RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 14, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2016 Am I right that the bell on 4489 was made inoperable after it stuck on and sounded throughout a trip - or is this just another myth? Chaz No, that one is fact. It was cosmetic only for a very considerable time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Am I right that the bell on 4489 was made inoperable after it stuck on and sounded throughout a trip - or is this just another myth? Chaz Yes mentioned in RCTS 2a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted April 14, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2016 Good evening once again, and a warm welcome to GCR corner. Boston's A5 Coronation tank 69808 stands at Platform 4 at the head of the 5.00pm to Grimsby, while the N5 station pilot rests in Platform 5. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted April 15, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2016 Today I have been for a hearing test. I think the young lady told me I can't hear very much. I am to have some new hearing aids. Now all I need is to be able to see properly. Anyway, here is another photo of that A5. It is a very nice model, and I'm very pleased to have it, but somehow the "face" of the loco doesn't look quite right to me. We have quite a pre grouping scene at this end of the layout at the moment, as waiting in the carriage siding with the stock for the 5.17pm to March is and what a beautiful model this is. I could almost be tempted by a mid 50s GE section secondary line with lots of these. plus B17s and J15s and....... almost, I said. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Today I have been for a hearing test. I think the young lady told me I can't hear very much. I am to have some new hearing aids. Now all I need is to be able to see properly. Anyway, here is another photo of that A5. A5 2.jpg It is a very nice model, and I'm very pleased to have it, but somehow the "face" of the loco doesn't look quite right to me. We have quite a pre grouping scene at this end of the layout at the moment, as waiting in the carriage siding with the stock for the 5.17pm to March is 2529 1.jpg and what a beautiful model this is. I could almost be tempted by a mid 50s GE section secondary line with lots of these. plus B17s and J15s and....... almost, I said. What about a GN loco to redress the balance? J6, J50/1, J52, N1.... endless possibilities... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 ...and what a beautiful model this is. I could almost be tempted by a mid 50s GE section secondary line with lots of these. plus B17s and J15s and....... almost, I said. Hornby has produced a delightful model of a delightful prototype. There's something rather compelling about 4-4-0s anyway, but the Claud is such a handsome beast. As a GE section secondary line modeller (with a crazy bias to the M&GN), I will be in Heaven when the B12 arrives later this year, to complete the loco stud (though if I was being greedy I might ask for a J17, too). It's always a treat to see a Claud on PN. And in such a great photo. Thanks. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Would be nice to see the fancy valance variant of the Claud though. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 15, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2016 What about a GN loco to redress the balance? J6, J50/1, J52, N1.... endless possibilities... Not endless I'm afraid. J3 J6 or C12, and the J3 is a cheat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 15, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2016 Would be nice to see the fancy valance variant of the Claud though. Stewart I agree Stewart, but I gather it would take a lot of new tooling to do it. We can live in hope though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I agree Stewart, but I gather it would take a lot of new tooling to do it. We can live in hope though. Would it not be the sort of detail that could be etched up in brass and glued on - or am I missing something? Chaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 15, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2016 Would it not be the sort of detail that could be etched up in brass and glued on - or am I missing something? Chaz Tim did explain it to me, as it was one of the first things I asked him about when he got his hands on one. I believe there is a problem with the width of the cab, something in that area anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted April 15, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2016 I see a little silhouette of an Ivatt. and the Down West Riding steaming in under Crescent Bridge. We are out of sequence again here. I've had so much in the image store things have got confused, so 60034 is still sitting in the bay, waiting to give me some grief. Nice and shiny though. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted April 16, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2016 I see that '34 is on the naughty siding P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 16, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2016 I see that '34 is on the naughty siding P Worse than that Phil. It has been relegated to the darkest recesses of Kings Cross shed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Ho.....this is getting silly now. We are now so realistic that we have a REAL loco failure. What was on standby? And will we see 60034 towed off ignominously in the direction of the Plant? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 16, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2016 Ho.....this is getting silly now. We are now so realistic that we have a REAL loco failure. What was on standby? And will we see 60034 towed off ignominously in the direction of the Plant? We won't see that Jeff, as it would have been taken to New England in reality, and then moved to Donny from there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 16, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2016 A couple more quick images this morning. In case you couldn't reaod the number on the West Riding A1. And if you wonder what that mess on the platform is, it is detritus. Good word that. and a close up of the only survivors from the original pre war train still rostered for the service by 1958. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 A couple more quick images this morning. In case you couldn't reaod the number on the West Riding A1. And if you wonder what that mess on the platform is, it is detritus. Good word that. West Riding 2.jpg and a close up of the only survivors from the original pre war train still rostered for the service by 1958. WR artic twin.jpg Whose kit is the artic twin? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glo41f Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 There is always something interesting to see at PN! It is almost as good as the day I spent there in 1959 watching the trains come and go though at that time I did not really pay attention to the trains only the locos pulling them! Your pictures bring it all back and you have my thanks for this. By the way the Claud is super. To answer another post, it should be possible to modify one to have the valanced splashers. The cab would need new side sheets difficult but not impossible. Fortunately I have both varieties. They are the epitome of GER grace I feel. Martin Long 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 16, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2016 Whose kit is the artic twin? Danny Pinnock's etches, David. He needs a bit of gentle persuasion to produce any more of them now.They are actually for the pre war train, and have "West Riding Limited" on the sides. Ian Willets did a fine job removing them to make them suitable for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted April 16, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2016 G, I whizzed (yes it was whizzing) on a very speedy Hull Trains bog cart, through Peterborough this morning (and returned this evening, still whizzing, but I was little drunk by then....sorry) and the Engineer's buildings 'recently' installed by Peter, on your layout, are better than the real things. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 16, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2016 G, I whizzed (yes it was whizzing) on a very speedy Hull Trains bog cart, through Peterborough this morning (and returned this evening, still whizzing, but I was little drunk by then....sorry) and the Engineer's buildings 'recently' installed by Peter, on your layout, are better than the real things. Phil Sounds like you've had a good day Phil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted April 16, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2016 Your evening image today shows 60148 Aboyeur framed between two rather older, but still very attractive, locomotives. In order to get all three in view the A1 had to have a few obstructions in the way, but you can't have everything. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted April 17, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2016 Following hard on the heels of the West Riding comes the Scotch goods, close enough in fact to be allowed to run through on the main, rather than be diverted to the Slow. If, as seems likely, the early arrival means that driver Hoole is at the controls, it would not be surprising if a stop at Westwood yard is necessary to remove a couple of wagons with hot boxes. This is not fanciful. There was an official record of Bill Hoole and his A4 on the goods suffering a signal check from the Talisman, and apparently he often left a crippled wagon or two in his wake. Top Shed were given two of the roller bearing A1s, 60156/7, and it seems that they were earmarked for the Scotch goods. 60157 is in charge today, and suitably well cleaned. Having said that, most of the photos I have seen still show an A4 at the head of the train. I fancied a change though, and of course the true reason for it being on the Main is that photography is easier there. A bit closer now, and by way of variety the same shot in black and white. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted April 17, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17, 2016 I see a little silhouette of an Ivatt. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango? I'll get my coat..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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