RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted October 14, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2016 The NYMR have a rake of blue and grey coaches, and at least one or possibly two were XP64's, but I have a feeling they have worn them out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Marlin Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Good evening TonyI thought you might be amused to see the cake that featured at my wedding a couple of weeks ago... Regards,GavinP.S. The final table names, as agreed between a bride who loves horses and a groom who loves the LNER, were Grand Parade (the top table), Irish Elegance, Tudor Minstrel, Sansovino, Spion Kop, Manna, Bongrace, Scottish Union, Shotover and Knight of the Thistle. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headstock Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 So not a D298 of 1938/39/1941? if they had no vents I reckon it would be one of those, especially a later, one but a 155 would do me. Tony's pic of what he thinks is a D298 has some vents, so maybe that was the difference on the later builds? I can't find any pics at the moment. Phil PM sent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete55 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 The NYMR have a rake of blue and grey coaches, and at least one or possibly two were XP64's, but I have a feeling they have worn them out. They had 2 ex XP64 coaches, long retired due to corrosion and asbestos contamination, and I believe have left the railway for pastures new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 My very own baker of cakes Mrs 84C, thought your wedding cake looks marvellous as I also do. And congratulations on your marriage. Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted October 14, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2016 They had 2 ex XP64 coaches, long retired due to corrosion and asbestos contamination, and I believe have left the railway for pastures new. That'll be right, it's 14 years since I left the UK! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrg1 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Good evening Tony I thought you might be amused to see the cake that featured at my wedding a couple of weeks ago... Regards, Gavin P.S. The final table names, as agreed between a bride who loves horses and a groom who loves the LNER, were Grand Parade (the top table), Irish Elegance, Tudor Minstrel, Sansovino, Spion Kop, Manna, Bongrace, Scottish Union, Shotover and Knight of the Thistle. Where's Pretty Polly? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I shall long remember Tony's words the last time he saw Thomas in a photograph....... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Marlin Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Where's Pretty Polly? Cunningly, I tried to select names that I could then apply - with some adroitness - to the guests there seated. So the South Africans were at Spion Kop, the teetotalers were at Sansovino etc. Since no Polly was going to be prettier than my wife, there was no reason to have a table for people who could not have existed ;-) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 15, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2016 Cunningly, I tried to select names that I could then apply - with some adroitness - to the guests there seated. So the South Africans were at Spion Kop, the teetotalers were at Sansovino etc. Since no Polly was going to be prettier than my wife, there was no reason to have a table for people who could not have existed ;-) I dare not guess who sat at Shotover... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I dare not guess who sat at Shotover... ..and ponder the absence of Gay Crusader? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Person sat on table by them self in the corner must have been at "Hermit" Here's hoping you reach "Diamond Jubilee" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headstock Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I once sat by myself on a little street in Singapore, with nothing to eat but a Salmon Trout Sandwich. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 15, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2016 I hope that the best man is a bit of a 60097; that the whole 60111 is a success; that no family feuds prevent it from being a 60071 and 60533; and that the happy couple manage to get 60511 at great 60538 for their honeymoon (assuming that they're not going by road via 60521). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Marlin Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I dare not guess who sat at Shotover... The Americans, who had shot over to attend the wedding... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 15, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2016 I won't ask the origin of those who sat at Manna. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Marlin Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I won't ask the origin of those who sat at Manna. Their origins were Divine... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Marlin Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) I hope that the best man is a bit of a 60097; that the whole 60111 is a success; that no family feuds prevent it from being a 60071 and 60533; and that the happy couple manage to get 60511 at great 60538 for their honeymoon (assuming that they're not going by road via 60521). Following the wedding, during which I had happily discarded my 60537, it was time for the honeymoon. With my fellow 60158 we passed first through 60159 and thus began our 60146 wanderings. From 46242 we left the 60161 in search of the 60072, and 16 hours later we overflew the 60526s lining the shores of our spectacular destination, 45617! Edited October 15, 2016 by Black Marlin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Following the wedding, during which I had happily discarded my 60537, it was time for the honeymoon. With my fellow 60158 we passed first through 60159 and thus began our 60146 wanderings. From 46242 we left the 60161 in search of the 60072, and 16 hours later we overflew the 60526s lining the shores of our spectacular destination, 45617! Finally, two numbers I actually understand without reference books! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 15, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2016 I'm tempted to continue this fun with numbers, however I can not be trusted to keep things polite and to not upset anyone. 45726. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHertsGER Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 I have this surreal image of a 'Bentine-esque' reading of the saturday afternoon results by B17 numbering... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 It looks to me like someone hasn't got the original masters. Those castings are diabolical. Almost as bad as Q Kits parts... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) According to the Kitmaster history bible, the Triang-Hornby CKD kits were introduced as a form of competition for the Kitmaster coach kits. Wasn't there a CKD loco as well, possibly Flying Scotsman? They also did the EM2 as CKD. I was given one, one Christmas, when I was nobbut a youngster. Sadly I was probably a couple of years too young to fully appreciate it at the time. *sighs* Edited October 16, 2016 by MarkC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Ah, the Deeley 999! Was it Gem that produced a white metal kit? I built one in the late 1960s while camping near the Settle and Carlisle, its main hunting ground many many years before. Classed 4P it was probably as good as the more famous Compound but not as glamorous. I have one of these - an eBay 'salvage job' - in my roundtuit pile. They were impressive in their own right, and possibly never achieved their full potential. Like the GEM Compound, they share the same 'wrong' wheelbase, but viewed on their own they definitely capture the character of the loco. In fact, the GEM kit allowed you to make up either a 999 or a rebuilt 3P. I built one of the latter many years ago (like about 35 -40 years...). I must find it. I think that I paired it with a Ks Johnson tender at some point. I also have a 'standard GEM Compound' that I built up from a virgin kit that I won on eBay for a very silly low price; it might be nice, once the 999 is restored, to get a photo of all 3 together... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 16, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) I have one of these - an eBay 'salvage job' - in my roundtuit pile. They were impressive in their own right, and possibly never achieved their full potential. Like the GEM Compound, they share the same 'wrong' wheelbase, but viewed on their own they definitely capture the character of the loco. In fact, the GEM kit allowed you to make up either a 999 or a rebuilt 3P. I built one of the latter many years ago (like about 35 -40 years...). I must find it. I think that I paired it with a Ks Johnson tender at some point. I also have a 'standard GEM Compound' that I built up from a virgin kit that I won on eBay for a very silly low price; it might be nice, once the 999 is restored, to get a photo of all 3 together...Nice to hear the 990's being discussed. I've got the 7mm version that Alan Gibson produced and it looks well alongside a compound though it needed quite a bit a tweaking to look right. Boiler needed increasing in diameter, the tender needed 5mm of packing to get the body at the correct height and the less said about the front bogie mount the better but when those were done it looks the part. IIRC the boiler was the same as the compound but it was a 2 cylinder simple with a rather strange valve gear. Withdrawn early in 1928 as non standard, but a lot of parts were recycled into rebuilt locos. Jamie Edited October 16, 2016 by jamie92208 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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