RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 25, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2014 In the very first shot I thought at first you had photoshopped the real bridge above your J6..........What superb workmanship in that metalwork......... Gravy Train I presume...? No, it is the old bridge from the loft layout Larry. Gravy Train will be doing a new one soon, as the brick paper on this one is bubbling. Allan Downes created this one. I had a Roco girder bridge which I bought all of 25 years ago, and that shows how long PN has been on my mind. Allan built around it to get something that looked similar to the real thing, and did a great job. Funnily enough when I looked at that image close up I too was surprised how good the bridge looked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 It's OK at normal size, but if you increase it you will see that part of the signal box roof has been "eaten", and there are halos around the buildings. I'm afraid that does worry me - I'm good at worrying! http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/williamral108607.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted March 28, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2014 Today marks a very significant and happy anniversary in my life. What combination of five words is one of the best you could ever hope to hear? "Would you like early retirement" that's what. I heard that on 15th March 2002, and 28th March that year, twelve years ago today, was my first day without full time employment. You will gather that my employers had done all they could to remove any pleasure that the job may have given me. Anyway, it is an anniversary worth a bit of celebration, so here are some photos to mark the event. Oh, by the way, "You have won the lottery" would I suppose be another welcome five word phrase, but I haven't had that one yet. Here is the 6.45pm KX - Cleethorpes slowing for the Peterborough stop. You've missed a few trains I'm afraid, as one of my Wednesday visitors is a very efficient operator, and moved things on quite a bit. Immingham shed took a pride in turning out their B1's in good condition for their most prestigious working, but New England either couldn't or wouldn't follow suit, as evidenced by this filthy A2 on a Dundee -KX working. It looks no better in this shot, taken from the North end of platform 2. The A2 was on a non stopping turn, and was closely followed by a first for PN, a fish train. Alas it is "wrong", but I couldn't resist showing it. Why is it wrong? Well, this train originates from New Clee (Grimsby), and in 1958 should not have blue spot vans, which were reserved for the Aberdeen trains. Until the Bachmann vans appear though, these will have to do. Paint.Net ate the signal post on this one. And our man on Crescent Bridge managed these two shots as the fish ran through. 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2014 Happy anniversary matey. I too left full time employment in 2002, but not until November. However I have done some bits and bobs since to feed my addiction........I'm even doing overtime now to pay for rather too many Spams (sorry Chris.....) Yippee..... Well G you have excelled with these mate. Really really good shots. I rather like the ads on the fence around the Hotel grounds; nice touch. I think I probably prefer the last two pics. That Cleethorpes place was a popular destination and place from which to escape. There was a train from there to Bournemouth (originally) and then Sidmouth/Exmouth from 1960 until 1962, SO July and August. There was a return working the same day too. Very interesting working and highly amusing stock used on occasion; took over 11 hours Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2014 Some excellent new viewpoints there Gilbert! Love the K3 too. We will share this anniversary if you don't mind, as I have today agreed an early retirement from the civil service! Not 'real' retirement, I am moving on to part time employment somewhere else in a rather more interesting role, and I won't be leaving until the end of July, but today is the day I will remember! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 1828.jpg 1828 2.jpg And our man on Crescent Bridge managed these two shots as the fish ran through. They ran through alright, but the smell of all that fish lasted far far longer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 29, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2014 Some excellent new viewpoints there Gilbert! Love the K3 too. We will share this anniversary if you don't mind, as I have today agreed an early retirement from the civil service! Not 'real' retirement, I am moving on to part time employment somewhere else in a rather more interesting role, and I won't be leaving until the end of July, but today is the day I will remember! Many congratulations. Your life will become so much better in a few months time. There are more similarities between us. I too was a civil servant, though not by choice, and I too moved swiftly to part time employment. It wasn't hard - a week after I retired a neighbouring area asked me to do agency work for them. So, I specified where I was prepared to go, Melton Mowbray, very civilised, and the days of the week I would work, mainly Tuesday - ladies day at the Golf Club I've never looked back. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 29, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2014 They ran through alright, but the smell of all that fish lasted far far longer Yes, it did linger, didn't it? Even more so if the train was held at signals for any length of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 29, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2014 Happy anniversary matey. I too left full time employment in 2002, but not until November. However I have done some bits and bobs since to feed my addiction........I'm even doing overtime now to pay for rather too many Spams (sorry Chris.....) Yippee..... Well G you have excelled with these mate. Really really good shots. I rather like the ads on the fence around the Hotel grounds; nice touch. I think I probably prefer the last two pics. That Cleethorpes place was a popular destination and place from which to escape. There was a train from there to Bournemouth (originally) and then Sidmouth/Exmouth from 1960 until 1962, SO July and August. There was a return working the same day too. Very interesting working and highly amusing stock used on occasion; took over 11 hours At least it was corridor stock though, unlike the notorious Nottingham- Skegness/Mablethorpe excursions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Good Morning Gilbert These photos of yours just get better and better every time you add to your thread. I know exactly what you mean regarding retirement, I took an early retirement/redundancy package after working for nearly 32 years in the building services section of one of the High Streets well known financial institutions, it will be Six years ago this Christmas since I left. That's when I got I to Model Railways as an additional Hobby, also just had my second golf lesson this week as well. All I hope is in Severn years time if my Haymarket 64B layout is a fraction near to the detail and look of your Peterborough North I will then be one very happy retired old git. Please keep the photos coming, any of A1/1 60113 Great Northern by any chance in the future Regards David Edited March 29, 2014 by landscapes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) At least it was corridor stock though, unlike the notorious Nottingham- Skegness/Mablethorpe excursions. I have got a Thompson Semi Corridor Lav Composite (NG)* to build though as I have a pic of one of those on this train, thoughtfully placed next to the loco ! I've read about those Skeggy excursions and the 'difficulties' on the return after a days boozing! P *Now cheaper than the new RTR version in kit form and I enjoy building coaches. OK so I've got to paint it ....... Edited March 29, 2014 by Mallard60022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 More like Soggy than Skeggy by the time they reached Grantham I fear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2014 More like Soggy than Skeggy by the time they reached Grantham I fear. So that would smell worse than the 'Fish Train' then? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Not many my friend. Although the London Rubbish trains wanted some beating for awful smells. They were worse than some Model Railway enthusiasts at exibitions. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theakerr Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Trying not to be too picky, but wouldn't the fish trains have originated at Grimsby Docks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 29, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2014 Trying not to be too picky, but wouldn't the fish trains have originated at Grimsby Docks? New Clee to KX East goods according to the WTT Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2014 Is/was New Clee actually a 'railway' place in Grimsby? (Being serious for a change!) P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted March 30, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2014 I've had a sudden surge of interest in operating, so having got the chores out of the way, more trains have run, and as usual I couldn't resist pointing the camera at one or two. It is past 8.30pm now, and the steady stream of coal trains to London has started in earnest. Yet another WD meets Dante, arriving with the 5.52 pm from KX. One wonders about such services - it has taken getting on for three hours for this train to get here, surely even in 1958 a length of journey no commuter would contemplate? Was there really a substantial traffic for the many local stations it has stopped at en route, or was it simply that there was a statutory obligation to run the service? This didn't work well in colour with the sky I had selected, so I tried to amend it, but all I managed to do was to undo half an hours work. Black and white was just an attempt to salvage something without having to start all over again, but I reckon it looks quite nice. Here is the other angle, with sky. It is a while since we saw a "streak", so here is a rather famous one at the head of an Up Newcastle express. And a nice portrait to finish with, showing how Tim can totally change and correct Hornby's less than convincing green. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 How does Tim do it ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 30, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2014 Is/was New Clee actually a 'railway' place in Grimsby? (Being serious for a change!) P New Clee was the only station on the branch from Grimsby Docks station to Cleethorpes and in addition, to quote from Scenes from the past No 5 by King and Hewins " the sidings at New Clee were extensive, and ran alongside the main line from New Clee station as far as Fuller Street, and covered most of the land between the railway and the Humber bank. They were built to handle fish trains, incoming coal traffic, as well as a holding area for excursions visiting Cleethorpes". I can't post photos for copyright reasons, but I do have several images showing quite large numbers of excursion trains lined up waiting to back down for their return journeys, and it would seem that these are in fact of New Clee sidings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theakerr Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) Hi Gilbert, Essentially I made my statement based on my own memories. I used to work at the Grimsby Docks Bch of the then National Provincial Bank and I can remember seeing fish trains coming out of the docks and entering the main line somewhere just before the infamous Cleethorpes Rd level crossing (replaced by an overpass eventually) down past the old Midland Bank and the Royal Dock Hotel. In addition to the King and Hewins book, which is very useful, I have Railways of Lincolnshire and in it just as you say there is a reference to "long running Banbury fish train" picking up is load at New Clee Sidings so your roster book is correct Edited March 30, 2014 by Theakerr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted March 30, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2014 More like Soggy than Skeggy by the time they reached Grantham I fear. 60+ years of experience tells me that Skeggy is frequently soggy anyway. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 4, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2014 I'm very lucky not to be reporting the demise of Peterborough North folks, as disaster has been literally hanging overhead for some time. A visitor to the layout earlier this week pointed out to me that the bookcases above the fiddle yard seemed to be coming away from the wall. No, said I, its the wall that isn't vertical. Fortunately though, later on I went and checked, and when I removed the blue card from the front I saw to my horror that indeed the rawlplugs were being pulled away from the wall, and the whole very heavy thing had already begun to topple forward. I removed as many books as I could, and first thing yesterday morning I called my local joiner, and asked him to come and assess the situation. " I'll be there in 15 minutes " he said, and he was. " I can deal with that no problem" he said. "Wiil it be safe in the meantime?" , I asked, to which he replied, "I'll do it now", and he did, standing on my stepladder, and having to reach across over three feet to get at it. Half an hour later, job done, situation rectified, and one very relieved layout owner. Had it come down, it would have crushed all the stock in half of the fiddle yard at least, and no doubt would have taken a chunk of baseboard with it. I'm not sure I would have had the willpower to even try to put that right, as Brilliant Baseboards aren't available any more, and a lot of the stock isn't easily replaceable. Even Bachmann Mk1's aren't easy to come by now, let alone all the kit built locos and stock. Anyway, thank goodness it didn't happen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeg Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Hi Gilbert, That would have been a disaster of grand proportions. Yes, thanks to your joiner/carpenter from all of us who enjoy watching. Mark in OZ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted April 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2014 It's all those heavy skies you've been putting on your photos... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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