Popular Post Melangoose Posted December 31, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2023 NSE’s Thames pool must be short of locos as a Speedlink loco is substituting for todays Hereford Paddington Some other pictures Happy New Year Everyone 27 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Grampus Posted December 31, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2023 A great layout, irrespective of whatever stock you chose to run, but I must say I am thoroughly enjoying the current retro look back to when trains appeared rather more like I remember them! 😃 Thank you for sharing - happy New Year! All the best , Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug002 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 13 hours ago, Melangoose said: NSE’s Thames pool must be short of locos as a Speedlink loco is substituting for todays Hereford Paddington Some other pictures Happy New Year Everyone Not sure I've seen this layout before but I like what I see. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 13 hours ago, Grampus said: A great layout, irrespective of whatever stock you chose to run, but I must say I am thoroughly enjoying the current retro look back to when trains appeared rather more like I remember them! 😃 Thank you for sharing - happy New Year! All the best , Paul Some nice words there, thank you 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Yep loving the 90's feel, looks like you cover similar era's to myself. As I've said a number of times, this is one of my favourite layouts on here Nigel and many thanks for continuing to share pics and videos. Happy New Year to you and your family Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 3 hours ago, Iron Horse said: Yep loving the 90's feel, looks like you cover similar era's to myself. As I've said a number of times, this is one of my favourite layouts on here Nigel and many thanks for continuing to share pics and videos. Happy New Year to you and your family Thank You Adrian, and a Happy New Year to you and your family too. And thanks for the support last January, much appreciated. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 With the New Year Celebrations over and the big winds from yesterday gone. At least my Railway is back running. 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Nice to see there are no floods on the railway after the recent storms 🤣 Looking fab as always 😎 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Module00 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Hi, thank you for sharing with us your awesome layout. Happy New Year ! 👍😃 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 14 hours ago, Module00 said: Hi, thank you for sharing with us your awesome layout. Happy New Year ! 👍😃 Happy New Year to you too. Glad that you like the layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 Had a chance to run some trains this morning 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Hi Nigel, layout is looking great. Loving the 90s vibe. Can't beat a bit if DCWA class 50 action. A nice selection of 37s too Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 On 12/01/2024 at 07:37, P.C.M said: Hi Nigel, layout is looking great. Loving the 90s vibe. Can't beat a bit if DCWA class 50 action. A nice selection of 37s too Cheers Peter. Hi Peter, Thanks for the post. I love my sector Class 37’s and the Large Logo on the mk2’s completes the trio. The 50 on the PW is typical of the once a week from Bristol East to Bescot. Really enjoying running my heritage collection. Hope all is well with you in Australia. Regards Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Grampus Posted January 13 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13 'Heritage collection'!???🤣 Yikes! We are so blessed with footage of the period via DVDs and the Internet that it still feels (to me) contemporary, even though I know it's for the most part, long gone. 🙂 No matter - great modelling is great modelling, irrespective of period and I enjoy it all, contemporary or 'heritage'! Long may it continue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 5 hours ago, Grampus said: 'Heritage collection'!???🤣 Yikes! We are so blessed with footage of the period via DVDs and the Internet that it still feels (to me) contemporary, even though I know it's for the most part, long gone. 🙂 No matter - great modelling is great modelling, irrespective of period and I enjoy it all, contemporary or 'heritage'! Long may it continue I know what you mean about time passing and stuff feeling contemporary and not realising that time has passed by. I was kind of shocked browsing through Rail Express, with DB retiring the Class 60 (such a modern freight loco I thought). Then I realised that it was introduced in 1989, so they are coming up to 35 years old (where has the time gone). Anyway Grampus Heritage, Contemporary or Modern, enjoy your modelling. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Metals sub sector traffic is a key flow through Wyvern Road. With loaded traffic in both direction from manufacturing in Llanwern and Port Talbot to the finishing mill at Shotton at Deeside and for distribution in the West Midlands. a view from the station road bridge brought to a stand by the Wyvern Road Signaller then given the road under a caution aspect 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 A traffic flow that doesn’t exist on the railway in 2024 is the movement of Household Coal. Back in 1990, Wyvern Road had its fare share with two very different types of train. 56106 in the old Red Stripe Railfreight livery heads a rake of HEA empties from Warrington towards South Wales. This train is the longest of my 1990’s collection with x24 wagons. The other flow is Household Coal for Export to Ireland. 37796 heads a lengthy rake towards Ellesmere Port on Merseyside. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 13/01/2024 at 20:32, Melangoose said: Hi Peter, Thanks for the post. I love my sector Class 37’s and the Large Logo on the mk2’s completes the trio. The 50 on the PW is typical of the once a week from Bristol East to Bescot. Really enjoying running my heritage collection. Hope all is well with you in Australia. Regards Nigel On 13/01/2024 at 20:32, Melangoose said: Hi Peter, Thanks for the post. I love my sector Class 37’s and the Large Logo on the mk2’s completes the trio. The 50 on the PW is typical of the once a week from Bristol East to Bescot. Really enjoying running my heritage collection. Hope all is well with you in Australia. Regards Nigel All good here mate, not the best summer we have ever had but it's been warm this week. I remember seeing the DCWA 50s about I got a few pics of some round Exeter. Then some ended up in the NSE pool when the reliability of the other 50s got really bad. Cheers Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Melangoose Posted February 15 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 15 Hi Folks, On Page 19 of this thread I mentioned my good friend Steve Jones was building a model of Fairwood Junction (just to the west of Westbury). Unfortunately Steve does not do Rmweb, so there is no layout page on this forum. The layout is now finished and will soon be on the Exhibition circuit (think the first show is Calne in the Spring). It will also be at the Great Electric Train Show at Milton Keynes in October. Mike Wild from the Hornby Magazine came over during the week to take some photos (for an upcoming article), Steve asked if I could assist (and bring a little extra stock), which of course I was happy to do. A couple of my pictures from on the day. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Melangoose Posted February 29 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 29 Some pictures that I took earlier and some that I forgot to post a while ago. My good friend John Harding has done a cracking roof weathering job around the exhaust stacks on my x2 Provincial (Express) Class 158’s (just taking the newness away). In 1990, these units would be fresh from delivery and pressed into service to replace the first generation DMU’s and Class 156’s which had in turn replaced Class 33’s with Mk1 coaches a few years before. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Grampus Posted February 29 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 29 Great pictures again, thank you. My personal favourite is Hoover 031 on ballast. Really captures the scene at the time. 🙂 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 4 hours ago, Grampus said: Great pictures again, thank you. My personal favourite is Hoover 031 on ballast. Really captures the scene at the time. 🙂 Thank you. 50031 Hood is one of my favourite Class 50’s. Used to love seeing it between Oxford and Paddington in the mid 1980’s (fond memories). But on WR it lives on as part of the DCWA pool. 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 I have a soft spot for Hood, it was my last class 50 out of Paddington on a service train!!!!!! 😎 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Grampus Posted February 29 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 29 Brilliant! Thanks for the additional shots of '031. I can almost hear her; just needs clouds of blue smoke now! Cheers, Paul 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallaig1983 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 @Melangoose our paths may well have crossed on those 80’s Oxford- Pads. Regular runs FCFW to Reading, couple of hours spotting then some Thumper thrash down to Basingstoke for a couple of hours and then back to Reading for another couple of hours. The best of days. Hood looks stunning in your pics. Very nice 👌 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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