JamieR4489 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Herbert Nigel said: Is that a horse shoe shaped wreath of some kind on the lamp bracket of the A4? It looks like a train reporting number to me, suggesting it’s an excursion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 4, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, phil.c said: i don't know the area, all I did was line up the engine sheds with yours, reduce them to approximately the same size, the picture was too short so it was stretched to size and extra sky added above. I wasn't being critical Phil, far from it. I just wodered what magic you might be able to work with the actual 1950s view from the bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) Well, thank you to everyone who's commented so far. I found the idea of the train being in a bay hard to rationalise, but I couldn't work out the layout in my head and we didn't have a track plan to hand during the call. John Smart was one of the party and he's usually my go-to man for stock identification - I know nothing about the Scottish Area of the LNER. He said he didn't think it was NB, but clearly the evidence is to the contrary. Other than determining that it wasn't a headboard we didn't reach a conclusion as to what that is on the middle lamp iron. A reporting number would make sense. We thought the wagons were on the Midland side because of the Birch Coppice wagons which we guessed would be working home via Oakham. Edited July 4, 2020 by jwealleans 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 4, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2020 It is another pretty dismal day here, cold, dark and windy, but little rain. I managed to run a train or two amd get some more photos though. That means I can show another one with afternoon tea. Silver Fox has now taken over the Glasgow, and is waiting for the off. The train on the Down slow is what makes this, I reckon. It just ties everything together. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Gilbert, I meant to say earlier, the BT(4) in the Engineers yard in the photo upthread looks fabulous. You should try to reproduce that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 4, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4, 2020 38 minutes ago, jwealleans said: Gilbert, I meant to say earlier, the BT(4) in the Engineers yard in the photo upthread looks fabulous. You should try to reproduce that. Can you guide me as to what exactly it is? I can't get the image any bigger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2020 I’m able to say what that carriage is Gilbert. It’s a Gresley, non corridor, brake third as modelled by Hornby. I think, after seeing that photo’, I’ll get a secondhand example, and treat it to that finish. Best regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, great northern said: Can you guide me as to what exactly it is? I can try... It's an early diagram (turnbuckle trussing) 4 compartment brake third, three of the four compartment doors are sealed (no hinges or stepboards) as are the nearer set of guards doors. All the windows are painted over/boarded up. It only has a single destination board holder which is less usual. I'd hazard that it's in what's left of a teak finish, which is probably more unpainted wood now, and it's been either patch painted or repaired using painted panels from other vehicles. It would be interesting to know what the lettering on the guards compartment says. Was it used for something like film projection, hence the need for darkness inside? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 4, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2020 Next train from the south is the Talisman, a duty for a top link KX engine. Mallard today, turned out as would be expected. So now I have to wait for a doctor to call me back "within two hours". Probably nothing much, but I've been told not to take chances, so I had to ring 111. Not a good night to be going to A and E, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. 13 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2020 Good morning. Still here, but still don't feel quite right, so an emergency eye test is needed. Before I try to arrange that, here are the morning photos. 12 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 hour ago, great northern said: Good morning. Still here, but still don't feel quite right, so an emergency eye test is needed. Before I try to arrange that, here are the morning photos. Wow a triple chimney B17. 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said: Wow a triple chimney B17. I could have moved the angle a bit and got a pole or a signal sticking out of the chimney instead, I suppose. It is almost impossible to avoid having any thing like this happen up that end, with it being all so crowded and compressed. You could argue that it has three chimneys and two domes. A bit like those continental things really. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2020 I have been doubly lucky. At 1030 this morning I was left with no alternative but the eye hospital, as all local opticians were fully booked. Lucky bit one was a call to say there had been a cancellation at 1105 just up the road in Bingham, and lucky bit two is that tests and scans confirm that I haven't had a blood clot hit the back of my eye, as happened three years ago. So now I can stop worrying, and try to reduce my soaring stress levels. Another plonk to celebrate. 13 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Wow a triple chimney B17. It sounds as though it's not just Gilbert who needs his eyes tested. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Clive Mortimore Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: It sounds as though it's not just Gilbert who needs his eyes tested. It could be argued that it has four chimneys but number 2 is a multiple blast pipe funnel. I am going for a drive to Barnard Castle just to check my eyesight. Edited July 5, 2020 by Clive Mortimore 1 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2020 I should Clive, its nice there and comes recommended at the highest levels. Lets hope all is well with GN. Kind regards, Richard B 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Clive, your wife may end up getting a job as as CEO like other people. Just remember folks were all in this together just ask Mr J senior. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2020 Laugh! I nearly cried.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2020 It is exceedingly windy here today, but at least there is some sunshine. I've even been and run a couple of trains, but I am more than a little tired, having worried myself silly for two days, and not slept much. So it is back to the comfy chair, but here is another plonk before I go. 29 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Glad to hear you're ok Gilbert The wind is terrible here in Gods County too i cant remember a summer so windy 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2020 Sleep deficit to be made up, and an early start for golf tomorrow, which means bed remarkably early. Evening images quickly then. Since we last saw her 61635 has pulled out of the carriage sidings, picked up passengers, and is now on her way to March. Clive may be disappointed that there is only a tree growing out of the boiler this time. Another WD then appears and trundles past the District Engineer's buildings. Triple chimney this time.Full of character, WDs are. 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2020 Glad everything is ok with your eyes Gilbert. Lovely photos of late, both historical and model. Plenty of B17s too which always makes life better I find. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I do rather like the oily sheen below the footplate on that WD, Gilbert. Looks just like it would spoil your jacket if you brushed past it too close on shed. Cheers Scott 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 6, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2020 Stopping trains again this morning. The 4.35 from Wisbech. Followed by the 5.25 slow to KX, with an EE type 4 on crew training duties again. 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 6, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2020 Golf? Silly game. Instead we will have another plonk, then I will go and see off an old friend. 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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