BWsTrains Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) I see this year marks 180 since IKB was appointed engineer and set in motion the design and building of the South Devon Railway. As a reminder, this link relates some of that early history http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_events/atmospheric_railway.php I think ANT -IKB will be in order while you're down there. Colin Edited June 16, 2023 by BWsTrains typo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted June 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2023 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: Have they finished rebuilding the sea wall yet. Apparently.... just waiting for the next big storm to come and bust it all up... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2023 11 hours ago, gwrrob said: Have they finished rebuilding the sea wall yet. More or less, but I'm not convinced that the wall next to the railway bridge is interacting/ deflecting the sea as intended. Small waves the other week but massive plumes of water crashing down on the walkway... Be interesting to hear what you think 9f the new concrete bridge that hides the old GWR girder one on the seaward side. 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted June 17, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, John Besley said: Apparently.... just waiting for the next big storm to come and bust it all up... TBH, the route is an accident of history, and it was a damn silly place to put a railway in the first instance! However, the South Devon coast would look a lot different but for the protection it has provided. I doubt that much of Dawlish as we know it would still exist without it. The new works look pretty solid compared with what they replace, but I don't doubt that nature will do its best to isolate it by attacking the old infrastructure to either end of it. Phase one rather than the end result IMHO. John Edited June 17, 2023 by Dunsignalling 2 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2023 53 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said: More or less, but I'm not convinced that the wall next to the railway bridge is interacting/ deflecting the sea as intended. Small waves the other week but massive plumes of water crashing down on the walkway... Be interesting to hear what you think 9f the new concrete bridge that hides the old GWR girder one on the seaward side. That's just to give the locals a laugh at incomers getting a soaking! Local Waves for Local People thee knaws. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2023 I forgot. If you have absolutely nothing to do after the Aussies are bowled out and have to follow on, check out the Chat on the You Tube Blenheim Cam for Dawlish. That will explain what I meant about 'Local' people. There is a very bizarre SaAdmin...I'll leave that here. P 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john dew Posted June 17, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2023 On 15/06/2023 at 12:11, gwrrob said: What a difference a few weeks makes and working from a 1940s reference photo supplied by @BenL, now shewn to @Islesy for a future batch maybe and the work of @toboldlygo back to his best. Super paint job. Many thanks for solving my dilemma regarding the correct way to paint the roof for the forties. Now I just have to wait for them to cross the Atlantic ( and the Prairies) ! Best wishes 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted June 17, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2023 9 hours ago, 2ManySpams said: More or less, but I'm not convinced that the wall next to the railway bridge is interacting/ deflecting the sea as intended. Small waves the other week but massive plumes of water crashing down on the walkway... Be interesting to hear what you think 9f the new concrete bridge that hides the old GWR girder one on the seaward side. An interesting viewpoint that's for sure. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2023 29 minutes ago, gwrrob said: An interesting viewpoint that's for sure. Did you wave to the Cam then Rob? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted June 18, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2023 Hall class 4943 Marrington Hall heads west with a four coach local service and meets 8750 class pannier 4679 on an up freight going to Hackney Yard. 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2023 On 16/06/2023 at 21:11, gwrrob said: I only have sovereigns. More than acceptable in Devon and Cornwall as they do take English money. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted June 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2023 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: Hall class 4943 Marrington Hall heads west with a four coach local service and meets 8750 class pannier 4679 on an up freight going to Hackney Yard. Lovely pics of the Hall Robin. As you no doubt know, there's a very nice 1936 photo of Marrington Hall (still with small tender) coming into Kingswear with an E-set in tow, in Beck & Copsey, 'GWR in S Devon', p117. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted June 18, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2023 3 hours ago, checkrail said: Lovely pics of the Hall Robin. As you no doubt know, there's a very nice 1936 photo of Marrington Hall (still with small tender) coming into Kingswear with an E-set in tow, in Beck & Copsey, 'GWR in S Devon', p117. An E set after 1938 was formed of three coaches , third, brake third, compo between Exeter and Plymouth. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted June 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2023 Hello everyone Many thanks to Rapido for making the SR 8-plank Opens - they look very good and run even better! They feel as though they are sturdy enough to withstand the occasional accidental drop or knock but still retain very good detail. I have four BR Grey examples in a mix of diagrams and running numbers. I look forward to the GWR Opens and Vans! Brian 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted June 21, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2023 39 minutes ago, BMacdermott said: Many thanks to Rapido for making the SR 8-plank Opens - they look very good and run even better! Watch this space for a couple of weathered examples currently in the works of @toboldlygo 😇 4 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted June 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2023 Rob look forward to seeing the weathered wagons.🙂 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted June 21, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2023 24 minutes ago, Kevin Johnson said: Rob look forward to seeing the weathered wagons.🙂 There's other stuff too but that's classified.🤫 12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, gwrrob said: There's other stuff too but that's classified.🤫 What golf shoes, shirts and pants? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted June 22, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2023 On 21/06/2023 at 17:04, gwrrob said: There's other stuff too but that's classified.🤫 I wouldn’t have the nerve to have this weathered…yes I know they were never like this. I’m sure TBG will deliver his usual class act though 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted June 25, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2023 Decorated samples seen of the Rapido LMS 5 plank D1666 wagon. A nice 13 T version especially for @BenL😁 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted June 25, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2023 On 22/06/2023 at 17:24, Ian Hargrave said: I wouldn’t have the nerve to have this weathered…yes I know they were never like this. I’m sure TBG will deliver his usual class act though he prevented me from painting them Malachite Green... 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted June 25, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2023 34 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: he prevented me from painting them Malachite Green... I do prefer them in brown.... 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted June 25, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2023 42 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: he prevented me from painting them Malachite Green... A note to ease the pain . My above mentioned ensemble is now hitched to Hornby’s GWR Grange 6802….ex works TBG treatment a few years ago. Looks & runs as it should …the business,as ever. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted June 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2023 19 hours ago, Ian Hargrave said: A note to ease the pain . My above mentioned ensemble is now hitched to Hornby’s GWR Grange 6802….ex works TBG treatment a few years ago. Looks & runs as it should …the business,as ever. Aah Bampton Grange - how could I forget... 9 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted June 26, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2023 34 minutes ago, toboldlygo said: Aah Bampton Grange - how could I forget... A livery that Hornby chose to ignore on the Grange whilst both Accurascale and Dapol are happy to do it on the Manor. 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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