RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2019 9 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Nearly right, Clive. Except that only the most senior managers got a gold pass, mine is merely silver. The difference is minimal in effect, but there are a handful of very busy trains I may not join - and in theory the gold pass entitles the bearer (and his lady) to a free sleeper berth (each!) And as usual, my IEP was just the job. Comfy enough, regular offers of tea etc, waiting time here and there. Back to PN, now chaps. Ah, of course. First Class eh? So the seats are adjustable and a bit more cheek friendly supposedly. Have a good time buddy. P 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted November 8, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) Both of our men have stayed at the vantage points which they reached, so one of them can turn round to get a shot of the Hull fish. While the other, who needs to be careful where he puts his feet, just gets a slightly different angle. Edited November 8, 2019 by great northern didn't make sense 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 8, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 8, 2019 Lovely pair of pics. The Hull fish probably looks better than it smells, while the detail on the Peter Leyland roof is a reminder of the quality PN exudes on every level. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2019 19 minutes ago, great northern said: Both of our men have stayed at the vantage points which they reached, so one of them can turn round to get a shot of the Hull fish. Some bloke on FB was going on about the great days of Grimsby fishing in the 'good old days' and how there was a continuous movement of trains into for loading and out of Grimsby loaded for the fish markets all over. Presumably those trains went all over the country spreading their smell, but was there only the one/two is it that you run on the ECML; I can't remember but I am sure you have told me about that in the past? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted November 8, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2019 18 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said: The traffic was already dwindling a bit by 1958, so I have two up Grimsby and one Up Hull in my WTT. The Aberdeen ran in the middle of the night, so we don't see that. There were still plenty of other workings to places other than London though, quite a lot via the GC, and of course the odd van or two tacked on the back of local passenger services. I wonder why I have a train of blue spot vans, which never run. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted November 9, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2019 Golf course closed all weekend. We have never seen this extent of constant heavy rain and flooding. At least today is dry and fine, so far, so I shall have to go and get some exercise somehow. More fish. I'm not sure where he got to in order to take this one. We are also still scrambling, very carefully, around the roof. 23 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted November 9, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2019 A bit more done today before darkness descended before 3pm, so we shall have a bonus picture. Fish from terra firma. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 9, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2019 Is Terra Firma an Island off the Dogger Bank? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LNER4479 Posted November 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2019 On 08/11/2019 at 09:56, great northern said: For some time, one of our photographers has been eyeing the platforms of the signal gantries as a safe way of getting up higher, without having to take quite a long hike to get to Spital Bridge. In the end, he decided to ask for permission, and somewhat to his surprise it was granted. He's chancing his arm a bit if he scrambled up the gantry controlling the goods lines, given its current precarious state. Fortunately, help is at hand because ... ... it's finished! At last ... well, you can't rush art. Sorry it's taken so long - all we need to do now is to fix up an engineering possession for it to be installed. Graham 9 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted November 9, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Mallard60022 said: Is Terra Firma an Island off the Dogger Bank? We will have no dogging on this thread, thank you.This isn't Shirebrook you know. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted November 9, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2019 (edited) On 08/11/2019 at 23:00, great northern said: The traffic was already dwindling a bit by 1958, so I have two up Grimsby and one Up Hull in my WTT. The Aberdeen ran in the middle of the night, so we don't see that. There were still plenty of other workings to places other than London though, quite a lot via the GC, and of course the odd van or two tacked on the back of local passenger services. I wonder why I have a train of blue spot vans, which never run. Wasn’t the return empties of the Aberdeen in the middle of the day? That should give an excuse to use the blue spots. Edited November 10, 2019 by thegreenhowards Correcting iPad typo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted November 9, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2019 1 hour ago, LNER4479 said: He's chancing his arm a bit if he scrambled up the gantry controlling the goods lines, given its current precarious state. Fortunately, help is at hand because ... ... it's finished! At last ... well, you can't rush art. Sorry it's taken so long - all we need to do now is to fix up an engineering possession for it to be installed. Graham That's really lovely Graham. Just let me know what suits you, and I'll try to fit in. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted November 9, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, thegreenhowards said: Wasn’t the return empties of the Aberdeen in the middle of the day? That should give an excuse to read n the blue spots. That's what I thought Andy, but I can't see it on the WTT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted November 9, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2019 Still up on his gantry, but not the really dodgy one, our chap spots a clean KX V2 heading his way with a Class C for Dringhouses. We are nearly at the end of our latest infrastructure tour, the hotel from on high being the penultimate view. 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted November 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2019 10 hours ago, great northern said: That's what I thought Andy, but I can't see it on the WTT. I’m sure I’ve seen a picture of it but I can’t locate it now and I can’t remember which year, so not much use - sorry! They must have gone back north, otherwise there’d have been a big pile of blue spots in King’s Cross! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted November 10, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2019 Another look at the V2, but from a different gantry by the look of it. and the last still life image. I know some people do like shots of the layout without any shopping, and I didn't fancy doing some of this one, so here it is, just as the camera saw it. A quick question. Would a feature in a magazine concentrating on the kind of images I've been showing for the last few days be of interest? We are all used to the "normal" articles, very much train focused as they are. So, might something like this be worthwhile? 30 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted November 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2019 Gilbert, I've done a bit more research on the Aberdeen return fish. This is a useful post from Brian Macdermott which claims a 1205 departure from King's Cross for the return. From other posts which prompted this it does seem to be missing from the WTT. Andy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted November 10, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2019 53 minutes ago, thegreenhowards said: Gilbert, I've done a bit more research on the Aberdeen return fish. This is a useful post from Brian Macdermott which claims a 1205 departure from King's Cross for the return. From other posts which prompted this it does seem to be missing from the WTT. Andy I think I remember Peter Coster mentioning it in one of the Books of the GN, and I think he said 1130 off KX, so that seems about right. Through PN some time between 1.30pm and 2.30pm looks good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted November 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 10, 2019 Hello Gilbert and everyone Trains Illustrated May and June 1958 contain a 2-part article entitled Day-Trip to Grimsby which might be useful. The subjects of Fish Trains and Milk Trains are crying out for books to be written. Brian 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted November 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2019 4 hours ago, great northern said: A quick question. Would a feature in a magazine concentrating on the kind of images I've been showing for the last few days be of interest? We are all used to the "normal" articles, very much train focused as they are. So, might something like this be worthwhile? I'm interested in all aspects Gilbert but a magazine article focussing on the why's and wherefores of PNs buildings and some of the hidden corners would be very welcome. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted November 10, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2019 2 hours ago, BMacdermott said: Hello Gilbert and everyone Trains Illustrated May and June 1958 contain a 2-part article entitled Day-Trip to Grimsby which might be useful. The subjects of Fish Trains and Milk Trains are crying out for books to be written. Brian Hello Brian I do have those two TIs. which are interesting, but I'm afraid don't help with this, as the blue spot vans were only used on the Scottish traffic, from what I have read. I also found an article in an old Steam World magazine, but that didn't mention blue spot traffic at all, and frankly seemed a bit dodgy in parts anyway. As Andy says, they must have been returned whence they came, and fairly regularly. Perhaps they were run as required, but even so I'd expect to find it in the WTT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted November 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 10, 2019 Hello Gilbert It was more for those who might be interested in the articles. Brian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted November 10, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 hour ago, BMacdermott said: Hello Gilbert It was more for those who might be interested in the articles. Brian My apologies Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted November 10, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2019 The Friday evening Catterick camp leave train. Doncaster have to find a loco to take it the rest of the way to KX. What have we got? How about this, fresh out of Plant. Well worth another look. 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted November 11, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2019 What could be better than two pictures of immaculate Grand Parade? How about three? then we have another bonus, as the 5.35 Newcastle, Grantham's top duty, in entrusted to their own freshly outshopped A3, Prince of Wales. Sogginess update. More heavy rain, no daylight, golf course closed until further notice. I am in danger of becoming stir crazy. At least I live on top of a hill, and so escape the terrible time some people are having. 28 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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