Peterborough North

[The Pilotman]

Stratford; the only place I’ve ever been mugged. 

[great northern]

Another look at the Compound hauled Leicester local this evening, in black and white again as I persisted in pointing the camera into strong light, and forgot that I have a lens hood to help with such things.

 

 

 

The next one wasn't quite as bad, and so Galtee More on its first service train at PN can appear in colour. The train is the 7.30 Grantham-KX.

 

 

Edited August 6, 2020 by great northern
Spelling, ponting instead of pointing, and I never did like Ricky.

[DaveF]

 

It has to be Stratford, always so much to see whenever I visited.

 

David

[manna]

G'day Folks

 

Shenfield, where I spent many a Cold Hour waiting for trains, and watching the Clacton units scream through.

 

manna

[mullie]

The Clacton units I saw always stopped at Shenfield, it made them much easier to get on and off of!

 

(Sorry ......... hat, coat.......................... gone!)

 

Martyn

[great northern]

A new A3 on the layout is an event, so it gets recorded twice more as 60049 simmers at Platform 2.

 

 

 

 

[great northern]

Surprisingly, The GE didn't attract a lot of interest.  Only 11 votes, and Cambridge won with three of them.

 

So, we had an excursion to the west and south, went up the WCML in stages, came back down the ECML into the north east, and then across to the GE. That just leaves one more major junction poll, which is ECML from outer London to Shaftholme Junction. I'm going to specify what I consider to be "major" this time, but the rest will get a look in later.

 

So today choose from the following:- Hatfield, Hitchin, Huntingdon North, Peterborough North, Grantham, Newark Northgate, Retford and Doncaster. Those are the ones that get bold and capitals in my WTT, so the authorities obviously classed them as most important. very difficult choices to be made, so I'm sure we'd all like to know what clinched the stand out station for you.

[scottystitch]

It has to be Retford for me, particularly if we are talking pre-1965 and the flat crossing is still in use.

 

Best

 

Scott.

[David Bell]

Well it has to be Peterborough North surely! That is my vote.

 

 

 

[Market65]

I’m definitely going with Peterborough North in view of your excellent layout if nothing else, Gilbert.

 

Rob.

[jollysmart]

Doncaster for me, junction plus the works, a great day out and an impressive number of traffic.

[FarrMan]

As you say, a difficult choice this one. Doncaster and Retford obviously have a lot going for them, and personally Grantham (where I changed for Nottingham Victoria) and Peterborough North (Which I could almost see from my bedroom window in the 1960's, and could certainly hear). But I think on balance it has to be Peterborough North, with its GNR, MR and GER connections, and the start of quite a number of interesting journeys.

 

Lloyd

[LNER4479]

Grantham

 

'Nuff said...

[Clive Mortimore]

Hitchin, you could catch a train to Bedford from there.

[Brian Hawkins]

Has to be Peterborough North simply because of your wonderful layout Gilbert

Edited August 7, 2020 by Brian Hawkins

[JamieR4489]

Grantham for me

[DaveF]

 

I'll say Grantham as I spent a lot of time there trainspotting in the late 50s/early 60s.

 

David

[St Enodoc]

Donny.

 

When TAG Models were just around the corner from the station, I could get off on my way home from Kings Cross, stock up on bits (and sometimes a second-hand model - I noticed today that one of my Replica Modified Halls cost me GBP 29.95, which would have been in the late 80s) and back to the station in time for the next train.

Edited August 7, 2020 by St Enodoc

[Clive Mortimore]

7 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

Donny.

 

When TAG Models were just around the corner from the station, I could get off on my way home from Kings Cross, stock up on bits (and sometimes a second-hand model - I noticed today that one of my Replica Modified Halls cost me GBP 29.95, which would have been in the late 80s) and back to the station in time for the next train.

What excuse did you give to the then Mrs Sainty for being late and a pile goodies tucked under your arm?

[St Enodoc]

8 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

What excuse did you give to the then Mrs Sainty for being late and a pile goodies tucked under your arm?

That was long before the present Lady St Enodoc.

 

The first didn't take too much notice - she was known to buy me a loco for birthday or Christmas from time to time (as, too, is Veronica) - although it is true that I used to carry a large briefcase into which a red, blue or green box would slip quite easily...

[thegreenhowards]

Hatfield, because that's where I've based my timetable for Gresley Junction and the range of services was superb. Any further North and one largely loses the quad arts.

[LNER4479]

39 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

What excuse did you give to the then Mrs Sainty for being late and a pile goodies tucked under your arm?

[phil.c]

22 hours ago, great northern said:

Thanks Phil. I shall do that when I work out what the final format will be, and how I'm going to do it. The trouble is it looks good from some angles and horrid from others.

That's the trouble with backscenes as they are taken from just one angle and we take shots from every angle

[CUTLER2579]

Could only be Grantham.

 

I expect Paul (Flying Fox) is tired today after another Bridge Strike on Wednesday in Grantham, just near the station.

 

Then network Rail are closing two bridges for  3 months. each with only a short break at Xmas. By the way it's only 141 days to XMAS !!!  

[sandra]

I really must vote for Retford.

Sandra