Peterborough North

[great northern]

7 hours ago, 30368 said:

I am afraid that it may be a tattoo!

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

No, she appears to have been very well brought up, so that would not be the case in 1958. She got a bit agitated when I mentioned it, anyway.

[great northern]

From on high, B1 in the bay waiting to go to Grimsby.

 

 

 

and from the other side, Champion Lodge moving down the engine road to wait by the coaling stage. The 5.13 to March will be its duty.

 

 

 

 

[New Haven Neil]

Love that last shot, Gilbert.  Full of railway infrastructure and character.

[great northern]

While we are up here, might as well circle round a bit more, and have another look at the D16.

 

 

and the B1 wants another look in too, though this one needed a lot of croppping.

 

 

[great northern]

Four and a half mile walk completed before it got too hot, so I have already hit my five mile/10000 steps target for the day, thus putting me in a benevolent state of mind. That is enough to give you a couple of bonus plonks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[30368]

13 minutes ago, great northern said:

Four and a half mile walk completed before it got too hot

 

Good work!

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

[great northern]

Here comes yet another named express on the Up, this time the Norseman, unusually with headboard. Falcon is just out of the paint shop.

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow we shall have a look at the formation.

 

 

 

[trw1089]

Always happy when we get bonus plonks!

 

[great northern]

Norseman formation later, but for now we have D201 with the 3.00 Newcastle.

 

 

and a Cambridge B12, which has brought in a train from Norwich.

 

 

 

 

 

[great northern]

And so to the Norseman formation, quite a bit longer on a Saturday.

 

 

 

 

 

[davidw]

13 minutes ago, great northern said:

And so to the Norseman formation, quite a bit longer on a Saturday.

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Gilebert -

 

Who does the sides for the Gresley pantry third/ second?

[great northern]

4 hours ago, davidw said:

Hi Gilebert -

 

Who does the sides for the Gresley pantry third/ second?

This one was Bill Bedford.

[davidw]

37 minutes ago, great northern said:

This one was Bill Bedford.

Thank you.

[great northern]

Following the progress of D201 now. Passing the waiting B1....

 

 

and heading on towards Spital Bridge.

 

 

[thegreenhowards]

What a lovely mixed formation the Norseman was. Two Restaurant cars is a bit unusual isn’t it?

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Andy

[jwealleans]

Not uncommon but unique to the ECML, I believe.   Restaurant First with the main kitchen and 18 posh dining places, then a Pantry Third with limited food storage and heating capacity and ~32 seats for the hoi polloi.   I'm sure there was a logic to which trains had this and which had the RF/TO combination, but I'm not aware of what it was.   You'll note that they're marshalled so the pantry and kitchen are next to each other, presumably for the convenience of the staff.

[great northern]

4.45pm, assuming things are running to time, so 61207 can get on its way to Grimsby.

 

 

Two minutes later Diamond Jubilee arrives with the 3.18 KX-Leeds. No connection for the E.Lincs there, but the preceding 3.08 Newcastle would have allowed a comfortable transfer, if things were running to time. 60046 has 13 on, and has pulled up well clear of the end of the platform.

 

 

[great northern]

10 hours ago, thegreenhowards said:

What a lovely mixed formation the Norseman was. Two Restaurant cars is a bit unusual isn’t it?

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Andy

It was an unusual train, and varied in its formation depending on the day of the week. Eight cars minimum, rising to 10 own on a Saturday, when the Up train which has just featured had twelve. Whatever the load though, that FO RF RSP catering was included.

 

The one I just ran had the BSK SK7x2 CK attached at Newcastle, the rest being the usual eight cars from Tyne Commission Quay. I assume that only the rather well off would be taking boat trips to and from Norway back then, so that is probably why the catering was so lavish.

 

As to two restaurant cars, my memory tells me, dangerous at my age I know, that the RSP was very much a GN preference, other areas being happy with the usual Dia 27a SO. The RSPs do seem to have been branded as RCs, but Jonathan may be able to tell us more.

[rowanj]

The Norseman and, indeed, all the Norwegian Boat trains, were interesting to us on Tyneside too, Gilbert, They were as likely as any to bring a "cop", and indeed, it was only time I saw your namesake, 60113, at Newcastle. I run one occasionally through Little Benton, though the more usual route was via Wallsend with reversal at Percy Main, Engineering work is the normal excuse.... V1/3 were the regular motive power, with Class 24 and 40's on the last of the trains.

[thegreenhowards]

10 hours ago, great northern said:

It was an unusual train, and varied in its formation depending on the day of the week. Eight cars minimum, rising to 10 own on a Saturday, when the Up train which has just featured had twelve. Whatever the load though, that FO RF RSP catering was included.

 

The one I just ran had the BSK SK7x2 CK attached at Newcastle, the rest being the usual eight cars from Tyne Commission Quay. I assume that only the rather well off would be taking boat trips to and from Norway back then, so that is probably why the catering was so lavish.

 

As to two restaurant cars, my memory tells me, dangerous at my age I know, that the RSP was very much a GN preference, other areas being happy with the usual Dia 27a SO. The RSPs do seem to have been branded as RCs, but Jonathan may be able to tell us more.

I didn’t spot that one was an RSP as I couldn’t see through the windows in the middle of the carriage I thought there was a kitchen there. But it’s obvious now you say it!

 

I run my Norseman with an all Thompson catering core as per the 1956 MO formation. This also has a RSO/ RF included. It was an interesting train.

 

 

Andy

[great northern]

Two views from Spital Bridge of 60046 restarting its 13 coaches. I couldn't make up my mind which was the better one, so I'll leave it to you to decide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[great northern]

Views from above again, the subject being KX A3 Tracery, and the 2.10 Leeds-KX.

 

 

Some very ragged photoshopping on this next one, beyond my capablities I'm afraid. I have at last firmly decided that something must be done about that expanse of nothing in the background, which detracts from an otherwise rather nice view.

 

 

[great northern]

A slightly lower level view of Tracery.

 

 

while it waits for the signal to leave, the Scotch Goods comes into view, on the Slow again.

 

 

 

 

[thegreenhowards]

I really like the aerial views of Tracery. 

[great northern]

Scotch Goods rolls on along the slow, passing the B12, which is waiting to reverse its stock down to the carriage sidings.

 

 

The 1010 Edinburgh-KX has another local A2/3, which after a three minute stop here, will carry on to London. 60003 has to wait.

 

 

I did all those lattices properly for once. It took rather a long time.