Donington Road Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 17 hours ago, great northern said: Not much done today, except looking through books to find good pictures of the Midland Crescent station. I found quite a lot....... of the side that is not going to be visible on the model. The search will continue. Not much difference between front and back. https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/steam-crescent-station/ https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/crescent-station-1918/ https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/crescent-station-1966/ https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/crescent-junction-signal-box-1966/ https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/crescent-station-c-1939/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted February 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2020 6 hours ago, Donington Road said: Not much difference between front and back. https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/steam-crescent-station/ https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/crescent-station-1918/ https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/crescent-station-1966/ https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/crescent-junction-signal-box-1966/ https://www.peterboroughimages.co.uk/crescent-station-c-1939/ That's saved me some time Mick! I knew I'd seen some good photos somewhere, but I was still ploughing through books, and hadn't thought of peterboroughimages website. As you say, front and back almost look mirror images, but the back doesn't have that big black shed in front of it. Many thanks for this input. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2020 If we come in a bit closer, we just get A4 and DMU. Oh yes, and B17. But if we then get closer still..... which I think is rather nice. 35 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 G'Day Folks A wisp of steam and a bit of smoke and you'd swear that was Real........... manna 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Looks to me like the crew of the A4 have forgotten to take the express lamps off after it's previous working Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxUnpopuli Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 11 hours ago, manna said: A wisp of steam and a bit of smoke and you'd swear that was Real........... Or just black-and-white with a bit of aging/grain... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 A message from Andrew ... I've been TIMMED.!!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted February 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2020 11 hours ago, LNERandBR said: Looks to me like the crew of the A4 have forgotten to take the express lamps off after it's previous working Ah yes, that would be fireman Magoo again. Seriously, those tiny Modelu lamps ping into oblivion so easily that I'm very reluctant to touch them once they are nicely in position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2020 I believe this is the first time anything other than light engines has run along this road, so the event has been recorded for posterity. Immaculate B17s should be photographed from all possible angles. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 12 hours ago, great northern said: If we come in a bit closer, we just get A4 and DMU. Oh yes, and B17. But if we then get closer still..... which I think is rather nice. That last photo is absolutely stunning and that is saying something on this thread. Thanks for continuing to post every day. Martyn 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted February 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2020 Now and again something really comes off, I find, though in this case it is Tim's weathering which creates the effect, not the photographer.This is the first time 60003 has run when there was enough light to show it off properly. I'm appallingly idle, so I need to have routines which make me get off my backside and do something. Daily photos work well, as they get me to run the layout regularly. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 23 hours ago, great northern said: The Heart of Midlothian definitely changed engines at PN Derek, so I think that would be the one. The more I think about it, a light engine movement would be more likely than putting it on a two coach local. The picture could be a normal light engine movement but someone decided to usevthe path for an ECS movement. Clive Groome once told me of an occasion when he had to take two coaches down to Bournemouth behind a Bulleid pacific. He said it was so boring with such a light load he couldn’t concentrate and actually lost time ! All kinds of excuses had to be invented to explain his late arrival. However as we know A4’s are NEVER late so I presume Andrew K McCosh made a punctual arrival at Grantham. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2020 Another fairly crowded scene. after which, idleness kicked in again. A fairly routine photo of a 9F on the Down slow, which I couldn't be bothered to photoshop. Though I suppose that's why I painted the walls blue in the first place. 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 24, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 The 4.19 from KX arrives. Usually a local V2 turn, and today is no different. Clean for a New England engine though. Three minutes later, at 6.38, the teatime local from Cambridge rolls in, bringing a well cleaned B12 to delight our eyes. 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 24, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 Another day of heavy rain, and closed golf course. I did remove some black mould though, which was quite satisfying. The first image tonight is from another recent dark and dismal day, when I know full well I won't get good results, especially at the North end. So why do I try? This is Abbotsford with the Queen of Scots. I know it looks as though there is loads of light, but there isn't. Its just that what little there is comes in horizontally, but I've had to open the blinds to let it in at all. Now, if someone is sensible, and waits a day for better conditions, shots like this can be obtained. 36 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Really quite enjoying the finish on that B12-has that lovely 'Cleaned over with a kerosene soaked rag' look to it rather than the traditional 'Ex-works' clean often seen and dismissed. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 25, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2020 As it happens, our next arrival brings a Top Shed A4 which has had the full treatment before working the Yorkshire Pullman. We had a look through an arch as well. 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 25, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2020 Staying with 60034 tonight, and two more views at the South end, mainly because there was some light down there. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2020 Time for the Hull fish, with the usual well turned out KX B1. and heading for Dringhouses, a not so well presented KX V2 with another Class C. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Edited February 26, 2020 by phil.c 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2020 And the V2 rolls on. After which the Friday Catterick Camp leave train heads South behind a Happy Knight. I wonder if Clive was ever based at Catterick? He seems to have been everywhere else. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Quote I wonder if Clive was ever based at Catterick? He seems to have been everywhere else. You're not wrong - he was in Glasgow last weekend. Sadly not wearing those rather attractive pink stilettos he's posted elsewhere on here, though. 1 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 27, 2020 11 hours ago, great northern said: After which the Friday Catterick Camp leave train heads South behind a Happy Knight. I wonder if Clive was ever based at Catterick? He seems to have been everywhere else. Luckily NO. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted February 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 27, 2020 3 hours ago, jwealleans said: You're not wrong - he was in Glasgow last weekend. Sadly not wearing those rather attractive pink stilettos he's posted elsewhere on here, though. Well he needn't wear those when he comes here again. I'm not having my laminate floor ruined. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2020 Here's Happy Knight again, in unaccustomed splendour. That's what a transfer to 34A from 34E can do for you. Next in sight is another immaculate engine. 60054, with new double chimney, is again on Grantham's top turn, the 5.35 Newcastle. I think I will apply for planning permission to turn my house 45 degrees. I don't mind which way, but my neighbours might. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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