RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2019 25 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Like a cat just back from the cattery, I'm going around putting my mark on all my favourite places - so they show up in "Content I Posted In". Sheep are intelligent enough to know a fine is no penalty to the penniless, so since they haven't a shilling let alone forty, they'll ignore Mr Wilkinson's cast sign if it suits them. The lettering looks raised - is it etched or another clever piece of trompe l'oeil? Mmm, come to think of it, I've never known a sheep to carry any money... If anything the black is raised, it's simply printed on thick paper. I tried using a photo but it never really worked so typed it out in Page Plus. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmditch Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I read one of Mr Essery's books on the LMS over the weekend. In 1929 the LMS carried more sheep than cattle. I must now try to research the numbers for the NER/LNER. Might a cattle wagon or two have had to be hauled up the incline? Or perhaps the sight of one would prompt all your sheep to run and hide. After all what sensible sheep wants to go to market? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2019 No, vans, other than the brake vans were allowed on the branch, they wouldn't fit under the brake drum. It was a big job to get locos and the brake vans up and down around the outside of it so they stayed up there as long as possible between works visits, they could sort most problems at the shed. Sometimes it went wrong... 8 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted February 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 28/01/2019 at 22:57, Worsdell forever said: And the distance post, the very end of the line. I wondered what those were, I saw one on a station platform on the Cinder Track. Was one on a station the position of its official mileage in NER documents? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 5, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2019 52 minutes ago, TheSignalEngineer said: I wondered what those were, I saw one on a station platform on the Cinder Track. Was one on a station the position of its official mileage in NER documents? There were Zero posts where the measurements started, Mile, quarter, half and three quarter posts and Distance Point posts at the centre of stations and at the termination of a line, that might be at the end of the rails like here or at a junction. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 12, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2019 Next bit of detailing needs one of these, although it probably won't be seen. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 12, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2019 It will eventually go somewhere at the back so might never be seen. 12 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Worsdell forever said: Next bit of detailing needs one of these, although it probably won't be seen. If that is what the poor old fireman has to use to stoke the engines, he will get his fingers singed. Derek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted February 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13, 2019 To delete a post; in the post, click on options then hide. A mod will then remove it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2019 12 hours ago, Mrkirtley800 said: If that is what the poor old fireman has to use to stoke the engines, he will get his fingers singed. Derek Won't shovel anything with that, it being a 'Hay Spade', basically a massive knife. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted February 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2019 'Hay Spade' - Wasn't that a song by The Beatles? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 20 hours ago, Mrkirtley800 said: Thank you dhjg, I am a bit of a numpty with ‘puters Derek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2019 It will fit nicely and it will be seen! Chickens will need to be re-positioned though. 13 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 16, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2019 Hay stack now nicely bedded in and it looks like they're going to make a start cutting some more. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 16, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2019 Forgot the ladder... The next outbuilding is ready to be stuck down. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 16, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2019 I'm not sure I understand what's happening with the hay rick - is it being dismantled? Green grass on the inside, dried on the outside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Hay inside a stack can retain a distinct green shade. Some of mine from last summer is still very green while the outer bales are a very faded yellow. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 17, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Compound2632 said: I'm not sure I understand what's happening with the hay rick - is it being dismantled? Green grass on the inside, dried on the outside. 2 hours ago, jwealleans said: Hay inside a stack can retain a distinct green shade. Some of mine from last summer is still very green while the outer bales are a very faded yellow. Exactly as Jonathan says, it could be quite green inside, the greener it is the more nutrients it's retained, as long as it's dry when stacked/baled. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
51235 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 17/02/2019 at 08:57, Worsdell forever said: Exactly as Jonathan says, it could be quite green inside, the greener it is the more nutrients it's retained, as long as it's dry when stacked/baled. Every day's a school day ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Not wishing to labour the point, but this caught my eye this morning - a stack of bales I put out yesterday for a customer to collect. i know exactly when these were brought in and stacked - June 30th last year - the only time I can ever remember finishing hay before the end of June. The bale bottom right has been on the outside of the stack, the others have come from inside. Even these have faded as they've dried inside the stack - there are more air gaps round bales than there would be within a single stack like Paul's model 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin Streeting Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 they mentioned outside hay storage on a TV programm i saw other day.. and if done right it will stay green inside, wrong usually equals brown, black decay.. they even covered part of it in tactched as per your model, the only thing different was it was not on the ground, but on mushroom shaped stones, with wodden frame.. meenwhile LOVE it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 20, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 hours ago, calvin Streeting said: they mentioned outside hay storage on a TV programm i saw other day.. and if done right it will stay green inside, wrong usually equals brown, black decay.. they even covered part of it in tactched as per your model, the only thing different was it was not on the ground, but on mushroom shaped stones, with wodden frame.. meenwhile LOVE it This sort of thing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staddle_stones Got to get a few jobs done in the next couple of months, we're going to York! https://yorkshow.org.uk/layouts/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin Streeting Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Worsdell forever said: This sort of thing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staddle_stones Got to get a few jobs done in the next couple of months, we're going to York! https://yorkshow.org.uk/layouts/ Yep thats the sort of thing less shed, plus Hay and a reed thatched temp roof to keep water off/out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted March 16, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2019 Work is slowly progressing towards our next outing at York at Easter, a bit of tinkering on the lighting pelmet and there's wagons nearing completion. Up until now information displayed about the layout has been limited to a couple of A4 sheets blue-tacked to the front of the layout, it looked a bit messy and I don't like anything around the layout to be messy when we're on show, at home it's a different story... So I ordered a pull out vertical banner, they're sensibly priced these days so I went for it. 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) You disappeared sharpish today. Went shopping? Nice banner btw. P Edited March 16, 2019 by Porcy Mane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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