RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 15 hours ago, Nick Gough said: Two items of rolling stock I have just completed.. Not much to look at but, as the boxes scale out at 70' long and 9'3" wide (in 4mm) I am using them as gauging vehicles for my my current layout build: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/150337-cholsey-moulsford-change-for-wallingford/ Expresso? P 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 12 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: With not even a glimpse of Brunel's masterpiece, the Tamar Bridge. I'm shocked, shocked! Was he using the facility at that moment do you think? 15 hours ago, brianusa said: Bodmin to Totnes - A Great British Train Journey? Brian. It certainly was in steam days. Now it is just the view that remains pretty good as the transportation is ####### awful. Bronte Sorearse 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said: Expresso? P Yes. Expresso rail freight. https://www.indiamart.com/expresso-cargo/ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 56 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said: Expresso? P Of courso! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 Decaffeinato rules, evidently. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) I think it’s a ballasting train, en route to the kitchen for steam washing prior to use. Edited January 16, 2020 by Limpley Stoker Grounds for complaint... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 17 hours ago, brianusa said: Bodmin to Totnes - A Great British Train Journey? Brian. Tonight the Paignton to Dartmouth line features but I can't promise you me shunting at Kingswear. 14 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 That's the thing with the GWR locos.....bits of copper sticking out everywhere......... Rob. 2 1 2 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 4 hours ago, gwrrob said: Tonight the Paignton to Dartmouth line features but I can't promise you me shunting at Kingswear. Next thing you know Robin will be getting himself scanned by Modelu... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Decaffeinato rules, evidently. Decaffeinately not! Just the last couple of boxes to be used from a bulk order offer! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 4 hours ago, gwrrob said: Tonight the Paignton to Dartmouth line features but I can't promise you me shunting at Kingswear. If I’m not mistaken, you didn’t give us Kingswear either, isn’t that the run round at Paignton? Paul. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 12 minutes ago, 5BarVT said: If I’m not mistaken, you didn’t give us Kingswear either, isn’t that the run round at Paignton? Paul. Better ? 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 That’ll do nicely. :-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Many, many years ago while back home on holiday on a glorious summer day at Kingswear I took what I considered, quite a good photo of this engine. So good that I had it enlarged and framed and it hangs on the train room wall as it has done for the last twenty years or so. Goliath looks as good as ever although I could never get over how and why it was named. Enlightenment? Brian. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribird Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, brianusa said: Many, many years ago while back home on holiday on a glorious summer day at Kingswear I took what I considered, quite a good photo of this engine. So good that I had it enlarged and framed and it hangs on the train room wall as it has done for the last twenty years or so. Goliath looks as good as ever although I could never get over how and why it was named. Enlightenment? Brian. And why does it have lining for a freight engine? Not saying it looks bad at all, just curious. I do think the nameplate would have looked better if placed under the GW logo, similar style to Terrier nameplate positions Edited January 16, 2020 by Ribird 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2020 In all truth I'd rather see a model in the correct livery than the real thing in a fantasy one. Why do they do it? 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2020 2 hours ago, checkrail said: In all truth I'd rather see a model in the correct livery than the real thing in a fantasy one. Why do they do it? A director's whim, naming and lining all locos regardless of historic accuracy. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2020 It's all about looking for custom from generations who post-date working steam, and trying to appeal to the kids, who know Thomas, Gordon, Henry et al by name and colour, not number. ISTR the same railway has a 'Braveheart' plate on a BR standard, and a couple of seasons ago had a Manor painted in black (good ) and renumbered (bad, bad, bad, very naughty!). The heritage sector, as often noted in these pages, needs income to survive. We, the true enthusiasts, form a small and diminishing part of the market that supports them. Sad fact. 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2020 49 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said: A director's whim, naming and lining all locos regardless of historic accuracy. It’s the reason why I will always take the family to either the South Devon or Bodmin & Wenford when we go for a trip on the train when visiting my parents in Devon. I would rather support a railway that’s not defacing it’s locos! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2020 Back to reality, or maybe not. I almost got excited just now and it wasn't to do with thinking about my Doctor. I saw that rails were doing this nice exSECR Van. So I go and have a peek and lo, it is £30....what? I must have missed something. There, I feel slightly less astonished now. S.C. Rooge 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 58 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said: A director's whim, naming and lining all locos regardless of historic accuracy. If only that was all they did! Just been watching Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys. Last episode, he was on a Paignton to Tiverton trip. Oh good (I thought), some Dartmouth Steam Railway action to look forward to. Cue a background scene of a "USA 6046" steam locomotive crossing a level crossing. I have to confess my first reaction was : "WTF is that doing there?" 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 This is that loco in more detail. https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/usatc-6046/ From some of the pics, it looks like something that Hornby could have included in their new "SteamPunk" range. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said: If only that was all they did! Just been watching Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys. Last episode, he was on a Paignton to Tiverton trip. Oh good (I thought), some Dartmouth Steam Railway action to look forward to. Cue a background scene of a "USA 6046" steam locomotive crossing a level crossing. I have to confess my first reaction was : "WTF is that doing there?" Did you notice that when Mr Portillo and his companion got out of that train the loco had magically changed to a GW variety with a proper (brass) safety valve bonnet? 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2020 45 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: It's all about looking for custom from generations who post-date working steam, and trying to appeal to the kids, who know Thomas, Gordon, Henry et al by name and colour, not number. ISTR the same railway has a 'Braveheart' plate on a BR standard, and a couple of seasons ago had a Manor painted in black (good ) and renumbered (bad, bad, bad, very naughty!). The heritage sector, as often noted in these pages, needs income to survive. We, the true enthusiasts, form a small and diminishing part of the market that supports them. Sad fact. I also heard that the coaches have names of the grandchildren of employees of the line. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted January 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Oldddudders said: It's all about looking for custom from generations who post-date working steam, and trying to appeal to the kids, who know Thomas, Gordon, Henry et al by name and colour, not number. ISTR the same railway has a 'Braveheart' plate on a BR standard, and a couple of seasons ago had a Manor painted in black (good ) and renumbered (bad, bad, bad, very naughty!). The heritage sector, as often noted in these pages, needs income to survive. We, the true enthusiasts, form a small and diminishing part of the market that supports them. Sad fact. Then it is our beholden duty to stand at the end of every heritage railway platform wearing a light brown anorak and to accost members of the public in a slightly strangulated voice, thusly: "Of course, you know that livery is all wrong, don't you? I think you'll find that when it was first 'ex-works' (I'll come back to that later) it wouldn't have been lined at all. You see..." Etc, etc... (Then take a sip of your weak lemon drink.) Edited January 17, 2020 by Harlequin 2 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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