Peterborough North

[ITG]

22 hours ago, great northern said:

And I'd be happy to show some. However, I cannot find a way to get slides from the new Powerpoint to here, and I'm very reluctant indeed to risk messing up all the work I've done so far by experimenting with it. My computer knowledge really is stone age I'm afraid. I tried just clicking on a slide and copy, which seemed a sensible way to start, but I don't have a clue where it has been copied to, if indeed it has been copied at all.

Hope I’m not teaching you to suck eggs, but when you ‘copy’ you then have to ‘paste’ it somewhere to complete the action. But the list of file types acceptable for use on this forum does not include PowerPoint (suffix of .ppt or .pptx) so I suspect it wouldn’t copy /paste here anyway. To do that, you’d need to save it as a different file type, probably a pdf.

Ian

[great northern]

1 hour ago, ITG said:

Hope I’m not teaching you to suck eggs, but when you ‘copy’ you then have to ‘paste’ it somewhere to complete the action. But the list of file types acceptable for use on this forum does not include PowerPoint (suffix of .ppt or .pptx) so I suspect it wouldn’t copy /paste here anyway. To do that, you’d need to save it as a different file type, probably a pdf.

Ian

Many thanks. Confirms what I suspected. Powerpoint is different. How to get round that remains a mystery at present though.

[ITG]

26 minutes ago, great northern said:

Many thanks. Confirms what I suspected. Powerpoint is different. How to get round that remains a mystery at present though.

Well, one way would be to simply save the PowerPoint slide(s) you wish to post on this forum as a pdf. Several ways to do so, but easiest may be ‘save as’ the existing PPT file as a copy, with a different file name. Then highlight and delete the slides you do not wish to publish. Then save the new file by ‘save as’ again, but this time change the file type as you do so to a pdf. Then that new pdf file can be attached to a post on this forum. There are other ways but trying to stick to the most straightforward. PM me if you wish to converse in more detail about a step-by-step approach.

Ian

[great northern]

So its goodbye to another year. Let's be positive, and say that at least it was a bit better than the one before. A Happy New Year to all, and may we all see that not only is there light at the end of the tunnel, but that it is getting closer.

 

And now the last picture of the year, and this time it really is the 8.00am KX- Leeds.

 

 

Shot in challenging light a couple of days ago, and it came out better than I thought it might.

[davidw]

Happy new year

[great northern]

A slightly unusual rear three quarter view of Curlew, running slowly along Platform 3.

 

 

[FarrMan]

And a Happy New Year and productive modelling from me to Gilbert and all the other experts in their own fields on this forum.

 

Lloyd

Edited January 1, 2022 by FarrMan
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[great northern]

When light is so scarce, I have to take more pictures of the same things, as time to put together more trains is limited. So here is more of the same, but at least featuring two locos rather than just the one.

 

 

[great northern]

Yet another shot of the A1. Well it is a very nicely cleaned Top Shed engine, after all.

 

 

 

 

 

[great northern]

Just one more look. Something different tomorrow, I promise.

 

 

[great northern]

Back to the mundane, as another WD clanks and wheezes its way towards our photographer.

 

 

[Podhunter]

On 31/12/2021 at 11:39, great northern said:

Many thanks. Confirms what I suspected. Powerpoint is different. How to get round that remains a mystery at present though.

Use print to PDF, then attach the PDF here.

My computer has a 'Print to PDF' option when I choose to print a document from Office.  If that doesn't appear on your computer then there are free PDF printers available.  A PDF printer is not a physical printer, but a piece of software that converts your Office document to a PDF file.

[FarrMan]

2 hours ago, Podhunter said:

Use print to PDF, then attach the PDF here.

My computer has a 'Print to PDF' option when I choose to print a document from Office.  If that doesn't appear on your computer then there are free PDF printers available.  A PDF printer is not a physical printer, but a piece of software that converts your Office document to a PDF file.

Just to add to that, if you print it to pdf as a 'handout', 6 slides to a page, the content should still be readable, but much shorter!

 

Lloyd

[great northern]

WD in the gloom, casting smuts and assaulting the ears of all and sundry.

 

 

[great northern]

Out in the clean fresh air, well, comparatively anyway, the J6 and its crew rest while others do all the work of shifting parcels.

 

 

[rockershovel]

On 01/01/2022 at 22:09, great northern said:

When light is so scarce, I have to take more pictures of the same things, as time to put together more trains is limited. So here is more of the same, but at least featuring two locos rather than just the one.

 

 

This is one of the few layouts with enough space and perspective for a shot like this. It's so well done. 

[great northern]

Time at last for the waiting A3 to commence the last leg of its journey. A lot seems to have happened since it pulled in to Platform 6.

 

 

[great northern]

Platform 6 did not remain unoccupied for long.The B1is from Spital Bridge shed, and is on its way to Leicester, rather than more accustomed GN haunts. Short stopping trains like this are what it gets to do all the time, to Northampton and Rugby as well as Leicester.

 

 

[great northern]

Three consecutive lovely days has meant that lots of trains got to run. Before that though, I had occupied my time by fitting more Hunt couplings. Having more or less finished with passenger stock, I started on goods rakes, and acquired some ultra close couplings for NEM pockets. This is the result when fitted to my loaded coal wagons.

 

 

I must repeat the usual disclaimer. I have no connection with West Hill Wagon Works other than as a very satisfied customer. Having said that, I can say that not only is the appearance of these couplings vastly superior to tension locks, but that running quality and reliability,are greatly enhanced too. Trains just run smoothly every time, and derailments are now always down to my failure to set the road properly. Life has become much less stressful when operating.

[great northern]

The only time two Midland services are scheduled to be at PN at around the same time. The train to East has Stanier power.

 

 

[great northern]

The Stanier tank rests at Platform 2. Just one more mile to go, and quite a lot of it downhill.

 

 

[Tony Wright]

34 minutes ago, great northern said:

The Stanier tank rests at Platform 2. Just one more mile to go, and quite a lot of it downhill.

 

 

Good morning Gilbert,

 

A (belated) Happy New Year.

 

Nice shots (as usual), but the Stanier 2-6-4T seems to have derailed its pony somewhere underneath the overall roof. 

 

Did it not cause a problem when you moved it back to the fiddle yard? Or, is it still sitting there? 

 

I know from my own experience, if a leading pony or bogie becomes derailed, it's not long before its effect is apparent. 

 

Regards,

 

Tony.

[thegreenhowards]

35 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

Good morning Gilbert,

 

A (belated) Happy New Year.

 

Nice shots (as usual), but the Stanier 2-6-4T seems to have derailed its pony somewhere underneath the overall roof. 

 

Did it not cause a problem when you moved it back to the fiddle yard? Or, is it still sitting there? 

 

I know from my own experience, if a leading pony or bogie becomes derailed, it's not long before its effect is apparent. 

 

Regards,

 

Tony.

Tony,

 

In my experience and with my Peco points, I find that a trailing point can often re-rail a pony or bogie whereas a facing point nearly always ends in tears. The noise is normally apparent beforehand but can be hidden with some lovely DCC sound!

 

Regards

 

Andy

[great northern]

1 hour ago, Tony Wright said:

Good morning Gilbert,

 

A (belated) Happy New Year.

 

Nice shots (as usual), but the Stanier 2-6-4T seems to have derailed its pony somewhere underneath the overall roof. 

 

Did it not cause a problem when you moved it back to the fiddle yard? Or, is it still sitting there? 

 

I know from my own experience, if a leading pony or bogie becomes derailed, it's not long before its effect is apparent. 

 

Regards,

 

Tony.

Oh dear, I did it again. I'm pretty certain what caused this. When operating up the other end of the room, the overall roof means I can't see the loco emerging at the far end till it has gone further than it should with a short stopping train, so I have to guess. When I walk down there and find that I guessed wrong, I put the loco where I want it by pushing it with my hand. That is a good way to derail it. Then my now wonky eyes don't notice it when I take the photo.

 

It is ten days since I took this, but I don't recall any problems on the way back to the fiddle yard.

[great northern]

Next on the Up, another titled train, this time the West Riding. Always a Copley Hill duty, and 60148 Aboyeur is one of the regulars.