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  1. LNERGE

    aaaargh! day at home when my railway is in two bits..

  2. LNERGE

    aaaargh

  3. LNERGE

    Back on the big railway testing points.

    1. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      Points mean prizes..

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Testing points should always be well labelled.

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      Now Mr Point - can you tell us about your relationship with Miss C Lamplock

  4. LNERGE

    During excavations for the new track we found some old benches. This is the second one ready for fettling. The guys who put these in were made of different stuff... https://www.flickr.com/photos/32297024@N08/44537094561/

    1. DavidR

      DavidR

      Sorry, but where exactly is this? No captions.

  5. LNERGE

    My trap point has gained a facing point lock.. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32297024@N08/44517365711/

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    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Some rather expensive trains are going to run over it. For what it costs to install I’d rather it was there than not.

    3. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Nice neat looking job. And of course fpr Simon's info there are plenty of trap points about with FPLS although most of them are inside point machines but there have been mechanical ones on freight only lines in the past - nice to have them when you're running very heavy trains.

    4. St. Simon

      St. Simon

      I see, fair enough!

  6. LNERGE

    It's just like being at work.. Everything is new. I could get used to this. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32297024@N08/43768703264/

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Thanks, nice railway that, too.

    3. locoholic

      locoholic

      Is that the accomodation for the new mainline trains?

    4. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Yes indeed. This is only a small part of the overall scheme.

  7. LNERGE

    A dream in a box.. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32297024@N08/29514746127/ I have spent a lot of time over the years working towards restoring key token working to my railway. Tomorrow is D day. Circuit change starts at 06:30 and Principles Tester booked on from 09:30. If all goes to plan it will be key token working for the first time since 1969.

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    2. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Excellent stuff.

    3. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Signed in at 15:30. Later than planned mainly due to chin wagging and tea drinking.

    4. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      But now I have to dress a point ready for the tamper before I nip home etc.

  8. LNERGE

    More key tokens delivered to be bright nickel plated.

  9. LNERGE

    I'm rather chuffed with my latest toy. A key token circuit over three miles long with an intermediate instrument (soon to be two) with switchable remote operator capable of working at each location.

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    2. locoholic

      locoholic

      Have you considered putting a railway line next to it, as an accessory?

    3. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      It is alongside one of our heritage railways. My own version on NSKT where you can plunge at any one of the four locations on the circuit and get your own key.

    4. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      You can of corse still use it as a conventional circuit with a signalman at each end.

  10. LNERGE

    A point so new the chairs haven't gone rusty. Heritage railway bliss. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32297024@N08/30325478108/

  11. LNERGE

    A point so new the chairs haven't gone rusty. Heritage railway bliss.

  12. LNERGE

    A point so new the chairs haven't gone rusty. Heritage railway bliss.

  13. LNERGE

    A point so new the chairs haven't gone rusty. Heritage railway bliss.

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      It kind of stops being 'preservation' at that point and becomes something else - not a bad thing, though!

  14. LNERGE

    Two more shifts on NR then i'm a Heritage Railway employee (for a few weeks only unfortunately)

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    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Very near

    3. LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004

      LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004

      Which one?

    4. beast66606

      beast66606

      Windy Ham amd beyond

  15. LNERGE

    Just got soaked in a rain shower. Mainly because i way laying down in the garden enjoying it.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      One hopes he didn't tear his clothes off and start dancing....

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      One did just that in my garden. Bloody cold it was too.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Take me dancing

      Naked in the rain...

  16. LNERGE

    I'm quite impressed with the Hornby TTS 08623. I was looking for excuses to not buy it when i discovered it is one of the few 08's i've actually driven.

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    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      As an S&T man i'm rather lucky to have driven as many locos as i have. By driven i mean sat in the seat and pulled the handle. I don't sign any form of traction i've just 'had a go'...

    3. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      The highlight probably being a pair of 37's with around 1700 tons of container train behind.

    4. w124bob

      w124bob

      A Coalville regular back in the early 80's, I've a piccy on Flickr taken at Mantle Lane.

  17. LNERGE

    I've just found an old work phone that i have never downloaded the pictures from... The epic photo i have been searching for for ages... I ordered two bacon and egg rolls.. The chap cracked four double yolk eggs. This was the day before i found out MRS LNERGE was having twins.

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      do not adjust your set...

  18. LNERGE

    Phew. It's out and i didn't let on.

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    2. uax6

      uax6

      Its so small, no-one noticed....

       

    3. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      it's life changing. I should be taking a leave of absence from work to put it all in.

    4. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      Now you're just bragging. .

  19. LNERGE

    You go to a bus station to catch a bus. You go to a railway station to catch a bus cos GTR have lost the ability to run trains.

    1. 11B

      11B

      So have Northern!

    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Add to that taxi. My son has just gone to Cambridge by taxi provided by GTR

  20. LNERGE

    Anybody want a bridge? One careful owner (and several bad ones)http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/192395.aspx

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    2. LNERGE

      LNERGE

      Not in this case. Poor condition of a bridge or the track over it.

    3. locoholic

      locoholic

      Is this the one that has had a speed restriction over it for ages?

    4. berwicksfinest

      berwicksfinest

      Yes thats the one 20mph for ages 5 mph yesterday. 0 today

  21. LNERGE

    10 days off yay. What shall i do? Got point rodding to recover, a semaphore to plant and some general maintenance on a passing loop. Perfect break.

  22. LNERGE

    Two good thunderstorms overnight. The whole household slept through both. Had to resort to the internet to convince everyone i wasn't making it up.

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      We had a brief rumble early yesterday evening but nothing since, unless what woke me up about 5am was one.

  23. LNERGE

    Turns out my new loco i've waited ages for is going to be a right little barford. I think it has square wheels.

  24. LNERGE

    Had my 56 fix this morning... https://www.flickr.com/photos/32297024@N08/39766306550/

  25. LNERGE

    Up nice and early for a walk and 56303 on 6L01.. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32297024@N08/39703901190/

    1. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      Did the earth move for you.....

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