Fishplate Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Very nice @KNP. I think the signalman has taken the impending blackout regulations a bit too literally though. Might be why those trains always have to wait at that pesky signal on the viaduct? 🤔 Writing that has prompted recollection of a BR rule about footplate staff having to walk to the box if they were held unduly long at a signal ? Others on here might be able to confirm whether I am remembering correctly. And whether that rule existed on the GWR in 1938. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Gedward Posted April 22 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 22 "All quiet at Little Muddle". "Repeat, all quiet at Little Muddle". "Over". 21 1 2 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted April 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Gedward said: "All quiet at Little Muddle". "Repeat, all quiet at Little Muddle". "Over". “Top hole. Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.” 1 1 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted April 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22 32 minutes ago, franciswilliamwebb said: “Top hole. Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.” Sounds painful. 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dragonboy Posted April 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Gedward said: "All quiet at Little Muddle". "Repeat, all quiet at Little Muddle". "Over". Let’s hope the Squadron Leader doesn’t go into a full blown Robert Shaw mode ………. Brian 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 8 minutes ago, Worsdell forever said: Sounds painful. Yes but who for- Bertie-Jerry- Sammy or Bettie. Confused of LM 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted April 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22 37 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: Confused of LM 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted April 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22 3 hours ago, Fishplate said: Very nice @KNP. I think the signalman has taken the impending blackout regulations a bit too literally though. Might be why those trains always have to wait at that pesky signal on the viaduct? 🤔 Writing that has prompted recollection of a BR rule about footplate staff having to walk to the box if they were held unduly long at a signal ? Others on here might be able to confirm whether I am remembering correctly. And whether that rule existed on the GWR in 1938. Rule 55...? 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Cabbages. Cabbages he said. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted April 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22 7 hours ago, Fishplate said: Very nice @KNP. I think the signalman has taken the impending blackout regulations a bit too literally though. Might be why those trains always have to wait at that pesky signal on the viaduct? 🤔 Writing that has prompted recollection of a BR rule about footplate staff having to walk to the box if they were held unduly long at a signal ? Others on here might be able to confirm whether I am remembering correctly. And whether that rule existed on the GWR in 1938. As @John Besley says, rule 55 - which runs to 10 pages in my 1933 SR rule book - including variations for all four companies... 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted April 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22 (edited) I think there was more than one accident where the crew had been 'forgotten' and when the road got pulled off carried on up the line only to been run into the back by a late running Express in the dark... Hawes Jct springs to mind Advisable to read LTC Rolt Red for Danger to get a background of how the railways evolved from tragedies... I have always said that it should be required reading for anyone contemplating working on the footplate, in particular Abermule... There is a YouTube video of a Footplate crew on a preserved railway (I wont say where) where the fireman doesn't check the staff / token and promptly hangs it up without referring to the driver as far as I can tell. When I was on the SDR I always confirmed with my driver the correct staff had been given to me irrespective of our being the only engine in use, just supposing I had the wrong one and we couldn't unlock the frame at Totnes to run round... Edited April 22 by John Besley 9 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted April 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22 41 minutes ago, John Besley said: Advisable to read LTC Rolt Red for Danger to get a background of how the railways evolved from tragedies... I have always said that it should be required reading for anyone contemplating working on the footplate, in particular Abermule... There is a YouTube video of a Footplate crew on a preserved railway (I wont say where) where the fireman doesn't check the staff / token and promptly hangs it up without referring to the driver as far as I can tell. Required reading anywhere on the railway in my opinion - and was on the reading list I was given before starting training as a signalman. First thing the district inspector said when he handed me my rulebook (the current one, not the 1933 edition! ) was "just remember, every rule in that book was written in blood" 5 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted April 23 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 23 (edited) A country scene for you but without the odour! Edited April 23 by KNP 38 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted April 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23 (edited) Very little smell there- they are very clean premises for the piggies. I think it is a composite pigsty - the enclosure on the left is a little larger than the other two. Edited April 23 by Limpley Stoker 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 9 minutes ago, Limpley Stoker said: Very little smell there- they are very clean premises for the piggies. I think it is a composite pigsty - the enclosure on the left is a little larger than the other two. Well it is a 'model' farm. What more would you expect than to be at the forefront of good agricultural practice. 3 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Like the different views you are finding the latest has a great deal of detail in it , thanks. Chris 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 7 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said: Very little smell there- they are very clean premises for the piggies. I think it is a composite pigsty - the enclosure on the left is a little larger than the other two. Family suite…! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted April 23 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23 11 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said: Very little smell there- they are very clean premises for the piggies. I think it is a composite pigsty - the enclosure on the left is a little larger than the other two. It looks like the far right No3 is the smallest, an internal sniff around is about to happen judging by the said occupant heading inside to check things over.. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 4 hours ago, KNP said: Family suite…! Hi, there could be more truth than poetry in that! It could a farrowing pen where a pregnant sow would be confined behind bars so the piglets could get away from her to prevent being crushed when she moved. Roja 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted April 24 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 24 Enough about pigs, here's a couple of Panniers to start your day off with a smile....? 31 1 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I think I preferred the pigs. 1 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponthir28 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I prefer to eat a pig. But drool over a pannier. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 8 minutes ago, Ponthir28 said: I prefer to eat a pig. But drool over a pannier. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X1VgcxE9Lpw 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 50 minutes ago, Ponthir28 said: I prefer to eat a pig. But drool over a pannier. No accounting for taste. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted April 25 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 25 The start of another day in the back streets of Little Muddle..... 37 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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