Nearholmer Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Yes, on test. Sentinel were just around the corner and regularly tested locos on the line. 0-6-0+0-6-0 9633 was tested in March 1957, and worked a train of 78 wagons, amounting to 1294 tons. The coaches are, I think, army ones, I think ex-LMS 'Tilbury Saloons'. The line was still under army operation at this time, and that must have paid-off, because the MoD bought a stack of the 4WDH, the prototype of which was extensively tested there. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, Andy Kirkham said: An intriguing machine seen at Shrewsbury Abbey station. Evidently some kind of Super-Sentinel - Peter Shoesmith/Geoff Dowling I was so intrigued by it I tried to find some better pictures of it and ironically one of the best is already on the forum! Also the single version of it is pictured here https://rcts.zenfolio.com/industrial-and-light/industrial-steam/other/hA87C27EB#ha87c27eb Edited January 28, 2022 by montyburns56 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 Also the Shrewsbury Foregate station itself intrigued me and I've some pictures of it and wow would it make for an interesting layout. I can't think of many stations that have an Abbey right next to it. I'm surprised that it has never inspired an Rev Awdry story where Thomas smashes into the Abbey interrupting a wedding or christening! 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 It had a medieval font, or altar, I can’t recall which, in the goods yard, which is possibly unique. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2251 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 35 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: It had a medieval font, or altar, I can’t recall which, in the goods yard, which is possibly unique. I think you are referring to the remains of the refectory pulpit. By way of explanation, Shrewsbury was a house of black monks, who ate their meals in a refectory accessed from the cloister (all of which has been swept away). While the others ate, one of the monks read from the pulpit. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 Totnes Station KDH Archive 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Very neat. How long did it remain like that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 Alnwick Branch 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 20 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Alnwick Branch 4th vehicle a horse box?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 Darlington QXA ADB977641 Electricity Training Set 1990 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted January 31, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) I'm a sucker for narrow gauge cuteness so I can't resist this. One of a pair delivered by Pecketts in 1941 to Hadfield's East Hecla works in Sheffield. I can't find a reference to what gauge the lines were. The pair were named FINLAND and CZECHO presumably to honour those early victims of WW2 aggression, and this picture was taken in 1949 so evidently FINLAND kept its name throughout the remainder of the conflict even though we were officially at war with Finland. Not that the Finns were baddies - they were just trying to recapture territory that had been siezed by the Soviets. Edited January 31, 2022 by Andy Kirkham 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimwal Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 4 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: 4th vehicle a horse box?? Thompson 6-wheel passenger brake van (BZ) by the look of it. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted February 1, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2022 Need some inspiration for your next layout? Jedburgh 1960s 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted February 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2022 Love the 2-tone van and the mechanical horse trailer and the fact the Road Vehicles dept. had taken over the former engine shed. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flittersnoop Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 On 01/02/2022 at 19:03, montyburns56 said: Need some inspiration for your next layout? Jedburgh 1960s There's a blurry old photo currently on Ebay that shows the overall roof at Jedburgh, and a narrow wooden extension to the passenger platform in the area to the right of the 4MT. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted February 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2022 On 01/02/2022 at 19:03, montyburns56 said: Need some inspiration for your next layout? Jedburgh 1960s h What's the vehicle, I wonder. A dormitory? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 This is one of these things that was a common occurrence, but seems to have been rarely photographed.. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted February 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) The December 1964 edition of Model Railway Constructor has a three page article 'R G Perkins visits Jedburgh'. Page 1 has a photo of the branch goods at the station in September1963 behind Ivatt 4MT 43141. There is a brief history of the branch, a discussion of the modelling possibilities, a description of the buildings and comments on the track layout. At the foot of the page is a well-drawn track plan with all building features and signals which are numbered according to the levers in the twenty lever frame cabin. Pages 2 and 3 have six photographs featuring the station area in 1963. These are, of course, in the slightly 'muddy' style which we had to put up with in the magazines of the day. In compensation they are all of a reasonable size. David Edited February 3, 2022 by DavidLong 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 I think this is one of those Irish Steam Heating Vans Youghal 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 1 minute ago, montyburns56 said: I think this is one of those Irish Steam Heating Vans Youghal Yes, there was also a larger 6-wheel version. They were still in use in the 1970s, I think it may have been the import of ex-BR Mk1s converted to generator steam vans in 1972 that saw them off, but I'm not sure exactly because I have an idea some were still used in the later 1970s on suburban duties not covered by the converted railcar push-pull trains and limited to I think 50 or 60mph by that point. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 E5000 at Doncaster Works 1958 by Kevin Lane 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) I never twigged before how much of a family resemblance these have to 1940 Waterloo & City stock. Edited February 5, 2022 by Nearholmer 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Falmouth 1969 by KDH Archive 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted February 6, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: Falmouth 1969 by KDH Archive A particularly brutal bit of rationalisation, given that Falmouth was originally a main line terminus (the Cornwall Railway ran from Plymouth to Falmouth rather than to Penzance) 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 21 hours ago, Andy Kirkham said: A particularly brutal bit of rationalisation, given that Falmouth was originally a main line terminus (the Cornwall Railway ran from Plymouth to Falmouth rather than to Penzance) Yeah, but I posted it because I thought that it would make for a nice minimum space layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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