RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 15, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, thegreenhowards said: That’s a ghostly scene! Yes, it does happen occasionally. I've been pretty successful at avoiding any more though.....so far. A D2 keeps tempting me, but I resist. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) G'Day Folks PN, needs to be backdated 10 years, all that Post War grot. Including Atlantic's D2's all the GN 0-6-0's. Awww! manna Edited July 15, 2021 by manna 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted July 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 15, 2021 27 minutes ago, great northern said: Yes, it does happen occasionally. I've been pretty successful at avoiding any more though.....so far. A D2 keeps tempting me, but I resist. I also fancy a D2. I’m sure we will be debating that soon on one of Brian’s polls! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 16, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2021 Back up onto Spital Bridge now, to watch the Scotsman snaking through the curves. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted July 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2021 Hello everyone I'm pleased to say the eye op all went well yesterday with all credit to the NHS staff I met! If there are any queries on the Results, I'm happy to help. Brian 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2021 1 hour ago, BMacdermott said: Hello everyone I'm pleased to say the eye op all went well yesterday with all credit to the NHS staff I met! If there are any queries on the Results, I'm happy to help. Brian Yea, Brian. Great news and welcome back. Phil 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 16, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2021 Now we know that if we go further along Spital Bridge, the parapet gets so high that we can't see over it. However, another of our intrepid cameramen has brought with him something to stand on, and so was able to take this. The question is, was it worth it? I think it probably was, though even with a lot of fiddling I can't get the colour balance or the brightness quite as I would like them to be. 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 17, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2021 Next we see the early shift Loco from the Ramsey branch making its way back to New England. The Edinburgh is at Platform 6, and the trip working occupies the slow, so the main is the only available route. 35 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 17, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2021 Now we have another angle on that J6. A very hot day comes to an end, but looks like being followed by a very hot night. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 18, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2021 It was indeed a very hot night. More than 60 years ago at PN though it is 1130 on a rather cool and partly cloudy day, the guard's whistle has sounded, and Sun Castle is on its way. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 18, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2021 One more angle on Sun Castle, as it lurches across onto the main. Much more sensible to take photographs from this side, but obviously sensible I am not. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 49 minutes ago, great northern said: ... but obviously sensible I am not. ... especially considering the small space you need to squeeze yourself into to capture that shot for our delectation. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted July 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2021 PN 00 Loco Mini-Poll No.2: Passenger – Tank Hello everyone Welcome to the second of three planned Mini-Polls concerning locos with a connection to Peterborough North. The title is Passenger - Tank, but we appreciate that some were used on freight or parcels etc. It is simply to differentiate from the other two Mini-Polls (Freight Types and Passenger – Tender). I am running the Mini-Polls on behalf of Gilbert, but with the kind assistance of Chris Knowles-Thomas. It is often impossible to be ‘deadly precise’ with a 1-line descriptor as many classes were altered over the years. We take the view that ‘if it looks like an N2, it probably is an N2’. Recent past experience is showing that makers are ‘tooling up’ to make as many variants as they can for any new model. You can submit your wishes here, on the thread, as usual, or PM me direct if you prefer the ‘secret ballot’ method. If you vote on the thread, please feel free to explain why you have chosen your selection – hopefully, that will promote some interesting debates – but please do not take it as an excuse to start up the old chestnut of ‘kits vs RTR’! Here’s what to do: 1 You may vote for any or all of the five items listed plus a response to item 6 (if you so wish) 2 They must be items with a ‘PN connection’ and which you would realistically wish to buy if made RTR at ‘affordable prices’. 3 Submit your entries on this thread simply as (for example): 2, 4, 5 – with comments and explanations following. 4 If you vote by PM, please only list your selection of numbers without explanations. 4-4-2T 1. 4-4-2T GNR C12 (67350-67399) 0-6-2T 2. 0-6-2T GNR N1 (69430-69485) 3. 0-6-2T GNR N2 (69490-69596) 4. 0-6-2T MSLR N4/N5 (69225-69247, 69250-69370) 4-6-2T 5. 4-6-2T GCR/LNER A5/1 (69800-69829) 6. Your suggestions of any locos not listed above - but they must have a ‘PN connection’ Please give the company, wheel arrangement and class number (as per the list above). Get your thinking caps on and get voting! I will acknowledge receipt of your vote via the ‘Thx’ tick box. We are back on ‘normal schedule’ now, so you have until 17.00 on Thursday 22 July to vote. However, I will stop earlier and advise if votes reach 50. I will present the results during the day on Friday 23 July. We look forward to your selections and comments! Brian & Chris (Note: These are ‘informal Polls for fun’ on Gilbert’s thread only and neither The 00 Wishlist Poll Team nor RMweb are specifically involved, apart from Chris and me in a ‘personal capacity’.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted July 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2021 Hello everyone A simple Mini-Poll for me this time – just the N2! The current Hornby model derives from the original Airfix design which was then produced by Mainline in 1982. Dapol bought the tooling and this was eventually sold to Hornby in 1996. Although of GNR heritage, the class should have good appeal to a maker due to the geographic spread in BR days – even in Scotland – coupled with a life-span from 1920 to up to 1962, enabling a number of liveries. Looking at the Hugh Longworth Allocations Book for 1960, the 47 remaining N2s were shedded at: 22 King’s Cross 3 Hornsey 4 Hatfield 1 Hitchin 5 New England 5 Grantham 1 Carlisle Canal 3 Parkhead 2 Kipps 1 Dawsholm If you look at 1954 – when the full complement of 107 locos was extant – Stratford, Parkeston and Colchester were on the list. Icing on any new loco cake would be some new-tooled BR Mk1 Short Underframe Non-gangwayed stock! Brian 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted July 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2021 For today's poll I will vote for 1, 2 and 3. Although I think 1 and 2 would be stretching things a bit for my layout which is set in London c.1958-1961, I like them so "Rule 1" would apply! I've got 4 Hornby N2s in use at the moment. Although the Hornby versions run a lot better than the original Mainline ones, a new model which could perform as well as the recent Oxford Rail N7 would be very welcome. The bodies are a bit basic by today's standards to say the least, although they are easy to improve with detailing, but again an up to date version would be good; hopefully some of the detail differences within in the class could be catered for. Agree with Brian re. new tooling BR non gangwayed stock, as well! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 19, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2021 10 hours ago, LNER4479 said: ... especially considering the small space you need to squeeze yourself into to capture that shot for our delectation. But it is lovely now, compared with the long period where I also had to crouch under that overhanging bookcase. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted July 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2021 Just one vote for me - the N5. An updated N2 is overdue but I already have five (four Hornby and one scratch built bought second hand). I’ve weathered and detailed all these so would not want to throw them away and they’re good enough for me. Five is enough! An N1 would be a good bet with its wide use in the west riding as well as out of KX, but I have one - 3D printed on a N2 chassis - and they were being phased out down south by the early ‘50s. The C12 is also an elegant design and I love them but I have built a kit and one is enough given their limited workings down south. An A5 is a tempting prospect. I do want but I’m half way through building a kit which has got put in the too difficult box at present. If that fails I‘d take an A5 too but I feel I have to try to complete the kit first. Again there were only penny numbers in the KX area post war, so one is enough. I agree with the comment on updated Mk1 shorties especially if the GN specific CL and SLO could be included. Andy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 19, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2021 The unnamed streak, as it used to be known, now makes an appearance with its usual Up working. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 19, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2021 1.4.5. for me this time. C12s were very near the end of their long service as pilots at PN by the summer of 58, and I already have the last survivor at New England. A good RTR one would be irresistible though. I already have an N5 too, of course, but again I would find a way to justify a second if one became available. A5s I also love, and have one, but the same applies, I would have another one like a shot. Or perhaps more than one. N1, very nice, but not seen at PN. N2s came as pilots 1959-61, so too late for me, and they were in disgraceful condition, which would put me off anyway. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcock29 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) Oh dear this is a bit of a worry - I could go broke! 1,2,3,4,5 for me. C12 - I have 2 running and another I was given in the rebuilding stage. There is also one I built for a mate which is expected to return one day. Given some of my fictitious 1930s layout is in Lincolnshire and the rest possibly in Nottinghamshire I could not have too many C12s! I also supply the stock for a new exhibition layout we have in Adelaide based on Spilsby in East Lincolnshire. Such a pretty loco in my view. N1 - I have the main parts from a w/m kit found in a job lot bought 8 years ago and a chassis but I would buy one RTR model. N2 - I have a couple but a more detailed version to current standards would be useful. N4/5 - I have a Millholme kit built about 20 years ago, but it is one of the 5 without rivets on the tanks. A nice RTR model to current standards wouldn't go amiss. A5 - I have the Craftsman kit I built in the mid 80s and another partly rebuilt from the same lot as the N1. But a decent accurate model would be nice. Andrew Edited July 19, 2021 by Woodcock29 Modified a comment 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris45lsw Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 My vote is 1, 2, 4 & 5. Chris KT 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 G'Day Folks I have examples of C12, N1, N2, so a A5 wouldn't go amiss. What I would like to see in RTR, is a Quad Art, for a 100 pounds!! manna 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted July 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2021 Hello Manna I realise you are slightly 'tongue-in-cheek' with the £100 price tag, but just checking as you say 'a' Quad Art... There was a GE Section Quad Art - ie four coaches. Then there were the GN Section Quad Arts - ie two different 4-car sets intended to run as an 8-car. This is not part of the Mini-Poll but thought I ought to query in case anyone else comments on stock. Brian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 20, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2021 I suppose if there is one scene which sums up the old PN, this is it. 28 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2021 50 minutes ago, BMacdermott said: Hello Manna I realise you are slightly 'tongue-in-cheek' with the £100 price tag, but just checking as you say 'a' Quad Art... There was a GE Section Quad Art - ie four coaches. Then there were the GN Section Quad Arts - ie two different 4-car sets intended to run as an 8-car. This is not part of the Mini-Poll but thought I ought to query in case anyone else comments on stock. Brian Hi Brian and All The GE section Quad -arts were ordinary coaches intended for longer distance journeys. They had standard, well near standard legroom was I found out when making my one from Kirk sides. They share more in common with the many types of twin-art non gangway coaches. The GN Quads and the GE Quints were intended for shorter suburban trains, and were know for the cramped compartments, the sit up and beg type seating. My GE section Hertford Quad. 11 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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