RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted August 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2016 . . . . The rockers have stolen your number plate- and all your lights and squirrel tails!! . . . . . . 4.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePurplePrimer Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 The rockers have stolen your number plate- and all your lights and squirrel tails!! 4.jpg What AGAIN !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePurplePrimer Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) That tunnel is actually a cool place to stand. You can hear the whistle before it enters the other end of the tunnel - then a deep deep rumble just before it appears and then of course the train itself appears at the mouth and into the deep cutting - as it gets say 100 yards from the mouth the loco suddenly gets bathed in sunlight. Then one thing I especially liked was the steam billowing out of the tunnel mouth long after the train had gone out of sight and earshot. ' the ghost of locos passed ' Edited August 20, 2016 by ThePurplePrimer 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 20, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 I was stood on the footplate of Goliath on the descent to Kingswear, bloody nice I tell you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) SWMBO and I paid a visit to Greenways House this year, in the narrow lane I could not find anywhere to stop having heard a train approaching to try and get a photo better luck next time. I'm off on the Shakespeare Express tomorrow any requests for photo's of anything if I can get a door window to hang out. Edited August 20, 2016 by 81C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 20, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 SWMBO and I paid a visit to Greenways House this year, in the narrow lane I could not find anywhere to stop having heard a train approaching to try and get a photo better luck next time. It would have been easier for Rob on his scooter I'm sure.Nice photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePurplePrimer Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 It would have been easier for Rob on his scooter I'm sure.Nice photos. Rob is quite right - there is no where to park a car on that road for maybe a mile in each direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 20, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 SWMBO and I paid a visit to Greenways House this year, in the narrow lane I could not find anywhere to stop having heard a train approaching to try and get a photo better luck next time. I'm off on the Shakespeare Express tomorrow any requests for photo's of anything if I can get a door window to hang out. There's lots of Chinese tourists when you get to Stratford and the Hall looks splendid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waraqah Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Pulling the communication cord on the branch, no doubt! "I say Flora, we've pulled." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 Rob is quite right - there is no where to park a car on that road for maybe a mile in each direction. I found that out with all the "can't drives" coming the other way that needed 10 feet clearance with their Miss'em Micra's. Rob we are going to Stratford with a local charabanc company so it's go with the flow when we arrive, I just hope I can get a decent drink with the dinner on the train. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2016 So Rob, have you placed your order for an original airsmoothed Merchant Navy from Hornby yet? Would look great storming through Brent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 Heads up Guys Modelmasters Bank Holiday discount is this week-end not next week. http://modelmasterdecals.com/index.php code EARLYBIRD . Chris Meat tins can't storm through anywhere but can only chug on by in a cloud of black smoke and spinning wheels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 20, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 So Rob, have you placed your order for an original airsmoothed Merchant Navy from Hornby yet? Would look great storming through Brent. I need your advice on which one I need/want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 20, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 I found that out with all the "can't drives" coming the other way that needed 10 feet clearance with their Miss'em Micra's. Rob we are going to Stratford with a local charabanc company so it's go with the flow when we arrive, I just hope I can get a decent drink with the dinner on the train. It's probably the open top bus that Bachmann modelled in their train pack recently. Enjoy your day in Warwickshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingleycustom Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) I need your advice on which one I need/want. You don't need any of them Rob, You've got a BB and they are more appropriate to west of Exeter and is better looking. Edited August 20, 2016 by mattingleycustom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2016 You don't need any of them Rob, You've got a BB and they are more appropriate to west of Exeter and is better looking. You need all of them Rob, and some more BoB/WCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2016 Talking of West Countries on the GWR, have you seen this one? http://www.semgonline.com/steam/pics/mm_34020.jpg 34020 Seaton, in early BR livery and on foreign territory, working over GWR metals from Exeter to Plymouth. The photograph is undated but as the loco was re-painted in the later BR livery during a general overhaul that began on 30th May 1950 it is obviously between 1948 and then. 34020 never carried the 'S' prefix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingleycustom Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) You need all of them Rob, and some more BoB/WCs. Will you stop leading that nice young man astray, you know damn well that he has Swindon-itus. Btw official SR nomenclature is: BB, not BoB Edited August 20, 2016 by mattingleycustom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 20, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 You need all of them Rob, and some more BoB/WCs. You need a Grange on Pencarrow/Treneglos but it'll never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingleycustom Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 You need a Grange on Pencarrow/Treneglos but it'll never happen. Treneglos is for sale ... I wonder?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) Talking of West Countries on the GWR, have you seen this one? http://www.semgonline.com/steam/pics/mm_34020.jpg 34020 Seaton, in early BR livery and on foreign territory, working over GWR metals from Exeter to Plymouth. The photograph is undated but as the loco was re-painted in the later BR livery during a general overhaul that began on 30th May 1950 it is obviously between 1948 and then. 34020 never carried the 'S' prefix Another one of those silly looking meat tins. Edited August 20, 2016 by 81C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2016 You need a Grange on Pencarrow/Treneglos but it'll never happen.A Grange would loose it's steps / cylinders on Treneglos. Sadly the headshunt on Pencarrow is too short for any diesel bigger than a 22, any GWR loco bigger than a 45XX, anything Gresley made, and anything LMS bigger than an Ivatt tank. By some miracle it still accommodates a Spam Can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2016 I need your advice on which one I need/want. It would be interesting to know when one first got to Plymouth (and which one it was of course). Would be just like the Suffern to send one of their fancy engines along the GWR hoping the waves at Dawlish would stop it catching fire. Quite amusing when you think they were allowed to Plymouth over THE main line but not via the Dartmoor North branch. of their owners 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingleycustom Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 It would be interesting to know when one first got to Plymouth (and which one it was of course). Would be just like the Suffern to send one of their fancy engines along the GWR hoping the waves at Dawlish would stop it catching fire. Quite amusing when you think they were allowed to Plymouth over THE main line but not via the Dartmoor North branch. of their owners I think it was 35019 French Line CGT that took part in the Interchange Trials on THE main line, very atmospheric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted August 20, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2016 It would be interesting to know when one first got to Plymouth (and which one it was of course). Would be just like the Suffern to send one of their fancy engines along the GWR hoping the waves at Dawlish would stop it catching fire. Quite amusing when you think they were allowed to Plymouth over THE main line but not via the Dartmoor North branch. of their owners I suspect it were Meltdown Viaduct wot was the problem, however it could have been other bridges. Weren't till 1960 I think that rebuilt spams were allowed on the Dawlish By Pass (Okey line). I don't think any Packets worked over the other secondary main line along the coast, except for the exchanges, until enthusiast 'specials' began to appear in the late 50s and early/mid 60s. If Rob were to do 'exchange' stuff he would be out of period and he would need some machines from those other weird regions; far too stressful for us all. Ar%e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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