Killybegs Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Is this a record, 12 hours without an entry!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted September 3, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 3, 2014 I think we are all a bit subdued after Dave Shakespeare's death. Comet going on sale for all the wrong reasons is also a bit numbing. Life is too short. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Here's another view of 270 KTA before it set off for Brent. The destination "Brent Rly Stn" is (much) clearer on this one and it does have something in GWR colours next to it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted September 3, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 3, 2014 That is a veritable fleet of heritage machines....lovely. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 3, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2014 That is a veritable fleet of heritage machines....lovely. P Where's he getting these images from.They are very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 3, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 3, 2014 There must be a massive diversion to see this Devon General outside Brent station,again.Not on the bridge either. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted September 3, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 3, 2014 I have a few suitable buses for Seatonish, however I think my Royal Blue Coach might just be taking a diversionary route ........I have very happy memories of travel by Royal Blue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Has this become A nod (off) to Brent? Where are all the Rhinos and tales of war torn petticoats (don't get excited, I don't mean the bits in the loco smokebox). A good friend phoned yesterday and the message is clear, although life is too short, life must go on and we need to make the most of it. I get some of my best laughs along with great spotting opportunities on ANTB. So come on chaps and chapesses, let us re ignite the thread with witty banter and serious discussion tales of South Hams scandal. Oh, could have a few pics of trains I suppose......and the occasional trainspotter, pasty, bus, aircraft, burnt out beach hut, seaweed, alien space-craft, tree, cow, Moderator............ Quackers, in need of reviving, @ 36E Edited September 5, 2014 by Mallard60022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 How about this for a long boiler. Bit of an old boiler there Bob - don't you know any young ones or did you have the Finchings in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2014 That loco's not got lamps........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 That loco's not got lamps........ It's backward(s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 Any requests for the coming weekend as we don't want this thread to die a death do we. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Integrated transport network failure in Watchet but I have got a bus on a bridge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 It's backward(s) How can you tell??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 Any requests for the coming weekend as we don't want this thread to die a death do we. How's the patient? if the 38xx is up to it lets have a big old coal train 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Now is this Rob getting more footplate experience on the West Somerset Railway, or has he been camping overnight outside the Ricoh to snap up some tickets for RMWeb Live or the return of the Sky Blues? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 Considering it's September,Mike Roper's lupins still look nice in flower in his garden as 4582 stops with a couple of horseboxes.These Hornby models are excellent with a well detailed underframe and are probably the best GW item of rolling stock on the market.At least the moulds date from this century.Bad isn't it. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 Meantime here's a sensible discussion we can have. I have somewhere in my loft a Keyser condensing pannier body kit . Now I realise it's not suitable for the DNSR, but would it be difficult to convert to a regular type pannier? Would simply removing the condensing gear be enough to turn it into a 57xx? What are my chassis options? Discuss...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 What are my chassis options? Discuss...... I think either a Comet or High Level chassis options depending on how much work you want.They both do the 57xx.How about trying a Bachmann chassis on the Keyser body perhaps.There's a Keyser thread running at the moment if you want to ask on there too Colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 Will do Rob. I have a Bachmann pannier so I can try before I buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Meantime here's a sensible discussion we can have. I have somewhere in my loft a Keyser condensing pannier body kit . Now I realise it's not suitable for the DNSR, but would it be difficult to convert to a regular type pannier? Would simply removing the condensing gear be enough to turn it into a 57xx? What are my chassis options? Discuss...... According to Pannier Papers No4: by Sixsmith: "The condensing 97XX series were very different to look at, if that's not too obvious a statement to make. Tank capacity was increased by 30 gallons to 1230 gallons but coal capacity was down to 2 tons 16 cwt, from 3 tonnes 6 cwt. Other obvious changes are the condensing pipe and feed pump, the exposed smoke box and the tool box moved forward, let alone the curious circular vent in front of the dome. Their introduction saw the debut of the familiar and distinctive cabs with their rounded corners, cathedral like windows and closing shutter for the cabside. The 'spare' lamp brackets and toolbox are set further forward on the running plate because of the extended tanks and the water filler on the tank is set further back than on a conventional 57XX. There is a wheel under the bunker for the "dump valve" to get rid of water that was too hot for the injectors to work properly." Edited September 5, 2014 by cary hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted September 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2014 Any requests for the coming weekend as we don't want this thread to die a death do we. How about a Dean Single on the Cornishman!! To hot for hat and coat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 An informative page on Miss P's website here http://www.gwr.org.uk/nopanniers.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Request for the week-end: Something doubleheaded with the locomotives working quite hard : http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2454334 or something less ardous near Tigley: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2439251 or drifting into Brent (presumably over the River Avon bridge?) http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2505540 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2014 How's the patient? if the 38xx is up to it lets have a big old coal train She's fine and is seen here running around the coal wagons in the fiddle yard.I wonder if David could photoshop me onto the footplate. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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