Peterborough North

[great northern]

This morning we have the very last appearance of 60014 and the Yorkshire Pullman.

And this is the first time that I've managed to get the stock in Platform 6 into a composition like this, and looking reasonably sharp.I've no idea how I did it though. Now the loco changes,as attention switches to the Down side, but the Pullman theme remains.

and this time, correctly, we have a Copley Hill engine.

[tigerburnie]

Can I ask where you get the shed plates and train head boards made please?

[great northern]

Can I ask where you get the shed plates and train head boards made please?

The headboards were from CGW, but I don't think you can get them any more. Shed plates have come from Fox and Modelmaster, and probably other sources as well.

[great northern]

My visitor flew in this morning, bringing with him strange alien creatures, which were duly recorded as they shocked the watchers at PN. I thought it would be nice to get one picture up on here by the time he gets home, so here we go.

I do think those rebuilt MNs look rather nice, and that other antique has a certain charm too.

[gwrrob]

Fox might do the headboards, 247 do shed plates.

[Mallard60022]

My visitor flew in this morning, bringing with him strange alien creatures, which were duly recorded as they shocked the watchers at PN. I thought it would be nice to get one picture up on here by the time he gets home, so here we go.

MN and 582 1.JPG

I do think those rebuilt MNs look rather nice, and that other antique has a certain charm too.

I think the Radiator looks at home in the bay, however it needs those badges removing and replacing with neat little Modelu BR SR lamps. Poor old Packet has lost all its pipes and the front coupling, brake fittings and drain c#ck(s). That will teach the driver to leave it unattended at Spittle Bridge even the lamps have been nicked but strangely someone has cleaned it.

I must point out that no ER locomotives or stock were damaged/made to feel inferior, or Spotters touched on the knee during the passing of these unusual beasts.

many thanks to the Controller at PN for allowing this bit of fun.

Philth

[tigerburnie]

Fox might do the headboards, 247 do shed plates.

 

Thanks, Fox do indeed supply the two etched headboards I require(South Yorkshireman and The Master Cutler)

[New Haven Neil]

My oh my, A Merch at PN!  Shame it wasn't '20, my old employers!  As Mr Billed Bullied was an LNER man really, it is sort of allowable..........not sure about the old mangle in front of the proper pilot though.

[Clive Mortimore]

My visitor flew in this morning, bringing with him strange alien creatures, which were duly recorded as they shocked the watchers at PN. I thought it would be nice to get one picture up on here by the time he gets home, so here we go.

MN and 582 1.JPG

I do think those rebuilt MNs look rather nice, and that other antique has a certain charm too.

Been told to come and have a butchers :swoon: ......I will be organising a wing clipping event so he cannot carry as much next time he flies in.   If we are not careful he will be bring G*R locos next claiming there is a diversion because the sea wall has gone plop on the beach again.

[bigwordsmith]

OK now I'm officially confused - a solitary duck flies in and before you know it PN develops a distinctly LSW feel

 

I think i need a stiff drink - which as it happens I have just enjoyed - and while doing so raise a toast to those who help to keep the rest of us motivated, amused and inspired ( whatever their modelling wont!)

[stewartingram]

Been told to come and have a butchers :swoon: ......I will be organising a wing clipping event so he cannot carry as much next time he flies in.   If we are not careful he will be bring G*R locos next claiming there is a diversion because the sea wall has gone plop on the beach again.

 

I do hope G*R is not a reference to GER !

 

Stewart

Edited November 8, 2017 by stewartingram

[Mallard60022]

OK now I'm officially confused - a solitary duck flies in and before you know it PN develops a distinctly LSW feel

 

I think i need a stiff drink - which as it happens I have just enjoyed - and while doing so raise a toast to those who help to keep the rest of us motivated, amused and inspired ( whatever their modelling wont!)

Yammas.

Ernest Greek

[Clive Mortimore]

I do hope G*R is not a reference to GER !

 

Stewart

Hi Stewart

 

I have a self censoring keyboard, all is explained.

[tigerburnie]

Ya see you're all running the wrong railroad, the GC had visitors from all over the 'ockey............................................

[great northern]

A long meeting tonight, and a 7.30am doctor's appointment tomorrow mean this is a hurried visit, fortified by a medicinal dose of red.  Queen of Scots again first.

and then a closer view of that MN. I still remember vividly seeing the photo of 35018, the first rebuild, In Trains Illustrated, and being rather impressed. Mind you, I was only 13.

[CUTLER2579]

Gilbert,

I for once must take exception to your reference earlier to our Dear Phil from Retford (HMHC Ranby, actually). Surely "that other antique has a certain charm too". Now we all know how Charming he is and like us all ageing, but Antique is surely a touch strong.

Kindest Regards,

Derek.

[great northern]

Gilbert,

I for once must take exception to your reference earlier to our Dear Phil from Retford (HMHC Ranby, actually). Surely "that other antique has a certain charm too". Now we all know how Charming he is and like us all ageing, but Antique is surely a touch strong.

Kindest Regards,

Derek.

Oh, I see. That's why he kept dodging out of shot then.

[great northern]

 It is "oh no, look at that" day today, as you are about to see. Another shot of 60120 reveals that  a smoke deflector has sprung away slightly from where it should be, and the camera has of course gleefully seized on it, and made it look worse than it actually is.

then we have another picture of 60533, taken in dodgy light, but look how cleverly I have yet again managed to get  a signal to grow out of the C12's chimney.

Then we have another look at some of yesterday's visitors, which I have left complete with bookcases and surrounded by desert sand, for those who like to see the layout exactly as it is.

 

And the result of my knee X ray?  Normal wear and tear. I told them that's what it would show.

[great northern]

Kittiwake in close up tonight, as the final lunch time Pullman heads towards the end of the PSR.

Meanwhile the regular B1 has backed on to the 1.12pm KX slow, and another Ivatt brings in its stock for the 1.15pm Yarmouth.

No foreigners this time, but there are a few still to come.

[great northern]

Here we are again, a brightish morning, and nothing in the diary until the Men's dinner at the Club tonight. So, something might be done, but then again it might not. I have another angle on the B1 and Ivatt for you.

And then we shall move on a few minutes. The B1 has departed, and a 9F now drags some more coal towards London.

Then my eye alighted on another shot of a visitor, which seemed ideal for a very heavy crop.

If I were my fine feathered friend, and a fan of things Southern, I'd be tempted to acquire rather a lot of these. That is a very imposing model.

[trw1089]

That 9F shot in monochrome, wow, just wow!

[great northern]

Oh well, things don't always go according to plan. I got home about 4.45pm switched lights on, and bang, downstairs circuit gone. Never mind, I have emergency cover on home insurance, until of course when I ring them up. Electrical faults not covered. I'm beginning to wonder if anything that is likely to occur is covered at all. Anyway, no club dinner for me, as I was waiting for emergency bloke to come. Main fuse blown, and a bill for more than the cost of an A3, but at least I have lights again. And I had a candle lit sandwich, as the candle didn't seem to want to heat anything else.

 

Here we have 60533 starting away after quite a long rest.

and then we're back to the foreigners. This is a notanarthur, though it looks like one to me, except that it is black.

[chris45lsw]

Oh well, things don't always go according to plan. I got home about 4.45pm switched lights on, and bang, downstairs circuit gone. Never mind, I have emergency cover on home insurance, until of course when I ring them up. Electrical faults not covered. I'm beginning to wonder if anything that is likely to occur is covered at all. Anyway, no club dinner for me, as I was waiting for emergency bloke to come. Main fuse blown, and a bill for more than the cost of an A3, but at least I have lights again. And I had a candle lit sandwich, as the candle didn't seem to want to heat anything else.

 

Here we have 60533 starting away after quite a long rest.

533 leaving.JPG

and then we're back to the foreigners. This is a notanarthur, though it looks like one to me, except that it is black.

S15 1.JPG

And got smaller wheels :-)

 

Chris KT

[69843]

Main fuse blown, and a bill for more than the cost of an A3, but at least I have lights again.

£6.8m? That IS a big blowout!

[Oldddudders]

£6.8m? That IS a big blowout![/size]

Be fair, we know the chap has style!