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

[M.I.B]

12 hours ago, brianusa said:

Did the later Panniers actually have copper cap chimneys?  Getting too far back for me to recall!

   Brian.

 If they did, but the time 94XXs were in service, cleaning to that level was restricted to express engines.

 

These were mainly , in GW days, Paddington area workhorses.  There might have been copper underneath but not seen for long............

[The Fatadder]

1 hour ago, M.I.B said:

 If they did, but the time 94XXs were in service, cleaning to that level was restricted to express engines.

 

These were mainly , in GW days, Paddington area workhorses.  There might have been copper underneath but not seen for long............

 
one made it to Newton in 1949, so I am planning to stretch the truth and have one in the area under test, purely because I have always loved the class.   I have a Lima one that was going to get a High Level chassis (it may still get one).  That said the Bachmann one looks fantastic and will be mighty tempting in a years time when the price falls.  I’m expecting the GWR version to be the worst seller given its lack of time frame.

[toboldlygo]

7 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Playing with a lady in red?

 

As long as it's not the Tourette's Version..

[nigel newling]

I am particularly impressed that the GWR version of the 94XX has the steps attached to the rear buffer plank rather than the later location under the hanging plate at the side.

[M.I.B]

94XX in green suits my time frame and location.  I also have a whitemetal kit one which is about to get a recent DCC pannier chassis etc under it.

 

But you are right on the numbers an allocation - it's not a long list for the green version.  Only marginally longer than the 97XX class history and allocations.........

 

So well done for them to make it in green, especially considering that the green one differed from the black one in more than just the smokebox number.

[gwrrob]

4 hours ago, The Fatadder said:

 
one made it to Newton in 1949, so I am planning to stretch the truth and have one in the area under test, purely because I have always loved the class.   I have a Lima one that was going to get a High Level chassis (it may still get one).  That said the Bachmann one looks fantastic and will be mighty tempting in a years time when the price falls.  I’m expecting the GWR version to be the worst seller given its lack of time frame.

 

If it's 9440 you're on about there's a delightful photo of her on the Ivybridge goods in the Pannier Paper.

[St Enodoc]

9 hours ago, The Fatadder said:

 
one made it to Newton in 1949, so I am planning to stretch the truth and have one in the area under test, purely because I have always loved the class.   I have a Lima one that was going to get a High Level chassis (it may still get one).  That said the Bachmann one looks fantastic and will be mighty tempting in a years time when the price falls.  I’m expecting the GWR version to be the worst seller given its lack of time frame.

There were a few in Cornwall, which at one time or another must have made their way from Swindon and back...

[Coach bogie]

13 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

There were a few in Cornwall, which at one time or another must have made their way from Swindon and back...

In addition to 9440 mentioned above at Newton, Three here at Truro

https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p30480076/h6FBBA163#h6fbba163

And another at Exeter

https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p30480076/h6FBBA163#hc3e42009

 

My Grandfather hated the 94XX with a passion. Towards the end of his driving career, after years driving the big stuff on top link, he was restricted to lower link duties due to cataracts on his eyes (can you imagine that being allowed today?). He often got the 'new' 94xx which had a screw reverser. Not good for shunting. Knowing this was a common feeling around the system, some sheds took the lever reverser off old Dean era panniers that had been withdrawn and fitted them to the 94XX. (I noted the owner of 9466, in 1985, did the same). With the constantly changing stock of locos coming out of the works, if it was a shunting duty, tasked with a 94XX, he would check out which engines had the lever reverser and ask the shed foreman to change the loco on his shift.

 

Mike Wiltshire

 

[gwrrob]

Honours even in the ANTB FA cup derby this afternoon between @BenL and myself. Of course his generosity before the game in giving me a Hornby clerestory brake shouldn't go unmentioned too.

[Captain Kernow]

A nice selection of automotive offerings in Ivybridge yesterday. Don't know what the occasion was, when I got back half an hour later, they were gone:

 

[Oldddudders]

Ooh! A Mark Two TwinCam Cortina ! Delish! I'm sorry, but I'd rather own that than the rest put together. Hooligan. 

[St Enodoc]

9 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Ooh! A Mark Two TwinCam Cortina ! Delish! I'm sorry, but I'd rather own that than the rest put together. Hooligan. 

That's OK Ian, I'll take the MG next to it. By the way, is the Cortina a genuine Lotus or just pretending with the paint scheme? Pity about the black van (is that yours CK?).

[Captain Kernow]

4 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Pity about the black van (is that yours CK?).

Huh!

 

The very idea!

 

[St Enodoc]

9 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Huh!

 

The very idea!

 

Of course - silly me. Your van would be yellow.

[Oldddudders]

The Cortina sits a little lower than the cooking versions, I think - and 2-door versions weren't big sellers to families. 

[Ashley Bridge]

I had a red two door GT from new, not so popular as the four door 1600E with Rostyle Wheels. Mine had 51/2 inch steels like the Lotus.

Not so quick but less oil leaks.

Rich

[gwrrob]

9 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

 Pity about the black van (is that yours CK?).

 

Not always.

 

 

[chuffinghell]

1 hour ago, Ashley Bridge said:

I had a red two door GT from new, not so popular as the four door 1600E with Rostyle Wheels. Mine had 51/2 inch steels like the Lotus.

Not so quick but less oil leaks.

Rich

 

I once owned a 1973 Triumph Dolomite Sprint

 

It was my first car at 17, the car was a little older than me but in better condition 

 

Although if there was no oil under it, there was no oil in it 

[toboldlygo]

1 hour ago, chuffinghell said:

 

I once owned a 1973 Triumph Dolomite Sprint

 

It was my first car at 17, the car was a little older than me but in better condition 

 

Although if there was no oil under it, there was no oil in it 

 

Did it have a mechanic in the boot - they were equipped with them as standard 

[chuffinghell]

41 minutes ago, toboldlygo said:

 

Did it have a mechanic in the boot - they were equipped with them as standard 

No but it did have one careful owner! the other seven didn’t give a sh...

 

Edited December 2, 2019 by chuffinghell

[gwrrob]

It's that time of year again, the Santa Special.

 

[bgman]

Which one will Father Christmas be driving through Brent ?

 

Rude Olf

[gwrrob]

30 minutes ago, bgman said:

Which one will Father Christmas be driving through Brent ?

 

Rude Olf

 

Always happy to take requests on where to stick my headboard.

[Trains&armour]

The last bit of Cromwell fun. 
Finished:

 

And it's nemesis:

 

[gwrrob]

I can't believe that's the same model Sierd.