rob D2 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) Hi, Made a detour to peak forest on my way from DEMU showcase to Stoke where my eldest was in a gym comp. It was very quiet , just the sound of birds and insects ... no booked freight today but I got some reasonable photos on the iPhone. I'll share them here in case they are any use for modelling. Locos were 60044, 039 and 66053. Only for photos of two as the other 60 was by the quarry with a steel hood wagon - not sure why ? Maybe in use as a reach wagon...? Edited June 8, 2017 by rob D2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 The steel hood wagon (BRA or BYA, IIRC) is probably being used as an adaptor wagon to allow wagons fitted only with buckeye couplings to be shunted by locos that only have screw-type couplings. There is one used for this purpose at Cardiff Tidal, to allow the resident 08 shunters to move rakes of MBA scrap carriers around. These buckeye-fitted wagons can only be moved otherwise by Class 66s, which have drop-down buckeyes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) We did exactly the same yesterday, not much happening when we were there bout 5 ish. Ill sort the pics later Edited June 5, 2017 by jessy1692 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 We did exactly the same yesterday, not much happening when we were there bout 5 ish. Ill sort the pics later20170603_175731.jpg 20170603_175707.jpg20170603_175515.jpg20170603_173740.jpg Nice the only thing that happened in two hours it seems , is the 66 backed up with the hoppers.wasnt there at 1530 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Nice the only thing that happened in two hours it seems , is the 66 backed up with the hoppers.wasnt there at 1530Cheer Rob, yeah we were at the junction and the green 66 apoeared light engine from the quarry so we headed back up and 66 125 was going passed to back in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiles Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Does anyone know if the RMC PGA tanks are still used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Does anyone know if the RMC PGA tanks are still used? I was wondering that as well. They seemed a bit manky and going green on the outside so my guess is these two are not at least . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 I'm pretty certain the RMC mortar traffic to Bletchley ceased a while back; whether this was because of a change of train operator, or a change to the ownership of the quarry on one hand, and the mortar supplier on the other, I can't say. My recollection was that the traffic originally 'hitched a ride' on the RMC stone train from Dove Holes to Bletchley, but then switched to some convoluted routeing via Warrington, which presumably made it uneconomic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharrc20 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Those are the last 2 RMC tanks afaik and the others were sent for scrap not so long ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 That's a shame , it was a nice short freight and a bit of variety Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) This is not strictly a "Peak Forest today" report but it is a "is it like this still today?" question. Hope that is OK? I took this photo a couple of years back at Great Rocks and was intrigued by this piece of trackwork. Is it still like this and how did it get like that? Surely not useable (if so, by what?)? (Yes, there is some foreshortening by the lens but not much and it is a very abrupt angle change). Edited June 8, 2017 by highpeakman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 This is not strictly a "Peak Forest today" report but it is a "is it like this still today?" question. Hope that is OK? I took this photo a couple of years back at Great Rocks and was intrigued by this piece of trackwork. Is it still like this and how did it get like that? Surely not useable (if so, by what?)? (Yes, there is some foreshortening by the lens but not much and it is a very abrupt angle change). Crickey , looks like my peco flexitrack ! I'd love to see a 66 try and get round that... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Crickey , looks like my peco flexitrack ! I'd love to see a 66 try and get round that... So would I! It's just behind the signal box at Great Rocks if I remember rightly. If someone is visiting then please let me know if it is still like it but the main question is still "why?". I have a bunch of photos taken at the same time plus some others of the 80s operations. I could post in a new thread (or on this one if the OP doesn't mind or, indeed, if anyone is interested)? Edited June 8, 2017 by highpeakman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) [qugote name=highpeakman" post="2747521" timestamp="1496916647] So would I! It's just behind the signal box at Great Rocks if I remember rightly. If someone is visiting then please let me know if it is still like it but the main question is still "why?". I have a bunch of photos taken at the same time plus some others of the 80s operations. I could post in a new thread (or on this one if the OP doesn't mind or, indeed, if anyone is interested)? Yeah, be good to see those, put em here if you like...I changed the topic name Edited June 8, 2017 by rob D2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 [qugote name=highpeakman" post="2747521" timestamp="1496916647] So would I! It's just behind the signal box at Great Rocks if I remember rightly. If someone is visiting then please let me know if it is still like it but the main question is still "why?". I have a bunch of photos taken at the same time plus some others of the 80s operations. I could post in a new thread (or on this one if the OP doesn't mind or, indeed, if anyone is interested)? Yeah, be good to see those, put em here if you like...I changed the topic name Curiously, the aerial view on Google Earth doesn't show the 'dog's leg'- the curve looks perfectly normal, though perhaps a little sharp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 This is not strictly a "Peak Forest today" report but it is a "is it like this still today?" question. Hope that is OK? I took this photo a couple of years back at Great Rocks and was intrigued by this piece of trackwork. Is it still like this and how did it get like that? Surely not useable (if so, by what?)? (Yes, there is some foreshortening by the lens but not much and it is a very abrupt angle change). Im pretty sure when i was there on Sat tht the connection to shed is gone, lookedlike newish tarmac has gone down recently. The track in the foreground is still there though. Should have taken a pic!!Cheers James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 May have gone then , but looked pretty sharp in street view . What amazed me was how big the quarry was that this us the entrance to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 Curiously, the aerial view on Google Earth doesn't show the 'dog's leg'- the curve looks perfectly normal, though perhaps a little sharp. Have just had a look and agree with you although it is not that distinct. It really did have that acute angle when you looked at it from ground level. The photo was taken from the road so it was not much distance away so there would be little foreshortening by the lens of the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 Here are a couple of my pics which I think are from the late 70s or, possibly, early 80s. I will leave it to the experts to accurately date them hopefully. I was disappointed by lack of trains at the time of my visit though. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 Here is a shot of the shunters used at the time. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 The old Peak Forest Station. In use as offices at the time. Is it still there? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Here is another closer shot of that trackwork shown above: Taken 2014. Edited to add date. Edited June 8, 2017 by highpeakman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 The old Peak Forest Station. In use as offices at the time. Is it still there? Yes it's the train crew office for DB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) I had always thought that this one was of the old Central Lime Works just by Peak Forest Junction but now, looking at it again, I am not so sure. Does anyone else have any ideas? I took this photo but can't now remember the site of taking every photo of 40 years ago. Unfortunately I have never been organised enough to have kept any records. Edited June 8, 2017 by highpeakman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 The old Buxton Lime building. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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