-it certainly would not look out of place in Peterborough. 62818 worked into Lincoln from Sheffield, and that is near enough, in my opinion to justify it's presence in Peterborough. Let's look forward to the models appearing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted August 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 2, 2014 What year was the 'Plant Centenarian'? Not too far away for GNR preserved livery surely, Gilbert? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 1953. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted August 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 2, 2014 Ah yes, a vintage year. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Ah yes, a vintage year. P Not in every way, Phil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted August 2, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 2, 2014 Ah yes, a vintage year. P Not in every way, Phil. This is all a bit cryptic gentlemen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted August 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 2, 2014 Birth year? I find '59 a fine vintage personally! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted August 3, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2014 To clarify matters, 1959 was when I was shedded at 83D and in Class 1N (N = numpties) at DHS for Boys (next to Devonport Kings Road BRSR; 30183 Yard Pilot) and my train spotting started in earnest. Sadly it was also the year that the Warships and Bog Carts began to invade....pah! Not quite sure what else Cutler was intimating unless it was when 'other things' began to distract him from railways or his fave loco was scrapped? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 To clarify matters, 1959 was when I was shedded at 83D and in Class 1N (N = numpties) at DHS for Boys (next to Devonport Kings Road BRSR; 30183 Yard Pilot) and my train spotting started in earnest. Sadly it was also the year that the Warships and Bog Carts began to invade....pah! Not quite sure what else Cutler was intimating unless it was when 'other things' began to distract him from railways or his fave loco was scrapped? P I assumed that you were implying it was your year of Birth Phil, did not realise you were nearly as Old as me another Gentleman who posts on this topic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted August 4, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4, 2014 1947 mate. I just saw pre Nationalisation GWR and LSWR stuff at Devonport Junction according to my late Dad. In 1953 was when I first remember going up to Consett by train from Plymouth. However I can't remember the route but I am fairly sure it was via Bristol. P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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