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

[john dew]

They look great Robin........I admire your patience in chaining two vehicles.....it must have been very fiddly getting the chains equally tensioned

 

Cheers

 

John

[bgman]

"it doesn't look too bad to a blind man on a galloping horse"

 

 

See what I did there.... War Horse !

 

G

[Mikkel]

Great result Rob. That train means business.

 

Nothing like a couple of fully loaded warflats to raise the christmas spirit 

[Ashley Bridge]

On 21/12/2019 at 15:03, 46444 said:

 

Merry Christmas Robin and fellow ANTB followers. 

 

Here's to a new 78xx in 2020

 

Cheers, 

 

Mark

 

 

Nice Dogfish!

Christmas Greetings to all at ANTB

Rich

[gwrrob]

On 22/12/2019 at 11:40, gwrrob said:

 Hopefully tomorrow will bring me something for @Trains&armour to shunt it with in the yard.

 

 

An Army liveried Ruston seen shunting various wagons. It came too late for it's owner to have it for Christmas.

 

[Oldddudders]

"Little and long!"

[gwrrob]

18 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

"Little and long!"

 

Absolutely, so you might prefer this one.

 

[gwrrob]

[Trains&armour]

It's tiny. I expected more for my money.... 

[KeithMacdonald]

12 minutes ago, Trains&armour said:

It's tiny. I expected more for my money.... 

 

No, that's Army 802.

 

This is Tiny:

 

 

"Buckfastleigh Tiny" by Geof Sheppard - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Commons - https://wiki2.org/en/File:Buckfastleigh_Tiny.jpg#/media/File:Buckfastleigh_Tiny.jpg

[Captain Kernow]

On 22/12/2019 at 10:39, Oldddudders said:

I bet Daddy doesn't wear boots that colour!

One can only hope.

 

[gwrrob]

On 21/12/2019 at 15:03, 46444 said:

 

Merry Christmas Robin and fellow ANTB followers. 

 

Here's to a new 78xx in 2020

 

 

Erlestoke Manor complete with an Oswestry shed plate.

 

 

[81C]

Merry Christmas Brent Nods & a happy new year.  

[Mallard60022]

36 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Erlestoke Manor complete with an Oswestry shed plate.

 

 

I thought that was Hatton Manor! 

[Ian Hargrave]

Bless all and have a wonderful Noël .Look forward to more ANTB next year.Thank you Robin who keeps us all healthily sane.

 

A moment of self indulgence here. In Memoriam Keith Howard,my friend and fellow enthusiast whom those of you who made the trip to the W&GR in October of last year might just remember. Keith passed away this afternoon. God bless my son...

[brianusa]

Beware!  These little engines are usually seen on track recovery trains after the rails have been lifted!

     Brian.

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, brianusa said:

Beware!  These little engines are usually seen on track recovery trains after the rails have been lifted!

     Brian.

That's clever...

[St Enodoc]

3 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

Erlestoke Manor complete with an Oswestry shed plate.

 

 

I spy a finial on the banner repeater signal. Is that normal or is it a preservation-era affectation?

[brianusa]

2 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

That's clever...

 Naughty; but you know what I meant!

  Happy Christmas.          Brian

[5BarVT]

10 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

I spy a finial on the banner repeater signal. Is that normal or is it a preservation-era affectation?

I can’t say I know, but it doesn’t feel right to me.  One question is the colour: shouldn’t be red as you don’t stop at a banner but yellow implies distant.  Need to think where I might find accurate historic photos.

Paul.

[Oldddudders]

10 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

I spy a finial on the banner repeater signal. Is that normal or is it a preservation-era affectation?

I'm still puzzling over how the smoke escapes through Santa's hat!

[Clive Mortimore]

28 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

I'm still puzzling over how the smoke escapes through Santa's hat!

Hi Ian

 

It isn't a hat, but a CO2 concentration collection devise.

[Clearwater]

13 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Ian

 

It isn't a hat, but a CO2 concentration collection devise.

 

Clive’s sport on: some detail as to what’s going on in that hat:

 

[St Enodoc]

2 hours ago, 5BarVT said:

I can’t say I know, but it doesn’t feel right to me.  One question is the colour: shouldn’t be red as you don’t stop at a banner but yellow implies distant.  Need to think where I might find accurate historic photos.

Paul.

Thanks Paul. I can't recall ever seeing a photo of one, hence the question. Your observation regarding the colour hadn't occurred to me.

[St Enodoc]

23 hours ago, brianusa said:

 Naughty; but you know what I meant!

  Happy Christmas.          Brian

Yes I did Brian, but my inner schoolboy couldn't resist.

 

You have a great Christmas too.

Edited December 25, 2019 by St Enodoc
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