jwealleans Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 7 hours ago, Jesse Sim said: ... two days work ….. Only two? Are you coming along late, or bu**ering off early? 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS29 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Did RL forget to mention loading the van, several hours of stressful work erecting the layout and at the end of the two days taking everything apart and loading the van!! Runing the layout is the easy bit ... Jesse should be paying for the two days of pleasure. Tom 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 There’s a line in there about ‘slave labour’ but perhaps best not go there… 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Woah woah no one said anything about unloading and loading? No, I understand what needs to be done and am looking forward to the challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2023 57 minutes ago, LNER4479 said: There’s a line in there about ‘slave labour’ but perhaps best not go there… Or convict labour... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 25 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: Or convict labour... My plans to have him driving forklifts and shovelling sh*t have been thoroughly stuffed up, I can tell you. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 17 hours ago, jwealleans said: My plans to have him driving forklifts and shovelling sh*t have been thoroughly stuffed up, I can tell you. All I need is a torch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Jesse Sim said: All I need is a torch I find a shovel is better, but it's entirely up to you. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 26 minutes ago, jwealleans said: I find a shovel is better, but it's entirely up to you. Dad joke level upgrade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2023 A jcb is even better.. keep digging Bas 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LNER4479 Posted February 5, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2023 Time for a quick travelogue (radio silence last week). Heading across the Rhine, there's one obvious destination ahead ... Wernigerode! Base for exploring the firm favouritre Harz mountains. The main purpose of the trip was to take along a group of fellow 'newbie' GRJ Tour Managers, to show 'em what all the fuss is about - none had been before. Here's the predictable reaction when they set eyes on the town's signature Rathaus building for the first time. Next day, we were of course away into the mountains on the train. Teaching them the fine art of photographing the train from the balcony. They didn't much encouragement when the wicker basket full of schnapps came around. Team photo at Drei Annen Hohne. Unfortunately, the line up to the Brocken wasn't operating on this day (Tues 31st) as there was a fierce snow storm raging up there(!) This train is only going as far as Schierke. Still, gave a bit of time for further photography at Drei Annen Hohne. A lucky moment, as the morning train from Nordhausen (arriving) must have been a little late, meaning that the train on the right (the Wernigerode-Eisfelder service) arrived before it. We were thus back in the town for 2pm, allowing time to visit the castle. Evening meal at the Altora restaurant, where the drinks are delivered by LGB train. All being well, we might be back here again in a few months' time (!) 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 And you get paid for that? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 7 minutes ago, 2750Papyrus said: And you get paid for that? I'd do it! Martyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, 2750Papyrus said: And you get paid for that? Not this particular trip. 'Twas a reunion get-together for myself and a group of like-minded TMs; we paid for it ourselves, albeit with a reduced rate from the hotel and some stunning DB group ticket fares (Cologne to Wernigerode for 9.90eu each) Will get paid when I take a group of Rail Discoveries pax there at the end of May. Don't get too carried away though - it's effectively minimum wage. I can earn more in a day doing 'proper' (aka boring) railway work than I would in a week being a Tour Manager. You really have to be at a time of life when you do it for the love of it. Edited February 5, 2023 by LNER4479 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted February 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2023 2 hours ago, LNER4479 said: Evening meal at the Altora restaurant, where the drinks are delivered by LGB train. Is that a different p,ace to the one where they use Traincontroller for the automation. (I think you showed it a few (hundred?) pages earlier.) Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 It's completely manual these days. The bar man simply drives the train direct with the controller. Perfectly OK for anyone who hasn't seen such a thing before. You might be thinking of the one in Wenceslas Square, Prague - different level of complexity altogether. I haven't actually been to that one. On the 'to do' list ... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted February 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2023 33 minutes ago, LNER4479 said: You might be thinking of the one in Wenceslas Square, Prague - different level of complexity altogether. I haven't actually been to that one. On the 'to do' list ... Having done a Google search (other engines are available), yes I think I am. Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) I like the photos, I visited Wernigerode in 1991 and 1992 and very much enjoyed it - though I stayed in Braunlage. Even then, when a lot of refurbishment was in progress the square was lovely - as was the Bahnhof. Drei Annen Hohne still looks as it did then, when I was there the platforms had just been refurbished. In 1991 I was there too early in the year to go up the Brocken by train, it didn't reopen until after the summer, but I did so in 1992, also spending some time at Schierke watching the railway working. In the first full year (1992) the timetable didn't always work too well as the timings were a bit optimistic and the sheer number of people made the station stops longer. I also saw most of the rest of the Harzquerbahn while I was there. I did find some of the countryside around Nordhausen a little eerie, I subsequently found out a bit about the wartime history of the area and one of the places I had been to near the town and what the area had been used for. David Edited February 5, 2023 by DaveF 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 5, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2023 2 hours ago, LNER4479 said: It's completely manual these days. The bar man simply drives the train direct with the controller. Perfectly OK for anyone who hasn't seen such a thing before. You might be thinking of the one in Wenceslas Square, Prague - different level of complexity altogether. I haven't actually been to that one. On the 'to do' list ... There are (were?) a couple of similar restaurants in Changchun, China. The trains ran continuously with photo-electric sensors fore and aft to prevent collisions. You just lifted a plate of food off a flat car as it passed. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Hi everyone. Just a quick final call for Grantham at Model Rail 2023 at Harrogate this coming weekend (Friday / Saturday in fact). We even have a special guest operator from upsidedown land amongst the team. https://www.theeventsoffice.com/ Look forward to seeing you if you're planning to make the trip. Mind the snow. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted March 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, LNER4479 said: Hi everyone. Just a quick final call for Grantham at Model Rail 2023 at Harrogate this coming weekend (Friday / Saturday in fact). We even have a special guest operator from upsidedown land amongst the team. https://www.theeventsoffice.com/ Look forward to seeing you if you're planning to make the trip. Mind the snow. There may be trouble ahead... I. Berlin Edited March 9, 2023 by St Enodoc 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LNER4479 Posted March 9, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2023 So, here we are, getting set up at Model Rail 2023 ... Plenty of space - once we'd been allocated a plot where the layout would actually fit Not often you have a traction engine guard of honour. Our antipodean friend purportedly helping ... Layout scrubs up quite well these days, now it's 'finished' (ha!) Nothing like a bus on a bridge to attract interest - especially a moving one (a bit hidden behind signal - apologies). Do stop by and say 'hi' if you're visiting. Some interesting exhibits, especially with the model engineering brigade making the numbers up. 31 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Nice and warm in there by the look of the attire. Fully to Antipodean tastes? 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, LNER4479 said: So, here we are, getting set up at Model Rail 2023 ... Plenty of space - once we'd been allocated a plot where the layout would actually fit Not often you have a traction engine guard of honour. Our antipodean friend purportedly helping ... Layout scrubs up quite well these days, now it's 'finished' (ha!) Nothing like a bus on a bridge to attract interest - especially a moving one (a bit hidden behind signal - apologies). Do stop by and say 'hi' if you're visiting. Some interesting exhibits, especially with the model engineering brigade making the numbers up. Looks good Graham, Please let me know how Jesse's D2 gets on. And, can you ask him when he wants picking up from Grantham Station, please? Regards, Tony. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted March 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2023 55 minutes ago, Tony Wright said: And, can you ask him when he wants picking up from Grantham Station, please? About twenty-to-eight, I should think (1938 - see what I did there?). 1 1 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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