Peterborough North

[great northern]

The time has come I'm afraid. Rationing is back, as photography light is nowhere to be found. Still, your only image tonight does feature an A4, and that nice view from the platform end, showcasingGraham's brilliant platform signal as well.

[great northern]

Last night's forecast spoke of some sunshine today, but alas this morning it is back to overcast and rain all day long. Just one image again then, but it is a good one, as it shows Edward Thompson having to wait for the passage of one of Gresley's finest. This wasn't preplanned, but I admit I did enjoy it when it happened. 

[great northern]

There was a bit of unexpected daylight this morning, so I got some photos, but no time yet to process them, so still only one this evening. Yet another B1, and another from Immingham, with the second Up New Clee fish.

[great northern]

Still short change this morning, but I shall get some more processed during the day, when unexpected sunny intervals are now forecast.....provided the fog clears.  So, by this evening the image store should be full again. For now it is B1 heaven again with two Immingham engines in the same shot. The fish goes on to London, while the shabby one in the bay will take the last stopper of the day back to Grimsby.

[great northern]

Alas the fog did not clear until too late. Nevertheless, more images have been shopped. Here's a closer, and in my opinion less successful, view of the two B1s.

Following the fish is an Up Bradford, the 6.08pm departure from there. KX A3 Hermit is on its way home.

[Oldddudders]

24 minutes ago, great northern said:

Alas the fog did not clear until too late. Nevertheless, more images have been shopped. Here's a closer, and in my opinion less successful, view of the two B1s.

 

 

I wonder if the shot were cropped to exclude the roads to the right of the platform, and the full tender of the left loco were included, it might be more satisfying?

[great northern]

2 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

I wonder if the shot were cropped to exclude the roads to the right of the platform, and the full tender of the left loco were included, it might be more satisfying?

You may be right Ian, but I find that I can only crop smaller now, so I can't get the full tender in to be sure.

[great northern]

Hermit runs through. Getting quite close to a call in to the Plant now, so not in the top link, but still kept nicely clean by Top Shed.

Lurching off the end of the curve, with the shabby B1 and 60500 still waiting their turn.

[great northern]

Back up onto Crescent Bridge for a final look at Hermit.

As soon as it has cleared, signal comes off again, for a Boston to East Class F. As usual, 40F has turned out a K2 for this duty.

In 1958, Boston had nothing bigger or more modern than a K2 for this sort of duty. The shed never had any B1s, and only ever had one K3, which stayed about three months. All that would change very suddenly though in a few months time when the closure of the M&GN released a flood of Ivatt 4s, of which Boston acquired quite a few. So did Lincoln, which didn't please the spotters at all.

[great northern]

More of the K2, as we don't see many of them. Running past the water tower first...

and then my favoured view from beyond the bridge.

 

These panoramic views of the layout are becoming top of the list for me.

[great northern]

The K2 is followed by a GN cab 02/2 with another load of coal. Seen from both sides, as usual.

 

[great northern]

As the 02 moves away from the camera, that run down B1 starts its slow journey to Grimsby.

Our man then wastes another costly colour shot on a shabby B1. Perhaps it was the last on the roll, and time for him to go home.

Edited March 6 by great northern
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[thegreenhowards]

Never mind the B1, that’s a lovely steel 5 set behind the tender!

[great northern]

So what's next? Yet another B1, with the peculiar Grimsby-KX parcels train that is shown in the CWN as loading to just two BGs. Tonight it has three. This being a Friday, at least it means another B1 will be in position at KX to take one of the Skegness trains the following morning.

 

Both sides shown, as is now the norm, and in the morning we shall look at the three BGs individually.

[great northern]

Three rather different BGs behind that B1.

 

 

The last one is the stranger, of course, but I do have photos of them at PN, even on M&GN trains, and a summer 1958 Railway Observer notes one of them at PN on this train, marked "Return to Penzance".

 

Not many more passenger trains to come now, so with only three on the B1 stops as close to the parcels office as it can get, and officialdom is likely to turn a blind eye to the emission of smoke under the roof.

[mullie]

I too have photos of Siphons on the M&GN.

 

Is that A Bachmann Thompson full brake, I have one in blue and am not sure how good a model it is? Mine is in BR blue so might be worth revamping?

 

Martyn

[great northern]

1 hour ago, mullie said:

I too have photos of Siphons on the M&GN.

 

Is that A Bachmann Thompson full brake, I have one in blue and am not sure how good a model it is? Mine is in BR blue so might be worth revamping?

 

Martyn

No, its a kit built one that Steve @31A built for me a few months ago. Definitely superior to the Bachmann one.

[great northern]

Sir Walter Scott is backing down the engine road, and will cross to wait for the arrival of the Colchester-Glasgow.

I'm liking these across  the tracks views more and more, but I did a closer one for those who prefer not to be so far away from the action.

[31A]

1 hour ago, mullie said:

I too have photos of Siphons on the M&GN.

 

Is that A Bachmann Thompson full brake, I have one in blue and am not sure how good a model it is? Mine is in BR blue so might be worth revamping?

 

Martyn

 

11 minutes ago, great northern said:

No, its a kit built one that Steve @31A built for me a few months ago. Definitely superior to the Bachmann one.

 

In fact not a Thompson one but a steel panelled Gresley type BG - note for example the domed roof ends.  Another difference is that there is a Guard's ducket, but it is on the side which isn't visible in the picture.

 

Bachmann are actually bringing out a completely retooled Thompson BG which will no doubt be streets ahead of the current, dated, model.

[great northern]

2 hours ago, 31A said:

 

 

In fact not a Thompson one but a steel panelled Gresley type BG - note for example the domed roof ends.  Another difference is that there is a Guard's ducket, but it is on the side which isn't visible in the picture.

 

Bachmann are actually bringing out a completely retooled Thompson BG which will no doubt be streets ahead of the current, dated, model.

Memo to self. Try looking at the image, rather than relying on memory. I think Steve does have a Thompson BG on the to do list, or have I got that wrong too?

[mullie]

And I need to go on an LNER BG recognition course. 

 

Thinking @31As superb modelling was a Bachmann model. I've put myself in detention,  my mum will be phoned and I will write 100 lines!

 

Martyn

[manna]

7 hours ago, mullie said:

And I need to go on an LNER BG recognition course. 

 

Thinking @31As superb modelling was a Bachmann model. I've put myself in detention,  my mum will be phoned and I will write 100 lines!

 

Martyn

G'Day mullie,

 

I'll join you, I thought it was a Thompson  BG as well.

 

manna

[great northern]

60143 has completed its journey from Up to Down, and is resting out of the way in the bay.

Dunno how the text got in the centre like that. Anyway, that allowed the J15 to get its parcels vans out of the way and to New England, freeing up Platform 6 for the Colchester-Glasgow.

[great northern]

13 hours ago, mullie said:

And I need to go on an LNER BG recognition course. 

 

Thinking @31As superb modelling was a Bachmann model. I've put myself in detention,  my mum will be phoned and I will write 100 lines!

 

Martyn

 

5 hours ago, manna said:

G'Day mullie,

 

I'll join you, I thought it was a Thompson  BG as well.

 

manna

In mitigation, and I did plenty of mitigation speeches in my time, I think what threw all of us was that this is a steel panelled vehicle to Dia 198, the exception to the general rule that Gresley BGs were teak sided, whereas Thompsons were steel. So good are my mitigating powers, we may all now take off our hair shirts, but we are on a conditional discharge.

[Tony Wright]

6 hours ago, great northern said:

 

In mitigation, and I did plenty of mitigation speeches in my time, I think what threw all of us was that this is a steel panelled vehicle to Dia 198, the exception to the general rule that Gresley BGs were teak sided, whereas Thompsons were steel. So good are my mitigating powers, we may all now take off our hair shirts, but we are on a conditional discharge.

Good evening Gilbert,

 

Not all Thompson BGs were steel - some built during the War had deal matchboard sides.....

 

 

I built this one (the leading vehicle) from a Mailcoach kit.

 

 

Comet makes an excellent etched brass kit for the Thompson steel BG. 

 

 

Have you thought of having one of these? Hornby's brilliant SR GBL luggage van.

 

 

I detailed/weathered mine (behind is my ancient Hornby/Roxey one).

 

 

And put it into one of my express freights (the fourth vehicle), only to be told by one commentator that such vans never left the Southern Region. 

 

 

Really? 

 

To be parked at Retford, it surely must have gone through PN? 

 

Please (all) observe copyright restrictions on the above image.

 

Regards,

 

Tony.