RMweb Gold Mr.S.corn78 Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 Hi Jerry, Looking forward to seeing the layout again after seeing it at the Taunton members day last year. I will be able to spend longer looking at it rather than working on my own. I may even bring a loco down but I'm sure Alan will tell you all about it when you see him. It caused a little stir at Ally Pally See you Sunday Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 am hopeful of some exotic and unusual guest locos! ....best get some OHE rigged up then Jerry...subject to Kim's prior approval of course... Have a good show and enjoy your weekend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 ....best get some OHE rigged up then Jerry... Is a 76 exotic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted April 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 Is a 76 exotic? In BR blue, yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 6, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 I may even bring a loco down but I'm sure Alan will tell you all about it when you see him. It caused a little stir at Ally Pally See you Sunday Cheers Simon Please do - I like causing a stir!! Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 6, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2012 Is a 76 exotic? It is in deepest North Somerset! Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan76 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 No need for OHLE for this one - it's a diesel, and there's the clue about the stir it caused! And what's wrong with BR Blue? I can never decide whether the 76s looked best in blue or the original black. My next two will be in black to match the 'Tommy' I built last year. ANd finally, I bet I can have Kim converted by the end of the weekend! Alan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted April 7, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2012 And what's wrong with BR Blue? Absolutely nothing...but then I would say that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted April 8, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2012 It was lovely to see and briefly operate Highbury at York, but I really must get something completely inappropriate converted to 2mm to run when Jerry isn't looking.....where's my XC Voyager..... Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mr.S.corn78 Posted April 8, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hi, Many thanks for letting me play trains and please say thank you to Kim for explaining everything. Hopefully next time I will get the chance to shunt the freight. Hope the rest of the show went ok and see you both at railex Thanks again Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I really must get something completely inappropriate converted to 2mm to run when Jerry isn't looking.....where's my XC Voyager..... I really wouldn't worry about getting 'caught'. It would seem Jerry actively encourages this kind of behaviour and the uploading of photos for those that couldn't make the show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 11, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2012 (edited) I really wouldn't worry about getting 'caught'. It would seem Jerry actively encourages this kind of behaviour and the uploading of photos for those that couldn't make the show. We certainly do! We managed to tap into a particularly rich vein of guest locos with some real gems taking a trip through North Somerset - pictures to follow. Got back from York a couple of hours ago having stayed on to do the tourist thing. We had a great weekend, many thanks to all our guest operators. Jerry and Kim Edited April 11, 2012 by queensquare Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardW1 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Great to see you and Kim at York, Highbury was good too. As for interlopers, next time CF and highbury get to the same show we'll have to get the tube stock diverted! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted April 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 12, 2012 Not so far fetched seeing as we get tube trains rattling across the Brading Marshes. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardW1 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Of course the miner's could welcome the improved standard of travel to the coal face afforded by the diversion, although the route from the surface could be interesting ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 17, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17, 2012 Firstly, apologise for taking so long to get any pictures up but Kim and I stayed on in York for a couple of days after the show and then had Trainwest in Melksham the following weekend with my good friends John Greenwood and Phil Coppleston staying for a weekend of playing trains with Wenfordbridge. Anyway York was a superb show with ourselves and Copenhagen Fields flying the 2FS flag. The habit of having guest locos on Highbury which can come out and do a turn if I think there is somebody out front who would appreciate the chance to see something different and not moan about its ' inapropriteness' is, I'm glad to say, gaining momentum and York turned up some real gems. On saturday we had Tim's MR Well tank which made a fine sight heading the Frome market cattle train. After lunch, Richard Wilson arrived with a couple of beautifuly finished MR coaches. to be continued........ Jerry 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 17, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17, 2012 First thing sunday morning Wing Commander Watson turned up for a quick reccy before the public were let in........ Alan Whitehouse of Little MSW fame came along to help for the day and brought with him a couple of locos. There had been rumours that we might see a Tommy on Highbury but that would have been silly(!!), instead we had a pair of ex-GC heavy freight locos which looked very much at home on the coal trains - I think the 2-8-0's are particularly handsome. Both looked and ran beautifully, unfortunately my attempts to get descent photos of plain black locos using just the layout lighting wasn't entirely successful. more from monday to come......... Jerry ps. see what happens when north Somerset meets north London here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/52386-copenhagen-fields/page__st__25 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted April 17, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nice to see some proper freight locos on Highbury Are they John's work by any chance? Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 17, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nice to see some proper freight locos on Highbury Are they John's work by any chance? Simon They are John's work - you can just tell. Alan said neither of them had turned a wheel for a long time but both purred along without a hitch. Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 17, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17, 2012 Monday saw a couple of locos that were a long way from their normal stomping ground. In the morning we had what almost amounts to 2mm loco royalty in the form of Tim's stunning Baldwin. It has been said that it is probably the best 2mm loco ever built and it would be difficult to argue with that. On CF it merges into the vastness and the quality can be overlooked. On the colliery it was at eye level and right under your nose. In the afternoon we had Richard Wilson's superb B12 'Hitchiker', a strange looking beast with what looks like an old Ascot heater perched on top but I do like that livery. Richard said it was a passenger engine so we rostered it to the North Somerset Light's crack train!!! Jerry 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted April 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2012 Its like the Rainhill cavalcade. Lovely shots Jerry. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Lovely shots, that horse drawn carriage is awesome! P.S. Jerry - I have just bought a small 2mm finescale layout (work in progress) so will be badgering you for advice at the next Gas Cupboard meet!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 18, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2012 Its like the Rainhill cavalcade. Lovely shots Jerry. Don Thanks Don, it did feel a bit like that. There were lots of appreciative noises from the punters as well as its not always easy to get up close to really study these locos. Lovely shots, that horse drawn carriage is awesome! P.S. Jerry - I have just bought a small 2mm finescale layout (work in progress) so will be badgering you for advice at the next Gas Cupboard meet!! Cheers Rob. Ask away - best I bring the membership forms with me next thursday! Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted April 18, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) My final post in this little run comes from Trainwest in Melksham last weekend were I was helping John Greenwood with Wenfordbridge. I know this is a Highbury thread but John doesn't go near a computer, let alone RMWeb so I feel justified. The first couple of shots show the NSLR passenger train on a freight only branch in Cornwall - well John was responsible for the Shay on the colliery at Truro! The Well tank is now 40 years old and originally had a home made motor. It, and its two sisters. now sport 8mm Faulhaber's, 125:1 gearing and CT chips - they run beautifully. This will hopefully be the last time the coaches will be seen in the bare metal. They will soon be entering the paintshop as I have finally decided on a colour scheme - tired teak with simple yellow lining. The final picture is a fairly recent addition to the stud and my current favourite. The pannier version of these little saddle tanks (John has built one of these as well) were used on the B&W in its later years but the saddle tanks never were but its good to see I'm not the only one who is happy to bend historical fact a bit! A really lovely little loco, I shunted with it all weekend and it performed faultlessly. Jerry Edited April 18, 2012 by queensquare 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Fequin Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Great photos Jerry. For those who don't know I can't clain all the credit for the B12 Hitchiker. The model was constructed by the late Geoff Balfour, and required finishing off really. I added a few bits'n'bobs, and built a working chassis (Geoff's chassis would never have been a runner unfortunately). The paint job was by courtesy of Ian Rathbone, and very handsome it looks too. It has been mentioned elsewhere on RMWeb, but it would be really great to discover the whereabouts of his armoured train, which was loaned to the Beverely Tank(?) Museum. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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