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

[Limpley Stoker]

Mornington Crescent.

[gwrrob]

I make no apologies for shewing my steel train again albeit with 72xx class 2-8-2 7200 this time on it's way to Devonport. I need to think of a way of storing these wagons safely using my preferred Really Useful Boxes.

 

[gwrrob]

[Limpley Stoker]

You will need to store them in a low humidity environment to prevent the loads going really rusty!

[Oldddudders]

Those 2-8-2s do look like something. They ooze power. "Don't mess with me, or I'll pull yer drawbar out!" Quite attractive in a locomotive. 

[gwrrob]

2 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

Those 2-8-2s do look like something. They ooze power. "Don't mess with me, or I'll pull yer drawbar out!" Quite attractive in a locomotive. 

 

Mainly associated with South Wales but Newton did have three in my period.

[gwrrob]

[St Enodoc]

6 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Those 2-8-2s do look like something. They ooze power. "Don't mess with me, or I'll pull yer drawbar out!" Quite attractive in a locomotive. 

Hmm, I prefer the 2-8-0Ts. The 2-8-2Ts just look a bit overstretched or exaggerated to me.

[Mallard60022]

Did those big Tanks work the coal down/up the Torquay line Rob or were they more involved with banking stuff?

P

[gwrrob]

I have photos of them on Dainton and approaching Brent but I would have also assumed them working the Kingwear coal trains too. Not sure they were used as bankers as Newton had plenty of 41xx/51xx for that job.

 

Found this photo of 7204 taken at Paignton/Goodrington Yard.

 

Edited May 13, 2019 by gwrrob
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[Waraqah]

21 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

'Dudley Dainton and his Hot Jazz Syncopators'.

 

Nice!

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

 

[Waraqah]

11 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

 

They're playing the right notes, just not in the right order!  Ka-boom-tish! I thang you!

 

[Limpley Stoker]

If you play the wrong note in jazz the advice is to keep repeating it until it becomes the right note!

[Captain Kernow]

May I just take this opportunity to say that I didn't mean to start a whole new discussion on jazz.

 

I think I'd rather talk about the LNER.

 

[colin penfold]

50 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

May I just take this opportunity to say that I didn't mean to start a whole new discussion on jazz.

 

I think I'd rather talk about the LNER.

 

 

Of course, you could have a discussion about both at once  http://www.gjdms.org.uk/the-jazz.html

[brianusa]

4 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

May I just take this opportunity to say that I didn't mean to start a whole new discussion on jazz.

 

I think I'd rather talk about the LNER.

 

 

No!  Surely not!  Not that.  Please not that.  Anything but that!  Lets Not Even Repeat that, ever!  Please!

    Brian.

[Clive Mortimore]

3 hours ago, colin penfold said:

 

Of course, you could have a discussion about both at once  http://www.gjdms.org.uk/the-jazz.html

See what a real railway can do.

[Miss Prism]

On 28/11/2018 at 12:01, Miss Prism said:

 

In my caption to the above pic on the 4-coupled tanks page of gwr.org, I noted, as an aside, "Note the short distance between the distant on the down main and its home signal."

 

Keith Ettle has contacted me and suggested that there could have been two distants for Brent outer down home, and suggested the same also applied to the branch, each pair of distants being worked by the a single lever.

 

I don't know. I was not aware two working distants could protect a home, but I suppose it would go some way to explain the proximity of the 'inner distant' to the home in the pic.

 

Over to you, signalling experts!

 

[gwrrob]

It's a shame Mike Stationmaster no longer contributes to this thread as I'm sure he would have had an opinion Miss P.

[Clive Mortimore]

The 1903 signal diagram shows two distant signals on the up and down lines plus two on the branch. I do not know enough about GWR signalling to explain why.

[bgman]

3 hours ago, gwrrob said:

It's a shame Mike Stationmaster no longer contributes to this thread as I'm sure he would have had an opinion Miss P.

 

Perhaps you could send Mike a PM Rob, I'm sure he would be happy to help you.

 

G

[5BarVT]

1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said:

The 1903 signal diagram shows two distant signals on the up and down lines plus two on the branch. I do not know enough about GWR signalling to explain why.

Neither do I, and I thought I understood GWR practice.  I’ll claim ‘too young’ given the date of the diagram. 

Paul.

[gwrrob]

Thanks for the continued 'likes', 7200 certainly didn't offend anyone as it was the most popular shoot of the year. Here she is in sepia for good measure.

 

[Mallard60022]

On ‎13‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 16:45, colin penfold said:

 

Of course, you could have a discussion about both at once  http://www.gjdms.org.uk/the-jazz.html

Ugh, that's the GE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Ar$£