w124bob Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) An interesting Youtube clip with 03 D2051 seen pristine green with double arrows. Edited March 11, 2018 by w124bob 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2018 An excellent film Sadly 2051 sits about 800 yds from me a a source of spares ,owned by a mate it he reckons better as spares than restoration project Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted March 11, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 11, 2018 Evocative film. The line is now a cycle trail, recommended and I biked most of it 20+ years ago, easy downhill but steep pull to Ravenscar from Whitby! Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2018 About 10 years ago I got the chance to ride the section from ravenscar to Robin Hood's bay officially in a land Rover discovery. This would be about the closest you can get nowadays to a train . What a scenic bit of railway this used to be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted March 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2018 Interesting video, thanks for sharing. Did you notice how they were using that circular saw? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Did anyone else think the narrator sounded like Alan Bennett? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted March 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2018 Interesting video, thanks for sharing. Did you notice how they were using that circular saw? It looked quite 'armless to me.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted March 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2018 That run for the demolition bidders was organised by Alan (RA) Smith (The builder of Lydney and other 3mm layouts). he explained the process at one of our Leeds MRS Club presentation evenings. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 13, 2018 Not sure I'd have been too keen going through ravenscar tunnel with that when nothing had been through for two years I ended up walking through that several years ago in a suit and glass of champagne while at a wedding at raven hall 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waggy Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Walked from Hayburn Wkye to Robin Hoods Bay back in the late 60's i think it was 1968, it was organised by my school geography teacher, he was a Railway enthusiast and often included disused lines. The track had been lifted as far as Ravenscar, i bought a colour postcard from the shop in the square of a DMU leaving the tunnel, think i might still have it somewhere, i remember walking through the tunnel and looking at the remains of the Alum Workings, i can't remember Fyling Hall Station which my school started to rent from British Railways a year or so later , the rent was £104 a year. We had some free time at Robin Hoods Bay and i decided to have a look round the station, a couple of my mates started swinging on the chain from a water tower, a door flew open and a man started shouting something like Clear off. The railway might be closed but i'm still the Stationmaster here. so that was the end of my look around. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Can anyone identify the brake van type(s) on the "Scrappie Special" please? Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2021 38 minutes ago, MarkC said: Can anyone identify the brake van type(s) on the "Scrappie Special" please? Mark If you can hang on a bit I can ask the man in charge of the train.. Alan Smith (the man who built Lydney in TT many moons ago) if he can remember. Off my own memory I am sure it was a standard BR 16T brake van (from the video) Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Barry O said: If you can hang on a bit I can ask the man in charge of the train.. Alan Smith (the man who built Lydney in TT many moons ago) if he can remember. Off my own memory I am sure it was a standard BR 16T brake van (from the video) Baz Thanks, Baz. That would be much appreciated. All information about the line and its workings always gratefully received here Cheers, Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP Steve Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 18 hours ago, MarkC said: Can anyone identify the brake van type(s) on the "Scrappie Special" please? Mark The one immediately behind the loco would appear to be a LNER Toad D (Diagrams 61 and some 158s). At 6.55 the film shows the buffers of both the loco and brake van and this features a flat steel plate rather than a hand rail / concrete weight with which the BR Standard brakes were equipped. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 29 minutes ago, SP Steve said: The one immediately behind the loco would appear to be a LNER Toad D (Diagrams 61 and some 158s). At 6.55 the film shows the buffers of both the loco and brake van and this features a flat steel plate rather than a hand rail / concrete weight with which the BR Standard brakes were equipped. Brilliant. Thank you. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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