RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted August 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Chris Williamson said: Are you looking for this by any chance? Hi Chris, hope you're well. Yes, that's the one, no idea where it is but I have it somewhere! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share Posted August 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said: Hi Chris, hope you're well. Yes, that's the one, no idea where it is but I have it somewhere! Classic issue :-) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 I remember seeing that incredible layout at the MMRS exhibition in the Corn Exchange in either December 1964 or 65. I'm sure that model first sparked my interest in the IMR which, eventually, led to me moving here. Ray. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Williamson Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 23 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Hi Chris, hope you're well. Yes, that's the one, no idea where it is but I have it somewhere! All well here thanks Neil. Trust all is well with you. The big railway outdoors is surveyed and the route provisionally approved by the Domestic Authorities here. But I'm stalled awaiting a friendly Gobbag who's promised to help with the significant groundworks. He has the necessary skills as well as the tools (principally a cement mixer) and, having reflected, I though it best to await his assistance rather than my attempting to developing the skills at the expense of the finished job. Slow progress continues to be made on my indoor project as documented elsewhere in Narrow Gauge Modelling. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Williamson Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 19 hours ago, Marshall5 said: I remember seeing that incredible layout at the MMRS exhibition in the Corn Exchange in either December 1964 or 65. I'm sure that model first sparked my interest in the IMR which, eventually, led to me moving here. Ray. My father took me to see it too. I think it was 1965 or possibly even 1966, though I only have the vaguest recollection of anything about it other than the sheer number of people there. Doubtless he had some difficulty explaining why Close Mooar Crossing and Crosby weren't to be seen. I'd forgotten the show used to be at the Corn Exchange. I have clearer recollections of going to the UMIST Sackville Street building in later years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 “The Peel Engine” of Manx mythology. No6 Peveril joins the fleet and is out on test with one of the first trains of the winter timetable. Once the tourists have gone, just a single coach is often sufficient for late 1950’s traffic. I’ve left the Oxford/IOM Transport plastic dome on this one, as it looks scruffier than the brass ones. Subtle alteration to the chimney top as well. The intention is to fit the small snowploughs that were such a feature of the Manx locos in winter, plus some steam heating pipe work maybe. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 Busy in Peel! The pre WW2 stock is in action. No4 Loch is based out in Peel, working chimney first into Douglas, No13 Kissack has the afternoon train and No15 Caledonia looks ready to run up to Knockaloe Internment Camp with supplies and a couple of empty H wagons. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted September 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2021 On 26/08/2021 at 17:53, Chris Williamson said: All well here thanks Neil. Trust all is well with you. The big railway outdoors is surveyed and the route provisionally approved by the Domestic Authorities here. But I'm stalled awaiting a friendly Gobbag who's promised to help with the significant groundworks. He has the necessary skills as well as the tools (principally a cement mixer) and, having reflected, I though it best to await his assistance rather than my attempting to developing the skills at the expense of the finished job. Slow progress continues to be made on my indoor project as documented elsewhere in Narrow Gauge Modelling. Sorry, I missed your reply at the time, Chris! All good thanks (age/arthritis related bits dropping off excepted) and enjoying retirement! i await photos with bated breath! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 This one (1!) was unplanned, but has turned out okay I think. Awaiting lining out and sporting hand mixed Indian Red livery “Sutherland” has made it to Peel 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 No1 now lined numbered and named. that’s it now, not doing any more, except No14 maybe :-) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) “Ease up!” Ivo captures the scene at Peel, Isle of Man, as No1 Sutherland couples on to the first afternoon train towards St.John’s and Douglas. The smell of smoke, steam, kippers and a fresh late autumn breeze combine to add to the sight of the train at Mill Road crossing Edited October 24, 2021 by Mike Buttell 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 Intruder alert! Manx Northern Sharp Stewart No1 “Ramsey” on a works train at Peel. IMR No13 “Kissack” in the background. One of the MNR sharpies is recorded as having gone south to Port Erin in 1911, so that gives me all the licence I need. This loco is a static model, using one of the spare Oxford Diecast plastic chassis. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 Rare to see a double header in Peel (Isle of Man Railway) in December, but the Steam Packet sailing has arrived into Peel Harbour due to gale force winds, and Numbers 13 Kissack and 4 Loch prepare to battle the elements into Douglas with the diverted passengers 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) Set at Sulby Bridge Railway Station on the old Manx Northern line, during the 1930’s No 4 Loch on the way down to Ramsey passing No15 Caledonia. The crew of the Caley demonstrate just how big the snow drifts they have just cleared were, with no exaggeration at all, well perhaps just some, maybe, possibly, probably. Edited December 19, 2021 by Mike Buttell 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted December 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2021 Beautiful work......I can smell the kippers!! Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 “We’ve had to disturb Mr Sheard’s Christmas Dinner, he says we can take you, the sleigh and presents in an open wagon. But if we need to put on a cattle van for the reindeer it’ll be an extra three pounds and it won’t be one of the good vans like last year.” “He says it’s not his fault you got stuck in the pub.” 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted December 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2021 Peel? Never heard of it. Is it out West somewhere? Nice work Mike! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) No1 Sutherland is set to take the 14:30 up to St.John’s where it will join the the Douglas bound train from Ramsey. The Post Office van has just offloaded the mail bags into the luggage end of the brake coach. The smell of kippers will no doubt linger inside the coach for at least a few days or more likely forever Edited January 14, 2022 by Mike Buttell 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Ahh, Manx kippers! If only I had some in stock for breakfast this weekend. Loving this layout, keep up the good work! Mol 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 There are not very many pictures of the Knockaloe branch (I’ve only ever seen the same three) so this is an imagining of what one of the 16 trains a day might have looked like as it made its way back into Peel from the camp. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) The generic Peco industrial town backscene is history. A trip out to Kipperopolis last week with the camera to take photos of the backs of the houses along Glenfaba road, followed by some time photoshopping out satellite dishes, some of the smaller building extensions and skylights etc and some Toning down of the colours has made for a more realistic version of Peel to overlook the station. No8 Fenella waits to charge uphill to St. John’s Edited January 23, 2022 by Mike Buttell 12 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 The discussion outside the Peel loco shed concerns the prospects of Phil Read on the Gilera beating Mike the Bike on his MV in the 1963 Senior TT. “As much chance as 16 making it back up the hill to St.John’s” teases the driver of the Donegal Railcars, who is busy tending to the needs of his own motor cycle. “There’s life in the old girl yet” is the reply, and there is, …..just 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 Isle of Man No1 “Sutherland” pulls up the gradient from Peel. Just the half brake is more than sufficient for passengers on a cold February day. For this trip the coach only has the train guard in it, but the van behind is full to the roof with boxes of Kippers. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Into the Ailsa Era, and No8 Fenella, (surely the prettiest peacock) coasts into Peel with three behind. Sporting the white discs that no one seems to have any idea what they signify. The station staff look on bemused 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I've just found this thread. What a nostalgia fest for me! As a family we had many happy holidays in the Isle of Man in the 60s and 70s, and the railway was always a part of them. I remember once being at Port Erin station when the railcars were departing. Suddenly one of them let out a huge billow of black clag and rolled to a halt making a noise like someone shaking a bucket of spanners. They had to get a steamer to tow it back to the station. I did wonder later why the other railcar couldn't take over, but maybe it was just being used as an unpowered trailer anyway. Will follow this with a happy smile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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