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big jim last won the day on April 25 2019

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  1. A long short job yesterday! Out of a possession at plumley and back to crewe but I got asked ‘can you just’ take it to bescot instead which wasn’t a problem but the train sat outside crewe station for 4.5 hours At the boards at lostock gralam outside crewe station. Handbrake on, taxi to another’s driver house to get my hire car, drove home, sold a car, had dinner then drove back! into bescot some other stuff parked up on the walk back to the cabin back in tomorrow next. Fast show live in Stoke later which I can’t wait for!
  2. Nice little job last night, 805 testing between oxenholme and Carlisle, met it at carnforth after it had already done one trip it was a timing run, not the pantograph testing I thought it was, I had to drive it to Carlisle and get there in 28 minutes! Getting ready to go, waited for a freight in front to get into grayrigg loop before we set off and into Carlisle Class 57 But did I make it in 28 minutes? nope, 28 mins and 4 seconds! ready to head back, worked it all the way to oxley and job done
  3. Its on the track bed of the old potteries line as innerhome mentioned above, I think there might be a set of wheels somewhere nearer to kidsgrove too mad thing is when I saw the thread title I knew it was going to be about this particular smoke box as it annoys me too! edit: from rail map on line, the smoke box is circled and the blue line is the loop line https://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=53.05242&lng=-2.20022&zoom=20.0
  4. yeah, nice short job 196 in nuneaton 66782 on our train and into crewe in tomorrow morning early hours, thought it was oxley to Carlisle and back but it’s actually carnforth to Carlisle and back to oxley, doing the same pantograph test as the other week at alsager but somewhere near Tebay this time not sure what I’ve got next week apart from Sunday which is a possession at plumley
  5. It was top and tail so just a change ends (Aylesbury and risborough)
  6. That’s the multi-storey that’s attached to the shopping precinct with a bridge over the A41 lookjng forward to seeing the vid from our return trip, told my trainee you’d probably be there! today was bescot to Donnington and back with just 4 empty wagons going in uncoupling running round didn’t take long to load so we were early and as the line beyond Wellington is blocked due to a landslide we had the line to ourselves so we went into the station for our break, road learned the route to the pick and mix stall in the market! ran round in crewe where we got the shock of our lives as our CEO John Smith appeared at our side window as we were waiting for the signal to continue the run round, had a brief chat before continuing the run round and coupling up, there are a couple of vids and pics on twitter LSL were testing 60532 “Blue Peter” within their yard and I’ve got to say it’s an absolute stunner, finished in express loco blue, blowing off nicely, managed to get to the end of the ramp and grab a piccie we headed off via Stoke for some reason to Stafford where I was supposed it get off and travel home to crewe due to the turn length but my relief didn’t bring my hire car back from bescot for me so I had to stay on board to go and collect it! DB 66 passing bescot as I got off short job tomorrow Nuneaton to crewe
  7. 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 tomorrow
  8. always seemed so futuristic that unit, exciting to see, think i rode on it once, I certainly cabbed it in derby though! last time I saw it was in the shed at Llandudno jn awaiting its fate, they were cut up in crewe in 2004 according to Wikipedia
  9. 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 tomorrow
  10. there’s nothing I want in there as it’s all 7mm, although I did find a single 4mm ratio security fencing pack and some useable fox hazchem decals im going to split it into lots, seats, signals, doors and windows, scenic items etc, probable list them on the next 80% off fees day as I won’t have time to do it before my current offer ends tomorrow
  11. Thanks all, very useful, I picked them up for £7 a piece which I think is pretty good given the finish on them, they don’t run very freely so will just be siding material on the heritage part of my layout (whenever I get round to starting the scenics!) Ah yes, I can see it now! Couldn’t with mk1 eyeballs but god bless iPhone zoom!
  12. Done a @hayfield today and picked up a load of assorted bits and bobs from a market stall, was labelled £20 the lot, all 7mm stuff, white metal, brass, resin etc seems to be lots of MSE bits to make up signals, there’s posts, ladders, lamps, signal arms, scale link clock etches and canopy boards, DM white metal fencing panels, SD models buffer stops, a few Langley items such as an etched phone box, Southwark bridge models LSWR platform seats x4 and other bits from 10 commandments and slaters to name but a few! cant decide whether to sell it on as job lot or try and split it to smaller lots such as the seats and signalling stuff on its own etc
  13. can anyone identify the wagon types for me as well as possible manufacturers, I picked them up cheap last week as rhey looked well made and finished for the money prototype wise the one with the wagon is a Loriot C if the decal is to be believed but the other which I assume is some sort of glass panel carrier is unbranded manufacturer wise the loriot isn’t marked at all but the other one says A model underneath, both wagons are white metal by the looks of it, certainly no plastic anywhere on either of them
  14. it’s booked via crewe both ways anyway so I’ll get there, just been to Wellington shopping and the station car park is noticeably empty compared to normal so it goes to show how many people use the train into the likes of brum I’ve seen pics of the landslide and it’s pretty much where new Hadley station used to be, the whole area was a derelict wasteland until about 3 years ago, looked like old quarry workings, then surprise surprise it was developed into a housing estate with new roads and paved areas and low and behold a landslide happens!
  15. Only a few from today, crewe to kineton and light loco back to Oxford crewe running round in fenny compton picking the token up for the single line to kineton and into Oxford light loco after dropping the wagons off train home from there, back in on Tuesday next, got a trainee with me for the first time in a while, gt missenden to hinksey for a couple of days, bescot to Donnington and back, nuneaton to crewe and an 805 to Carlisle to round the week off
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