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[great northern]

I'm a bit bored, as I can't do a lot of things I would like to do for a few more days yet, as ordered by nursey this morning. I have a novel to read, but it is hardback, and has over 900 pages, and weighs quite a bit, so gets a bit tiring to hold for long periods.

 

So, here is another picture.

 

 

and just so you can see the trouble I go to, here is what it looked like when the camera first saw it.

 

 

and if anyone says they prefer the second one, I may get quite cross.

[Bazza]

38 minutes ago, great northern said:

I'm a bit bored, as I can't do a lot of things I would like to do for a few more days yet, as ordered by nursey this morning. I have a novel to read, but it is hardback, and has over 900 pages, and weighs quite a bit, so gets a bit tiring to hold for long periods.

 

So, here is another picture.

 

 

and just so you can see the trouble I go to, here is what it looked like when the camera first saw it.

 

 

and if anyone says they prefer the second one, I may get quite cross.

Hi Gilbert, that must have taken some time photoshopping!

Hang on in there. Hope you recover quickly from the procedure and you can really choose what to spend your time on once more. We are awaiting the reappearance of 60700 with bated breath!

[great northern]

It's the slow line for this Craigentinny to Wood Green Class C, as passengers are still boarding the KX slow on the only other Up line.

 

 

Just managed to hide the end of the bridge for once.

[jwealleans]

Pleased to hear Nursie has you firmly in hand. 

 

 

It's for your own good, you know.

 

[great northern]

28 minutes ago, jwealleans said:

Pleased to hear Nursie has you firmly in hand. 

 

 

It's for your own good, you know.

 

The one I saw wasn't as good looking as that.

[great northern]

There is also activity down at the south end, as Mons Meg backs onto its stock, and our lovely fully valanced D16 brings in the East shuttle. The Class C won't be getting the road just yet.

 

 

[Oldddudders]

1 hour ago, jwealleans said:

Pleased to hear Nursie has you firmly in hand. 

I believe there are videos of that sort of thing elsewhere on the Internet....

[jwealleans]

3 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

I believe there are videos of that sort of thing elsewhere on the Internet....

 

Something has to pay for new locos......

 

[Sandhole]

On 18/01/2022 at 22:10, great northern said:

The Norseman now appears, with headboard, which was apparently unusual.

 

 

I didn't crop this much, as it shows the massive bulk of the bridge well, and how Peter Leyland captured it.

 

In other news, this afternoon I went to have a small mole removed from my face. Unfortunately the surgeon wasn't happy with it, or another small one that had appeared close to it, so it finished up being a bigger job than I had expected. I now have what he described as a deep graze, which can't be stitched, so it is dressings to be changed three times a week for a while, by which time we should have biopsy results as well, and the nurse has warned me I may not get much sleep tonight. Never mind, it is what it is, and I shall deal with things as they become clearer.

 

I would like you all to know that a member of this forum volunteered to drive over 60 miles to be with me today, took me to the surgery, waited an hour and a half, brought me home, and organised everything for me, as I mustn't bend down for 24 hours. Among his several occupations he was in the past a nurse, and his knowledge and gentle support have been  a great comfort to an old chap with an anxiety disorder. Would you all please give a round of applause for Clive Mortimore. I could not ask for a better or more considerate friend.

Respect and love to Clive.
Get well soon.
Love and Hugs from me.
Chris.

[great northern]

The D16 has precedence, and the A2 must carry on waiting.

 

 

 

 

 

[great northern]

To complete this series of movements, here is Mons Meg, attached to train and ready to roll.

 

 

The only question now is which variant of A2 will be given the road first. Mons Meg has Class A lamps, but the service is really a stopping one.

[great northern]

Mons Meg may have been ready to roll, but Dante got the road first.

 

 

It will be crossing back to the Up very shortly, and will not be relegated to the slow line.

[great northern]

It seems that Mons Meg was not ready to roll, as the next WD hauled load of coal is sent along the slow again.

 

 

There must be something I can do to hide the end of that bridge. I will give it further consideration.

[great northern]

If we swing around, and point the camera hopefully into the sun, which shouldn't be here in the morning anyway, we get this.

 

 

I'm not sure it was worth the trouble.

[great northern]

In the short interval between the Class C and the Class H, this glorious sight was revealed, and of course had to be photographed.

 

 

[30368]

16 hours ago, great northern said:

I'm not sure it was worth the trouble.

 

I think that it was certainly worth the trouble and that wee trainspotter on the platform seems to agree...

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

[great northern]

And now, at last Mons Meg gets the right away, and is seen at the very beginning of its slow progress to London.

 

 

[landscapes]

58 minutes ago, great northern said:

And now, at last Mons Meg gets the right away, and is seen at the very beginning of its slow progress to London.

 

 

Great photo, and a great locomotive

[great northern]

With Mons Meg finally on her way, the Little Barford coal can come through. Today's borrowed loco is a Retford 04/8.

 

 

[drmditch]

2 hours ago, great northern said:

With Mons Meg finally on her way, the Little Barford coal can come through. Today's borrowed loco is a Retford 04/8.

 

 

 

Thank you. I really like the O4/8s.

The kind of 2-8-0 the NER might have built!

(Even if the re-builds happened at Gorton!)

 

What is the provenance of your model?

(Mine is Bachmann O4 with old Replica B1 boiler and part of the cab.)

 

Edited January 25, 2022 by drmditch

[great northern]

11 hours ago, drmditch said:

 

Thank you. I really like the O4/8s.

The kind of 2-8-0 the NER might have built!

(Even if the re-builds happened at Gorton!)

 

What is the provenance of your model?

(Mine is Bachmann O4 with old Replica B1 boiler and part of the cab.)

 

It is a Tim Easter conversion. He'd have to be the one to tell how it was done.

[great northern]

Time for the Elizabethan. Top shed engine heading North this morning, and passing a B17 which is reversing into the bay, ready to take over the Birmingham-Ely.

 

 

[great northern]

You'd think that all cameras would now be trained on the Elizabethan, wouldn't you? But no, someone would rather use expensive film to record a DMU, burbling away under the roof, having just arrived from Louth.

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

Something burbling from Louth?

 

Not sure anything in Louth could burble.

[great northern]

31 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Something burbling from Louth?

 

Not sure anything in Louth could burble.

I did think of saying throbbing, but I thought that was a bit graphic.