RMweb Gold Taz Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 Gilbert has started his poll for best 4-6-0. Quick everyone, get over there and vote for the GW Castle otherwise some strange Eastern thing might win..... 1 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2020 31 minutes ago, Taz said: Gilbert has started his poll for best 4-6-0. Quick everyone, get over there and vote for the GW Castle otherwise some strange Eastern thing might win..... Don't waste your time unless you are going to suggest a nice Black Five or Standard Class Five. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Taz Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Clive Mortimore said: Don't waste your time unless you are going to suggest a nice Black Five or Standard Class Five. Boo, hisss 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2020 22 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Don't waste your time unless you are going to suggest a nice Black Five or Standard Class Five. Too late, I already nominated the Jubilee. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: Too late, I already nominated the Jubilee. I am going to be serious for once on this thread. How can two very similar looking classes be so different in MY opinion about how they look? I really like the look of a Blackie but where the Jubilee is only about a foot longer its proportions seem wrong to my eyes. They are not as ugly as some locomotives of the same wheel arrangement that came form other railway workshops. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: I am going to be serious for once on this thread. How can two very similar looking classes be so different in MY opinion about how they look? I really like the look of a Blackie but where the Jubilee is only about a foot longer its proportions seem wrong to my eyes. They are not as ugly as some locomotives of the same wheel arrangement that came form other railway workshops. And then throw in a Royal Scot or a Patriot and they look similar too - didn't one Jubilee actually get deflectors. And I like these engines. Black 5 though - built by both the LMS and BR, is clearly the father of a standard class 5 and lasted until the very last steam train running on BR in 1968. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said: I am going to be serious for once on this thread. How can two very similar looking classes be so different in MY opinion about how they look? I really like the look of a Blackie but where the Jubilee is only about a foot longer its proportions seem wrong to my eyes. They are not as ugly as some locomotives of the same wheel arrangement that came form other railway workshops. Interesting isn't it - I find the exact opposite. The Jubilee has the lines of a thoroughbred to my eyes. Only with the Stanier tender though - the Fowler tender looks stunted. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, woodenhead said: And then throw in a Royal Scot or a Patriot and they look similar too - didn't one Jubilee actually get deflectors. And I like these engines. Black 5 though - built by both the LMS and BR, is clearly the father of a standard class 5 and lasted until the very last steam train running on BR in 1968. Hi Woody Two Jubilees were rebuilt with bigger boilers and both had smoke defectors after a short while. they were Comet and Phoenix. I believe they differed from a rebuilt Patriot in having a different design of bogie but visually they were the same. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Woody Two Jubilees were rebuilt with bigger boilers and both had smoke defectors after a short while. they were Comet and Phoenix. I believe they differed from a rebuilt Patriot in having a different design of bogie but visually they were the same. Amazing that two kit manufacturers would compete over such a niche model 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 16 hours ago, great northern said: I run some Castles Rob. Brancepeth, Kimbolton....... Wash your mouth out young man or the naughty step beckons. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 2 hours ago, woodenhead said: Black 5 though - built by both the LMS and BR, is clearly the father of a standard class 5 and lasted until the very last steam train running on BR in 1968. And that's why I have the 'Captain's Black 5 test'. If it looks like a Black 5, then it must be a Black 5. You're welcome. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said: And that's why I have the 'Captain's Black 5 test'. If it looks like a Black 5, then it must be a Black 5. You're welcome. We like a Black 5. A very grown up 4.6.0. Rob. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 Nobody has mentioned the Maunsell S15. I have. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 14 minutes ago, Limpley Stoker said: Nobody has mentioned the Maunsell S15. I have. Yes, you have. Well done, that man! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 Watching the tele and thinking about my holidays, that's entertainment. 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2020 41 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Watching the tele and thinking about my holidays, that's entertainment. Those Ratio 4 wheelers get everywhere. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Why is the 'thing' headed up Channel? Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 On 13/05/2020 at 10:36, Taz said: Gilbert has started his poll for best 4-6-0. Quick everyone, get over there and vote for the GW Castle otherwise some strange Eastern thing might win..... HR Castle was first! GWR just followed! Roja 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted May 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, 37Oban said: HR Castle was first! GWR just followed! Roja Fake news. And there was I being fair and above board too. It were very close though. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 10 hours ago, great northern said: Fake news. And there was I being fair and above board too. It were very close though. First HR Castle appeared in 1900. I must admit not the best looking loco, tbh the GWR Castle looks better as do most of the LNER 4-6-0's, but they did the job they were designed for, which I suppose is the primary factor. Roja Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 15, 2020 A heads up on the imminent release from Hornby of their horsebox with a new number. https://railsofsheffield.com/products/39782/Hornby-r6972-oo-gauge-gwr-n13-horse-box-540 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, gwrrob said: A heads up on the imminent release from Hornby of their horsebox with a new number. https://railsofsheffield.com/products/39782/Hornby-r6972-oo-gauge-gwr-n13-horse-box-540 I wonder if it has a model of Shergar inside......now that would be an exclusive ! J.Ockey 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, bgman said: I wonder if it has a model of Shergar inside......now that would be an exclusive ! Of course all anybody remembers about Shergar is his disappearance, which is a pity. He was a remarkable horse. I have a bit of a story. Derby Day 1981 and Deb, used to following the turf although hardly a gambler, and I were on the train to London to work. She said Shergar was gonna win. When I got to work my boss (Divisional Movements Manager, South Eastern Division) asked what was going to win - so I said Shergar. That afternoon he was in a meeting when some operating crisis blew up, about which he needed to know. So I waltzed in, gave him the news about the crisis and said Shergar had won by 10 lengths - the longest margin in Derby history. Clever clogs, huh? Deb had got her hot tip from the Guardian racing correspondent, Richard Baerlein, who had implored people to "bet like men" on Shergar. He had been busy with bookies from long before the race, placing early bets as long as 33-1, and when Shergar passed the post he made so much money he bought a house in Sussex - and called it Shergar! 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted May 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 15, 2020 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: A heads up on the imminent release from Hornby of their horsebox with a new number. https://railsofsheffield.com/products/39782/Hornby-r6972-oo-gauge-gwr-n13-horse-box-540 Well, Rails & Hornby call it an N!3, but isn't this actually an N16 of 1937 vintage sporting a livery that it never carried? Looks nice though. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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