Easton, Isle of Portland

[Mick Bonwick]

5 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

For the first 45 secs of that video I thought the loco is very loud for one that's not moving.

 

Then a diesel appears, though from the sound I was expecting a steam loco.

 

Confused of Cornwall.

 

 

In England we call it a joke.

[Stubby47]

 

So, about that patient count, how are we doing ?

Edited May 21, 2021 by Stubby47

[john new]

18 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:

Some of my stock is sound fitted.

 

 

15 empties and a brake; I wonder what the load limit would have been for a D65er/33 coming up the bank?

 

EDIT: And more importantly the permitted load for adequate braking ability going back down the bank with a tail load filled with stone.

 

Edited May 22, 2021 by john new
As above.

[Tony Teague]

16 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

For the first 45 secs of that video I thought the loco is very loud for one that's not moving.

 

Then a diesel appears, though from the sound I was expecting a steam loco.

 

 

I just thought it was from that time in the '70's when they did coal-firing experiments on diesels:

 

[Stubby47]

Well, I'm seriously considering not playing any more.

Piggin' winding people up with mismatched loco noises, it's just not on, this is supposed to be a serious modelling forum.

I've a good mind to start posting pithy comments on here, just to get my own back.

[Mick Bonwick]

11 hours ago, john new said:

15 empties and a brake; I wonder what the load limit would have been for a D65er/33 coming up the bank?

 

EDIT: And more importantly the permitted load for adequate braking ability going back down the bank with a tail load filled with stone.

 

 

In steam days it was 10 empties uphill and five full 'uns downhill, brake at both ends. Can't see any reason for it to have differed in diesel days, had there been any.

[Mick Bonwick]

36 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

 just to get my own back.

 

If you ever want to avoid that, don't face into the wind.

[Stubby47]

42 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

 

If you ever want to avoid that, don't face into the wind.

Sure facing into the wind would be correct, facing with your back to the wind would be more troublesome...

[Oldddudders]

4 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

Sure facing into the wind would be correct, facing with your back to the wind would be more troublesome...

Plenty of scope for trying it here in recent days. 75 kph on Thursday at times, and 60 kph this afternoon. But bright, warm sun at times. 

[Mick Bonwick]

Today has just been about playing trains. I was going to do some more with platforms, but first had to clear some space and in order to do that had to move a couple of trains back to the fiddle yard. That's as far as the platform idea went!

 

By driving trains around I realised that I had a very small area in which I could take some decent photographs, and proceeded to stage some shots with the previously mentioned scenic testers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mick Bonwick]

When you take a photograph of something that has been tucked away in a corner for a while, make sure you check for spiders' webs first.

 

 

 

[KNP]

Will do...

[ian]

But sir, taking a photo is the best way to find everything that you miss with the Mk.1 eyeball!

[bgman]

16 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:

make sure you check for spiders' webs first.

 

Alternatively just let them weave their little webs, spray with varnish then "flock" it ! 

[Oldddudders]

16 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:

When you take a photograph of something that has been tucked away in a corner for a while, make sure you check for spiders' webs first.

But surely I recall a spider's web being heralded as a 'feature' in a Pendon scene?

[Mick Bonwick]

24 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

But surely I recall a spider's web being heralded as a 'feature' in a Pendon scene?

 

Pendon scenes have many features. When photographers are due, the scenes are dutifully inspected. Some are dealt with and others are left to chance. 

[Mick Bonwick]

For want of something better to do, I've just been through all of my Pendon photographs, checking for cobwebs captured within. It seems that 21st October 2016 was a particularly bad day, with 24 of my 118 shots revealing evidende of a spider presence somewhere. Other days have nowhere as many, if at all. As you can imagine, there is a great deal of opportunity for spiders in such a large area, but I have never yet seen any evidence of them having caught anything. That could be because the team involved are good at finding and disposing, though.

[Oldddudders]

Just now, Mick Bonwick said:

For want of something better to do, I've just been through all of my Pendon photographs, checking for cobwebs captured within. It seems that 21st October 2016 was a particularly bad day, with 24 of my 118 shots revealing evidende of a spider presence somewhere. Other days have nowhere as many, if at all. As you can imagine, there is a great deal of opportunity for spiders in such a large area, but I have never yet seen any evidence of them having caught anything. That could be because the team involved are good at finding and disposing, though.

Very sorry to have wasted half your day on such an unimportant task!

[Mick Bonwick]

No need for apologies at all. I welcome the opportunity to look back at photographs because it reminds me of things I might otherwise have forgotten about. Like cobwebs.

[Mick Bonwick]

For those of you who have 20 minutes to spare, there is a good way of spending it here:

 

https://pendonmuseum.com/tours/vale-scene

[Mick Bonwick]

Where's the nearest bridge?

 

[Stubby47]

54 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

Where's the nearest bridge?

 

 

It's behind you !!

[Mikkel]

4 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:

As you can imagine, there is a great deal of opportunity for spiders in such a large area, but I have never yet seen any evidence of them having caught anything.

 

I caught one hanging out in my goods shed once. Looks harmless but they can be quite sadistic. Ever heard of fly shunting?  

 

[Mick Bonwick]

The sleeper-grimed track is now being beige-browned. I'm still referring to the coloured illustrations on the back covers of Brian Jackson's books.

 

 

This afternoon I took a photograph of the photographs and was thus able to enlarge the images a little, and was surprised at how much more detail became visible.

 

 

 

Yes. I know they're Panniers. Or, to be more accurate, a Pannier.

 

 

 

[MrWolf]

On 24/05/2021 at 15:25, Mick Bonwick said:

Where's the nearest bridge?

 

 

As that bus is: A. Pre 1975, B. Railway company property, parking it in the middle of a bridge wouldn't constitute a dive bomb-able offence. It would probably be classified as "predictable" or "a bit naff".