Peterborough North

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

Yeah, me to, O4

 

manna

[Market65]

For this poll, it’s the O4 for myself too.

 

Rob.

 

P.S. It’s too hot to sleep tonight!

[great northern]

More of Deltic's progress this morning. Meeting up with Golden Eagle, which has taken over the 2.00 Newcastle.

 

 

and now rumbling away down the other end, as B17 Huddersfield Town arrives with the Ely- Birmingham.

 

 

[great northern]

A late surge of votes saw the 04 top the Gorton poll with 6 votes, Woodhead electrics second with 4.

 

Today, an interesting one - Cowlairs.

[manna]

G'Day Folks

Better go for one them NBR Atlantic's then, hope they were built there !!

 

manna

[JamieR4489]

D34 ‘Glen’.

[great northern]

Tea time again. Not too hot so far, but looks like it will be later, so into the railway room quite soon, I think.

 

The 2.10pm York and Hull is our next train, inevitably with York's filthy A2/3 Sun Stream in charge.

 

 

 

While wandering around the garden the other day I paused to consider how lucky I am to have this view from my back gate. No more horticultural stuff after these two, I promise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

2 hours ago, great northern said:

A late surge of votes saw the 04 top the Gorton poll with 6 votes, Woodhead electrics second with 4.

 

Today, an interesting one - Cowlairs.

Again my knowledge of such goings on are not sufficient for me to make a educated suggestion of the best class or even a daft one therefore I will abstain from voting. 

[Tim Dubya]

Hercules

[Clive Mortimore]

9 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said:

Hercules

Isn't he Greek not Scottish? Or is it just a myth?

[Oldddudders]

6 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Isn't he Greek not Scottish? Or is it just a myth?

I thought he was Steptoe's dobbin! 

[jwealleans]

Having done a little research, No. 224.

[Clive Mortimore]

4 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

I thought he was Steptoe's dobbin! 

I had forgotten him, but wasn't he a Londoner not Greek?

[simontaylor484]

I will suggest Samson as its theonly other loco i could find reference to as been built there (apart from steptoes horse)

[Parracombe]

D34 has my vote.

For information on Cowlairs built locomotives would suggest Scottish Steam a Celebration by Keith Langston

[60027Merlin]

The D29/D30 Scott class.  

 

 

[Market65]

The D34 for myself too in this vote.

 

Rob.

[stewartingram]

Going back up the thread a bit; Cambridge had some 80xxx tanks allocated there. A mate of mine rode on one to St.Ives whilst doing a repair on the water column there apparently. Can't confirm they ever got to PN, but I have a vague distant memory of maybe seeing one there?

 

Stewart

[31A]

36 minutes ago, stewartingram said:

Going back up the thread a bit; Cambridge had some 80xxx tanks allocated there. A mate of mine rode on one to St.Ives whilst doing a repair on the water column there apparently. Can't confirm they ever got to PN, but I have a vague distant memory of maybe seeing one there?

 

Stewart

 

I was thinking about that; not sure where they worked from Cambridge either.  You don't see many pictures of them in that are but I have seen a picture of one on a Norwich-Cambridge (in fact I think it was a train from Yarmouth), so not confined to (for example) the Bedford line.

[31A]

Cowlairs - NB Atlantic!

 

[stewartingram]

7 minutes ago, 31A said:

 

I was thinking about that; not sure where they worked from Cambridge either.  You don't see many pictures of them in that are but I have seen a picture of one on a Norwich-Cambridge (in fact I think it was a train from Yarmouth), so not confined to (for example) the Bedford line.

I've got a feeling they were a (almost paper) transfer from somewhere else (LTSR?) when they were no longer needed, and effectively dumped at Cambridge, seeing little use before being moved on (31B comes to min, for storage) then later spread over the mids & NW. I think the 76xxx were on the same boat as well - only pics Ive seen of those is the Hunstanton branch, and Cambridge used anything it had on summer weekends.

(My layout based on the Hunstanton area has both allocated....well it is an excuse to run my Cambridge based collection of memories).

Stewart

[great northern]

55 minutes ago, 31A said:

 

I was thinking about that; not sure where they worked from Cambridge either.  You don't see many pictures of them in that are but I have seen a picture of one on a Norwich-Cambridge (in fact I think it was a train from Yarmouth), so not confined to (for example) the Bedford line.

Feb 59 Ian Allan shows none at Cambridge, and frankly none at all at sheds which might have resulted in them getting to PN, so I shall do without. I can't even use them to replace all the Bachmann V2s which I now have to throw out. I'm not sure how I'm going to manage without them though. Peterborough without lots of V2s just isn't.

[great northern]

Hot and very humid. I thought we might get a storm to clear the air, but no, it slid off somewhere else. 4pm photo today shows 61653 at Platform 6, just before she is unhooked and heads off to the sheds.

 

 

[31A]

3 hours ago, stewartingram said:

I've got a feeling they were a (almost paper) transfer from somewhere else (LTSR?) when they were no longer needed, and effectively dumped at Cambridge, seeing little use before being moved on (31B comes to min, for storage) then later spread over the mids & NW. I think the 76xxx were on the same boat as well - only pics Ive seen of those is the Hunstanton branch, and Cambridge used anything it had on summer weekends.

(My layout based on the Hunstanton area has both allocated....well it is an excuse to run my Cambridge based collection of memories).

Stewart

 

Hi Stewart,

 

I've found the picture I was thinking of.  It's in "Celebration of Steam - East Anglia" (Nigel J. L. Digby, Ian Allan, 1995) on p. 67 and shows 80074 nearing Roudham Junction with the 1.45pm Saturdays Only express Yarmouth Vauxhall-Cambridge in July 1960.  It's in a very clean condition, carrying Express lamps and has a good load - at least 9 corridor coaches.  The BR Database entry for this loco shows it as being at Tilbury until 1962, then Stratford and then March during 1962 - make of that what you will!

 

http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=80074&loco=80074

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by 31A
Edit: typo!

[CUTLER2579]

As I mentioned earlier several of the Class were shedded at 33A Plaistow & 33B Tilbury . If as I surmise they were shopped @ Doncaster

the easiest route would have been through Peterborough or possibly March, Gainsborough & into Doncaster. I only just thought about that as a route.Why don't I leave thinking to others,it only gets me confused.