Peterborough North

[great northern]

7 minutes ago, jwealleans said:

Eastleigh?

 

I can accept Clive's gliders, in fact I have to, but I can't find any record of Spitfires being built at Eastleigh loco works Jonathan.

[great northern]

2 minutes ago, 3rd Rail Exile said:

 

Unfortunately, I think Jarvis was based at Brighton when he designed the rebuilds, so they're "designed at Brighton, built at Eastleigh" twice over...

I am beginning to wish I had never opened this particular can of worms. However, am I correct in thinking that unlike, for example, black fives, which were first built at Crewe, but then subsequent batch at Derby, the MN/WC were all built at Eastleigh? If so, they count.

[Metropolitan H]

2 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Did you know Andrew Kleissner at Uni? He was an old school mate of mine and built some nice N gauge layouts back then.

 

Sorry, I don't remember the name. In fact there are only a few names that I do remember from that time - and even less that I'm still in contact with!

 

Regards

Chris H

[3rd Rail Exile]

1 minute ago, great northern said:

I am beginning to wish I had never opened this particular can of worms. However, am I correct in thinking that unlike, for example, black fives, which were first built at Crewe, but then subsequent batch at Derby, the MN/WC were all built at Eastleigh? If so, they count.

 

It is, indeed a can of worms - whether that is preferable to a can of Spam is a matter for debate   

 

The 30 Merchant Navies were all built at Eastleigh, and rebuilt at Eastleigh, though Brighton was responsible for the designs of both the originals and rebuilds. 

 

The 110 West Country/Battle of Britains were built at Brighton (104) and Eastleigh (6).  The 60 that were rebuilt were all done at Eastleigh.  Again, Brighton was responsible for the designs of both the originals and rebuilds. 

 

As Gilbert says "they count", I'll transfer my vote from earlier (King Arthurs) to the Merchant Navies.  

 

I'll freely admit that Darlington/Doncaster would have me completely foxed, so I sympathise with those who are perplexed by the Southern and its constituents

[TrevorP1]

1 hour ago, TrevorP1 said:

Built at Eastleigh? 

 

Gordon Keeble Cars

 

I'm sorry Gilbert but I couldn't resist. I also admire the other icons, such as the Spitfire, glider and also Barnes Wallis Geodetic structure which became part of the Ford Plant - strangely nobody mentioned Ford Transits  .

 

However, with my sensible hat on I will vote for the S15. I have little knowledge of them but I know people who do and view them as a bomb proof slogger which will pull anything anywhere without complaint.

[Clive Mortimore]

2 hours ago, great northern said:

Memo to self. Do not try to run polls which concern places about which others know far more than you do.

Hi Gilbert

 

That is part of the fun of these polls, people sharing their knowledge or going off and learning something.

 

 

[great northern]

12 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Gilbert

 

That is part of the fun of these polls, people sharing their knowledge or going off and learning something.

 

 

I agree, but it doesn't help when I am trying to set the rules.

[mullie]

The Battle of Britain's that were built at Eastleigh if that counts?

 

Martyn

[great northern]

3 minutes ago, mullie said:

The Battle of Britain's that were built at Eastleigh if that counts?

 

Martyn

Now I have to decide whether the de minimis rule applies.

[great northern]

Here is a photograph of Sun Castle arriving with the 1.45pm FO Newcastle relief, a very heavy formation, and pretty varied too. We will look at that in detail later.

 

 

 

To the best of my knowledge, this locomotive never visted Brighton or Eastleigh, nor was it designed at either place.

[bigwordsmith]

3 minutes ago, great northern said:

Now I have to decide whether the de minimis rule applies.

 

IS that not an inappropriate use of Trumpington;'s Variations ?

[jwealleans]

[bigwordsmith]

Can I nominate the ‎LBSCR H2 Atlantic, or is that the wrong works?

[great northern]

8 minutes ago, jwealleans said:

But it was built at Brighton.

[great northern]

10 minutes ago, bigwordsmith said:

Can I nominate the ‎LBSCR H2 Atlantic, or is that the wrong works?

I suspect this may be obfuscation.

[jwealleans]

5 minutes ago, great northern said:

But it was built at Brighton.

 

Is that a different place, then?   It's all the sarf to me.

[CUTLER2579]

Gawd Blimey mate,thats like calling a Middlesborough person a "Geordie"

 

Warnock for Mayor of Middlesborough ?

[Clive Mortimore]

1 minute ago, CUTLER2579 said:

Gawd Blimey mate,thats like calling a Middlesborough person a "Geordie"

 

Warnock for Mayor of Middlesborough ?

Aren't they?

 

Mind you I would like to try a parmo,

[CUTLER2579]

No Clive their called Wearsiders like wot Sunderland supporters are.

[Bill37]

No they're not, they are Teessiders.

 

Bill.

[thegreenhowards]

I’ll vote for Maunsell’s schools class. I’m particularly fond of these as probably the pinnacle fo 4-4-0 engines in the UK and because I work on restoring one (Stowe) when Covid doesn’t stop me.

[simontaylor484]

does that parmo come with a side order of myocardial infarction ???????

[Market65]

I’ve decided to vote for the Schools 4-4-0 too, a very nice class of engine, and so very powerful too.

 

Rob.

[great northern]

Coaches for a change tonight, 13 of them behind Sun Castle.

 

 

A really nice mix, I think, not a MK1 in sight, and although ten of them are kit built, Sun Castle, which runs on a Bachmann chassis and does not have a metal body, handled them with ease, and no trace of slipping.

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

I'm going to vote for those cute little Beattie  2-4-0WT's, the ones that survived down in Cornwall for so many years after all there sisters were scrapped.

 

My late Father-in-Law worked in Eastleigh works for many years, he told me during the war, he worked on Landing craft at Eastleigh works.

 

manna