Mike Buttell Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 If you have eight and a half minutes to spare, Peel Station, August 1963 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted August 8, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2022 Wot, no Peel sunset at the end? 🤩 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 I’ll have a word with Lord Ailsa and see if we can run a Sunset Special 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said: Wot, no Peel sunset at the end? 🤩 Happily his Lordship was in a receptive mood 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 No6 Peveril running light engine 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 On the arrival of the first Man-Tainor in Peel, Sir Phillip congratulates himself on the complete success of the new venture. Now all they have to do is wait for the same crane and lorry that loaded the container at Castletown to make the 15 mile journey to Peel to offload it. “they say that they’ll be here around half three”, the loco crew dismount and head for the Pub. It’s going to be a long day…. 6 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 I don’t get the pre WW2 stock out too often (there’s not much of it:-) ) but a couple of runs over the weekend to make sure it’s all ok 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 When the Summer Day Is Over….. Winter timetable in operation, Peel will be lucky to see more than one train a day, and even luckier to see a steam engine before next April. No8 is tucked away inside the loco shed I’m led to believe. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryHobbyist Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Mike I have really enjoyed looking through your Peel pictures and videos- really well done. I am modelling the Isle of Man railway in 4mms scale too and have recently completed a layout of Saint johns. I modelled Foxdale back in the nineties which I am trying to join up with Saint Johns as we speak. I have really struggled getting my locos to perform as well as I would like , and have had to revert to using a tt gauge bo-bo deisel chassis within a carriage to get reliable performance out of my stock. Your locos seem to run really well so I would Really appreciate an opportunity to pick your brains about how your loco chassis were built- what size of motor- what size of flywheel etc Any comments or feed back would be appreciated Henry 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Henry happy to try and help, drop me a message and we can exchange by email to make it a bit more private if you like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 I’ll split the pictures into a couple of posts, but here is the story The winter routine of the once a day Diesel Railcar service has been broken by the visit of the Light Railway Enthusiast Group. Having negotiated with A.M.S. for a steam train to visit all stations on the three main lines (and a bus to Foxdale) the group today find themselves at Peel. The Locomotive Superintendent has been tasked by A.M. with making sure they don’t go anywhere they shouldn’t, so there is no chance of a sight inside the workshops or carriage sheds (any of them) Train Guard Quayle is seen here about to reveal the interior of the first class compartment of the Foxdale Coach, “This door hasn’t been opened since 1940” he lies, whilst turning the key. Several attempts have been made by group members to bribe the train staff to get them into the sheds, all to be met with a sharp intake of breath and a “more than my job’s worth” reply, however we believe one member of the workforce has sold his soul for a bottle of scotch and a months supply of bird seed. With the proviso that any visit is done by torchlight and no cameras. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Second group of pictures, loco No5 Mona (or MO NA) if you prefer in charge 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted October 22, 2022 Author Share Posted October 22, 2022 To be honest, not even the Locomotive Superintendent knows how the Light Railway Enthusiast Group pulled this one off, but somehow they managed to get permission to have No15 lit and out for a run. The stipulation being that the excursion was to be on the Peel line, the temptation to bribe someone to swing the points at the Foxdale line junction on the North line at St. John’s would surely have been too great. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) Bonfire Night in Peel, and there is a special train working in from Foxdale. Caledonia taken off track lifting duties on the Knockaloe line to take the excursion. Not too many tickets sold so just the Foxdale coach was needed, apparently there was stiff competition for patronage in the Foxdale district from the Slieu Whallian Witch Rolling event that had been held over from the previous weekend. Edited November 5, 2022 by Mike Buttell 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mike Buttell Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Ballast working with No5 in charge breaks the monotony of the usual once a day railcars service, which continues through the winter months 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Boxing Day means it’s Railway Cup Final day, Peel v Ramsey resume the West/North rivalry with the final being played in Douglas so it’s a big day out for the fans. The mid morning train from Peel is strengthened to 5 carriages, and numbers 6 and 12 will take the set up to St.John’s where the Ramsey rake will be added. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jeremy Cumberland Posted December 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2022 It's a good job the railway only has non-corridor stock, eh? Just imagine if the Ramsey fans got in among the Peel lot. I do enjoy your posts on here. Keep it up! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) The “fun” will start when the trains are separated at St. John’s on the way back, and have to run out for a mile side by side. Let’s hope the victors have a tight grasp on the trophy if they intend to tease the vanquished by waving it out of an open window. **anyone who has done one of my “Closed Lines Bus Tours” will be familiar with that reply ;-) Edited December 26, 2022 by Mike Buttell 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 No12 Hutchinson with a three coach train 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matloughe Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 I just wanted to say, I've read this thread from beginning to end and love it! Keep up the good work; you've inspired me to nab a wagon kit and Oxford Rail Peacock - but I am still hovering on the edge of taking a dip with 00n3! Can't wait to see more. Gary 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 5 hours ago, Matloughe said: I just wanted to say, I've read this thread from beginning to end and love it! Keep up the good work; you've inspired me to nab a wagon kit and Oxford Rail Peacock - but I am still hovering on the edge of taking a dip with 00n3! Can't wait to see more. Gary Thanks Gary go on, you know you want to! The Oxford locos are an absolute steal at £19 (plus postage) produced from 3d scans of the actual loco 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 Caledonia has been called off Knockaloe duties briefly to bring down the afternoon train from St. John’s 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matloughe Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 06/01/2023 at 15:54, Mike Buttell said: Thanks Gary go on, you know you want to! The Oxford locos are an absolute steal at £19 (plus postage) produced from 3d scans of the actual loco Oh believe me I am tempted! I have a small 80cm x 20cm board with a failed N Gauge project on it with a 40cm x 10cm fiddlestick already painted & primered - I'd just need to change the track for some H0m & sort out some sort of motive power! I'm certainly going to go away and ponder on what I could fit in that space which would be IoM related. Loving the photos on here & the FB group. Cheers, Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buttell Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Foxdale would maybe suit you, small self contained terminus into a fiddle yard. One loco one coach and three open wagons. The station building is easily adapted from an existing card kit, only other building on site is the water tower :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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