RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 26, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 An arrival from Harwich is next, bringing B17 Gayton Hall, which is seen heading into Platform 6. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 9 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Robinson locos, I am clueless but I do like his big 4-6-2 tanks. If you ever visit Chelmsford, Robinsons do good fish and chips. And they sell Wallies. Clive Are the Wallies to eat the fish and chips? Wallies is Glaswegian for false teeth. Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 26, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 Conclusive win for the D11 with 12 votes. It was nice to see the C4 get a few mentions though, as they were very good engines too, as well as being extremely handsome. I had expected them to feature in that category, but never mind. If I don't do Robinson goods engines there will be some mutterings, even though I suspect the result is a foregone conclusion. So, most successful Robinson goods loco today, but please remember there is more than one deserving candidate. Too easy just to go for the most obvious one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 38 minutes ago, FarrMan said: Clive Are the Wallies to eat the fish and chips? Wallies is Glaswegian for false teeth. Lloyd Lloyd A wally is a pickled gherkin sold in fish and chip shops, real ones that don't do deep fried Mars Bars or gravy to make your chips go soggy. They are popular in London and Essex. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 Odds for today's poll O4, Evens J11, 10-1 Q4, 50-1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 26, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 Just now, Clive Mortimore said: Odds for today's poll O4, Evens J11, 10-1 Q4, 50-1 But you are clueless about Robinson locos, aren't you?Or are you just being naughty again? Odds on, that one. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 04 please; original or any of the modifictaterated ones if they were better? Thrumpton babies. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 49 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said: 04 please; original or any of the modifictaterated ones if they were better? Thrumpton babies. P If I am not putting feet in it again, O4 as well. Clive Whatever you do, don't ask for Wallies in a Glasgow chippy! Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 Definitely time to vote for the GCR 8K 2-8-0 locos (LNER O4) - probably one of the best heavy freight locos ever. regards Chris H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 J11 PomPom please, as I stick up once more for the underdog goods locomotive! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I could go O4 or Pom Pom. I'm actually going for the 0-8-0 Tinies, the later version with Ross Pops and raves on the tender. Sorry, I don't know the class number. Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) Well, I'm going to go with the flow and nominate the O4 (GCR 8K) 2-8-0 loco as the most successful Robinson goods loco. Amongst its claims to fame, an honourable mention should be made of the fact that it was chosen as the WWI ROD war loco for mass manufacture, which accounts for it being such a large class. As if to emphasise its relative simplicity and ease of construction I only realised in recent years that a small batch were constructed by a former locomotive manufacturer and repairer round these parts, Lingford, Gardiner & co. More used to building and maintaining small colliery locos, they were nevertheless able to turn their hands to the construction of the RODs in the country's hour of need. Testimony, I think, to a sound design. Edited March 26, 2021 by LNER4479 Wrong GCR type designation first time round! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I like 04s, especially the skirted W&U version. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, stewartingram said: I like 04s, especially the skirted W&U version. They could be regarded as a trifle more Heath Robinson. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2021 Never one to cause a fuss it's 04 for me as they used to be common around ere when I were a lad, normally as filthy as they come but marvellous engines. In later years I worked with a chap who had fired them and he was full of praise for them so confirming my view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 The J11 was a successful and long-lived engine; I believe at one time Thompson considered it as one his LNER standards. However, the O4 must be one of the best freight locomotives built in this country and hence gets my vote. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2021 I'm going for the O4 as well. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 hours ago, LNER4479 said: .......................... the O4 (GCR 9K) 2-8-0 loco ........................... Sorry to be a pedant, but I understood the LNER O4 was the GCR 8K - and the 9K was a 4-4-2T that became the LNER C13? Regards Chris H 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Oops - never did find the GCR numbering system too easy to work my way round! I have '9's on the brain due to B3 (9P) and B7 (9Q). Just so long as the arbiter knows my vote was for O4! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 4 hours ago, Sandhole said: I could go O4 or Pom Pom. I'm actually going for the 0-8-0 Tinies, the later version with Ross Pops and raves on the tender. Sorry, I don't know the class number. Chris. The Q4. I will go with that too Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2021 I too would like to say J11, but the O4 sweeps all before it, so it's O4 for me too. Regards, Alastair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 I may be in a minority of one, but I find the O4 rather ugly. Indeed I dislike all the Robinson engines with long covers over the splashers I.e. the 4-6-0s and D11 as well. They look old fashioned and unwieldy (ducks for cover). So I would like to vote for the J11 as I think it’s a very handsome engine. But I can’t argue for the service record of the O4, so reluctantly I’ll give it my vote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 26 minutes ago, David Bell said: The Q4. I will go with that too Cheers David Tinies rule. They were the ancestor of the O4. My Millholme example hauled the last train on my layout in Wiltshire before I came home to Manchester. I really need to 'modernise' it. The kit has Ramsbottom safety valves and coal rails, far too early for my period. XO4 powerdrive, SSMMOOOTTHHH. I love her to bits. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 J11 for me today. Martyn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted March 26, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2021 Tonight we have a look at the other side of Gayton Hall. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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