Peterborough North

[manna]

G'day Gents

 

I can see it now, Gilbert, polishing his little Dante, trying to get it to the same finish............

 

manna

[great northern]

G'day Gents

 

I can see it now, Gilbert, polishing his little Dante, trying to get it to the same finish............

 

manna

Funny you should say that, as the train hot on the heels of the Claud was this.

which on closer inspection turns out to have been hauled by

That photo was taken yesterday, I assure you.

[great northern]

What shall we have today? How about another Claud shot to start with?

I've been doing a bit of research, and established that by Feb 59 just 14 D16s remained. Bad news, but of those 14, half were allocated to March, Kings Lynn and Spital Bridge, so you were more likely to see one, or more, in the Peterborough area than just about anywhere else.

 

The next shot is way out of order, but also not on the sequence, so as you have all been very good lately, I'll post it now. The signalman has a nine minute margin before the next scheduled movement on the Down main, and so can let this line of locomotives. their day's work done, hurry through on their way back to New England. Pure GN.

Please forgive me incorrect lamps, and the occasional failure to see that things aren't railed up properly. My vision is not good at present.

[New Haven Neil]

As you have been good too, Gilbert, we will allow that!

 

Cracking shot.  The Claude too, rapidly becoming an all time favourite.  Almost. You know why.....

[trw1089]

Pure GN, pure magic!

[Liam]

What shall we have today? How about another Claud shot to start with?

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I've been doing a bit of research, and established that by Feb 59 just 14 D16s remained. Bad news, but of those 14, half were allocated to March, Kings Lynn and Spital Bridge, so you were more likely to see one, or more, in the Peterborough area than just about anywhere else.

 

The next shot is way out of order, but also not on the sequence, so as you have all been very good lately, I'll post it now. The signalman has a nine minute margin before the next scheduled movement on the Down main, and so can let this line of locomotives. their day's work done, hurry through on their way back to New England. Pure GN.

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Please forgive me incorrect lamps, and the occasional failure to see that things aren't railed up properly. My vision is not good at present.

That photo reminds me of some video footage I saw of the Lickey Incline, c. 1962. Swindon provided Bromsgrove shed with about six 84xx's for banking on the Lickey, and a 9F hauled freight, or perhaps oil train, was making great progress up the bank thanks to four of the 84XXs, which once at the top were sent down again in convoy as they were badly needed back at base.

[great northern]

Shall we have another picture? Dante is now a little closer.

It does help to have some stock over to the right like this, but in real life it doesn't occur that often.

[great northern]

First up tonight we see the other side of Dante.

and now I look at it again, I realise I should have cropped it a lot more heavily on the left side. While our backs were turned, the stock for the 8.52pm Grimsby sneaked in. Not much demand is anticipated for this so four coaches will suffice, and it should be an easy job for the J11.

[great northern]

We haven't had an under the roof shot for a while.

and then the camera spied the Claud again, and insisted on another portrait. And who could blame it?

[trw1089]

I do like that J11 in yesterday evenings shots, they were a very brutish looking loco from that angle.

 

Cheers

Tony

[Fenman]

...

and then the camera spied the Claud again, and insisted on another portrait. And who could blame it?

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You've done us proud for Claud shots. Wonderfully evocative images of a beautiful design.

 

If you run out of requests, can I greedily add that more M&GN shots would always be most welcome?

 

Paul

[Mallard60022]

 

W. T. Pooh

[great northern]

A day on which I nearly had to be scraped off the ceiling. Went to Chiropractor, who decided to do a bit of acupuncture on my dodgy knee. First needle, no problem, second, ditto, but the third, agony. Now we know where the seat of the problem lies, but I wish there had been a less painful way to find out. More trains, or more of the same ones. Dante again, having emerged back into the light.

You will notice that Platform 4 is empty, but now

it isn't, as a few minutes have passed between shots. Another nicely proportioned pre grouping design.

[great northern]

We have a lovely fine mild morning, so I shall go and persuade my knee that golf is good for it, as the Doctor assures me it will be. First though, positively the last picture of Dante.

Another that seemed better suited to the black and white treatment. Then we had the arrival of a Boston - Stanground sidings (Peterborough East) Class F. Boston had plenty of J6s, and have used one on this duty today.

This is another loco that my uncle Tom will certainly have driven, and which I remember seeing on my Sunday visits to Boston shed with him back in the mid 50s. How lucky I was, without realising it at the time.

[New Haven Neil]

I hop Dante's Inferno in your knee has been quenched, Gilbert.

 

J11 - MMmmmnice.

[dashnieuil]

Gilbert, I have been following PN for some time now and am impressed by your modelling and photographic skills; also by the patience you must have photo-shopping so many of the scenes. 

 

Apropos your mobility problem, or lack of, mentioned in previous posts (sorry for the late comment - just returned home from abroad -UK- and catching up.) Here is a solution which works for me. Heavy duty plant pot or furniture skates - I use them for moving round under the layout either kneeling or sitting and for access to the window bay on one side of the layout.

There is no name for my layout yet but it is a freelance folded figure eight dog bone. This evolved because having broken my back 6 years ago the original duck under was too awkward to negotiate even with a generous 40" clearance.

 

Best regards

Dan Horan

aka dashnieuil

Edited March 14, 2017 by dashnieuil

[great northern]

Gilbert, I have been following PN for some time now and am impressed by your modelling and photographic skills; also by the patience you must have photo-shopping so many of the scenes. 

 

Apropos your mobility problem, or lack of, mentioned in previous posts (sorry for the late comment - just returned home from abroad -UK- and catching up.) Here is a solution which works for me. Heavy duty plant pot or furniture skates - I use them for moving round under the layout either kneeling or sitting and for access to the window bay on one side of the layout.

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There is no name for my layout yet but it is a freelance folded figure eight dog bone. This evolved because having broken my back 6 years ago the original duck under was too awkward to negotiate even with a generous 40" clearance.

DSCN5237.JPG

 

Best regards

Dan Horan

aka dashnieuil

Thank you. What an excellent idea. I shall adopt it, as my knees don't like the crawling at the best of times.

[great northern]

 I thought some of our viewers might like a close up of that J6.

and after it cleared the section, Top shed's A2 Happy knight followed with a Fridays only Up Bradford express.

[great northern]

This morning we continue to follow the progress of Happy Knight, although of course at PN it is getting on for 9.00pm.

The J11 will be off to Grimsby in a few minutes.

and 60533 is then seen from the other side, as the light begins to fade.

[Liam]

I wonder what those Southern PMVs are doing in the bay platform?

[New Haven Neil]

Happy Knight was my retirement present loco!  The team were wishing me something, I think.

[TrevorP1]

I wonder what those Southern PMVs are doing in the bay platform?

Southern PMVs got everywhere eventually, even Scotland!

[Liam]

Yes, I've seen pictures of them on the Kyle of Lochalsh line. I understand Thompson/Gresley BGs also travelled around, so I'm going to include one in a pigeon special I'm planning for my new layout.

[great northern]

Yes, I've seen pictures of them on the Kyle of Lochalsh line. I understand Thompson/Gresley BGs also travelled around, so I'm going to include one in a pigeon special I'm planning for my new layout.

There are several specified in the official formations book for 1958, so they have to be included, but yes, in any event they did seem to get everywhere.

[great northern]

Not much to report today, really, still hobbling about, but I'm off for some physio tomorrow, so hopeeully there will be improvement. Tonight's offerings are some more views of that GN cavalcade heading for home at the end of the working day. As the previously featured J6 is passing on the Up, you get even more GN flavour this time.