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[westerner]

There is something very atmospheric about those two b&w images. Nice one Gilbert.

Edited April 4, 2019 by westerner

[great northern]

2 hours ago, westerner said:

There is something very atmospheric about those two b&w images. Nice one Gilbert.

Thank you Alan. Kevin mentioned recently on the wonderful Little Muddle thread that he finds that sometimes an image really comes off, without being able to say why it has so much more impact than others. The same applies here, as regards the second one anyway.  I don't know why I felt that b&w would improve it, but it did, and a good deal too. Technically, it isn't bad, quite sharp and acceptable depth of field, but why does this one really hit the spot?  Dunno.

[great northern]

Another competition today, and rather than thinking how I can manage to throw it away again, I am telling myself that if I can get that close to winning without playing well, what will happen when I do? Time will tell.

 

Time for that proper Castle to back down onto its train, and get ready to head off to the East.

 

 

 

and as we all like B17s very much, don't we?, we'll have another view as well.

 

This is another one that came off better than I thought it would, but again I can't put my finger on a reason for it.

[westerner]

Could it be that both of the ones you like have track in the foreground leading the eye to different parts of the image?

[Martin S-C]

On 31/03/2019 at 22:44, great northern said:

I left the underside of the bridge unshopped, as suggested by Andy the other day. Do you think it is an improvement? It certainly saves a lot of fiddling about. Next we see the A3 at rest, having correctly pulled far enough forward to avoid smoke under the roof.

 

Gilbert, if you can find a photograph of a suitable (not necessarily correct) series of railway tracks going into the distance between stock sidings and slide that behind the bridge for photography purposes, from certain angles it may be quite effective. You'd need at least two background boards, I'm thinking, one taken from near eye level and one from a more raised position depending on where you place your camera.

Alternatively, try a mirror there. Somethings they have a remarkable effect at creating distance.

[great northern]

Golf, huh. I underestimated how cold it was going to be, didn't put on enough warm clothing, got frozen, very miserable and lost interest.

 

Then I started photoshopping  stuff I took yesterday. Of six images, two were out of focus, another was nice, but the loco's leading bogie was off the road, and  a fourth wasn't up to much. Here it is, as I have precious little else to offer, and am not a happy bunny.

 

 

[great northern]

Osteopath and garden centre today, in that order, which gives me the opportunity to put my back out again straight away by lifting heavy bags of compost and other stuff. What do you mean "why don't you do it the other way round?".

 

Two more pictures left in store - that V2 again, waiting to set off with the 7.25 to KX.

 

 

 

and yet another view of the DE area, featuring the old GN carriage.

 

 

[great northern]

A lovely evening with a friend. Nothing to do with railways though. Back to golf tomorrow, but with a more supple back and feeling less stressed, so once again we shall see.

 

The 7.35 to Doncaster was a bit delayed while someone rerailed the bogie wheels, but is now ready to depart.

 

 

 

while another WD plods through on its way to Ferme Park.

 

 

[great northern]

Simple pictures this morning. WD under the roof.

 

 

 

and again, but a bit closer.

 

 

 

Little else to report really. Redoing the sequence is going to be an even bigger job than I thought, as I have to do all the loco diagrams again too. This is because someone keeps making me buy more of them.

 

 

 

[Ian Smeeton]

2 hours ago, great northern said:

Simple pictures this morning. WD under the roof.

 

 

 

and again, but a bit closer.

 

 

 

Little else to report really. Redoing the sequence is going to be an even bigger job than I thought, as I have to do all the loco diagrams again too. This is because someone keeps making me buy more of them.

 

 

 

I wonder who that is?

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

[great northern]

6 hours ago, Ian Smeeton said:

I wonder who that is?

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

I have my suspicions, but I haven't pinned it down yet.

[great northern]

I'm running out of pictures again, but I intend to spend most of tomorrow on railway stuff, so that should be remedied. For now though, we just have a 4F to look at, as it slows for the stop with its Leicester bound train.

 

 

[great northern]

Right! No time to hang around on here! Must get on!!!  Gets less credible by the second, doesn't it?  I've only one image left, so it will be a short visit anyway. We just have the other side of the 4F.

 

 

[great northern]

You may wish to sit down before reading on. Today, all objectives were achieved, and even exceeded. Tomorrow, I am having a new boiler fitted, though I shan't be getting a double chimney. The fitter is arriving very early though, so I'd better go and get some sleep. Before that though, pictures of an A3, Persimmon this time, rolling in with the 7.30 Grantham -KX.

 

 

 

Then a slightly different, and probably much safer angle.

 

 

[great northern]

Routine disrupted, and predictably I don't like it. No heating for three days!  Never mind, I shall try to continue yesterday's spectacular progress, though that means hours on the PC rather than in the railway room. 

 

We have a 9F bringing more empties to New England, and we get a broadside view as it approaches Crescent Bridge.

 

 

 

 

92183 was delivered to New England in December 1957, so is just a few months old. No wonder we thought steam would be with us for another forty years or more. Swinging under the bridge, the 9F meets the A3, which is picking up passengers for Huntingdon St Neots Biggleswade and Kings Cross.

 

 

[Mallard60022]

The more modern steam locomotives could easily have been available through to the late 70s despite clean air laws and the like. I will go no further with that little can as I want to remain calm and happy today.

Good luck with yer boiler.

P

[great northern]

Getting a little chilly in here, but apparently the job is progressing well. Colder tomorrow though.

 

Our man on Platform 3 also got a shot of 92183 as it passed the stock of the Grantham express.

 

 

 

 

Both trains then departed, but on the Up yet another load of coal headed South, but this time with an 02 in charge.

 

 

[great northern]

Back to the fifties in real life this morning. No heating, and it is more than a trifle chilly. What softies we are! Most of us anyway. Does anyone miss the days when we scraped ice off the inside of our bedroom windows in the morning though?  Anyway, the fitter has just arrived, and says I may have heating back on today if all goes well.

 

Pictures?  Well, 02s look very nice from any angle, so here is a going away shot.

 

 

 

The next available slot on the Up was used by a J50 on its way down to South yard for a day's shunting.

 

 

[manna]

G'day Folks

 

Nice to see some Ex GN  type loco's still earning a living !

 

manna

Edited April 9, 2019 by manna
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[Martin S-C]

The weathering on the O2 and J50 is fantastic. Are these Tim's work as well?

[Richard E]

Gilbert

 

as proffered in the past, albeit before I retired, like Martin S-C I am also happy to provide any prototype pictures if needed.

[great northern]

13 hours ago, manna said:

G'day Folks

 

Nice to see some Ex GN  type loco's still earning a living !

 

manna

Yes indeed. I wish I could find an excuse to have some more.

[great northern]

8 hours ago, Martin S-C said:

The weathering on the O2 and J50 is fantastic. Are these Tim's work as well?

Yes Martin, Tim's work on both.

[great northern]

A very pleasant surprise when I got home from golf. Job all done, heating back on, all very clean and tidy. What's more, I'd mentioned a couple of other little things that were niggling me, and he'd done those too, though they were nothing to do with the job he came for. I wish there were more like him.

 

Time for more pictures, which feature the 5.50 very slow train from KX, which is on its way to Grantham, but will have a ten minute rest here. Doncaster's A3 Ladas seems to have been a regular on this turn, and here it is again.

 

 

 

 

A look through the arch shows the A3's front end, which certainly gives a feeling of power, though not necessarily of grace.

 

 

[great northern]

Nice and warm in here today, but not outside.  I shall enjoy a quiet day, with a bit of railway time, possibly. What's happening at PN? There is still time to get some more goods traffic through, so we get another 9F, 92188 this time, with more empties running Class F.

 

 

 

 

Idleness whispered that I could get away with not photoshopping this. Not the next one though.