jazzer Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 15/07/2019 at 13:31, Martin S-C said: The reflection in the oily paintwork of the tender in that first pic is really nice. Reflections like that are very rarely seen in model form. Superb isn’t it ? So typical looking that someone has given the tender and cabsides a quick rub with a drop of paraffin and an oily rag to get it half decent then gone to another job before doing the rest of the loco. Something frequently seen in the era. Strange too, that Thompson made such a hash of the Pacifics and his L1 and yet produced such a cracking all-rounder in the B1. Super picture . 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 17, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2019 Seagull arrives with the 5.33 Up Leeds, while Knight of Thistle is still waiting , so we get to see two Gresley masterpieces in the same shot. However, one which I spent ages shopping has somehow mysteriously reverted to its original form, and I haven't time to do it again now, so only one image this morning. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 17, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2019 Here's the one that went missing, and which you should have seen before this morning's offering. I still have no idea where it went, but it didn't take long to do it again. Then our other man got this view as the A4 was slowing to a standstill. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2019 Another Grimsby local arrives. and yet another Grantham A3 comes into view with the 6.35 Down Hull. I really do think that background has potential. It does need to be smaller, but that shouldn't be a problem. What is a problem though is that it looks ridiculous as a background to a colour image, and, apart from having two paintings done, I can't think of a way to solve that. 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, great northern said: Another Grimsby local arrives. and yet another Grantham A3 comes into view with the 6.35 Down Hull. I really do think that background has potential. It does need to be smaller, but that shouldn't be a problem. What is a problem though is that it looks ridiculous as a background to a colour image, and, apart from having two paintings done, I can't think of a way to solve that. Gilbert, I was at Ranby with John Houlden working on Gamston Bank when a retired art teacher of my aquaintance painted a length of backscene in next to no time. When I complimented him on his skill and speed he responded with "You could easily do that". He has never seen my attempts at painting I hasten to add and for once he was very wrong. If you knew somebody like this chap ,who knows what might be possible. Regards,Ann on a Mouse of Grantham PS:- Sorry but I can't spell Anonymous Edited July 18, 2019 by CUTLER2579 Added a PS. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 18, 2019 I think I've shown this photo before, but it is a lovely shot, and does give more detail of what should be in my background scene. Photo is copyright of Andrew C Ingram, and not to be further reproduced, please. Can someone clever please explain why the ramp feeding coal to the power station in the left background is configured in this way? I think I also need some very tall brickworks chimneya. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, great northern said: I think I've shown this photo before, but it is a lovely shot, and does give more detail of what should be in my background scene. Photo is copyright of Andrew C Ingram, and not to be further reproduced, please. Can someone clever please explain why the ramp feeding coal to the power station in the left background is configured in this way? I would guess one inclined conveyor belt, feeding a second one, feeding a horizontal belt. Again, I'd guess that there is a maximum length of inclined conveyor belt, after which there is a danger of the coal falling back on itself. .... on the other hand, this may be total b*ll*cks! Regards, John Isherwood. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 23 minutes ago, cctransuk said: I would guess one inclined conveyor belt, feeding a second one, feeding a horizontal belt. Again, I'd guess that there is a maximum length of inclined conveyor belt, after which there is a danger of the coal falling back on itself. .... on the other hand, this may be total b*ll*cks! Regards, John Isherwood. I would have thought how much coal can be on the belt before the motor stops working! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 First one, coming from the right, lifts coal into a chute which drops it onto second one. This one MAY be at an angle to the first, that was usually the reason to do as they have done. Then onto the PS. Probably on one belt, inclined, then horizontal. As for distance, Scunthorpe steelworks had one over two miles long, afaik, all one belt. It carried coke from the Lysaghts coking plant to the sinter plant and the four queens, the blast furnaces at Appleby-Frodingham ironworks. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) I had another go at seeing how that background might look when done properly. A short while later, the A3 met the B1 as it began removing its empty stock. It can be made to look presentable Edited July 18, 2019 by great northern to get text in right place 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 19, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2019 60111 has a relatively short train, and so can stop a bit further back than most. That allows our man to get this shot. The formation is a little unusual, so we shall look at what is behind the tender. BZ BG TSO TSO FK BSO RK FO, detached at Doncaster and later forwarded to Leeds, except on Fridays, when they went to Hull, and next day got into a Filey Holiday Camp to KX. and another BG, again detached at Doncaster, and later forwarded to Leeds. No trips to Filey for this one. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Many thanks for photos of the entire consist! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 19, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2019 Around this time the flow of coal to London really gets going, this 02 hauled train being one of the first of the evening and night shift. Not quite into the setting sun, but not far off. 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2019 02 heading purposefully towards Ferme Park, while A3 Enterprise is about to restart the Hull. and here's how things looked just a little while later. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2019 Out on the golf course, heavy rain for several minutes, and then suddenly, without warning, a lightning strike and huge crack of thunder, very close indeed. The ground shook, and so did we. Then, one more rumble of thunder, far away, and silence. Very peculiar. Still pouring with rain of course. Scores were not very good. At PN, the sound of a shabby B1, bringing in a MK1 five set which will form the 8.10 to Grantham. and a look at a water fountain, very unhygienic really, but none of us died after drinking from them. 27 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I thought golfers stopped playing when there was thunder and lightning around. Something to do with metal shafted clubs and umbrellas. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2019 8 hours ago, westerner said: I thought golfers stopped playing when there was thunder and lightning around. Something to do with metal shafted clubs and umbrellas. Indeed, Alan. Do I not recall a Tottenham Hotspur player in the '60s who lost his life on the golf course? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2019 23 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Indeed, Alan. Do I not recall a Tottenham Hotspur player in the '60s who lost his life on the golf course? John White, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_White_(footballer,_born_1937) 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2019 11 hours ago, westerner said: I thought golfers stopped playing when there was thunder and lightning around. Something to do with metal shafted clubs and umbrellas. We do Alan. The rules are now very strict. At the first sign of electrical activity, klaxon sounds, and play is suspended till the all clear is given, which should not be until half an hour after the last thunder/lightning. This time though we had just had heavy rain, no thunder or lightning at all, until that sudden strike, after which the klaxon sounded almost immediately. Nothing we could have done differently this time. Then of course you have the idiots who think rules don't apply to them, and start playing again as soon as they haven't heard any thunder for a couple of minutes. They never get hit though. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2019 This morning we have a Hitchin-Colwick mixed goods, bringing a sighting of a K3, which are rarely seen south of New England these days. Then we have some windows. and a bit of a van. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, great northern said: This morning we have a Hitchin-Colwick mixed goods, bringing a sighting of a K3, which are rarely seen south of New England these days. Then we have some windows. and a bit of a van. That second one is a cracker. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted July 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2019 I wish I was born during the steam age. Having said that, the trains I saw running in the early 1990s as a kid have mostly been consigned to the pages of history. Regards, Nick. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2019 Its getting dark under the roof as the evening draws in, but the K3 is still just about visible. Green Arrow then arrives with the 5.15 Up Hull. I've just been watching a short programme about Eric Clapton. It included a performance of I shot the sheriff which I vividly remember from an Old Grey Whistle Test....... only 42 years ago. 30 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 22, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2019 60800 gets closer, and the photographer backs off, carefully of course, in order to get this tightly framed shot. as usual, our other man is waiting down the far end, and gives us this view. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted July 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2019 So can blue men play the whites Gilbert? Best wishes, Alastair M 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now