Jim’s “out and about with GBRf” thread

[corneliuslundie]

I wondered if they would call you out on Saturday morning when a passenger train failed somewhere on the HoW Line.

Jonathan

[big jim]

They could try, I won’t be up!

 

Anyway some from this morning, same job as the night before but we made it to llandridnod this time

 

Basford hall last night

 

And back this morning, bit gutted as I should have been on a job out of Toton which had a DB 60 on it!

 

As it needed to get back to Toton and the 37s I had needed to get back to derby they we lashed them together for the trip over

 

 

97s still there too!

[big jim]

Last night was the stone train from hereford to derby (where it went onward to Leeds)

 

Hereford

 

 

 

 

 

My train arriving

 

And away to derby, left hereford an hour late but got to shrewsbury on time by not stopping in wooferton only to find the late running timber train being put out in front of me at abbey forgate which knocked me for another 10 mins which I’d made back by Wolverhampton

 

Derby

 

Timber train tonight but I’m hoping it’s cancelled

[jonas]

Great photos as ever Jim. Where does the stone train originate from? That’s not a flow I realised went through Hereford.

[big jim]

i think its neath abbey wharf, its a sporadic flow as sometimes it goes to washwood heath

 

of course there is major engineering work arounf newport which may affect the routing, tonight for example ive got the baglan logs which normally comes via heareford but im getting on at kidderminster and going via galton jn, soho, perry barr, wolverhampton, stafford and crewe!

[jonas]

Oh yeah of course there is electrification work around Newport - all adding to the fun for you eh?! Thanks Jim as ever.

[101]

Great photos as ever Jim. Where does the stone train originate from? That’s not a flow I realised went through Hereford.

Looks like the Moreton on lugg to me

[jonas]

Looks like the Moreton on lugg to me

That’s a DBS job though isn’t in? Unless it’s changed.

[big jim]

I think we’re gettig mixed up with stone trains, the one in the station is the moreton on lugg to southall DB job, mine was the neath abbey wharf train

[101]

Sorry my fault didn't read Jim's first post properly and seeing the question of stone train and the picture of the Moreton on lugg put 2 + 2 together...

[big jim]

I never gave it thought that there were 2 stone trains!

 

Anyway some from last night, diverted logs from Kidderminster to chirk and back to Walsall

 

Chiltern 168

 

My train arriving in

 

And all the way back to Walsall this morning

 

And a vid from ‘sharpo’ passing through old Hill

https://youtu.be/p7E4N4aBGl8

Edited May 25, 2018 by big jim

[big jim]

Can anyone see the pics above?

 

I’m just showing links to the pics

[101]

Can anyone see the pics above?

 

I’m just showing links to the pics

No I can't Jim - they've all disappeared from your earlier posts too

[s182ggu]

Can anyone see the pics above?

I’m just showing links to the pics

Hi Jim - as 101, just seeing links to all your pics, videos to.

 

Cheers

[Phil Mc]

Can anyone see the pics above?

 

I’m just showing links to the pics

The pics were visible this afternoon, but just showing links now.

I'm using the same PC as earlier.

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[big jim]

yeah, thats what ive had happen

[Danim]

Shows up fine for me and cracking pictures as usual

[ess1uk]

Some from last night before I go to bed!

Change of plan, should have been down the cambrian but ended up on the heart of wales line

 

 

Interesting sunset over ‘poppy’

And away to the heart of wales, did something I’ve never done before, a ballast drop under TW1 which basically means there is no possession and the train runs under normal working arrangements, I have the token as normal which obviously prevents other movements in that section

Knighton

We dropped in a few places, finishing on llangynllo bank and heading back from there, Knighton again on the return

Craven arms

And back into Basford hall, locos stabled with the 97s

90050 looking worse for wear

Which appears to have been joined by 86251 in the last few days

And that’s that, should be back down the HOW tonight, or possibly a train out of Toton

Some interesting signalling there. Reed tokens.

The bobby told me about it when we were taking it off leased BT private lines

Edited May 27, 2018 by ess1uk

[ess1uk]

Can anyone see the pics above?

I’m just showing links to the pics

Working fine for me

[101]

Yeh they're all back now

[s182ggu]

Yeh they're all back now

Ditto

[big jim]

[big jim]

Some from Monday, logs carlisle to warrington, had it fuel the loco too

 

Kingmoor

 

88 passing by

M

 

My loco away for fuel at DRS

 

7 freightliner 66s passing

 

Then off I went via a glorious S+C, first stop unfortunatly right at the bottom of whalley bank, thankfully it was dry!

 

 

And into warrington before heading back north

 

 

Same again today

[big jim]

Only one pic today but something a bit different to add

 

60021 again

 

Today I set my GPS tracker running leaving carlisle caldew jn and recorded my track to hellifield, the route learning app uses similar technology but is railway based, the app I used is motion-xGPS which records (and shows) elevation, speed etc (I slipped over the 60mph max once!)

 

Carlisle to hellifield on the map

 

Vital statistics, time, distance, speed, elevation, ascent and decent etc

 

First plot, carlisle caldew bridge at 00:00 climbing on to the S+C, the long drag begins at 00:50 but as you can see it climbs pretty much all the way from carlisle

 

The long drag between 00:50 and 01:20 so 30 mins slog, was down to 24mph at the start at 514ft

 

And at the top at ais gill, managed 44mph over the top which recorded as 1184ft (672ft climb at 4% in 30mins)

 

From there is was pretty much down hill after dent, the dotted line was where I lost signal in Blea Moor tunnel, the 489ft, 55.8mph was passing through settle

 

The other up and down speeds between 01:20 and 01:40 were where I went into various tunnels and lost signal for a short while (less than a minute) and it averaged out the speed

Edited May 29, 2018 by big jim

[Jack374]

Very interesting telemetry Jim, I don't think I've seen anyone else do that before and it shows the gradients well. I saw you today at Balshaw Lane Jn...cheers for the tone! I wasn't sure if I'd make it otherwise I'd have said I'd be there, but luckily you were held in the station for a bit to allow a London-bound express to pass.

 

And a short video because my camera decided it didn't have any juice left:

https://youtu.be/Ksn31qFeQ2Q

 

Thanks,

Jack.