A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[NHY 581]

On 26/09/2021 at 16:58, 2ManySpams said:

 

Behind a hedge is the next best thing.

 

Sneaky.

 

On 26/09/2021 at 17:12, 2ManySpams said:

My friend popped over to look at Polsarrett...

 

 

 

 

 

 

This ex-GWR layout of yours is coming along nicely, Pencarrot. 

[2ManySpams]

5 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Sneaky.

 

 

 

This ex-GWR layout of yours is coming along nicely, Pencarrot. 

 

Sayin' nofink...

 

 

 

 

Really must get a backscene sorted.

[wagonbasher]

24 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Sayin' nofink...

 

 

 

 

Really must get a backscene sorted.

 

 

That bus has wheels, well 2.

 

Or at least I can see 1 and 1/2  wheels.     Can you have half a wheel? if it is only a half it cant roll does that means its ceases to be a wheel (phylosophically).  Oh dear, over thinking again.

 

Andy

 

 

 

 

[2ManySpams]

12 minutes ago, wagonbasher said:

 

 

That bus has wheels, well 2.

 

Or at least I can see 1 and 1/2  wheels.     Can you have half a wheel? if it is only a half it cant roll does that means its ceases to be a wheel (phylosophically).  Oh dear, over thinking again.

 

Andy

 

 

 

 

 

I do worry about you sometimes Banks!

[wagonbasher]

12 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

I do worry about you sometimes Banks!

 

Hmm, back to the darkened room.

 

Andy

[Tim Dubya]

A Charlie in the West country, what could be any better @2ManySpams

[2ManySpams]

49 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said:

A Charlie in the West country, what could be any better @2ManySpams

 

Going to take some explaining to Control...

[Dunsignalling]

32 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Going to take some explaining to Control...

The odd Q1 did occasionally get as far as Exeter on a engineering/infrastructure materials working from Eastleigh and/or Redbridge that ran as required (IIRC) down on Sunday and returning Monday evening after unloading.

 

However, the timings were such that we younger spotters were rarely about when it came through, and it didn't always produce a Charlie anyway, even when it ran. 

 

In theory, at least, the loco could have been "borrowed" for local purposes during the day on Monday.

 

John

Edited September 28, 2021 by Dunsignalling

[Mallard60022]

55 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Going to take some explaining to Control...

I know it means nuffink, BUT I have no evidence, photographic, reported or actually having seen, at all of a Charlie ever ever being in Cornwall and John is being toooooooooo generous, by jove he is.

That thing needs to be sold on immediately and swapped for something more acceptable, such as a Yanky Tank. That did happen when the replacement for the G6 at Meldon in 1962, was misdirected to Bodders by mistake on a dark and stormy December night, the error being started by the Bobby at Honiton who mistook the YT for a Z, in the rotten conditions.

A. N. Ar$£ 

[Tim Dubya]

3 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

... the G6

 

Yes please, shall we commission one from Kernow?

[St Enodoc]

4 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

I know it means nuffink, BUT I have no evidence, photographic, reported or actually having seen, at all of a Charlie ever ever being in Cornwall and John is being toooooooooo generous, by jove he is.

That thing needs to be sold on immediately and swapped for something more acceptable, such as a Yanky Tank. That did happen when the replacement for the G6 at Meldon in 1962, was misdirected to Bodders by mistake on a dark and stormy December night, the error being started by the Bobby at Honiton who mistook the YT for a Z, in the rotten conditions.

A. N. Ar$£ 

There was definitely one in Cornwall, at Torpoint (as built in 00 by John Harrison of Bristol, many moons ago).

[2ManySpams]

2 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

I know it means nuffink, BUT I have no evidence, photographic, reported or actually having seen, at all of a Charlie ever ever being in Cornwall and John is being toooooooooo generous, by jove he is.

That thing needs to be sold on immediately and swapped for something more acceptable, such as a Yanky Tank. That did happen when the replacement for the G6 at Meldon in 1962, was misdirected to Bodders by mistake on a dark and stormy December night, the error being started by the Bobby at Honiton who mistook the YT for a Z, in the rotten conditions.

A. N. Ar$£ 

 

You forget that I inhabit a parallel universe where the ex Southern lines west of Exeter never had their buildings daubed with light and dark stone paint and that traffic levels on the lines kept them in good usage much longer than other people's reality.

 

That said I wouldn't normally run a Q1 on a Withered Arm line, although the following were spotted on Treneglos over the years: Merchant Navy, Mallard, Flying Scotsman, King Arthur, Leader, Class 50, Class 37 and Thomas. 

[2ManySpams]

4 hours ago, wagonbasher said:

 

Hmm, back to the darkened room.

 

Andy

 

And I bet you're singing "the wheels on the bus go round and round..."

[The Stationmaster]

6 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Sayin' nofink...

 

 

 

 

Really must get a backscene sorted.

Interesting sort of refreshments there with a T(ea), a can of spam, and a coffee pot.  Now a fascinating thing about those coffee pot engines was that they were allowed to get to Plymouth via the main line route along the seaside and through Brent so it does havea place in this thread even if it's on the wrong railway.  

[2ManySpams]

9 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

Interesting sort of refreshments there with a T(ea), a can of spam, and a coffee pot.  Now a fascinating thing about those coffee pot engines was that they were allowed to get to Plymouth via the main line route along the seaside and through Brent so it does havea place in this thread even if it's on the wrong railway.  

 

Definitely allowed on the route but and would have been strong pullers but I suspect that the Q1s poor braking might have been a bit interesting on the Devon Banks. 

[gwrrob]

A lovely view from the office window this afternoon..

 

[2ManySpams]

13 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

A lovely view from the office window this afternoon..

 

 

Are you down in Swanage?

[Tim Dubya]

1 hour ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Are you down in Swanage?

 

Behind a spam... or is that a Packet?

[gwrrob]

36 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

Behind a spam... or is that a Packet?

 

Eddystone.

 

[Tim Dubya]

3 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Definitely allowed on the route but and would have been strong pullers but I suspect that the Q1s poor braking might have been a bit interesting on the Devon Banks. 

 

 

Brakes?  That's what the guard's for, and one brake wheel at each end to boot, and anyway who needs 'em?

 

Edited September 28, 2021 by Tim Dubya
Coffee

[2ManySpams]

33 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Eddystone.

 

Nice Bulleid.

[NHY 581]

54 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Eddystone.

 

 

 

Bless you !

[toboldlygo]

54 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Eddystone.

 

 

Too clean  

[chuffinghell]

40 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

 

Brakes?  That's what the guard's for, and one brake wheel at each end to boot, and anyway who needs 'em?

 

Brakes?….where we’re going we don’t need brakes!

[gwrrob]

1 hour ago, 2ManySpams said:

Nice Bulleid.

 

Nice van too. Is this the same as the Bachmann model?