Peterborough North

[great northern]

With our cup of tea this morning, just another shot of 60034 advancing steadily towards the spotters, who have seen it many times before.

 

 

[jwealleans]

James.

[JamieR4489]

2 hours ago, jwealleans said:

James.

So that’s why you’ve been collecting Thomas circus wagons! You’re planning to replace the Scotch Goods with James and a rake of Hornby’s finest.

[jwealleans]

And why not?  he's a Splendid Engine.

 

There's been more than one Thomas Circus van on Grantham for several years, but no-one's ever asked about them.

Edited May 8, 2020 by jwealleans

[31A]

Agree with LNER K4.  But I have always thought the BR 76xxx Class 4s have a certain purposefulness about them .... 

[JamieR4489]

He might get lonely by himself so maybe the new south end pilot ought to be The Little Blue Tw@t?

[great northern]

35 minutes ago, jwealleans said:

And why not?  he's a Splendid Engine.

 

There's been more than one Thomas Circus van on Grantham for several years, but no-one's ever asked about them.

So when we come to Pacifics then, we already know what your choice will be?

[Oldddudders]

18 minutes ago, great northern said:

So when we come to Pacifics then, we already know what your choice will be?

Raven every time, of course. 

[great northern]

5 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

Raven every time, of course. 

But he wasn't blue.

[great northern]

Time for tea again. One more look at Lord Faringdon, but this time from up on the bridge.

 

 

[thegreenhowards]

Like others I’m struggling for a graceful mogul, so I’ll go for the brutish power of a K3 which also happens to be my favourite.

[CUTLER2579]

Has got to be a K2 but the 76xxx BR Mogul runs it close.

[2750Papyrus]

Agree it has to be a K2 but can't agree about the BR standard.  The Southern moguls with their smoke deflectors have character also.

[New Haven Neil]

Oh where did yesterday go?  I was tied between the Claud and a D20, and.....forgot to post, got side tracked and the day was gone!

 

2-6-0's I don't have a strong opinion on (unusually!) I don't find them a particularly interesting design for some unknown reason.  Maybe a K2 or Crab.  The 4MT standard also, but not the 3 that looks under fed. Ah got it - Ivatt 2.  

[great northern]

Another lovely sunny day draws to a close, and events at PN are moving that way smartly too. Southbound fish from Hull tells us that the evening is quite well advanced.

 

 

while a Class C from KX goods to Dringhouses brings a very smart V2.

 

 

[manna]

G'day Folks

 

I'd go for the 'rough rider' K2, but I also like the look of Stainer's 2-6-0 5mt

 

manna

[Woodcock29]

2 hours ago, manna said:

G'day Folks

 

I'd go for the 'rough rider' K2, but I also like the look of Stainer's 2-6-0 5mt

 

manna

I agree with my friend from up north here in South Australia. I'm actually split between Stanier mogul and the K2 (without Westinghouse and definitely with GN cab).

 But if I have to pick one its the Stanier mogul.

Andrew

[CCGWR]

Here's my two bobs on the 2-6-0.

 

GWR 43xx best, hands down. Also don't mind the look of the LBSCR Ks, they have a purposeful look about them. Don't mind the look of most moguls that I think of it although never thought much of the LNER K3, too out of proportion.

 

Connor

[St Enodoc]

8 hours ago, manna said:

G'day Folks

 

I'd go for the 'rough rider' K2, but I also like the look of Stainer's 2-6-0 5mt

 

manna

 

6 hours ago, Woodcock29 said:

I agree with my friend from up north here in South Australia. I'm actually split between Stanier mogul and the K2 (without Westinghouse and definitely with GN cab).

 But if I have to pick one its the Stanier mogul.

Andrew

 

4 hours ago, CCGWR said:

Here's my two bobs on the 2-6-0.

 

GWR 43xx best, hands down. Also don't mind the look of the LBSCR Ks, they have a purposeful look about them. Don't mind the look of most moguls that I think of it although never thought much of the LNER K3, too out of proportion.

 

Connor

Crikey, three Crow Eaters in a row! Must be a record.

[Woodcock29]

50 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

 

 

Crikey, three Crow Eaters in a row! Must be a record.

Could be on this site!

[great northern]

Morning pictures start with something slightly unusual, as there has been a slight step back in time.  60139 Sea Eagle is coming in with a Hull express, but this can't be August 58, as 60139 by then had a different boiler fitted by then. So, this is from the archives, and gets put in the middle of the sequence for some unexplained reason.

 

 

 

We return immediately to normal, and it must now be very late August, or possibly early September, as Grantham's 60054 didn't get released from Plant till 29th. Oh, the perils of trying to stick to a specific time period. The train is the 5.35 Newcastle.

 

 

 

Now I shall analyse the 2.6.0 poll results, which look like a two horse race, involving an interloper from foreign lands to the West.

[bigwordsmith]

Sea Eagle must have been going at a helluva lick to blow those lamps halfway up the irons!

 

Doncha just love the camera!

 

SWMBO is of on errands this am so I might just get to go up the loft.....

Edited May 9, 2020 by bigwordsmith

[great northern]

It were close this one, but the local favourite, the K2, won by a short head from something called a 43XX, with the K4 coming in third.

 

Today, we shall consider which was the most attractive and graceful Atlantic tank.

[31A]

1 minute ago, great northern said:

It were close this one, but the local favourite, the K2, won by a short head from something called a 43XX, with the K4 coming in third.

 

Today, we shall consider which was the most attractive and graceful Atlantic tank.

 

Tilbury tanks.

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

There is only one Atlantic tank in the universe...........................Ivatts, C12...........The End.

 

manna