well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[Mick Bonwick]

This is getting serious. I'll have to consider offering reinforcements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NHY 581]

Private industry lends a hand......very much in the Dunkirk spirit.......

 

 

 

 

Edited July 17, 2021 by NHY 581

[2ManySpams]

6 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Private industry lends a hand......very much in the Dunkirk spirit.......

 

 

 

 

 

Whose side are you on old fruit?

[2ManySpams]

2 hours ago, MrWolf said:

There seems to be a mob of Panniers forming southwest of Shrewsbury.

 

 

That many clumsy panniers looks like at accident waiting to happen. Hope there's not a steep drop nearby.

[2ManySpams]

2 hours ago, bgman said:

 

May I refer the disillusioned Mr. Spams and his fuzzy haired "mate" to the well know Taunton Virus which took hold in 2018 and was welcomed by two gentlemen, and many others on Pencarrot Stn. during its stay for the afternoon, neither of whom have reported any ill affects to their general and mental well being in the interim period. 

 

 

Dear Gbloke, you'll notice that the two esteemed gentlemen in the photo have their backs turned so as not to be offended. Was a close escape I understand...

[St Enodoc]

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, Mick Bonwick said:

This is getting serious. I'll have to consider offering reinforcements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raise you more panniers!

 

 

 

 

[bgman]

There is more than one type of Pannier so I'm guessing there's a Market for them all over the South West !

 

 

A.Trader

 

 

 

 

[Gedward]

Room for one more?

 

 

[MrWolf]

Not wanting to be left out, the Home Guard have rolled up.

 

 

Edited July 17, 2021 by MrWolf

[2ManySpams]

16 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Not wanting to be left out, the Home Guard have rolled up.

 

 

 

Even I know them's not panniers

[JustinDean]

38 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Not wanting to be left out, the Home Guard have rolled up.

 

 

Someone’s been buffing their dome. 
 

1st prize for cleanest loco on RM Web. 

[Mick Bonwick]

25 minutes ago, JustinDean said:

 

1st prize for cleanest loco on RM Web. 

 

 

Count me out.

[NHY 581]

I have just taken delivery of another pannier, a late crest 8750. 

 

First impressions. Looks as new with no obvious signs of wear. Runningwise, limp going forwards. Bag of spanners in reverse.................

 

 

[Captain Kernow]

10 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

I have just taken delivery of another pannier, a late crest 8750. 

 

First impressions. Looks as new with no obvious signs of wear. Runningwise, limp going forwards. Bag of spanners in reverse.................

 

 

Oh no.

 

Is this an auction house purchase or from a bona fide retailer?

 

[The Stationmaster]

8 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

I have just taken delivery of another pannier, a late crest 8750. 

 

First impressions. Looks as new with no obvious signs of wear. Runningwise, limp going forwards. Bag of spanners in reverse.................

 

 

Regrettably they do tend to vary somewhat performance wise although I don't think thay are alone in that respect.  My trio of Kernow (out of DJM) 1361 saddled tanks also vary somewhat.  One's like a Rolls Royce - smooth and quiet and runs beautifully while the worst is somewhat skittish and noisy going one direction and only a bit better heading the opposite way.  The third is partway between the two extremes.  Fortunately the black one is the best one and I wonder if it runs that much better because it arrived by air instead of coming. the long way round on a container ship?

[NHY 581]

24 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Oh no.

 

Is this an auction house purchase or from a bona fide retailer?

 

 

 

Afternoon CK.

 

Technically, both. 

 

The response from the retailer, Rails, is send it back if not happy. 

 

I shall give it a good run in both directions and take it from there. 

[Stubby47]

Overheard in a Cardiff sorting office:-

 

- Hello, you don't often meet a fellow loco in these parts, where are you off to?

- Eh, up, some Sheepbloke got me to come all the way from Sheffield. 

- Oh no, not the Sheepbloke. I've just escaped from there!

- Escaped? Why?

- Well, firstly you have to mind your Ps and B4s there, a strange group of undersized locos with big ideas. Then if you perform well, he threatens to take you to.... Taunton!

- And?

- Taunton (shudder) . There are many strange folk go to Taunton. One bloke rips your insides out and replaces them. One bloke will force your wheels wider apart. Some will mess with your electrics and you end up making weird noises.

But there is one, the Mob-leader, the one who attacks plasticard, the one who leaves paint tacky, the one who has a fleet of other railway locos...

- There's another railway???

- ...other railway locos who maraud in gangs and push innocent WR locos off the track.

My advice, pretend you don't work and you'll get sent home again.

- I can do 'bag of spanners'...

 

Edited July 17, 2021 by Stubby47

[MrWolf]

3 hours ago, JustinDean said:

Someone’s been buffing their dome. 
 

1st prize for cleanest loco on RM Web. 

 

It ought to be clean, it's new old stock straight out of the box, oddly enough, it performs faultlessly in both directions despite being fifty years old.

 

Modern manufacturers please take note...

[KNP]

Am I to late to join the Pannier Party?

I've just had my three drawn up and posed in the harbour siding and picture taken a few moments ago.

 

 

8701 a DCC conversion of an old Replica Railways model that runs OK'ish.

8752 a Bachmann model that is a superb runner and must now be 20 odd years old and converted to DCC.

7768 static model, brought as a non-runner - another Replica Railways model

Edited July 17, 2021 by KNP

[NHY 581]

4 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Afternoon CK.

 

Technically, both. 

 

The response from the retailer, Rails, is send it back if not happy. 

 

I shall give it a good run in both directions and take it from there. 

 

 

Well, much running, adjusting of picks ups, chassis keeper plate and general cleaning and lubricating has failed to improve things. 

 

So regretably back it goes. A shame because like the prairie it is a lovely looking loco. 

 

It's almost as if someone is trying to dissuade me from modelling the Western Region...................

Edited July 17, 2021 by NHY 581

[TrainMan2001]

1 minute ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Well, much running, adjusting of picks ups, chassis keeper plate and general cleaning and lubricating has failed to improve things. 

 

So regretably back it goes. A shame because like the prairie it is a lovely looking loco. 

 

It's almost as if someone is trying yo dissuade me from modelling the Western Region...................

Well, it probably won't help if they spontaneously fall down embankment like that one earlier.

[NHY 581]

15 minutes ago, TrainMan2001 said:

Well, it probably won't help if they spontaneously fall down embankment like that one earlier.

 

 

I would venture that there was little by way of spontaneity in that little incident.....

 

 

 

[TrainMan2001]

Just now, NHY 581 said:

 

 

I would venture that there was little by way of spontaneity in that little incident.....

 

 

 

Yeah, but you never know. Faulty brakes?

[Alister_G]

21 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Well, much running, adjusting of picks ups, chassis keeper plate and general cleaning and lubricating has failed to improve things. 

 

So regretably back it goes. A shame because like the prairie it is a lovely looking loco. 

 

It's almost as if someone is trying yo dissuade me from modelling the Western Region...................

 

This really is a great shame Rob, it must be dampening your enthusiasm, I know it would me.

 

Al.