Peterborough North

[great northern]

Tango time. 63957 gets a run through on the main with another load of empties.

 

 

 

 

I've just had a little panic, as I thought I'd forgotten to pull the signal off to allow the train to proceed, but it turns out that I hadn't.

[geoff west]

8 hours ago, great northern said:

Tango time. 63957 gets a run through on the main with another load of empties.

 

 

 

 

I've just had a little panic, as I thought I'd forgotten to pull the signal off to allow the train to proceed, but it turns out that I hadn't.

Just me then Gilbert, who forgets to pull the signals off.

Do like the going away shots.

[great northern]

3 hours ago, geoff west said:

Just me then Gilbert, who forgets to pull the signals off.

Do like the going away shots.

Don't fret over it Geoff. You will not for ever be Mr Snag.

[great northern]

More coal, and another WD, plodding onwards once more. It should get to Ferme Park before nightfall.

 

 

 

 

[great northern]

On goes the WD, while the 9F continues to wait while parcels are dealt with.

 

 

Flying Fox then runs through with the relief to the 3.10 Newcastle.

 

 

Actually, I now have two flying foxes in my aquarium, though they look more like fish to me. They are supposed to be very good at eating algae, but predictably they have so far entirely ignored the stuff. Storm whatsit has also blown the filter unit to my pond apart overnight, so I now have very little water where it is supposed to be, and a lot where it isn't.

[FoxUnpopuli]

54 minutes ago, great northern said:

Actually, I now have two flying foxes in my aquarium, though they look more like fish to me.

 

Being a Fox myself, and thus listing all locomotives with 'Fox' in their names and figuring out how I can justify owning them... I have just spent the last fifteen minutes researching tropical fish! 

 

I always loved looking at the neons in aquaria when I was a kid, but I think I'll stick to the model railways. 

 

Good luck with sorting the pump, Father's been on the Skype this morning, apparently, one of the windows on his home went from 'a bit drippy' to 'a raging flood zone' with all this weather happening.  And the power's just dropped out right here, so there's definitely some weather happening here (as if the noise of the howling gale outside wasn't clue enough.)

 

Stay safe, PN fans.

[JeffP]

Just heard on the news that the Dartford bridge is closed! that'll go down well.....

And Dover ferryport closed too.

Must be bad....I crossed the channel on 30th april 2018, and was told that it was "the worst storm to hit the channel in 100 years".

Crossing took 5 hours after a 3 hour delay at Dover, and needed two tugs to get onto the berth at Calais.

[Oldddudders]

Sherry is just embarking on Mont St Michel at Caen (Ouistreham) and hopes to be in Portsmouth tonight. With a tail wind the vessel may make up some time, having lost an hour coming over from Portsmouth. Apparently a BA 747 has made a new record flight time for NY-London, reaching 825 mph at one point. It's an ill wind....

[great northern]

That really was a wild day, with one fifteen minute burst of torrential rain and fierce wind the like of which I haven't seen for a long time. Fortunately it all remained outside, where it belonged.  I shall not be getting up early to play golf tomorrow though.

 

 Flying Fox again tonight.

 

 

That tender just doesn't look right. Behind the A3 came the afternoon local from Hitchin, with Madoqua in charge, as it often is. Perhaps not for much longer though, as its progress becomes more erratic each time it runs.

 

 

[31A]

11 minutes ago, great northern said:

That really was a wild day, with one fifteen minute burst of torrential rain and fierce wind the like of which I haven't seen for a long time. Fortunately it all remained outside, where it belonged.  I shall not be getting up early to play golf tomorrow though.

 

 Flying Fox again tonight.

 

That tender just doesn't look right. Behind the A3 came the afternoon local from Hitchin, with Madoqua in charge, as it often is. Perhaps not for much longer though, as its progress becomes more erratic each time it runs.

 

 

 

 

The tender does look strange, doesn't it, although clearly an A3 tender.  We had about 15 minutes of deluge too, including thunder; some of it did try to come indoors, under the kitchen door (only splashing rather than flood water).

 

[great northern]

24 minutes ago, 31A said:

 

The tender does look strange, doesn't it, although clearly an A3 tender.  We had about 15 minutes of deluge too, including thunder; some of it did try to come indoors, under the kitchen door (only splashing rather than flood water).

 

Its a DJH model, ex Stoke and Charwelton, and I've not really noticed this before. I'll get it out and have another look tomorrow.

[great northern]

Time now for the B17 that has been idling by the coaling stage to get on with some work. It will take the 4.28 Harwich on the first leg of its journey.

 

 

 

 

After it left, a J6 was able to slip through with a short goods from New England to East.

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

Hi Gilbert

 

You need to have a word with the porters at North station. They seem to over loaded a trolley and its wheel has fallen off.

[phil.c]

British Mail, say no more...well modelled 

Edited February 10, 2020 by phil.c

[great northern]

20 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Gilbert

 

You need to have a word with the porters at North station. They seem to over loaded a trolley and its wheel has fallen off.

Story of my life Clive. Wherever I go the wheels fall off.

[Mallard60022]

15 hours ago, great northern said:

Its a DJH model, ex Stoke and Charwelton, and I've not really noticed this before. I'll get it out and have another look tomorrow.

I've just checked my book The Power of the A3s. I think that tender should be almost flush sided, especially along that top 'rave' that loos too pronounced, just below the coal rails and it looks about 6 " too narrow in the side width; the top of the rails should be just a tad above the Cab roof side gutter. See the top and middle picture on P102 of that book G.

P

[Mallard60022]

3 hours ago, phil.c said:

British Mail, say no more...well modelled 

I say old boy, Royal Mail if you please.

Philip R.

[great northern]

2 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

I've just checked my book The Power of the A3s. I think that tender should be almost flush sided, especially along that top 'rave' that loos too pronounced, just below the coal rails and it looks about 6 " too narrow in the side width; the top of the rails should be just a tad above the Cab roof side gutter. See the top and middle picture on P102 of that book G.

P

I've had a look Phil, and it seems very similar in dimensions to a Hornby one. It needs the tender refilling soon though, as there ain't much coal left in there. Perhaps it is that, and the angle of the photo. whicj makes it look strange.

[great northern]

So, after all that rain, today we get some heavy snow, and of course still the wind. What next, one wonders?

 

Next at PN was the 3.10 Newcastle, a KX top link duty. The two roller bearing A1s were normally in that link, and it is Great Central this time.

 

 

 

 

Looking at these images took me back to the time when this loco could not have been modelled, as nameplates with crests like these just weren't available. It also made me consider, as I often do, if A1s are as numerous on PN as they really should be.

[jazzer]

44 minutes ago, great northern said:

So, after all that rain, today we get some heavy snow, and of course still the wind. What next, one wonders?

 

Next at PN was the 3.10 Newcastle, a KX top link duty. The two roller bearing A1s were normally in that link, and it is Great Central this time.

 

 

 

 

Looking at these images took me back to the time when this loco could not have been modelled, as nameplates with crests like these just weren't available. It also made me consider, as I often do, if A1s are as numerous on PN as they really should be.

 

I’ve been stuck indoors flattened with the flu for two weeks and these PN pictures have gone a long way towards helping me keep my sanity ! 

The A1’s must have a strong claim to being among the most attractive looking locos ever built in this country (or anywhere else. ) . A tragedy that most of them only lasted 15/16 years.

Brilliant pictures. 

[great northern]

Those of you what pay attention will remember that the late afernoon train to Harwich is very soon followed by one from that same place. Here is Champion Lodge to prove it.

 

 

 

From the North comes the 1.15 from Harrogate, only eight cars as usual, and an easy task for 60039.

 

 

[great northern]

Another look through the arch.

 

 

 

and a rear three quarter view of a resting B17.

 

 

[great northern]

Sandwich at rest at Platform 2. With only eight on, there is no need to stop further down the platform, which is good, as it makes for a better composition.

 

 

 

 

The original looked like this before cropping. I haven't bothered shopping it, but I'd welcome views on which is better.

 

 

[Oldddudders]

The crop has more impact.

[jazzer]

I like them both equally. Each has a certain attraction of its own. The uncropped one reminds us it’s a model railway, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

All the photos are very good but what really gives it the atmosphere ( to my mind anyway) is the supplementary information about train times, where they originated and are destined, which shed the loco comes from etc. I really think that’s the icing on the cake. Perhaps might be even better if we knew the time it was passing through PN , but that’s not a criticism.