RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2019 A nice and relaxing running session this afternoon, and plenty of photos taken too. That means we have so much in reserve that a bonus picture can be shown. Here we see Zeebrugge starting away for Grimsby, which means that the 9F will be coming to a stand very shortly. 62666 is another childhood memory. I first saw it on Lincoln St Marks shed, but from some distance away, as we were on the Ropewalk, wondering if we dare try bunking that side of the main depot. We decided against that, and instead walked round to St Marks to identify the D11, which was a cop that day in 1955, but became very familiar after that. Even when it moved to Darnall in 1957 it was still a regular sight, until it disappeared in 1960, never to be seen again. 30 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2019 Another named train is next, and a very famous A4. Mallard is in charge of the Talisman. Those two were asked politely to move, but took no notice. As he is glued down, and she is probably stone deaf, it really isn't surprising. 23 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2019 3 hours ago, great northern said: As he is glued down An early precursor to Extinction Rebellion perhaps? 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2019 Here's one of those "I'm not sure why I took this" photos. followed by something more familiar. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted October 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, great northern said: Here's one of those "I'm not sure why I took this" photos. Nice view of a streamliner twin, anyway! 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted October 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2019 47 minutes ago, 31A said: Nice view of a streamliner twin, anyway! Purely accidental, Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted October 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2019 An appeal. Is anyone out there well versed in Powerpoint? My slides have decided to go all peculiar, and I can't fathom out what I may have done to cause it, let alone see how to put it right. All I'm doing is revisiting the existing sequence file, and amending and updating where necessary. No alterations to the main programme at all, or at least not intentionally. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2019 Another long meeting, but I think we are getting somewhere. I'm not sure where, but we will eventually find out. Mallard knows where it is going though, and is now out from under the roof. From Spital Bridge, we see it has got further still, but it is still a long way to Newcastle, and a loco change. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 22, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2019 When in my little Spital Bridge corner, I find it easier to take a number of photos all at once, and then not to revisit it for a while. Here are the next two. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 19/10/2019 at 17:29, great northern said: "visually conned" - I like that Ian. You are spot on too, as usual. I always try to present it in the best light possible, and the very kind comments are appreciated, but there are plenty of better model railways than this out there. Don’t put yourself down Gilbert. Model railways, like beauty , are in the eye of the beholder, and who is to say one layout is better than another ? All we can say is that you have a cracking trainset which we can all admire and it is a great credit to you that you share it with us all in this way. Keep the pictures coming, please. 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 22, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2019 An early night beckons, as I didn't get much sleep at the last attempt. That may be because I discovered today that twice last evening when I asked for a small glass of red, I got a very large one. Apparently it was though that I needed them. Why didn't I notice the size of the drinks? Dunno. What's in the image store? One more shot of Mallard, this time from ground level. and a head on look at Doncaster Rovers, waiting to go home to March. 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 23, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2019 It is a while since a WD appeared, but another one is now heading south with more coal. Our photographer is using his levitating platform again, and thus gets these shots. One in colour, and by way of variety, the second in monochrome. 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&DWatty Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 01/10/2019 at 18:56, stewartingram said: Now listen here. I used to live in Cambridge, alongside the "loop" via St. Ives. I had my abc, and knew the names of most of the B17s at the time (though sadly didn't see many of them). How I just wished that I could see some of the nearby (in the abc book) class of D49, with the familiar names of local places. One day, my wish was nearly granted, & again a little later. I saw Rutlandshire (62729), and also The Holderness, (wherever that is) (62744). And yes I did READ the nameplates! I've never seen any mention of this elsewhere, I've even posted it to the GER Society, with the reaction that it was a spotty schoolboy error. But, years later, I met up with another local guy, who became my best mate (sadly now deceased). Guess which two locos he had also seen in Cambridge...? Stewart Holderness is the area East of Hull (think Hedon). rgds dave 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 23, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2019 Hovering in the same spot, our man gets a view of an arrival from Wisbech. It has come via the M&GN, so you know what will be at the front Then we return to earth, to the other side of Crescent Bridge, and to the big stuff. It doesn't get much bigger than this. The W1 has its usual 4.05 train from KX, part of which goes to Leeds and Bradford, and the rest to York. We shall examine its make up shortly. For now though, I shall reflect on how fortunate it was that the pilot and vans appeared on the slow line at just the right moment. It works much better than the backscene. 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2019 Yet more rain forecast. We may get wet, but I need some fresh air and exercise. The W1 features again this morning, first in one of those classic views. and then passing the 5.25 stopper to KX, on which some courageous person has place his faith in a Baby Deltic. Mind you, it does seem to have got here succesfully, and several months before it was even built. 31 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) It was indeed very wet, but I have now dried out, so we shall look at the formation of the train behind the W1. The Leeds portion. Next four for Bradford. and the rear six will be split at Doncaster, and go on to York. No less than four brakes in this one train. Plenty are needed when modelling the ECML. Edited October 24, 2019 by great northern to add a bit I forgot. 19 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Is that a Dia 275 or a rebuild 167…? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, davidw said: Is that a Dia 275 or a rebuild 167…? Dia 168 Tourist, David. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Oh that's the new one you showed a little time back. Was this the dia in the consist? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2019 1 hour ago, davidw said: Oh that's the new one you showed a little time back. Was this the dia in the consist? That's a bit of a puzzle actually. The book shows it to be a 34 ton car, but both Dia 167 and 168 were 33 ton weight, so I'm not sure what it might have been. A typo is one possibility. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 24, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2019 D5901 now starts away for KX, but will it get all the way? and we have one more angle on the W1 before it disappears from view. It will probably be back tomorrow though, and the day after that. 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodnok Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 14 hours ago, great northern said: ... Has a bit of glazing fallen out of the brake from the last coach? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 25, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2019 More heavy rain forecast. And tomorrow too. Will there be enough light for photography, I wonder? For now, we are up in the air again. An 02 heads South. and a few minutes later a local V2 comes North with the Clarence Yard- Niddrie Class C. Horrible lamps, but yet again they are superglued on, so surgery is required. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) On 24/10/2019 at 22:08, great northern said: That's a bit of a puzzle actually. The book shows it to be a 34 ton car, but both Dia 167 and 168 were 33 ton weight, so I'm not sure what it might have been. A typo is one possibility. Thanks Gilbert. I was thinking of using the Hornby 167 dia. Isinglass do the rebuilt version as a 3d print Edited October 26, 2019 by davidw Clarity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted October 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2019 12 hours ago, great northern said: That's a bit of a puzzle actually. The book shows it to be a 34 ton car, but both Dia 167 and 168 were 33 ton weight, so I'm not sure what it might have been. A typo is one possibility. Gilbert, I seem to remember having thus this debate with ‘34A’ on your thread a couple of years ago. I think he said that, while the prototype d.167 was 33 tons, the production ones were 34 tons, and that when 34 tons is shown in the carriage workings then that probably indicates a d.167. I also think that the GN section mainly had tourist buffets (I.e. d.168) while the NE section tended to have standard Teak buffets (d.167 as Hornby). If I’m right then this train should have a d.167 buffet and as the stock starts the day in York, that seems to fit. It’s certainly what I run in my version of the 1605. I may replace it with a d.275 when I get round to building one as I think this is the train that Carter said one worked on in his Backtrack guide to buffet cars (could be wrong on that though as I’m away and don’t have the reference material). I think the d.168s would be more typical on GN section originating trains such as the Cleethorpes services. Regards Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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