RMweb Premium 31A Posted June 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said: K3 for passenger K3 for goods. Jack of all trades master of none. Continuing in this vein I will go for Passenger - V2 Goods - V2 Jack of all trades, & also master! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 3rd Rail Exile Posted June 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Metropolitan H said: For passenger I agree it is A4 - no contest. For freight / Mixed Traffic - it has to be the V2 2-6-2, "The locos that won the war"! If we were to have a mineral freight loco as well then the O2 would be there as well. Regards Chris H Same combination for me please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted June 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2020 I’m torn between the A1/A3 and V2 for passenger but I’ll go for the A1/A3 and put the V2 in for freight sadly meaning the O2 has to miss out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Seeing the photograph of "Minoru" reminded me of a phone call I answered when I worked for LT at Golders Green in 1984 . A Lady asked to speak to Rob ***** and I said I am afraid he is not here this afternoon,can I take a message . Yes she said I believe he has a nameplate from a locomotive called "Minoru" (I answered that I had no idea as he is only working here this week) and my husband had the other one. Unfortunately my husband has just died and we had talked about giving the plate to Rob when that happened so that he would have both of them, my phone number is 01-765-2345 if he would like to ring me. I was flabbergasted and we politely ended the call. Next morning Rob was even more flabbergasted when he saw my message and thought it was a wind up. It took some persuading to get him to phone the Lady,but when he did he was a very happy bunny I reckon that each plate was worth about £2000 at that time,but a pair would probably fetch more. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted June 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2020 A3 and V2 please Gilbert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2020 1 hour ago, CUTLER2579 said: a pair would probably fetch more. I'm sure you are right. Most of us really appreciate a nice pair. 1 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 G'Day Folks I have to agree with others on this thread, A4 and O2. manna 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted June 29, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2020 What a grey day. Better tomorrow though. The sequence again advances rapidly, and we have reached 4.45pm, which is when 61630 arrives with the afternoon service from Harwich. followed by the borrowed 01 running in tender first with the Little Barford empties. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcock29 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 A3 and O2 for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted June 30, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2020 Another day begins, a bit dark again, but it may improve. I will need some light soon, as my hair needs mowing again, and I'm not at all sure I want to be going to a hairdressers when they reopen. No doubt there will be huge waiting lists for appointments anyway. Some cleaning would be a good idea today too, so I'll get the morning images up before getting on with things. A B17 at platform 6 always gets photographed, though 61630 with six plus a van on is rather further along than usual. 60039 then runs in with the Up Harrogate, a nice easy duty with only eight MK1s in tow. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted June 30, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2020 Not surprisingly, that was a well supported poll. On the passenger side the contest was mainly between A4 and A1/3, won this time by the A4, 7 votes to 4. I believe this is the first time the A4 has topped a poll, which does rather surprise me. The goods vote was almost exclusively a contest between 02 and V2, the 02 just shading it by 6 votes to 5. Today we will finish off our visit to Doncaster, assessing the period from WW2 to the end. At last a chance for all those lovers of the works of ET to get involved. I always enjoy trying to second guess Clive's usually off piste responses. This time I suspect there may be an Eastern European connection. Now, where's that duster? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcock29 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Peppercorn A1 and for goods ET's rebuild of the O4 to the O1 (if that qualifies?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieR4489 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Passenger - Peppercorn A2 Goods - Peppercorn K1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 G'day Folks As expected a Peppercorn A1, for passenger, and what about 'Tommy' for freight. manna 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 3rd Rail Exile Posted June 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2020 Passenger - Class 85 Electric Goods - Class 58 Diesel 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted June 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2020 Passenger A1. Goods K1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2020 17 hours ago, CUTLER2579 said: LT at Golders Green in 1984 Did you come across a young engineer called Giles Dallaway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted June 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2020 Gotta be the AL5 for both freight and passenger. They were intended to be the main locomotives for the electrification of the Doncaster to Kings Cross project with AM9s providing the semi fast services. Sadly funding was withdrawn and the ECML had to wait to be electrocuted. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 11 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Gotta be the AL5 for both freight and passenger. They were intended to be the main locomotives for the electrification of the Doncaster to Kings Cross project with AM9s providing the semi fast services. Sadly funding was withdrawn and the ECML had to wait to be electrocuted. No Deltics if that had happened Bigger run of 50s perhaps instead, or simply there would have been more than enough other diesels until the wires reached Newcastle and then eventually Edinburgh. That said, the AL5 was a lovely loco and the AM9s would have made for lovely semi fasts. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted June 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2020 I'm with Clive on the AL5. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 2 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Did you come across a young engineer called Giles Dallaway? I was based there in a Portakabin and was working on what was to become Train Overhaul. I knew the Foreman and Reps who worked in the Depot but can't recall the name and Giles is quite an unusual name so I would remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted June 30, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2020 Highlight of the day so far is that I found the West Riding headboard. It had fallen down fron the top lamp iron of a loco, flipped upside down, and was lying behind the centre lamp iron. Very well camouflaged, it was, but in the end to no avail, as I hadn't ordered a new one. Back from a 45 mimute power walk, I am now partaking of tea. Here is another shot of Sandwich to go with it. 25 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Peppercorn A1 and EM1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted June 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2020 5 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Did you come across a young engineer called Giles Dallaway? I remember Giles Dallaway from his time with LU in the late 1980s / early 90s and had some dealings with him regarding Train Audit ratings and also the the RSMIMS ("Rolling Stock Maintenance Integrated Management System" - aka "Who she"?) project documents - for which I was the Specifier and Engineering Acceptance person. Where did you come across him? Regards Chris H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodnok Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Class 85 for passenger, and Class 56 for freight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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