bathgreenpark Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 8th SEPTEMBER 1962 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUNNING OF THE LAST PINES EXPRESS ON THE S&D The Pines Express was synonymous with the S&D running every day throughout the year from the first Manchester - Bournemouth express workings of 1927. The Post War Summer timetable brought in the order of 27 up and down express workings on a Summer Saturday to the S&D from many diverse destinations in the Midlands and North of England. Some on the move for 8 or 9 hours! Add to this local workings, the odd relief working and the pigeon specials for which the line was famous and one can get a feeling of just how busy this line was particularly when you remember that parts of the line were single track creating potential for bottle necks when services were running late. The S&D was famous for its fearsome gradients which necessitated most express workings to be double headed on the northern section of the line and Bath shed was ‘organised chaos’ on these busy Saturdays. The 8th September 1962 was the last day of that years Summer service and also the last day of through express working on the S&D with all express workings being redirected to other lines. A packed video in which we watch the running of the last Pines Express on the 8th September together with many more express, local and freight movements. I am particularly grateful to Mike Arlett for arranging permission from Julian Peters to reproduce one of Ivo Peters famous pictures of 92220 on Bath Green Park shed on that fateful day My thanks to Phil and Mel for bringing 92220, 92245 and 73087 for filming as part of this videoEnjoy AndrewSIT BACK, TURN UP THE VOLUME AND ENJOY. CLICK THIS LINK ………… 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jcarta Posted September 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2022 Andrew What a great video..... I just watch the whole lot, 30 minutes well spent. Do you have a track plan of the layout that you can post on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathgreenpark Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) Apologies not been on RMWeb for a while. A diagramatical track plan plus a photo I took at Bath Green Park in early 1966 just as the line was closing. It has been a life long passion Edited November 10, 2022 by bathgreenpark 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bathgreenpark Posted November 10, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) ..... and overall pictures of the room Edited November 10, 2022 by bathgreenpark 16 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted November 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2022 That's rather splendid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathgreenpark Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Thanks Andrew 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathgreenpark Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) THE DECEMBER VIDEO FROM BATH GREEN PARK Sit back turn up the volume and ENJOY Andrew BATH GREEN PARK Edited December 22, 2022 by bathgreenpark 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted December 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2022 All I can say is WOW! Are there some more pictures anywhere? Wonderful stuff, thanks for sharing. Dave.T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathgreenpark Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) Thanks Dave. If you go onto my Youtube channel there are a load of videos of the railway. If you go onto Youtube and go Bath Green Park 7mm you will find all the videos charting from the early days to 2022. Something to do over the festive holiday Andrew Edited December 23, 2022 by bathgreenpark 9 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathgreenpark Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) S&D 7F 53802 after arrival platform 1 BATH GREEN PARK Edited December 26, 2022 by bathgreenpark 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestag Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 This is SOME layout! But it looks to have some duck unders. I am too old for that stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Fox 34F Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I’m busy working my way through the various YouTube clips. The layout is very impressive with the combination of a terminus to fiddle yard combined with a continuous run. The clever features are the single line from Lyncombe Vale to Midford passing through the overall roof of Bath Green Park and the Fiddle Yard being positioned underneath it. May I ask what the minimum radius is on the running lines and the gradient on the single line and down to the Fiddle Yard? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathgreenpark Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 Paul Glad that you are enjoying the videos. You have the form of the layout spot on. The concept is to run to timetable of the 50's and 60's up to closure hence the fiddle yard to Green Park station basis but I also installed a back loop to be able to just 'let them run' when the mood takes me. The centre of operations is of course Green Park station, yards and sheds. Trains arriving either from Bristol/North OR off the S&D at Bath Junction. The Midland line and the S&D (once its gone round the room) join together and dive down to the extensive fiddle yards below. Gradients are 1 in 50 as per the original line hence the S&D expresses are double headed AND south bound freights out of Bath have a banker up to the top of the climb at the entrance to Combe Down tunnel. So my model follows the real thing as much as possible. Minimum radius is 6' for the most part but there is a short section in Devonshire tunnel that is 5'6 Hope that this is of interest Andrew 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Fox 34F Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Andrew, Thank you for the detailed reply. It is impressive that your gradients match the S&D and require you to use double heading. I’ll continue my trek through the videos. Happy New Year Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathgreenpark Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 Paul What I am particularly pleased with is the banking of freights from Bath up Devonshire Bank and Lyncombe Vale with the banker coming off at the entrance to Combe Down tunnel and top of the climb out of Bath with the banker then dropping back down to Bath Junction. Always at least one session on each video Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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