RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 9, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2020 Another dark dreary and damp day, but golf calls, as I need to get out for a while. This morning we have another look at the White Rose as it approaches the end of the PSR. and at Ivatt 43108, set further back into the bay than usual with only three coaches in tow. 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 9, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 13 hours ago, thegreenhowards said: If that is the best runner, why not swap the bodies over and get one useable loco which doesn’t look too bad? Put the two dodgy halves together and stick them on eBay and get a deposit for a new Bachmann one. There are other complications I'm afraid Andy. I won't go into detail, but I just have to accept that I'm stuck with what I have for the time being. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 9, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2020 Juat a plonk at tea time..... 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 9, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2020 End of another day of dismal weather. Surely it must improve soon? Along with my memory, hopefully. I still can't think of another poll or something else to amuse us. Featured train is the Tees Tyne Pullman, and the loco is Silver Link. We have views from opposite sides as she approaches Crescent Bridge. 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 How about favourite stations? That could be broken down into termini, through, junctions, etc. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 10, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 Two more shots showing Silver Link's progress through the station this morning. Surely there should also be one which shows some of those opulent Pullman cars? I shall take up the suggestion from our friend down under, and so shortly we shall consider stations. First though, I think we are looking at one of the most disgraceful decisions ever made when it came to deciding which locomotives should be preserved. Surely Silver Link fitted all the criteria, and should not have been cut up? You may well think there were even worse instances though, so today let's look for the most glaring example of a locomotive, or a class, that should have been preserved for posterity. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2020 Rocket comes to mind...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2020 Peppercorn A1 would be the biggest omission for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieR4489 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 In my opinion, a K3 should have been preserved. I think of them as the LNER’s Black 5s and seeing as there are 18 5s in preservation, a K3 would be a useful addition. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 In fairness to the people in the BRB at the time, they can have had no concept of how the heritage and preservation movement would develop and saw the steam engine as both commonplace and outdated. How many of us think twice about seeing cars crushed, but are surprised when we find that something ubiquitous only a few years ago now only has a single figure number of survivors? Once Mallard took the speed record, Silver Link was never going to survive - and without Alan Pegler, neither would Flying Scotsman have. There was never much of a plan to conserve steam - quite the opposite, some might say - and it's largely only because of Dai Woodham that the preserved steam railway can exist today. I'd point fingers at the GWR for scrapping the preserved broad gauge locos at Swindon, and probably at the whole railway industry before WW 2 for not developing the LNER initiative to create a Railway Museum. It's ironic that they ended up the least represented of the Big Four in terms of surviving locomotives. I'd have liked a Claud or Jersey Lily to survive, but in terms of practicality a K3 (or a K2 for that matter) would be of most use to a preserved railway now. Probably the most disgraceful decision, if we concentrate on that aspect alone, was sending Valour to the scrap line. I'm sure the LNER under Gresley would have preserved her. 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 12 hours ago, great northern said: End of another day of dismal weather. Surely it must improve soon? Along with my memory, hopefully. I still can't think of another poll or something else to amuse us. Featured train is the Tees Tyne Pullman, and the loco is Silver Link. We have views from opposite sides as she approaches Crescent Bridge. I do like that second view from River Lane, despite the over tight curve. Lloyd 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 10 hours ago, St Enodoc said: How about favourite stations? That could be broken down into termini, through, junctions, etc. I had been thinking just the same myself. Great minds??? Lloyd 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 34 minutes ago, jwealleans said: I'd point fingers at the GWR for scrapping the preserved broad gauge locos at Swindon Agreed - so my vote is for the original "North Star". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 10, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2020 We have occasional sunlight for the first time for days, so I've been able to run trains again, for the first time for several days. Elevenses now, then plenty of time for more. Back to one of my favourite views now, as Kimbolton Castle stands at Platform 6 having brought in a shuttle service from East. Stock is two more of the Kirk coaches I put together back in the 80s, and I still think Kirk kits don't look at all bad when seen from this angle. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 On 08/07/2020 at 17:06, great northern said: It is all very frustrating Tony. This one is the worst V2 I have for looks, but it is the best running too. I can't run a proper sequence for PN without V2s, so this has to appear a couple of times each day. I suppose I could just not photograph it when it does! I am indeed waiting for the Bachmann one to appear, and having heard Andy York's interview with them at the weekend it seems that Covid hasn't caused too serious delays in China, so hopefully it won't be too many months before we see it. Tim does make his own chassis, but doesn't want to build for curves as tight as mine, so that's out. I only have one new Bachmann chassis, and that runs under a body that Tim did from Graeme King's offering. I know Tim is also not yet convinced as to the longevity of 3D printed stuff as well. I think I'll just have to wait and hope. Hi Gilbert At least all your 2-6-2s and 4-6-2s have their trailing wheels. 1 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 10, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2020 Tea time picture again. Shabby 61073 in number 5 bay, and about to leave for Grantham. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 7 hours ago, great northern said: First though, I think we are looking at one of the most disgraceful decisions ever made when it came to deciding which locomotives should be preserved. Surely Silver Link fitted all the criteria, and should not have been cut up? You may well think there were even worse instances though, so today let's look for the most glaring example of a locomotive, or a class, that should have been preserved for posterity. I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the LMS 10000; so I will. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 Loco that should have been preserved 58110 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 One loco that should have been preserved? There are so many. As has already been said, one of the Broad Gauge from GWR perhaps, or something from one of the smaller pre-grouping constituents, especially those such as the Barry, where no loco is preserved. So I think I will go for a Barry Railway B1. Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I will go for either western or Midland pullman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 10, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2020 Tonight we have a J50 taking another trip working from South yard to New England, using the bi directional Up main. 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 G'Day Folks I'll go with a C12 Atlantic tank and a Push Pull coach. manna 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcock29 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Definitely would love to have seen a C12 preserved. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted July 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2020 An A1 is the obvious choice. Since rectified with Tornado but still a glaring omission. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 15 hours ago, 31A said: I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the LMS 10000; so I will. Agree. I vote for LMS 10000 too 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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