Peterborough North

[Mallard60022]

14 hours ago, great northern said:

The NG is one of a very nice set of three built for me by Ian Willets.......not long before Hornby announced theirs. Only 15 miles from March to PN, so perhaps lack of convenience wasn't that dire a prospect. All the rest is indeed kit built or conversion, two by our esteemed mate Mr Pearce, and the rest by Ian Willets.

I thought I recognised that Willet Maroon. That three Coach set is one of my favourites on the layout; just looks absolutely the correct colour from my addled memory.

That Mr Pearce is a hidden gem isn't he. Loves fitting HInges and door bangers to all door Coaches I hear!

P

[31A]

1 minute ago, Mallard60022 said:

That Mr Pearce is a hidden gem isn't he. Loves fitting HInges and door bangers to all door Coaches I hear!

P

 

Cheers Phil!   Door bangers?  Head banger more like!

 

[great northern]

16 minutes ago, 31A said:

 

Cheers Phil!   Door bangers?  Head banger more like!

 

But I thought this was going to be a nice easy one Steve?

[Mallard60022]

19 minutes ago, 31A said:

 

Cheers Phil!   Door bangers?  Head banger more like!

 

Yes, deffo. I can see why Mr Goddard only popped in the Lower Hinges; It takes bloomin ages and Bangers just adds another few hours of singed Fingers.

Phil.

[31A]

1 hour ago, great northern said:

But I thought this was going to be a nice easy one Steve?

 

It's getting easier now I've got past that stage!

 

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

Yes, deffo. I can see why Mr Goddard only popped in the Lower Hinges; It takes bloomin ages and Bangers just adds another few hours of singed Fingers.

Phil.

 

To be honest, with the Teak coaches that I normally do I don't bother with the door bangers, but with these being smooth sided I thought their omission might be rather obvious!

 

I'll put a some more about these on my own thread when I've got a bit further with them.

[great northern]

There is evidence on the smokebox door which shows that 61143 used to be one of Immingham's best, but not now.

 

But just seven minutes later the express that has pursued it arrives.

61142 is turned out as would be expected for a KX express, but doesn't have the painted hinge straps which were the hallmark of these trains.

[great northern]

Head on view of the approaching Grimsby-KX.

and as it waits, The Fair Maid rolls through behind Lord Faringdon.

 

 

[great northern]

Following the Fair Maid this evening, with the backdrop of the bridge and Station Road...

then running alongside Platform 3. I do not know why the signal on Platform 2 is drooping. I certainly did not invite or authorise it to do so. I know I haven't caught it inadvertently, and the operating mechanism is inaccessible without doing contortions under the baseboard No evidence of flying mice, or any other airborne hazard.

 

[great northern]

Last two shots of 60034, as the regulator is opened, and the passengers will see things moving more quickly again.

 

[great northern]

Another look at the B1 at Platform 2, due to leave at 9.04.

 

Five minutes after it has left, the Nottingham-KX arrives, behind Silver Link, a loco which in my view should certainly have been preserved.

 

[great northern]

More of a very famous engine thia evening.

 

[great northern]

Silver Link under the roof, braking for the stop.

and at rest. A short train, formed of a MK1 five set from Nottingham, and a three car portion from Newark, TSO CK BSK. That portion ran from Grantham to Newark earlier, and was attached to the rear at Grantham on its return. I suspect that by the 50s it was the only passenger train to use the Up bay at Newark.

 

Next seen at rest, but will soon be on the way to KX, stopping only for three minutes at Huntingdon.

 

Arrive KX 1050, so Silver Link would not require any high speed exploits. In those more civilised days though, still time for a morning appointment in the City, or just some sight seeing. Or a day at the Cross watching trains. Bliss.

[30368]

2 minutes ago, great northern said:

Silver Link under the roof, braking for the stop.

 

Those "under the roof" images always seem so evocative.

Changing tack slightly, I could never understand why Silver Link was not preserved. It was well beyond my financial capability at the time so I can't be blamed! The design and construction of this  locomotive, and the stock that went with it, is one of the truly great stories of British enterprise and confidence. Would make a great biopic film. 

 

Kind regards,

 

30368

[LNER4479]

32 minutes ago, great northern said:

A short train, formed of a MK1 five set from Nottingham, and a three car portion from Newark, TSO CK BSK. That portion ran from Grantham to Newark earlier, and was attached to the rear at Grantham on its return. I suspect that by the 50s it was the only passenger train to use the Up bay at Newark.

 

Next seen at rest, but will soon be on the way to KX, stopping only for three minutes at Huntingdon.

 

Arrive KX 1050, so Silver Link would not require any high speed exploits. In those more civilised days though, still time for a morning appointment in the City, or just some sight seeing. Or a day at the Cross watching trains. Bliss.

I must have missed this train on previous cycles, Gilbert (or simply not paying attention!). An interesting working; presumably the loco came on at Grantham (return working of an earlier 'down' working out of King's Cross?)

[great northern]

1 hour ago, 30368 said:

 

Those "under the roof" images always seem so evocative.

Changing tack slightly, I could never understand why Silver Link was not preserved. It was well beyond my financial capability at the time so I can't be blamed! The design and construction of this  locomotive, and the stock that went with it, is one of the truly great stories of British enterprise and confidence. Would make a great biopic film. 

 

Kind regards,

 

30368

The answer as far as Silver Link is concerned, I think, is Mallard. Even in those less than enlightened days the world record holder was bound to be earmarked for preservation, and in the late 50s/early 60s there would have been no though of "official" preservation of another of the class. As with so many other classes, when the private preservation movement got going just a few years later, so many deserving locos and entire classes had already been cut up.

 

If you'd still like to visit, shall we arrange it while the weather and daylight are still decent?

[great northern]

1 hour ago, LNER4479 said:

I must have missed this train on previous cycles, Gilbert (or simply not paying attention!). An interesting working; presumably the loco came on at Grantham (return working of an earlier 'down' working out of King's Cross?)

Yes, the five set came from Nottingham behind an A5 or L1 more likely than not, and the KX engine will have worked a Down train earlier. Pacifics were barred from the Grantham- Nottingham line, unless going to Colwick for reapirs, which did happen.

[great northern]

Now we have a day excursion to Hunstanton, where there may well be a keen North Easterly blowing in off the sea. Champion Lodge will take the train as far as Kings Lynn, where there will be a reversal, and another loco, probably a D16, will take the train to its destination.

I thought a couple of BSKs and eight all door seconds would be about right for this.

 

And off she goes.

 

Edited September 8, 2023 by great northern
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[great northern]

Right, this excursion. It turns out that it is advertised as a mystery destination by the seaside, and today it is on its way to Skegness, where the passengers will still be greeted by the same brisk north easterly, but will also have sticky banks of clay to get through in order to reach the sea. I remember the nasty feel of that stuff to this day.

It couldn't have been going to Hunstanton from this direction, as the B17 was too heavy for the Ouse bridge at Kings Lynn. I was reminded of that the last time it ran, but forgot/didn't know how to change the details on the tablet.

 

Next we definitely have a relief to the 8.00 KX-Leeds. It has Doncaster A1 Kings Courier, in my opinion one of Timara's finest weathering jobs, so it gets a close up.

 

[DLT]

Wow, I don't look for a while and suddenly I'm twenty pages behind!

[trw1089]

Kings Courier looks absolutely superb, a standard I would like to get to one of these days.  But the B17 is definitely a favourite regardless of fancy big engines.

 

cheers

Tony

[great northern]

Another look along Station road now. I wonder where the old couple are going?

and then we have been granted special access to Mr slightly posh bloke's property to photograph some of his pretty flowers.

 

 

Edited September 9, 2023 by great northern
good idea to include the pictures.

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

Obviously the old couple are off to the station to catch a train to the 'Big Smoke', don't you love 'Priv tickets'.

 

manna

[great northern]

A1 in the gloom.

and through the arch.

 

[great northern]

23 hours ago, trw1089 said:

Kings Courier looks absolutely superb, a standard I would like to get to one of these days.  But the B17 is definitely a favourite regardless of fancy big engines.

 

cheers

Tony

I realised how special B17s were even at the age of ten Tony. My all time best class is a tie between an A3 with single chimney and GN tender, and a B17, probably with GE tender. I have shown remarkable restraint in having so few of them.

[great northern]

I have found a file of plonks I did weeks ago, and forgot about. Here's one which is something I definitely haven't tried before.