RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted December 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2021 Some from yesterday, supposed to do just a nice little Crewe to small heath job but my relief had to rush to hospital for his partner to have a baby, that’s just inconsiderate!! ended up working the train back to crewe for him otherwise it would have been stranded in small Heath and I was heading that way home anyway, was a full 12 hour job with 12 hour rest now before I’m back in later but these things happen! crewe heading south running round in Tyseley small Heath And back in crewe walked back to the station for my bike back on it again later then a ratcliffe job on New Year’s Day 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted December 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2021 Only one from today, small Heath again, didn’t have to work it back north tonight! 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted December 31, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2021 And some from the last train of the year, Small Heath again waiting in Stafford for the DRS train to pass Running round in Tyseley and into small heath chiltern 68 passing by thats me until next year, Doncaster to ratcliffe and back in the morning 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Great photos Jim and happy new year to you and your family cheers Craig 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Thanks for all your wonderful pictures and input this year Jim Happy New Year 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 1, 2022 Great Photos Jim. Hope you and your family have a great 2022! (and doesn't that 68 sound like a bag of spanners!) Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 1, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) Thanks for all the kind comments, and yes the 68 does sound rough (but kind of nice!) a few from today, Doncaster to ratcliffe and back Shunt driver posing! Waiting at hexthorpe, colas locos passing by And empty in ratcliffe Back into decoy 66789 passing by Keep saying I should model these ex 507 barrier vehicles Freight 321 unit and the Cemex 66 which appears to have had a good wash! Back in Monday for a basford hall to bescot and back job Edited January 1, 2022 by big jim 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted January 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 1, 2022 Is that freight EMU at the old Post Office platforms Are they thinking of using them again. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 2, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2022 17 hours ago, jamie92208 said: Is that freight EMU at the old Post Office platforms Are they thinking of using them again. Jamie i think it’s been trialled recently but don’t know much more about it really Day off today, popped to the station to get a bike ticket for tomorrows job and a traction engine went past crewe to bescot the. Warrington to landor st tomorrow 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, big jim said: i think it’s been trialled recently but don’t know much more about it really Day off today, popped to the station to get a bike ticket for tomorrows job and a traction engine went past crewe to bescot the. Warrington to landor st tomorrow That could be Fred Dibnah come back to enjoy himself again ,miss him on tv. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 30/12/2021 at 02:09, big jim said: Some from yesterday, supposed to do just a nice little Crewe to small heath job but my relief had to rush to hospital for his partner to have a baby, that’s just inconsiderate!! ended up working the train back to crewe for him otherwise it would have been stranded in small Heath and I was heading that way home anyway, was a full 12 hour job with 12 hour rest now before I’m back in later but these things happen! crewe heading south running round in Tyseley small Heath And back in crewe walked back to the station for my bike back on it again later then a ratcliffe job on New Year’s Day Almost looks like a model - How Realistic are yours? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 2, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, lmsforever said: That could be Fred Dibnah come back to enjoy himself again ,miss him on tv. Except both the driver and ‘fireman’ were women 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2022 Some from today. Crewe to bescot first with 4 locos had to move one of them over to the other three Almost ready to go and into bescot I then went passenger to Warrington to work a cement back to landor st Heard avanti were considering getting some baby warships and in came my train And away to landor st Bescot to East Midlands gateway and back to crewe tomorrow 31 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 3, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2022 Couple of extra pics from my walk back to the bike in basford hall 38 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2022 And some from this morning, pass to Wolverhampton for a ride to bescot, sleeper train in the platform nothing more until the gateway, went out for a ride on my bike as I had 4 hours to kill, went to Long Eaton via the canal where I went under the castle Donnington branch, nice to see it away from the cab sawley lock Ratcliffe in the distance After we set off we had to wait at Burton upon Trent, class 31 shunting around nemesis rail EWS 66 with a stone train My train And into crewe Mountsorrel tomorrow evening 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted January 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 03/01/2022 at 13:26, big jim said: Warrington hasnt changed much in 30 years… 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 19 minutes ago, adb968008 said: Warrington hasnt changed much in 30 years… On the surface no, but scratch a little deeper - gone are the coal trains, gone is the wagonload from the yard. But it's a jolly nice place to get to Birmingham International and Glasgow from!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2022 How about a little bit older than 30 years ago 34 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 22 minutes ago, big jim said: How about a little bit older than 30 years ago and it’s still considered ‘ modern image’ for modelling purposes! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Ta for the tones and wave Jim... Thanks, Jack. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted January 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, big jim said: How about a little bit older than 30 years ago By process of elimination I guess thats 40060 ? pretty rare getting a new sprinter and a non-preserved 40 side by side. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 minute ago, adb968008 said: By process of elimination I guess thats 40060 ? pretty rare getting a new sprinter and a non-preserved 40 side by side. its one of the class 97s that were renumbered for crewe station rebuild in 1985, thats all i know about it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted January 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, big jim said: its one of the class 97s that were renumbered for crewe station rebuild in 1985, thats all i know about it 40060 was the only headcode 40 in service in 1986/7 (it was 97405). 40060 was interesting in that it had a headcode box, a Scottish conversion from disc headcodes, it was the last 40 in non-heritage service, D200 as-side. ive got the booklet somewhere detailing crewe remodelling and all the diversions / temporary timetables etc. Exciting times. Edited January 4, 2022 by adb968008 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2022 I’ve got the original photo here somewhere which shows the 97 number on the end a bit clearer than the Scan, I’ll dig it out at some point and have a look Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted January 5, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2022 14 hours ago, adb968008 said: ive got the booklet somewhere detailing crewe remodelling and all the diversions / temporary timetables etc. Exciting times. I think I have too. Where? Not a clue! Spent a Saturday using a mixture of buses and trains to travel over the independent lines. Happy days, thanks for the memories! Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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