Peterborough North

[great northern 124,976]

Good morning all. Lovely and sunny here, but cloud forecast to roll in later, so I must get on if I am to take any photos. This morning we have another look at the two engines that featured last night, both now stationary. Marne is at journey's end, but will have to take the stock down to the sidings before going off to New England.

 

 

A3 Persimmon has further to go, at least as far as Grantham, and maybe to Doncaster with the 6.35 Hull. It's easy to see this is the 6.35, as because it is a much shorter train it stops further back than most expresses.

 

 

Now I shall count the votes on the 2.8.0 poll.

[great northern 124,976]

We have a tie. 02/2 and 8F both received 7 votes. WD in third, and 28xx and 47xx honourable mentions.

 

Today, let's consider 0.6.2 tank engines. Quite a few to choose from.

[stewartingram 5,483]

N7 it has to be - GE after all! N2 has a purposeful look too but not as graceful, just hefty.

 

Stewart

[jwealleans 10,890]

I like an N1, myself.

 

[manna 13,673]

G'Day Folks

 

I prefer the N1 as well.

 

manna

[Clive Mortimore 34,169]

0-6-2T has to be the LT&SR class 69 after having a Deeley smokebox fitted.

[JamieR4489 1,700]

Nothing beats an N2 although the N1s come close.

[CUTLER2579 1,296]

Has to be an N1  although the N2 runs it close.

[thegreenhowards 6,072]

I love the N1/N2, but they’re more mean and purposeful than graceful. I’ll go for an ex NER N8 - a classic Victorian old lady.

 

 

It was nice to have an excuse to get this model out. I built it as a kid, but it rarely sees the light of day now that I model the GN area.

 

The Southern E4 would run it a close second.

 

Andy

[Woodcock29 2,128]

I've always liked the N7s and the N5s but the N1 is my choice for this competition. I'll be building one shortly - I seem to have a GN bug currently!

 

Andrew

[St Enodoc 25,941]

33 minutes ago, JamieR4489 said:

Nothing beats an N2 although the N1s come close.

 

24 minutes ago, CUTLER2579 said:

Has to be an N1  although the N2 runs it close.

So that's a dead heat then.

[St Enodoc 25,941]

LB&SCR E4 for me.

[great northern 124,976]

Sun in and out today, but seems now to have decided to stay in. I've nearly finished the sequence, and the next one will be much slower, as I gradually review and alter the powerpoint slides. It may be that I shall run random trains for a while, in which case requests and suggestions could be in order. I'll see how things progress.

 

Train with tea this morning is coal again, and features an 02/4, a sub class not mentioned in the recent poll.

 

 

[2750Papyrus 935]

The N2 was present for inspection at the Cross for the unveiling of SNG's statue and I got to "cab" her.  I had a feeling  she was cosier and  more "friendly" feeling than many larger locos. 

 

As a boy, I saw (and heard!) many N1s and N2s and  wanted to be an engine driver, so I found myself imagining driving her along the stretch from Stroud Green to Crouch End, maybe whistling so my Mum could hear.  So although there are other worthy contenders, it has to be the N2 for me.

[Oldddudders 47,630]

1 hour ago, thegreenhowards said:

The Southern E4 would run it a close second.

Indeed but perhaps not quite so elegant as the E5, with 5'6" drivers. Given that the first of these radials was actually Stroudley's effectively posthumous 158 "West Brighton", with 4'6" drivers, the fact that the four Billinton Radial classes were individually quite successful makes this a very strong blood-line. 

 

[When we looked at 0-6-0s, I could not propose the C2x as anyone's idea of pretty, but 50 years ago colleagues would talk of the sound of one in Star Lane cutting, which must be walkable from your residence, I imagine.]

[St Enodoc 25,941]

10 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

I could not propose the C2x as anyone's idea of pretty

Nor could I - not with two domes!

 

11 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

Star Lane cutting

Suicide Alley.

[thegreenhowards 6,072]

26 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

 

 

[When we looked at 0-6-0s, I could not propose the C2x as anyone's idea of pretty, but 50 years ago colleagues would talk of the sound of one in Star Lane cutting, which must be walkable from your residence, I imagine.]

Certainly is. I'm pretty close to where the quarry line and slow line cross each other.

[St Enodoc 25,941]

8 minutes ago, thegreenhowards said:

Certainly is. I'm pretty close to where the quarry line and slow line cross each other.

My paternal grandparents lived in Church Lane Avenue, Hooley and are buried in Chipstead churchyard.

[Oldddudders 47,630]

30 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

Suicide Alley.

Netherne & Fairdene mental hospitals close by, not to mention the Covered Way (long since uncovered, of course!) crossing the grounds of Cane Hill! 

 

Coulsdon was the southern limit of my area in my Control days, 1969-73.

[31A 6,870]

Right 0-6-2Ts.  Ex North British N15.

 

[Straits Settlements 72]

LNW Webb Coal Tank, or Furness ‘Cleator Tank’

[Tim 3,596]

4 hours ago, JamieR4489 said:

Nothing beats an N2 although the N1s come close.

 

N2 for me too, but then I am ever so slightly biased, given I'm modelling a few....

[great northern 124,976]

Positively the last image of what is definitely the 6.35 KX-Hull. Just another different angle.

and not very good, really. I used zoom when I could have used macro.

[Metropolitan H 1,001]

0-6-2Ts? - I'm torn between the N2 or N7 - or the Metropolitan Railway "F" class, they all had condensing gear for going down the Widened Lines? - I think it has to be the N2 for a rugged elegance.

 

Regards

Chris H

[Market65 6,428]

I think I’m going NE today with the lovely N8 as shown on a layout in a previous post.

 

Rob.