RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 17, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2019 Back to the trains, and the next one is the 1000 Up Leeds, the return leg of the loco from the previous evening's Yorkshire Pullman. Lord Faringdon comes into view from under Spital Bridge. and again as it gets a bit closer. I'm still fiddling with the lights, but these views are getting much easier to process, apart from overlapping lattices. It is easier just to get something in front of them, as I have done here. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 18, 2019 More of 60034 this morning, before I go to Newark to pick up my visitor from the station. Under the roof this time. Quite far away to start with. But much closer now. I'm surprised at the depth of field on these. Pure fluke of course. Final thought for this morning. The distance I cover to Newark today is just about the same as I walked while golfing on Monday. Would I even contemplate walking to Newark, no way. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 It might be quicker than using the A46 on some days 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted September 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2019 5 hours ago, CUTLER2579 said: It might be quicker than using the A46 on some days I have just taken my visitor back to Newark station. His train leaves at 1746. Being cautious, and expecting the usual chaos, we left early. There was no traffic, and we got there in twenty minutes, so he had nearly an hour to wait. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 18, 2019 Our man strolled once again along the Midland sidings and saw an A3 at Platform 6. Nothing unusual about that. Then he looked more closely. Perhaps he's been on the magic mushrooms again. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, great northern said: Our man strolled once again along the Midland sidings and saw an A3 at Platform 6. Nothing unusual about that. Then he looked more closely. Perhaps he's been on the magic mushrooms again. No wonder he was urged to look again - that driver can't possibly see through the front cab window!! Regards Julian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted September 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2019 Methinks that a certain Longdrem and Pinkhill proprietor has been a visiting with a lovely northern area Pacific such as that excellent example! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted September 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, trw1089 said: Methinks that a certain Longdrem and Pinkhill proprietor has been a visiting with a lovely northern area Pacific such as that excellent example! Got it in one, Tony, and I hadn't even announced the competition. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) Yes, indeed. Eric(Merlin) of Longdrem made his biannual visit today, and along with the pleasure of his company, I got to see and photograph some very exotic locos. Flamingo was very rare down here, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was never in the real world captured on film at PN in post war days. Here it is again. There was a rather strage soft light this afternoon, which both I and the camera found difficult to deal with. Well have some more mundane happenings as well. Our man didn't record the whole of the 1020 Leeds, but he did decide the catering cars were worth a shot. After that a B12 came backing down onto a train to its home city of Cambridge, and that was certainly worth at least one image. If you want to know why this image appears twice, please direct your enquiries to my PC. Edited September 18, 2019 by great northern explanation 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 hours ago, great northern said: I have just taken my visitor back to Newark station. His train leaves at 1746. Being cautious, and expecting the usual chaos, we left early. There was no traffic, and we got there in twenty minutes, so he had nearly an hour to wait. My dear old Dad used to say that the only time a train is late is when you're already on the platform waiting for it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted September 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: My dear old Dad used to say that the only time a train is late is when you're already on the platform waiting for it. Rather Confucian, that. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 19, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2019 We have a very persuasive cameraman. As the light was dodgy at the north end, he somehow managed to persuade authority to send Flamingo up to New England, turn it on the triangle, and bring it back facing south, and I'm pleased that he did, as it made a very nice photograph. Fast backwards for 61 years, and we find a diesel shunter bringing a trip working along the Down slow. This caused some consternation to the chap who was waiting to snap the B12 as it started its journey to Cambridge, but fortunately D3487 was travelling so slowly that it did not quite spoil his shot. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) On 17/09/2019 at 15:23, great northern said: Earlier I spoke of goodies, and at lunchtime the postie delivered. I've waited quite a while for these, but it was well worth it. Here we go, more of the beautiful work of Ian Willets and Dave Studley to be admired. We start with some proper Gresley all door seconds. There are two of these. I only need six more of these, at least, now. Then we have something I've wanted for a long time. Having got rid of all the 'orrible 'ornby buffet cars, I needed one more to be able to ring the changes a bit more. The newcomer is a Dia 168 Tourist car. Lovely stuff. Those are quite beautiful cars, Gilbert. My compliments to Mr. Willets and Mr. Studley. I assume they're built from kits? If so, do you know the origin of the Tourist Buffet, please? Some little time ago I was given some brass etches for the sides and ends of a Tourist Buffet. They were going to be part of the whole range to make up complete Tourist rakes, including the twins and the brakes, but nothing came from it in the end. I put the bits together, using MJT parts to complete. Geoff Haynes painted it for me. Even with Geoff's painting, it's not in the same class as the Willets/Studley one, but just one point, if I may, please? In all my research into building Gresley cars (and Thompson ones), the kitchen and lavatory windows are invariably 'opaque' white glass, not frosted. I wonder which source your builders used. It would be most-interesting to know. Regards, Tony. P.S. I'm sure Eric enjoyed himself yesterday. He certainly seemed to the day before. Edited September 19, 2019 by Tony Wright to clarify a point 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted September 19, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2019 It is a long time since I sourced these Tony, and I seem to have deleted all relevant e-mails. I'm almost certain though that the only source I could find for a Dia 168 Buffet was Mousa Models, so the sides will have come from Bill Bedford. Ian Willets has always asked that I then leave all the rest to him, as he prefers to use the sources he likes best. His preference where available though is for Mike Trice's range. The sides for the SKs are MJT. I know that Ian is always very careful with his research, partly because he knows these things will always come under your scrutiny! I'll ask him what his source is regarding the windows. The sad thing is that both Ian and Dave are now semi retired, and Ian is not taking in any new clients. I fear that sooner rather than later their craftsmanship will be lost to the hobby, as has already happened with other very talented people. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 RDEB, Rupert Brown, offers a full set of Tourist cars through Wizard Models. Link here. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Iain.d Posted September 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2019 On 17/09/2019 at 15:23, great northern said: Earlier I spoke of goodies, and at lunchtime the postie delivered. I've waited quite a while for these, but it was well worth it. Here we go, more of the beautiful work of Ian Willets and Dave Studley to be admired. We start with some proper Gresley all door seconds. There are two of these. I only need six more of these, at least, now. Then we have something I've wanted for a long time. Having got rid of all the 'orrible 'ornby buffet cars, I needed one more to be able to ring the changes a bit more. The newcomer is a Dia 168 Tourist car. Lovely stuff. Hi, these coaches are superb. I take it there’s only one buffet, photographed from each side? If so there may have been a mix up on the number application. Something I have done myself on a number of occasions. Iain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 I do that deliberately so people think I have two. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Iain.d said: Hi, these coaches are superb. I take it there’s only one buffet, photographed from each side? If so there may have been a mix up on the number application. Something I have done myself on a number of occasions. Iain Hi Gilbert and Iain It looks like the 1 and the 9 have been transposed on the kitchen side, they were all in the 91xx series. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Gilbert and Iain It looks like the 1 and the 9 have been transposed on the kitchen side, they were all in the 91xx series. Quite right, Clive, It shows how lacking in observation I am. It shouldn't be too difficult to put a new '9' and a new '1' in the right place. Footboards on the bogies as well? They were quite prominent on the real thing. Next time I'm round, Gilbert? Regards, Tony. Edited September 19, 2019 by Tony Wright to clarify a point 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted September 19, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2019 50 minutes ago, Tony Wright said: Quite right, Clive, It shows how lacking in observation I am. It shouldn't be too difficult to put a new '9' and a new '1' in the right place. Footboards on the bogies as well? They were quite prominent on the real thing. Next time I'm round, Gilbert? Regards, Tony. I'd be very grateful Tony. I don't want to risk it being kicked around in the post if I send it back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 19, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2019 Our dream sequence continues, but this time there is a possibility that it may have happened. 60100 emerged from Plant in late September 58, and might have had a running in turn to New England and then been despatched to London to take a train back home. I still well remember seeing the loco that August during my only successful illegal vist to the Plant. Back to reality again, and another top express. Wild Swan has the Up Tees-Tyne Pullman. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) On 19/09/2019 at 22:13, great northern said: I'd be very grateful Tony. I don't want to risk it being kicked around in the post if I send it back. We'll fix it up Gilbert, An interesting picture showing a Tourist Buffet (or at least part of it) in a Colchester-bound express, at Doncaster in September 1961............... Not being 1st Class, the curtains are probably orange/yellow, though I don't have a colour picture to confirm this. In my experience, blue curtains were a feature of 1st Class cars only. I think the bogie footboard is worth including. The ones underneath the kitchen section were full-length. I find it rather strange that these highly-visible features have been omitted from your new models. Rather like supplying a new steam-outline loco with no brakes? Please (everyone) observe copyright restrictions. Regards, Tony. Edited September 20, 2019 by Tony Wright typo error 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) Another view of our phantom scottish A3. I really like these views of Pacifics going south from Platform 6, but I suspect that in reality it happened very rarely. In 1958, Wild Swan is still running through with the Pullman. and after it has cleared section, B17 Tottenham Hotspur brings in the 9.07 from Doncaster via Lincoln. Edited September 20, 2019 by great northern spelling 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2019 Another visitor from north of the border, but this one was seen at PN fairly regularly in the summer months, being a regular choice for the Elizabethan. Back to reality, and another look at 61630, which should really keep away from Doncaster, as on its next visit it will be condemned. It soon had to take the stock down to the carriage sidings, to make way for yet another Ivatt with a Yarmouth arrival. This is all still about fiddling with lighting behind the bridge, and there is progress. I think strip LEDs will turn out to be the answer thogh. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 14 hours ago, great northern said: Another view of our phantom scottish A3. I really like these views of Pacifics going south from Platform 6, but I suspect that in reality it happened very rarely. In my time I don't recall ever seeing anything head south from platform 6 on a main line train. Certainly trains towards/from March used to use platform 6 in both directions. Anything on the main line used to use the up avoiding line (the centre road), not infrequently. In contrast, I can only remember seeing anything other than goods traffic use the down avoider (nearest the camera) on one occasion. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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