Peterborough North

[great northern]

Nice to have normal access restored. There's still plenty I don't understand though. How does one go to the last new post on a thread now, instead of having to scroll all the way down, which is a trifle irritating?

 

A named train this morning, in the form of the Up West Riding, provided for those who are prepared to be at Leeds Central for a 7.30am start. For some reason, this was diagrammed to a Doncaster A3, which is strange, as the shed had plenty of A1s, and by all accounts their single blast A3s weren't up to much. For that reason, I think they would have been very pleased to see Diamond Jubilee return from Plant with a double chimney, and would have put it on this duty. It's a pity they couldn't have maintained the lovely paint job it got only a few weeks ago though. There might be another job for Tim here.

 

 

 

Our other chap has been climbing on something again, which gave him this view.

 

 

[great northern]

Tonight we feature the 9.45 to Norwich, one of the few trains  heading for East Anglia that starts from North, rather than East. It will always almost produce a very photogenic engine, and today is no exception. We have a lovely clean B17 to admire.

 

Another angle shows Doncaster Rovers moving away, and that very low set starter in the off position for a change.

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

On 16/04/2019 at 22:16, great northern said:

Lots done today, but none of it railway related, nor golf, for that matter. We have a store of photos though. It is now about 9.30 am, and the only time in the day when Up and Down Leicester trains are in the station at the same time, and today both are handled by 4.4.0s. A now rare Compound has the Up train.

 

 

 

A vintage 4.4.0, whatever its provenance, is always worth more than one shot.

 

 

Cor a proper engine for a change. Just as Mr Deeley intended, the improved Mr Johnson's desgin....OK a bit of help from Sir Henry with the superheater.  Pity it is in LNWR livery.

[great northern]

10 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Cor a proper engine for a change. Just as Mr Deeley intended, the improved Mr Johnson's desgin....OK a bit of help from Sir Henry with the superheater.  Pity it is in LNWR livery.

Incorrigible. I think that's the right word.

[great northern]

Clive's favourite time of day continues, as the 8.20 to Doncaster is due, and we know what the regular power for that is.

 

 

 

Seen again roaring away and giving the spotters a headache.

 

 

 

A puzzling thing. Why is it that people waiting to come out of a side turning on your left will stare at you for ages while you are still some distance away, and then decide that it is safe to pull out when you are quite close?

[Clive Mortimore]

15 minutes ago, great northern said:

Incorrigible. I think that's the right word.

Come on here with your posh talk, well here is shock for you. I am not a fan of the prototype Deltic, so there you go a change in my perceived behavior pattern. 

 

I am a big fan of the Midland Railway Deeley/Fowler look of locomotives. I have a whole shelf on one bookcase just for MR locos. Mind you I have a whole bookcase for diesel locos.

[Podhunter]

On 17/04/2019 at 09:13, great northern said:

How does one go to the last new post on a thread now, instead of having to scroll all the way down, which is a trifle irritating?

I agree!

[calvin Streeting]

use this button "go to last read post"  

 

[great northern]

18 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Come on here with your posh talk, well here is shock for you. I am not a fan of the prototype Deltic, so there you go a change in my perceived behavior pattern. 

 

I am a big fan of the Midland Railway Deeley/Fowler look of locomotives. I have a whole shelf on one bookcase just for MR locos. Mind you I have a whole bookcase for diesel locos.

Posh? Moi?

[great northern]

7 minutes ago, calvin Streeting said:

use this button "go to last read post"  

 

Many thanks. Why is it though that there is an assumption that these things will be understood? It's the same with these smartphone thingies. I purchased a paper manual, as I couldn't understand the thing at all, but it assumes a level of prior knowledge which I don't have, so I'm no better off. I did manage to set the alarm yesterday though.

[JeffP]

When I bought my Nikon D300, I splashed out for a two-part DVD on how to use it. Once I got past the American accent, it was quite good.

 

Times move on and the Nikon now rarely sees the light of day, being superceded by a Lumic TZ90, which is so easy to use, even I can do it without instructions.....well, take pics, anyway. it does all sorts of clever stuff I haven't needed to use yet, mind, like focus stacking.

[calvin Streeting]

best way to read any manual, is the same method as reading academic papers, use the 3 step system

 

1. Read main title/abstract to make sure its what you are looking for

2. Read the bold headings etc, just to learn what can be done, but not how. and if something is intresting read it then, or if don't understand  google keywords. i think of this like finding out what tools are in the tool box, not how to use them. but you know what can be done with it

3. When needed (aka i know it can do X) read relevent section to find how. as now its relevent its more likely to be remebered

 

dont read whole manual like you are revising for exam, you only need to know what it can do, not how.

 

 

 

 

[stewartingram]

10 hours ago, great northern said:

Many thanks. Why is it though that there is an assumption that these things will be understood? It's the same with these smartphone thingies. I purchased a paper manual, as I couldn't understand the thing at all, but it assumes a level of prior knowledge which I don't have, so I'm no better off. I did manage to set the alarm yesterday though.

'twas the same before the upgrade....

 

Stewart

[great northern]

Today we did not quite manage to finish last, though we tried hard. Four people playing complete c*** at the same time is hard to achieve. Still, it is not earth shattering, as the progamme I watched on BBC 1 earlier sadly was.

 

As a result, I shall no longer be petitioning for a return to wholly steam powered railways, but we can still go back sixty years to when they were........

 

 

....... or nearly so. This was done without the help of the lens hood, and has actually come out rather well. Deltic was followed by a well turned out B1 returning fish empties to Hull.

 

 

[great northern]

13 hours ago, stewartingram said:

'twas the same before the upgrade....

 

Stewart

But I didn't know that then either Stewart. I don't like clicking on things if I don't know what will happen, in case I do something which fouls the whole job up.

[great northern]

Isn't it nice when things work out as planned?  I needed to go to the  garden centre, as by the end of Easter it will have been picked clean, but didn't fancy the crowds and queues. Solution, get there as the doors open, get round quick and get everything on the list, no queue at checkout and home by 1000, just as the madness is building up. Result! Now I have to plant the stuff. First though, some pictures. Another look at the fish from up on Crescent Bridge.

 

 

Some ragged poles, but they were an absolute ******* to photoshop. Then an experiment, not helped by the fact that I left tools in shot, which meant a more severe crop than planned.

 

 

 

Effective for the different angles, but not much else. And now to the garden.

[great northern]

All planty things planted and watered. Weeds exterminated, back sore. At least I did everything I had planned to do.

 

What do we have tonight?  A lower level view of B1 61200.

 

 

 

After which one B1 was replaced by another, 61023 on the morning Parliamentary from Doncaster.

 

 

 

After my burst of activity I spent some time reclining gently, and had a good look at the Saturday formations for the Main Line. I'd already perused the ECML book, which looked interesting and not too hard to do, but this one is different. Several trains with nine or ten all door Gresleys, some with eight TSOs, either MK1 or Gresley, and even one with seven Thompson SKs. this all seems rather excessive, as well as very expensive, so the project may be quietly shelved.

[great northern]

This is a designated railway day, as I forgot to get my name down for today's golf competition in time, and it is now full. I must make a start on redesigning the sequence, but some trains will run as well.

 

Photos first. 61023 has reached journey's end, and is waiting for permission to take the stock down to Nene sidings.

 

Then another of those "I wonder what happens if I plonk the camera down here?" shots.

 

 

Not too bad, I think.

[great northern]

Plenty done today, despite sky high pollen levels, but by early evening all I wanted was to find something decent on telly. Sky Arts obliged, successive editions of classic albums- Who's Next and Dark Side. Evening sorted.

 

Another rather experimental shot first tonight, featuring the J6 in the bay, but I had to crop out everything to the left of the engine becuase of light problems, so it is a bit lopsided.

 

 

 

The next one is familiar, though I've tried to get the camera nearer to the track, as a photographer would be able to do, and it worked, for me at least. It also asked to be in black and white.

 

 

[great northern]

I seem to be developing a strange fascination with WDs. I have to photograph each one that appears at least twice. That means we get to look at 90158 again, side on this time.

 

 

I like seeing one with vans in tow immediately behind the tender for a change, but the inevitable empty minerals are not far behind, and there are empty bogie bolsters at the rear too.

 

This is slightly spoilt by the chimney being masked by the bridge parapet, but if I'd let the loco get slightly further it would have had a pole growing out of the chimney instead.

 

Further north we have another B1 waiting to proceed to Grimsby.

 

 

 

Huge differences in light at this end now, so the background is well out of focus, but as usual, having spent quite a time on it, I wasn't going to bin it.

 

 

 

[great northern]

Now we have someone running amok in the DE area, desperately looking for new angles for photography. I don't know what he shinned up to get here, but we definitely haven't seen this view before.

 

 

Could have done without that dodgy signal in the background. Still, it is coming to the end of its days. Next, he headed for the water tower, which at least is accessible by ladder. Having disturbed the resident duck, he was able to get this view.

 

 

This needed some stock on the right, but I was too idle to duck under the baseboard to move it.

[great northern]

This is not just an 02, this is an 02/2 with a proper GN cab and stuff, so we should follow it in more detail.

 

 

 

which is precisely what this shot does not do. The next one, however, gives a lovely broadside view. It should also remind me that locos with minimal cabs must have crews in place.

 

 

[Mallard60022]

Some local railwayman was saying to me recently that they used to call the 02s straight eights. Did you ever hear that term G?

[great northern]

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

Some local railwayman was saying to me recently that they used to call the 02s straight eights. Did you ever hear that term G?

Haven't heard that, Phil, but I believe some sheds did have their own local descriptions, no doubt in some cases rather more colourful than those we have been told about. Hope you're feeling a bit better? Is it the sudden hot weather that is upsetting things?

[great northern]

Right, I've made a start on the sequence alterations. This turns out to need the co-operation of PC and tablet, and frequent references to no less than eight different sources of information. I have already discovered that it will be necessary to do this in small doses. Took me over an hour to get to move 26, and now my brain hurts, so I'll have a rest, and then go and play with my trains.