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chris p bacon

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  1. I reckon within a few weeks the outside will have the shape of a J6...😀 Looking forward to seeing it progress Manna.
  2. I’ve got this vision of a building starting off as a bungalow, a couple of evenings work and some plasticard and ‘hey presto’ it’s a modelling room with a large 2 storey house attached 😄
  3. I'm guessing the box of 'LU Grany' biscuits is the equivalent of the buffet car.
  4. Maybe it's 'cash for crash' where the cars all piled into the Allelys lorry......😀 I did wonder if there was a bit of a set up with the twitter vid, as if the incident had just happened then why wasn't there anyone on the lorry or nearby as they always run with a driver and helper. Also the person filming was offering to help but whilst still holding on to his phone.
  5. Was it from the bottom of a German beer glass...😁
  6. It hit the Borders in this mornings post 👍
  7. Especially if one sock is different to the other...🙄
  8. I just logged on and saw the bunting and this was the first topic ….. just for a second I thought ‘he’s not that bad surely’ 😂 Have a happy retirement, I’m told it’s harder than working as you’ve no time.
  9. More likely ignoring it 🙄
  10. Highly unlikely, any painting scheme wouldn’t include the wheel tread as it would have to be cleaned off. looks more like a poor specification, if it wasn’t then it’s extremely poor QC to send these out.
  11. For future ref, A easy way to contact John is to put his name in the post @hayfield this will send a notification to him about this topic. Tynemouth is an interesting prototype, I went there in 1977 aged 15 and thought I'd travelled to the 1950's 😀
  12. Not a problem, I was very sceptical about the working hence looking further into it. It does prove that even when those that were there at the time are adamant that it was only a 4 car set, there are practical obstacles that seem unlikely to have been overcome.
  13. That was my first thought. But I was told it didn't present a problem, but was not ideal. Having worked on the railways in the late 70's/80's it was very common that what wasn't working practice at one place was completely different elsewhere, even within the same district. I was quite sceptical about the working, but conversations with ex railwaymen seemed to prove otherwise. I did try and find some of the train registers for Sandy, but those available did not cover the period or working in question.
  14. They were designed to run in pairs but the article is quite a detailed document. It lists details of the services between KX and Grantham for the period Saturday 5th to Thursday the 10th July 1958, it has not only the locomotive and carriage numbers but also the drivers name. The Quad art sets are described as 'Brake 2nd plus three 2nds' The 16.06 Hitchin to Sandy is described as a '4 car set' with the relevant set number for each day. Having only moved from Sandy a couple of years ago I was certainly interested in this working when I received a copy of the document. My own research of speaking to those who frequented the station at the time as well as ex signalmen & drivers confirms that this working was just a 4 car. I learnt that the working arrived in the down platform then set back so the loco could use the down yard to run round, it then used the Down to Up slow series of slips and diamonds to return to Hitchin. Unfortunately no photographic evidence has come to light. I don't think I'm able to post the complete article here but here is just a short snippet from it. The 16.06 from Hitchin to Sandy provided a short foray along the main line for a four-car articulated suburban set. Three different sets were recorded during the study period. On Wednesday 9th July, the duty was covered by Set No .74, assembled in 1924 from vehicles to a GNR design, which survives in active preservation on the North Norfolk RailwaY. The document is also interesting for me with the information of what vehicles were attached at Sandy such as Horse & livestock.
  15. I've no idea about 1956 but there is an HMRS article for July 1958 which gives details for the 16.06 Hitchin to Sandy. It was a short working utilising a 4 car set which had been worked back to Hitchin as empty stock, for the week it shows sets L78,L74 & L71 being used.
  16. I stand corrected. No idea why I thought that...must be my age...🙄
  17. IIRC it isn't a Paul Craig kit, but the name escapes me at present of who it actually was (Steve Barnfield??)
  18. Andrew does have a note on the axle page Please note that this item might not be restocked, as Markits may be switching production wholly to the slotted type (our code 00SLOTAXLE). I purchased 10 of the slotted ones a couple of weeks ago, very handy for the grub screw on a high level box.
  19. This is typical of eBay bidding and how people don't know the value of what they are purchasing. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275780772284 Today 6 Used Markits axles sold for £17.75 inc postage. Or you can buy 6 (or more) new ones from Andrew at Wizard for £15.42 inc Postage https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/shop/wheels/00axle/ Or the new slotted ones for £15.78 inc postage https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/shop/wheels/00slotaxle/ I know who I'd rather purchase from.
  20. I worked at Royston from 79-83 (on/off) and the decision to stop at Royston was a commercial one. There are a lot of small villages between Royston and Cambridge and Royston picked up the traffic without going to the expense of electrifying to Cambridge. Royston had more 1st class season ticket holders that nearly all other stations combined, as well as one of the largest car parks to cater for commuters who switched from Cambridge/Liv St to Royston/KX. It was finally wired when the GE electrification was extended from Bishops Stortford to Cambridge. The patronage beyond Royston wasn't that great with only a 2 car DMU (Matt Cam) on an hourly service. Whereas each hour to KX there were 2 slow services formed of a 4 car 312 (Ashwell, Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin, Stevenage, Knebworth, Welwyn Nth, WGC, Hatfield, Potters Bar, Finsbury Park & KX) and one fast service with 2 x 4 car 312's (Letchworth, Hitchin, Stevenage, FP & KX). The DMU always connected with the fast, although most patronage was from the all stations. No units were kept in the platform overnight, all incoming electric services went back to Letchworth carriage sidings and the DMU to Coldham lane Cambridge for re-fuelling. (Royston wasn't a crew signing on/off point). The DMU's that were used at Hitchin for the Huntingdon to Hertford North services also returned to Cambridge for re-fuelling (coupled together)
  21. There's no laughing emoji when you need it...🤣...Aaahh there it is..
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