Peterborough North

[Flying Fox 34F]

20 hours ago, CUTLER2579 said:

 

 Would that be one of your work colleagues then Paul.  

Ironically Derek, myself and my colleagues are all in a similar age group!  It must be a Midlife job.

 

Paul

[great northern]

It's early, it s nearly dark, and its cold, as the heating has only just come on. Why am I playing golf so early?

 

More roof lines this morning, as they fascinate me, and show the complexity of the work Peter Leyland had to do.

 

 

then one that concentrates on the footbridge tower.

 

 

 

 

 

[great northern]

Poll easily won by Conway with 8 votes. The castle is a great advantage when it comes to atmosphere.

 

Today, Sheffield to Birmingham, where such sights are rather rarer.

[St Enodoc]

Tamworth please.

[LNER4479]

Some pleasant scenery north of Derby so I will go for:

 

Duffield, where you can still change trains for Wirksworth (when the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is running). A busy four-track section in its day. In my first years with BR based in Derby, the Wirksworth branch was still in use (sort of) and I remember going down there a few times to play with track maintenance machines - great fun!

[31A]

Ambergate.

 

[30368]

We are moving from rural South Wiltshire to lovely Buxton (I lived near Ashbourne for 20 years when the BRB Tech Centre was busy) so I vote for Buxton - a bit off track but a lovely part of Britain.

 

[trw1089]

Dore and Totley please.  My good friend David Bailey who used to record lots of steam specials has a particularly excellent recording of 45305 climbing to Dore and Totley tunnel.  Made me fall in love with UK steam all over again and got me back into modelling in OO scale.

[Clive Mortimore]

I am in a pickle today so Branston.

[Metropolitan H]

My vote goes to Chesterfield, as it was the last place on that route that I visited - for a beer with friends!

 

Regards

Chris H

[Eround]

South Wingfield gets my vote. Great location to see Western allocated diesels(47's typically), cricket pitch next to the track and glorious sunny summers. Station is on the restoration list.

 

[figworthy]

Dore & Totley.

 

Adrian

[David Bell]

Duffield for me too

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

Duffield.

 

manna

[great northern]

Two more high level views with little or nothing going on. Looking south.....

 

 

and then to the north.

 

 

[DaveF]

 

Chesterfield - I spent a lot of time there about fifty years ago waiting for trains.

 

David

[Market65]

For this poll I’m also going with Duffield.

 

Rob.

[great northern]

The Flying Scotsman appears, apparently heading through a hurricane, headboard askew, lamps all over the place, and a fogman's hut blown over too.

 

 

[great northern]

Emerging from the gloom, and seen from the bridge, the headboard seems to have righted itself a little, but I really have no idea what happened to the lamps.

 

 

[great northern]

Some strange things going on at the moment, but no doubt it will all settle down eventually. The poll was won by Duffield with 4 votes.

 

We will carry on from Birmingham down to Bristol today, assuming that your replies actually get on here. I have several notifications, but the replies, so far, aren't coming through.

[St Enodoc]

8 minutes ago, great northern said:

Some strange things going on at the moment, but no doubt it will all settle down eventually. The poll was won by Duffield with 4 votes.

 

We will carry on from Birmingham down to Bristol today, assuming that your replies actually get on here. I have several notifications, but the replies, so far, aren't coming through.

By any route?

[great northern]

24 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

By any route?

Just the Midland I should have said. Gets a bit complicated otherwise.

[St Enodoc]

4 minutes ago, great northern said:

Just the Midland I should have said. Gets a bit complicated otherwise.

Thanks. In that case, it has to be Bromsgrove.

[Clive Mortimore]

8 minutes ago, great northern said:

Just the Midland I should have said. Gets a bit complicated otherwise.

But which Midland route, Bromsgrove or Redditch?

 

Anyhow my choice is Mangotsfield.

[Oldddudders]

Cheltenham Spa, where monthly, 25 years ago, I would change from an HST that I had joined in Swindon, into a 158 to Brum, and thence another HST for an afternoon meeting in Derby. My day had started on the 5.41 from Staplehurst, and then the 08.00 from Padlington. Meetings at Swindon were a bit truncated so I could catch the train to Cheltenham!