Peterborough North

[thegreenhowards]

J15 for me.

[mullie]

As much as I like the J15 I really want a T26 (or E4).

 

To be honest could have been almost anything built by the GER, tried to stick with those that were not substantially rebuilt. A G58 or J17 especially with small tender is tempting and the C32 or F3 tank.

 

Martyn

[Market65]

Right, for today’s poll, it’s the lovely little J15. 
 

Rob.

[great northern]

Sciatica. Got some, and could do without it. Don't fancy going to the osteopath as things are at present, even if he is working. It will go away, eventually.

 

Pictures. We have a very clean A3 going South, and a 9F on the afternoon York parcels coming to meet it.

 

 

 

as the 9F comes under the bridge, we can see it isn't very clean at all.

 

 

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

E4 for me, hope to build one.........one day.

 

manna

[great northern]

Golf this morning, on a gorgeous day, but we shall see what my back thinks about it in due course. So here's the early piccies. the first being of Doncaster A3 Ladas at rest with the 1.20pm Leeds.

 

 

Coming t'other way, we then have a 9F and more coal.

 

 

[great northern]

Before I go, I shall close the Stratford poll, which I will count later. Today's subject will be Crewe. I'm not at all sure whether to venture further south than London, so perhaps we should have a poll to decide whether to do that. There is also a place further to the West, but my keyboard won't let me type that name.

[37Oban]

And there is also north of the Border!

[great northern]

1 minute ago, 37Oban said:

And there is also north of the Border!

I didn't rule that out though, did I?

[37Oban]

I must be suffering from Monday morning syndrome!  It is Monday, isn't it?

[3rd Rail Exile]

59 minutes ago, great northern said:

...I'm not at all sure whether to venture further south than London, so perhaps we should have a poll to decide whether to do that. There is also a place further to the West, but my keyboard won't let me type that name.

 

What's wrong with south of London?  Plenty of interesting locos and other things to choose from designed and built at the various workshops...

 

As for the place formerly known as Pig Hill (I assume that's the one your keyboard is adverse to), I agree - don't go there  

[JamieR4489]

If we’re still going on the criteria of reliability and versatility then there is only really one option. The Black 5s. If we’re not using that criteria then the best product from Crewe for me has to be the Ivatt Duchesses. IMHO, they looked so much more powerful than the standard Duchesses.

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, great northern said:

Before I go, I shall close the Stratford poll, which I will count later. Today's subject will be Crewe. I'm not at all sure whether to venture further south than London, so perhaps we should have a poll to decide whether to do that. There is also a place further to the West, but my keyboard won't let me type that name.

Is this proper Crewe locos of the LNWR types or Crewe with Sir William's GWR types?

 

Crewe types it has to be Mr Bowen-Cooke's Prince of Wales 4-6-0, nothing too fussy just simple business like engineering beauty.

 

If it is the Swindon influenced designs of later years, then Sir William's  class 3 2-6-2T passenger tanks. They looked lovely despite being useless.

[jazzer]

2 hours ago, great northern said:

Before I go, I shall close the Stratford poll, which I will count later. Today's subject will be Crewe. I'm not at all sure whether to venture further south than London, so perhaps we should have a poll to decide whether to do that. There is also a place further to the West, but my keyboard won't let me type that name.

Before you close the Stratford poll , can I nominate the N7’s ? Fantastic workhorses and synonimous  Stratford.

 

Crewe is a tough one. I’ll go for George Whale’s lovely 4-4-2 tanks .

[Oldddudders]

5 minutes ago, jazzer said:

Crewe is a tough one. I’ll go for George Whale’s lovely 4-4-2 tanks .

But Hamilton Ellis described them as voracious coal-eaters, which Marsh's I3 for the Brighton showed up, leading to superheating arriving at Crewe. 

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, 3rd Rail Exile said:

I'm not at all sure whether to venture further south than London, so perhaps we should have a poll to decide whether to do that.

Yes please!

[Bloodnok]

Crewe?

No contest.

Class 87s. The original batch, not the later build 87/2s which got released with '90' scrawled on the side of them.

(I mean, this is a locomotive poll, which kinda rules out HST power cars. With these included, there would have been something to think about...)

[Market65]

I’m going with the Stanier Black Fives.

 

Rob.

[Metropolitan H]

I'm torn, I agree with the Class 87 electric locos as the best thing ever to come out of Crewe, but if I'm restricted to Steam locos it has to be the LMS Stanier "Black" 5 class of 4-6-0 - simple, reliable, go anywhere and do anything well locos.

 

Regards

Chris H

[great northern]

Stratford poll winner was J15 with 8 votes, E4 second with 4.

[45156]

Another vote for the Stanier 5MT as possibly the best steam workhorse ever, even if some were very rough, and they did have a knock - but they would go anywhere and do anything - and I can verify that even now in preservation, they have a good turn of speed - I travelled behind one on the WCML a few years ago, and all the GPS types clocked it at just over 70.

[great northern]

A slightly late teatime image, 9F under the roof.

 

 

[FarrMan]

33 minutes ago, 45156 said:

I travelled behind one on the WCML a few years ago, and all the GPS types clocked it at just over 70.

 

I would go for the Black 5's as well. I remember traveling on a special from Crewe to Carlisle, and back to Crewe via Leeds in the early to mid 1960's. The Brit. 70047 failed at about Tebay, I think, and 45018 was commandeered to take it on to Carlisle. I believe it touched 82 on the downhill after Shap. Upperby shed housed a good collection of withdrawn Duchesses - only time I ever saw them.

 

Lloyd

[CUTLER2579]

The reliable 5MT.   Stanier's Black five.

[37Oban]

Simply has to be Black 5!