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More photos at Grantham for this morning. Grantham Class 47 1503 11.00 Newcastle to Kings X May 72 J2924 Grantham Class 31 5674 iron ore from Belvoir Junction May 72 J2927 Grantham Class 55 up 14.10 Newcastle to Kings X Oct 73 C1422 Grantham Class 47 Newcastle to Kings X Jan 77 J5621 Grantham Class 40 40007 up parcels May 82 C5657 David53 points
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Selside and Horton in Ribblesdale on the Settle and Carlisle in 1965-1973. Selside LMS Jubilee up Waverley Edinburgh to St Pancras Aug 65 J248 Selside LMS Class 5 down goods Aug 65 J250 Selside Class 112 down pass Skipton to Carlisle Dec 66 J715 Horton in Ribblesdale Station name board and signs Sept 66 J629 Horton in Ribblesdale LMS Class 5 44824 down mineral April 67 J0862 Horton in Ribblesdale Class 47 up goods going away Aug 73 J3358 David51 points
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Next we are between Trent and Loughborough on the Midland at Ratcliffe on Soar. Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 St Pancras to Sheffield Mar 75 J4151 Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 up Mar 75 J4154 Ratcliffe on Soar Class 47 up fly ash May 75 J4317 Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 up June 76 J5298 Ratcliffe on Soar Class 116 dmu up June 76 J529948 points
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Pegswood is on the ECML in Northumberland north of Morpeth. The station is still open, with a train in the morning and evening. Pegswood Class 55 Newcastle to Edinburgh Sept 80 C5198 Pegswood Class 254 down April 81 C5347 Pegswood 56102 Widdrington to Blyth power station 18th April 85 C6826 Pegswood Class 20s 20009 and 20029 down l e 9th Aug 85 C7097 Pegswood Class 254 up 9th Aug 85 C7098 David47 points
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Radford where the lines to Trowell and Mansfield diverge outside Nottingham. Radford 3F 0-6-0T shunting c1952 JVol4112 Radford 3F 43729 up pw train c1951 JVol2238 Radford Concrete sleepers and bullhead rail c1948 JVol1020 Radford Junction Fairburn 2-6-4T and 2P up pass c1950 JVol1103 Radford Junction Jubilee 45694 Bellerophon up ex pass c1951 JVol5029 David45 points
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Some photos at Lolham crossing, north of Peterborough on the ECML from the 1970s. Lolham Class 47 up Feb 72 C0838 Lolham Class 47 1789 down parcels possibly 10.40 Kings X goods to Edinburgh Feb 72 C0841 Lolham Class 55 9001 up 11.05 Bradford to Kings X Feb 72 C0842 Lolham Class 47 down 14.20 Kings X to Leeds Feb 74 C1479 Lolham Class 47 up Feb 74 C1480 Lolham Class 37 up pw train Feb 74 C1484 Loco corrected to Class 37, it is not a 40. David44 points
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Glasgow Central on 2nd March 1984. Glasgow Central 311 103 2nd March 84 C6408 Glasgow Central 311109 and Class 116 set 387 2nd March 84 C6410 Glasgow Central 2nd March 84 C6411 Glasgow Central 86103 Glasgow to Parkeston Quay the European 2nd March 84 C6413 Glasgow Central Class 116 2nd March 84 C6414 David43 points
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Around Trent this teatime in 1976 and 1986. Trent Class 25 parcels towards Nottingham July 76 C2865 Trent 150110 Nottingham to Birmingham 31st May 86 C7547 Trent 151002 Derby to Nottingham 31st May May 86 C7549 going away Trent 58031 up l e 31st May 86 C7612 Trent 47103 down parcels 31st May 86 C7614 David41 points
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The coveted BRMA results are in! It’s been a busy year for everyone with some exceptional quality items which have attracted the recognition of the wider modelling population and they can be allowed a quick look to their laurels. Newer names within the hobby have scored particularly well with their innovation plus strong online information and engagement and the full tables show that mainstream media reports of a decline in the hobby are way off the mark with more producers and more products than ever. N gauge TT & 009 OO gauge O gauge Overall manufacturer of the year Innovation and retailer of the year Layout, Exhibition and Modeller of the year And finally, our occasional Lifetime Achievment award is given to everyone who has been part of Hattons over the years. Congratulations to all and thank you for what you have made available last year! In summary, here's how the overall results looked.40 points
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Another set of photos around Radcliffe on Trent. Radcliffe on Trent Class 104 Grantham to Nottingham Feb 75 J4147 Radcliffe on Trent Class 37 eastbound oil Mar 75 J4183 Radcliffe on Trent Class 47 47155 Parkeston Quay to Manchester Feb 78 J5928 Radcliffe on Trent Class 47 to Skegness 29th May 78 C3860 Radcliffe on Trent 47011 Parkeston Quay to Manchester Aug 78 C410040 points
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Some photos of the Southern in London but not really of the trains. They are Dad's photos. He didn't really like London but Mum was a member of her Union's Executive committee so when she had a meeting he sometimes went with her and spent the day taking photos. London Hungerford Bridge April 74 J3615 London Hungerford bridge April 74 J3616 London Blackfriars and St Pauls Bridge April 74 J3617 London Cannon St Bridge and station April 74 J3618 Waterloo Junction 4CEP Charing Cross to ??? and 4EPB Dartford to Charing Cross March 75 J4188 It's an EPB not a SUB, with thanks to RFS David40 points
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Glued and ballasted in place. I have found it will take quite a few weeks to fully dry giving me the finished colour which I can then match with surrounding areas And all back in place. Now I can park a couple of Panniers, or a tender loco and still leave space….and the pipe from the water tank reaches this siding as well????40 points
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Switzerlandagain today at Herisau. Herisau is in the north east on the Südostbahn line between Rapperswil and St Gallen. It also has the metre gauge Appenzeller Bahnen line from Gossau to Appenzell. The photos are from 1988 and 1990. Some of the photos show Bodensee Toggenburg Bahn trains (BT) this company merged with the Südostbahn after the date of these photos. Herisau BT Tmiv 6 and Tm2/2 1 1st Aug 88 C09957 Herisau BT RBDe4/4 71 Degersheim to St Gallen 1st Aug 88 C09960 Herisau SBB RBe4/4 1433 Romanshorn to Rapperswil 1st Aug 88 C09961 Herisau BT RBDe4/4 75 St Gallen to Degersheim 5th Aug 90 C14807 Herisau SBB Re4/4ii 11153 Romanshorn to Luzern 5th Aug 90 C14811 David38 points
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I was at LFoRM at Ally Pally this weekend on the Junior MRC modular layout. Although we try and operate stock that has been brought in by members I normally dig around in my vintage conversions to have something to run as a standby. This weekend honours were taken by the Airfix Class 31 converted to 'skinhead' type with detailing and flush glazing. This was already good when I got it but I renumbered it as a 'Toffee Apple' 31/0 version and serviced it, it ran faultlessly today and I must say looked fabulous - a good reminder that models don't have to be £200+ superdetail wonders to bring pleasure36 points
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Job done. Light, medium and heavy weathering, using Humbrol 34 matt white. I dip the brush into the paint and then into a small pot of clean thinners, after which I just slosh it all on and wipe it off almost immediately with toilet tissue (the Ian Futers method). By varying the amounts of paint and of thinners I can change the depth of weathering. To get a heavy effect I repeat the whole process before the first coat dries. I suppose I could have weathered the couplings too but that would have risked jamming the whole lot up solid. Our old friend W C Wolseley had had a tip-off, so he chased the complete long clay train, behind 4247, on a trial run to Polperran (St Dennis Junction) and back. Weaving across from the Down Main to the branch platform at Porthmellyn Road At Polperran - you can just see that there's about an inch clearance between the brake van wheels and the Barry slip switches with the loco hard against the Hornby-Dublo stop blocks. On the 1 in 100 climb from Treloggan Junction to St Enodoc 4247, with an adhesive weight of 15 oz, had no difficulty (but if the wagons were loaded?????). On the Up Main after leaving Porthmellyn Road. On Nancegwithey Viaduct, about to enter Tremewan Tunnel. The trial run was successful in all respects, so the full length train will indeed enter service at Saturday's running session. In other news, my Rails/Heljan Metrovick gas turbine 18100 arrived today and it looks very fine. I'll run it in on dc tonight or tomorrow, then fit its chip so that I can show it off on Saturday.35 points
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Some photos in Nottingham on the Midland. Nottingham Class 45 to Manchester Nov 70 C421 Nottingham London Road Junction May 73 J3189 Nottingham London Road Class 120 Class 46 Class 105 Oct 73 J3477 Nottingham Carriage sidings 4472 Flying Scotsman Class 47 Class 20 March 74 C1511 I had permission to be there. Nottingham Class 31 down grain and Class 45 up ecs March 75 J4184 Nottingham Class 120 Crewe to Lincoln and Class 47 Aug 75 J4677 David34 points
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Zell am See in Austria in 1989 and 1991 for this morning. Zell am See 1010 016 Innsbruck to Graz Sept 89 J10183 Zell am See 1041 005 eastbound freight Sept 89 J10187 Zell am See 1044 012 westbound freight Sept 89 J10206 Zell am See 1044 029 eastbound 30th July 91 C16054 Zell am See 1044 047 Innsbruck to Wien West 3rd Aug 91 C16118 David33 points
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Desperate measures this morning, as I pulled all the blinds back to catch what light there was. I was rewarded with occasional brightness, and managed to get quite a few shots, so we can go back to the normal two images. Next in is the 8.05 FO KX-Newcastle, a train composed entirely of end door seconds, topped and tailed by four compartment brakes. It will stop here, and Dominion of Canada has the brakes on as it comes towards Platform 3.33 points
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Back to it today, gt missenden to hinksey top and tail ballast train 66301 in gt missenden, we had to head south a bit to cross over and head back to Aylesbury 66302 at the other end, we were signalled off the platform to allow us to get the back end behind signal to get to princes risborough Back to the other end again And changing again in risborough! Heading north again! Into hinksey where the DB shunter took it off us and put it away Pretty much doing the same again tomorrow33 points
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Obviously exhibitors are all trustworthy as we could walk straight in. of course getting through the bag search upon re entry to my house without my wife noticing I was returning with more boxes than I left with was a trickier task…32 points
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Once again, my website is unavailable, but this time it is thanks to facebook. I don't fully understand this but facebook is indexing my website over and over again (it's a known thing) and has consumed all of my bandwidth for March (and it's only the 13th!) The hosting company wants me to go to a dedicated server which is like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut. The cost of running it would triple from $18 to $48 per month (and that's just the starter offer). I can't afford that and I can't expect donations to cover that either. So, I have added some code to try and kick facebook straight off my pages but I still have consumed all my bandwidth so I cannot see brdatabase being available again until April. I am re-writing the website (it'll make it mobile friendly) and I am hoping to deploy to AWS where I may have more control over things. In the meantime, I am sorry for the incovenience. If you have any urgent queries, drop me a line and I'll look on my local copy for the relevant data.31 points
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Same(ish) again job, started in Aylesbury today though, access was via the carriage sidings Into the station again changing ends in risborough and into hinksey Donnington tomorrow30 points
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The 9F had six minutes to get through the station and out of the way onto the Up slow, which it has done successfully, as signals are clear for Silver King to run through with the Talisman. Dark all day yesterday, and pouring with rain again this morning, so still no more photos taken. Good news though is that I get my screen swopped on Friday, and hopefully get a better colour balance.30 points