A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[Mallard60022]

I hope my son's grand dad would be proud

 

Extra prizes for loco identification!

There is a blue one and I think I know what that is.........  however the other thing is a GWR cab and it could be one of a huge number of similar Classes other than those with a lever reverser such as a pannier. I'll be bold and say a Manor?

P

[Mallard60022]

I always took the grandchildren (girls and boy) to the railway but they didn't become interested so i wondered if the railway bug had ended with me. Finally the last one was born and when he could walk I thought I'd give it a whirl and took him to our local station. A Doodlebug came and went but he showed no interest. A Class 66 on ballast started off impressively from a signal check but still no sign of life in the lad. Then i took him to Ffestiniog.....He lit up and stood beside one of the little 0-4-0's for a photo...."I luv U grandad" were his passing words as his mum whisked him away at days end.

 

Right, now for the big stuff....I took him to the 'Junction to see a GWR 'Castle' taking on water. Some yards from the engine he tugged me back along the platform, my ankles gouging tar out of the platform. "Wossup Nik?"..."Dont like.....its a black monster!"  "It's not, it's green" but my words fell on deaf ears. Poo, I so wanted a photo, but I couldn't scare the lad so we went home. "When R U going out take me out again Grandad?" was a regular plea.

 

We never did go trackside again, and he's off to Uni next week. Time flies...

Blimey Larry, I could have written that as it is exactly what us happening here.....brings a little lump to me throat that does.

P

[coachmann]

Good Morning gentlefolk and scholars.... ..1962 in Manchester's steam environment, but lacking the usual nostalgic of the period from the cab of an AC electric loco......    

 

Edited September 3, 2015 by coachmann

[Clearwater]

There is a blue one and I think I know what that is......... however the other thing is a GWR cab and it could be one of a huge number of similar Classes other than those with a lever reverser such as a pannier. I'll be bold and say a Manor?

P

Correct on the blue one. The gwr cab is 5900 Hinderton Hall in the Didcot shed.

 

when I was a child, you were never allowed on the footplates in museums - credit to nrm and gws for allowing access.

[Mallard60022]

Almost too late....good morning. 

Phil

 

Edited September 3, 2015 by Mallard60022

[The Stationmaster]

Morning all,

 

Like to park you car sir?  Alas I can't date it precisely but I think probably very late 1940s/early '50s but definitely taken between 1948 and 1956 and taken during the last week of June/first week of July

 

[Captain Kernow]

And here's one from me - any ideas as to date and location, folks?

 

[Mallard60022]

Somewhere near Cheltenham? Probus. Recently?

P

Edited September 3, 2015 by Mallard60022

[Tavy Man]

And here's one from me - any ideas as to date and location, folks?

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I believe this Meeting was arranged to celebrate the re-doubling of the Cornish Main Line between Burngullow and Probus. The actual meeting point was near Grampound Road.

Okay, I admit it, I was driving the horrible thing on the left!

[brushman47544]

And here's one from me - any ideas as to date and location, folks?

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What chance they would cross just where the track workers in HiVis and those white bags were located, which spoils the photo.

[gwrrob]

I can't compete with the posters who shew photos of steam from yesteryear but I can shew photos of an engine I've ridden the footplate on.I must have brought my children up correctly as even when they're on holiday they know the correct engines to snap . Here's 5239 at Paignton last weekend.

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2015 by gwrrob

[The Stationmaster]

What chance they would cross just where the track workers in HiVis and those white bags were located, which spoils the photo.

Would have been much nicer if they'd cut down a few hundred trees first, and killed the roots.

 

Yes Bob - it's Henley

[colin penfold]

Look what postie brought...

 

 

Slightly spoiled by having to mend the steps and the downpipes. One of the latter was broken, the other I had to break and refix to correctly align it to the roof. In doing so I discovered that superglue will stick anything to anything except the two things you want to stick to each other! Grrrrrr.

[brianusa]

All this good morning stuff is too early for me and how can I take pictures.  So one of my favourite locos in one of my favourite places which you might like to easily guess!

 

Brian.

[Edwardian]

Superb signal box (and it must say "box" on it, so the Heathen know what it is). There is, however, something grey and distinctly alien next to it.

 

Here is another one:

[Neal Ball]

Morning all,

 

Like to park you car sir?  Alas I can't date it precisely but I think probably very late 1940s/early '50s but definitely taken between 1948 and 1956 and taken during the last week of June/first week of July

 

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Lovely photo Mike

[Captain Kernow]

All this good morning stuff is too early for me and how can I take pictures.  So one of my favourite locos in one of my favourite places which you might like to easily guess!

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Brian.

Looks familiar, Brian, but I can't quite place it!

[gwrrob]

I have a nice surprise for your photoshoot this weekend but in the meantime more of Goliath at Goodrington Sands courtesy of my eldest.

 

 

Nice deckchair.

 

 

[The Stationmaster]

Same place in 2009 - but from the other side and with a slightly different engine

 

 

 

 

 

[westerner]

AHHH, Goodrington Sands, I remember holidays at the Bluebell caravan site at Goodrington as mere youngster in the fifties.

[Mallard60022]

Good morning. 

Q

Edited September 4, 2015 by Mallard60022

[coachmann]

Last weekday good morning everyone, and Great Western still rules on this 13000 posting....

 

Edited September 4, 2015 by coachmann

[brushman47544]

Good morning. images (17).jpg

Q

 

Don't have that book. Is it an album of photos of trains on the Devon banks. How else would they fill it - I thought the Midland/LMS were the fans of double heading?

[St Enodoc]

Morning All

I think everyone has a photo of this engine.

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I haven't.

[Edwardian]

"piloting", surely?

 

I had understood that piloting was what the GW did over the S Devon banks, while "double heading" was some form of inappropriate euphemism, or, possibly, an habitual Midland practice necessitated by its bizarre small engine policy.