Gibbo675 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Today I went to Newark North Gate station, I met up with Mallard60022, great northern and 31A. Now we were going to met last week but it was rearranged for today, 'king cold and the wind blew my new syrup all the way to London. My first photo of an AZOOOOOOMMMMMEEEERRRRR. All the worlds trains are starting to look a like. Hi Clive, If they painted all the trains in BR Blue then you really wouldn't know the difference ! Gibbo. 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 25, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi Clive, If they painted all the trains in BR Blue then you really wouldn't know the difference ! Gibbo. I had enough problems when the good doctor got BR to paint everything blue in the late sixties. Edited September 25, 2020 by Clive Mortimore 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 25, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2020 A nice relaxing tune to finish the week off 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: I had enough problems when the good doctor got BR to paint everything blue in the late sixties. Hi Clive, I've just had another thought, don't worry it didn't hurt. If all these new trains look the same what will be the point of doing cut and shuts ? It will all look the same as when you started, pointless. Gibbo. 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 25, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2020 28 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi Clive, I've just had another thought, don't worry it didn't hurt. If all these new trains look the same what will be the point of doing cut and shuts ? It will all look the same as when you started, pointless. Gibbo. Good point Gibbo. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: A nice relaxing tune to finish the week off ...and much easier on the eye than some of late. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 14 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: I had enough problems when the good doctor got BR to paint everything blue in the late sixties. What did I do? It's so hard to remember the late sixties... 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Clive, I'm sure I've read somewhere recently that 10 of the 91's are to be overhauled, so I wouldn't bet on your trip this week being the last for haulage. I've only been on an Azuma once, It was nearly empty and we were in First - bizarrely cheaper than Second in advance - it didn't seem too bad. My wife - pre Covid - regularly travelled from Peterborough via London to Penzance - she loathes the new stock (also on GW) and thought the HST's with Mk3's (?) were far more comfortable. Sadly the Department for Transport has apparently insisted these are broken up, and a good few have already met their maker. Such is progress. John. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 That means I was old in 1958 - when DMUs started to appear! TONY 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2020 2 hours ago, John Tomlinson said: Clive, I'm sure I've read somewhere recently that 10 of the 91's are to be overhauled, so I wouldn't bet on your trip this week being the last for haulage. I've only been on an Azuma once, It was nearly empty and we were in First - bizarrely cheaper than Second in advance - it didn't seem too bad. My wife - pre Covid - regularly travelled from Peterborough via London to Penzance - she loathes the new stock (also on GW) and thought the HST's with Mk3's (?) were far more comfortable. Sadly the Department for Transport has apparently insisted these are broken up, and a good few have already met their maker. Such is progress. John. Hi John I don't photograph real trains that often. The last time I photographed a class 91 it was in intercity livery and the 312 behind it was still in blue grey. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Mulgabill said: That means I was old in 1958 - when DMUs started to appear! TONY Hi Tony I am not going to argue with your statement. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2020 I broke the train set. I went to change some points, touched the end of the point wire to a stud, nothing, no spark or Peco point motor going BANG. The wire had broken. Now fixed but what a shock, no electrickery. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted September 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2020 That’s why you use extra flex not solid conductor. :-) Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2020 36 minutes ago, 5BarVT said: That’s why you use extra flex not solid conductor. :-) Paul. No it is not using a rubber grommet around the hole with sharp edges. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Just watched ths, and had to share. Notice the LNER buffet in blue\grey. https://youtu.be/AFXaIBR1j_c 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted September 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2020 17 minutes ago, cheesysmith said: Just watched ths, and had to share. Notice the LNER buffet in blue\grey. https://youtu.be/AFXaIBR1j_c Not letting me open the link. An admin rules message. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Bugg__er. Will try again in the morning from the PC 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted September 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2020 On 25/09/2020 at 22:20, Clive Mortimore said: A nice relaxing tune to finish the week off Missing three words... Andi 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2020 7 hours ago, Dagworth said: Missing three words... Andi I think I did "Last Biscuit in the Box" about 6 months ago. One of my favorite songs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted September 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2020 40 minutes ago, cheesysmith said: Lovely vid, the LNER Buffet is at about 6:00. Several things jump out to me: Kudos to the person holding the recorder, it must have been f-f-f-freezing. It gets cold up on the Pennines and with that amount of frost/snow on the ground, it isn't warm. Pity their film couldn't cope with low light, the images inside Sheffield Victoria are almost invisible. There is something especially charming about an electrified route with semaphore signalling, but the railway system was generally looking pretty run down by 1970 (when I assume this was filmed). "Express" trains with five coaches. Yes it really happened, although some on the recent debate on "Wright Writes" would insist it isn't prototypical. Rob 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, Northmoor said: Express" trains with five coaches. Yes it really happened, although some on the recent debate on "Wright Writes" would insist it isn't prototypical. Just goes to prove that people shouldn't always believe what they read on RMWeb, especially on certain people's threads. Mike. 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, cheesysmith said: Thanks for posting this, huge amount of interest, and sadness. The early shots with the 37 (including one with Gresley Buffet), are on 1M72, the Harwich - Manchester Piccadily boat train. Never quite worked out why a 76 didn't do this from Sheffield Victoria, but there you go, so a regular diesel service through the Woodhead Tunnel, despite what one reads. It worked back east later in the day, as well, probably near to dark at the time of fliming. There's also a 40 on one train, quite a short one so don't know what this was. However Football specials behind diesels worked to Wadsley Bridge for Sheffield Wednesday, and also F.A.Cup semi finals at Hillsborough in those days. I saw one on the Manchester side one evening, when Wednesday were playing Man. City I think, again behind a 40 and through the Tunnel. The Manchester to Sheffield Vic. hourly passenger service was usually a 76 and 5 coaches, working as a shuttle, certainly in the latter days in the late '60's at the start of my spotting career! Very often a namer was used, rather charming but not helpful when you kept seeing the same locos. "Nestor" (52), and "Ulysses" (57) always seemed to turn up when I went out. Particularly poignant I thought were the flashes on the overhead as the pantographs broke ice on the entry into the Tunnel itself. Quite often the A628 Manchester to Barnsley road was closed over Woodhead with snow whilst the railway kept running. I discovered this one day in December 1979 on my bike doing pictures, I joined the A628 at Crowden and bingo no traffic and a (surmountable) snowdrift just east. Interesting as well to see all the freight in Mottram yard on the Manchester side just after Dinting Viaduct. As I said, thanks for posting. John. Edited September 27, 2020 by John Tomlinson typo 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Northmoor said: "Express" trains with five coaches. Yes it really happened, although some on the recent debate on "Wright Writes" would insist it isn't prototypical. But really by this time these weren't express trains in Mr Wright's world of expresses, these were fast locals between Sheffield and Manchester. Even the Boat train was only 7 or 8 coaches - making the line between Sheffield and Barnsley Junction quite modellable with a Heljan 76 and a few Mk1s and then some freight in the period after the Great Central mainline closed and before the electric passenger services ceased. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 I looked back in my pictures after the last post, and here is 40107 heading uphill about a mile or so east of Valehouse on a Footex, evening of 28th August, 1979. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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