Upbech St Mary, Upbech Drove and Pott Row a journey through 00 and then into EM and 009.

[MrWolf]

35 minutes ago, Schooner said:

 

You can take the coach out of Essex, but...

 

 

 

 

So is the finish weathered teak or dodgy fake tan?

[Schooner]

If you have to ask the question, you might not like the answer

[mullie]

2 hours ago, MrWolf said:

 

 

So is the finish weathered teak or dodgy fake tan?

Best weatherbeaten East Anglian!

 

It came out of tins, tubes and aerosols, according to some that would be very Essex!

[mullie]

In all seriousness, there are photos in the Peter Swinger and R.C. Riley colour albums showing GE carriages in a lighter brown, looks similar to the colours perhaps Thompson carriages were painted post war? There is a photo of an ex GE bogie carriage and Kelvedon and Tollesbury stock in the above books. 

 

Not all Stratford carriages were dark brown there seems to be a lot of variation, I suppose depending on how long the carriages were out of shops and which pot/mix of paint had been used on the day.

 

There was also a video of the Kelvedon and Tollesbury taken around 1947 that was briefly on YouTube showing carriages in similar colours being pulled by a J67 in war time black livery.

 

Thanks for the comments much appreciated.

[mullie]

We have been on our travels again. My wife found a four night break to Torromolinos, much warmer than here during the day though nights were cool. On one of the days we took a trip to Malaga on the train. Here are some photos of our local station Montemar Alto, trains were every twenty minutes, buying tickets was cheap and easy. No photos of Malaga station as it is a single platform and under ground.

 

 

[mullie]

 

Thank you to everyone who has followed my ramblings in 2023.

[Fair Oak Junction]

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year Mullie.

 

My your 0-6-0's always run true.

 

manna

[Nick C]

Merry Christmas Mullie!

[mullie]

On a small layout it can be difficult to find new view points. 

 

The class 10 is shunting at Upbech St Mary. 

 

 

Here it is passing through the Quay, a real contrast to the ancient car in front. 

 

 

The class 10 was on test as their had been a clearance issue at Drove, my fault as I needed to remove one part of the platform and glued it back in a slightly different place earlier this year. I really don't want to fit new cranks again. 

 

Was good to run the layout,  I do enjoy a quiet shunt accompanied by some good music. 

 

Merry Christmas 

[wiggoforgold]

Merry Christmas and Happy Bew year Martyn

[robert17649]

Morning Alex and everyone

Merry Christmas

[NHY 581]

On 21/12/2023 at 18:39, mullie said:

 

Thank you to everyone who has followed my ramblings in 2023.

 

One of my favourite images. 

 

Merry Christmas, Martyn. 

 

Rob

[mullie]

Model purchases have been limited this year as I needed Bluetooth headphones to work with my new phone.  I also tend to buy when I see things now rather than wait for birthdays and Christmas, joy of having grown up children I suppose. 

 

A decoder arrived for the railbus once converted and a van kit to replace the current Bachmann LMS version. 

 

 

Lots of books mainly from secondhand traders. 

 

 

 

Happy Christmas. 

[Mikkel]

That's a nice harvest. I had forgotten about the 4mm Coal Wagon book, will see if I can bag one over the holiday.

 

Hope you are having a good christmas, Martyn.

[31A]

The “East Anglian Steam Gallery” books are worth collecting!

 

Season’s Greetings!

[mullie]

1 hour ago, 31A said:

The “East Anglian Steam Gallery” books are worth collecting!

 

Season’s Greetings!

I've got most of them, I bought a few when they first came out and over the last few years have picked up many more mainly on Ebay where they are often not that expensive. There is a whole series of East Anglian books from South Anglia publications, all are excellent.

[mullie]

It's all gone a bit arty.

 

 

Made some progress with the railbus today,  hopefully photos soon .

[MrWolf]

Did you say Arty, darling???

 

The pictures are perfect, though I would suggest Danish or Slovenian subtitles for the full effect....

[lezz01]

33 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Did you say Arty, darling???

 

The pictures are perfect, though I would suggest Danish or Slovenian subtitles for the full effect....

Just so long as no one starts playing Chess with the grim reaper I'm all good with arty.

Regards Lez.

[51235]

11 hours ago, mullie said:

It's all gone a bit arty.

 

 

Made some progress with the railbus today,  hopefully photos soon .

 

Less arty more Bradford Barton - which is not a bad thing at all.

Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing.

Happy New Year to all

Andy

[mullie]

Well you did ask!

 

Det hele er gået lidt kunst.

 

 

 

Gjorde nogle fremskridt med skinnebussen i dag, forhåbentlig fotos snart.

 

( Insert favourite Skandi crime theme music here).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mullie]

It's hard to believe this wagon was shunted into position by state of the art motive power circa 1963.

 

 

[Mikkel]

On 30/12/2023 at 17:51, mullie said:

Gjorde nogle fremskridt med skinnebussen i dag

 

Very good. Not the first thing you'd normally learn to say in another language 😄

 

Edited January 3 by Mikkel
Typo

[Nick C]

13 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Not the first thing you'd normally learn to say in another language 😄

Min luftpudebåd er fyldt med ål