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]

Cracking show last year with the Vulcan...doubt I'll get the family to go twice though. Apparently the planes look more alike than trains. How on earth does a Vulcan look like a Spitfire?

 

Watch "Spitfire low level" on YouTube

Spitfire low level: http://youtu.be/B-Lav2IOsjE

 

Hope you enjoy. Apologies for the odd rude word........

 

Merlin

[gwrrob]

Pssst, Robin, Chris, promise not to tell anybody, but I found & bought something unmentionable  a while back.....

 

Southern (1).jpg

 

That's great.You wait until I've finished posting and getting stick off certain members and you slip one in yourself that you actually own.Unmentionable.Brilliant.

[NHY 581]

Watch "Awesome Vulcan XH558 Beachy Head Cliff Flypast, E…" on YouTube

Awesome Vulcan XH558 Beachy Head Cliff Flypast, E…:

 

 

Yeah baby!!!!!

 

 

V bomber....

[colin penfold]

Vulcan was a Britannia and a WD 2-8-0.  Spitfire was a Castle and a Battle of Britain.  Does that help?  No, I thought not.

 

Chris

if that doesn't help, spock was a vulcan and spifire is a beer brewed somewhere you could have seen battle of Britain Pacifics

[2ManySpams]

Pssst, Robin, Chris, promise not to tell anybody, but I found & bought something unmentionable  a while back.....

 

Southern (1).jpg

Well done that man!

[2ManySpams]

Well done that man!

Just 81C to work on now...

[gwrrob]

Just 81C to work on now...

 

Are you a miracle worker.

 

 

Spitfire is also the name of a car built in my home city by Truimph until the early 80s.A few on show in the transport museum.

[2ManySpams]

Watch "Awesome Vulcan XH558 Beachy Head Cliff Flypast, E…" on YouTube

Awesome Vulcan XH558 Beachy Head Cliff Flypast, E…:

Yeah baby!!!!!

V bomber....

Can I click the like button more than once?

 

Vulcan, full power turns, brilliant!

[NHY 581]

if that doesn't help, spock was a vulcan and spifire is a beer brewed somewhere you could have seen battle of Britain Pacifics

Apologies to those who model DB......

 

Herr Rob.

[2ManySpams]

To think that the once mighty Great Western has been reduced to this:

 

Oh, the shame ;-p

[Captain Kernow]

You seem to be having a bit of a wait there, Chris...?

[2ManySpams]

You seem to be having a bit of a wait there, Chris...?

Yup but perversely not as long as I wanted - would have been good to go up the hill...

 

Sounds like there's issues going 'up country' problems at Dawlish.

[2ManySpams]

Ah the seaside donkey experience, only this one is a nodding donkey...they definitely don't get better with age!

[cary hill]

Robin, for the next visitation, am I correct in remembering you wanted me to pack a couple of Merchant Navy and Q1 locos? Oh and the 22s, Schools and King Arthur...

 

   Extract:                                                          ANTB Sub-Committee for the Banning of Inappropriate Motive Power on ANTB

 

                                                                           Emergency Meeting 22nd August 2014 7.30 p.m. Held at the Ricoh Arena.

 

                                                                                                           Notice of Decision

 

 

Dear Mr 2ManySpams,

 

The ANTB Sub-Committee for the Banning of Inappropriate Motive Power on ANTB met in emergency session earlier this evening to consider your request for permission to run further Classes of exotic Southern Railway Locomotives on ANTB and we inform of our decision below and the main reasons for it.

 

There is no right of appeal and Rule 1 does not apply, but further applications can be made to the Committee after fourteen days have elapsed.

 

Your application is rejected

 

1. Whilst the Sub-Committee were not averse to a minor re-enactment of a "Wet Wednesday at Wadebridge"*** by the Orphans of Treneglos Travelling Motive Power Group, during an otherwise quiet week on ANTB, we remain unconvinced that a continual dilution of our strict motive requirements on ATNB is beneficial in the longer term.

 

2. The Committee have found relatively little or no evidence of Merchant Navy, Schools, King Arthur or Q1 Class locomotives operating regularly West of Exeter on Southern metals. The Committee therefore see no benefit in granting running powers on GWR metals through Brent just because these locomotives cannot legimately appear at Treneglos or at Wadebridge.

 

3. The Committee grant Class 22 locomotives running powers through Brent, because, however much we would like to forget it, these locomotives are part of our "Hydraulic Family".

They must be run in pairs due to reliability problems.

 

etc., etc.,

 

Footnotes:

 

*** The Committee noted with disappointment the non-appearance of a Beattie Well Tank during the "Wet Wednesday at Wadebridge" sequence. We did not see any members of the O2 Class either, despite our providing a 45xx, a Pannier and a 1366 at great expense.

[Kev_Lewis]

Here. here!

 

Motion seconded.

[colin penfold]

EU Directive 30099887765/08/2014

 

It has come to the attention of the commission that a breach of EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights have been perpetrated in the district of Coventry, United Kingdom.

 

An EU review of a complaint by Mr T M Spams revealed the breaches which were perpetrated by individuals claiming authority on behalf of the state of Brent in the republic of WestCountry.

 

Mr Spams, who is the commisioner for historic air smoothed wonderfulness, claimed that this self appointed committee had attempted to curtail his activities in persuance of EU directive 234768433/03/2013 - educating the masses in the beauty and engineering prowess of the Southern Railway of England.

 

Such interference with the democratic process will not be allowed. The so-called ANTB sub commitee is hereby banned from any more subversive activities and instructed to respect the rights of Mr Spams to enjoy the beauty of SR locomotion.

 

Signed on behalf of Commissioner OVBullied, curator of the Spam Mountain and the oil bath lake.

 

By the way, your English chocolate, is not really chocolate.

Edited August 22, 2014 by colin penfold

[The Stationmaster]

As a matter of hysterical historical fact Merchant Navy Class engines were permitted between Exeter & Plymouth via the GWR route - only goes to prove who was better at building decent railway lines.

[2ManySpams]

As a matter of hysterical historical fact Merchant Navy Class engines were permitted between Exeter & Plymouth via the GWR route - only goes to prove who was better at building decent railway lines.

Pity the route gets washed away every other high tide though Mike ;-p

[Siberian Snooper]

Pity the route gets washed away every other high tide though Mike ;-p

 

At least it gets rebuilt. Up the Orange Army!!

[Mallard60022]

Too many Spams Spitfires 

Good mooning....

Q

 

PS I know you can never have too many Spits

Edited August 23, 2014 by Mallard60022

[Mallard60022]

Really enjoying this Nod to the Southern. Proper engines on a delightful layout. What we need is a nice King.....Arthur. ...

 

Rob

or one of these

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[Mallard60022]

Vulcan was a Britannia and a WD 2-8-0.  Spitfire was a Castle and a Battle of Britain.  Does that help?  No, I thought not.

 

Chris

Dear Lord....even Chris F has become infected........

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[Mallard60022]

As a matter of hysterical historical fact Merchant Navy Class engines were permitted between Exeter & Plymouth via the GWR route - only goes to prove who was better at building decent railway lines.

Now then, now then, how come Kings couldn't go over the Tamar except on the Saltash Ferry but Merchant Navy Class Pacifics could?

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[Mallard60022]

By the way, if we hadn't had Spitfires and Hurricanes and some other whizzy things then Brent might have had to put up with something like this.

 

Thanks to an LNER (sorry.....) modeller on RMW for this pic

 

Yo.

[Mallard60022]

 

Someone wanted on of these....sorry it took a little while for me to build a layout to put it on.

P