jwealleans Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 How do you drag the trains with your knob?......It's obviously an LNER thing. The word you're seeking is 'prehensile'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2018 The word you're seeking is 'prehensile'. I use a prehensile for doing crosswords so that I can erase errors. A. Rubber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 Oh dear, I have dragged the mighty Grantham down to 36E levels of idiot comments. I can only apologise and I won't mention knobs again....ever.....yes, really. It's fine, really. Just don't mention the C0cks, that's all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Whilst we're on the subject of quirky signals still out and about on the network... WP_20180321_14_20_15_Pro_crop.jpg I'm pretty certain that this is the last Midland style (lower quadrant) semaphore signal surviving (the last pre-grouping semaphore signal of any description on the network?), minding its own business in a relatively sleepy corner... Managed to catch up with it a few months ago. No doubt one of you will know a lot more about it than I do... No real reason to conceal the identity, it is the last MR lower quadrant in operation on the national network. Not particularly sleepy either, being at Ketton in Rutland on the Leicester to Peterborough line, which is probably busier now than in the last 50 or 60 years. In addition to an hourly passenger service each way, there's a fair amount of freight, being intermodal traffic to/from Felixstowe and aggregates from the Peak District and Leicestershire to East Anglia and the South East, plus cement from the works at Ketton. The photo appears to be quite legal, being taken from a public foot crossing 100 yards or so west of the signalbox. There are semaphores along here at Melton Mowbray, Ashwell, Langham and Oakham, along with MR boxes, plus another box at Uffington east of Stamford which controls a road crossing with manually operated gates. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Marlin Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 There are semaphores at Stonehaven just south of Aberdeen. Are they the last semaphores on the ECML used to control high-speed running? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2018 It's fine, really. Just don't mention the C0cks, that's all... I'm too drained to mention C0cks...........................hissssssssssssssssss. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcock29 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Graham I like your method of articulation, its virtually the same as what I did recently when articulating a pair of Hornby Gresley 51 footers, except I needed to make my parts in styrene. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LNER4479 Posted August 14, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) Well, as many of you will be aware, Grantham's stock has been on its holidays, 20 mins down (up?) the line to Little Bytham, allowing us to see sights like this: 'Robert' himself gets to grips with a 15 coach formation comprising a reasonably accurate portrayal of the 10:10 King's Cross to Leeds service. This was one of the two regular workings for the unique Quint set, seen in the middle of the train. We run this train on Grantham - but it doesn't load to 15! But the weekend was notable for the debut runs of two forthcoming new trains for Grantham. This is Jonathan's meticulous depiction-in-the-making of the famous 1938 recreation of the 'Scotch Express' (Flying Scotsman) of 1888. This was of course all put together to celebrate the launch of the new 1938 Flying Scotsman sets of coaches and the press launch took place just a few days before Mallard broke the world speed record - what a week THAT was for the LNER! The two trains (No.1 with the 1888 rake and No.4498 with the 1938 rake) met up at Stevenage, where guests transferred from the former to the latter. Our intention is to bend history just a little and have them meeting up at Grantham instead. This train of Jonathan's looks like it's going to be a real head-turner, a beautiful piece of modelling in the making. Not to be outdone, I burnt a bit of midnight oil meself and here, in a not dissimilar vein, is the inaugural run of the Nottingham Quint set. Complete with C1 Atlantic and a 6-wheel brake to replicate the inspirational picture in the Cawston book that first sowed a seed in my mind, this is hopefully a spur to get the thing sufficiently advanced to run at the Wakefield show in November. That is also Jonathan's target for his new train. We reconvene again, back at base, in just under two weeks time. Watch this space. Edited August 14, 2018 by LNER4479 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Well, as many of you will be aware, Grantham's stock has been on its holidays, 20 mins down (up?) the line to Little Bytham, allowing us to see sights like this: A1 Leeds train 1.JPG 'Robert' himself gets to grips with a 15 coach formation comprising a reasonably accurate portrayal of the 10:10 King's Cross to Leeds service. This was one of the two regular workings for the unique Quint set, seen in the middle of the train. We run this train on Grantham - but it doesn't load to 15! WP_20180812_11_14_43_Pro.jpg But the weekend was notable for the debut runs of two forthcoming new trains for Grantham. This is Jonathan's meticulous depiction-in-the-making of the famous 1938 recreation of the 'Scotch Express' (Flying Scotsman) of 1888. This was of course all put together to celebrate the launch of the new 1938 Flying Scotsman sets of coaches and the press launch took place just a few days before Mallard broke the world speed record - what a week THAT was for the LNER! The two trains (No.1 with the 1888 rake and No.4498 with the 1938 rake) met up at Stevenage, where guests transferred from the former to the latter. Our intention is to bend history just a little and have them meeting up at Grantham. This train of Jonathan's looks like it's going to be a real head-turner, a beautiful piece of modelling in the making. WP_20180812_10_31_13_Pro.jpg Not to be outdone, I burnt a bit of midnight oil meself and here, in a not dissimilar vein, is the inaugural run of the Nottingham Quint set. Complete with C1 Atlantic and a 6-wheel brake to replicate the inspirational picture in the Cawston book that first sowed a seed in my mind, this is hopefully a spur to get the thing sufficient advanced to run at the Wakefield show in November. That is also Jonathan's target for his new train. We reconvene again, back at base, in just under two weeks time. Watch this space. I'm sorry, but that is model railway porn!!!! I am speaking as a modeller of Manchester in BR days!! Absolutely lovely. That first shot is just joyous!!!!! Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) We can tell from that selection of pictures that somebody thinks that the passenger trains are far more important than the ones that actually earned money for the LNER. In addition to the few that run on Grantham we also provided a load of extra goods trains for Little Bytham 1938..... Edited August 15, 2018 by gr.king 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 We can tell from that selection of pictures that somebody thinks that the passenger trains are far more important than the ones that actually earned money for the LNER. In addition to the few that run on Grantham we also provided a load of extra goods trains for Little Bytham 1938..... Er ... well ... the truth of the matter is that a certain someone - entirely of his own volition - arrived on Saturday tea time to find that all the goods trains had already been removed from the layout(!) leaving only a few paltry, poxy passenger trains to point his I-phone at Your point is entirely valid nonetheless - plenty of revenue-generating goods trains duly appear on the LB thread over the previous two weeks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 that 1888 set looks really lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted August 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2018 No real reason to conceal the identity, it is the last MR lower quadrant in operation on the national network. Not particularly sleepy either, being at Ketton in Rutland on the Leicester to Peterborough line, which is probably busier now than in the last 50 or 60 years. In addition to an hourly passenger service each way, there's a fair amount of freight, being intermodal traffic to/from Felixstowe and aggregates from the Peak District and Leicestershire to East Anglia and the South East, plus cement from the works at Ketton. The photo appears to be quite legal, being taken from a public foot crossing 100 yards or so west of the signalbox. There are semaphores along here at Melton Mowbray, Ashwell, Langham and Oakham, along with MR boxes, plus another box at Uffington east of Stamford which controls a road crossing with manually operated gates. John. That must be saved for posterity! when the time comes for it to be replaced, someone pm me and if I am still on the planet I will donate. Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 arrived on Saturday tea time ........... all the goods trains had already been removed Engaging irony mode: Arrived at half-past Sunday on the set-up weekend too, to complain of hardly any room for passenger trains, such was the volume of the goods traffic, notwithstanding a severe shortage of staff on the Saturday afternoon. There's no pleasing some - and that's two late-marks from two weekends. One more and it's a definite detention! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 One more and it's a definite detention! Ah but I did sneak in under the radar in between times and gave 'Sir' a crash-course in how to use a camcorder Talking of which, it's all gone smelly-boxes-on-wheels over there. Have no fear LNER brethren; it'll stay nice and steamy here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Ah but I did sneak in under the radar in between times and gave 'Sir' a crash-course in how to use a camcorder Talking of which, it's all gone smelly-boxes-on-wheels over there. Have no fear LNER brethren; it'll stay nice and steamy here Yeah!!! and even "Sir" thinks the sun shone out the Deltic's ar*e :scared: So when are we going to see "Grantham the proper streamlined years" with HSTs buzzing about the place? :dontknow: Edited August 15, 2018 by Clive Mortimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon4470 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Not to be outdone, I burnt a bit of midnight oil meself and here, in a not dissimilar vein, is the inaugural run of the Nottingham Quint set. Complete with C1 Atlantic and a 6-wheel brake to replicate the inspirational picture in the Cawston book that first sowed a seed in my mind, this is hopefully a spur to get the thing sufficiently advanced to run at the Wakefield show in November. That is also Jonathan's target for his new train. We reconvene again, back at base, in just under two weeks time. Watch this space. So that seals it .......Wakefield show is now in the diary. Looking forward to seeing these two trains running. Jon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 So when are we going to see "Grantham the proper streamlined years" with HSTs buzzing about the place? :dontknow: About the same time the wires go up on Shap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 16, 2018 About the same time the wires go up on Shap? If ever they did an AL1, a AL5 and a AL6 await their turns over Shap. During testing the odd sound fitted diesel has appeared on Grantham...but not during exhibition time table time. Baz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 16, 2018 About the same time the wires go up on Shap? Yo Doc I have done some drawings of the OLE in the Shap area so with Baz's ALs we are half way there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 16, 2018 Yo Doc I have done some drawings of the OLE in the Shap area so with Baz's ALs we are half way there. I've got some artwork that produces H beams with a built in assembly jig. It can easily be adapted to the sections needed on Shap. Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) You're all heading in the wrong direction re Shap - some 1930's LMS stock is quietly being assembled in the background... Edited August 17, 2018 by LNER4479 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) Not to be outdone, I burnt a bit of midnight oil meself and here, in a not dissimilar vein, is the inaugural run of the Nottingham Quint set. Complete with C1 Atlantic and a 6-wheel brake to replicate the inspirational picture in the Cawston book that first sowed a seed in my mind, this is hopefully a spur to get the thing sufficiently advanced to run at the Wakefield show in November. That is also Jonathan's target for his new train. We reconvene again, back at base, in just under two weeks time. Watch this space. So that seals it .......Wakefield show is now in the diary. Looking forward to seeing these two trains running. Jon No pressure, then... Edited August 16, 2018 by LNER4479 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2018 If ever they did an AL1, a AL5 and a AL6 await their turns over Shap. During testing the odd sound fitted diesel has appeared on Grantham...but not during exhibition time table time. Baz That might give me a reason to build the AL1 I got all the bits for when Hartford Junction was around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2018 a bit of re-ballasting and new ballasting today.... Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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