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

[Fat Controller]

When digging for allocations of S160s, I did find this article, which is an account of some types seen around NA during the war:-

http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/Engines-turned-parts-GWR/story-14007167-detail/story.html#axzz2kHvGhmLy

I don't know if it's of interest, nor if there are other  episodes somewhere.

[gwrrob]

When digging for allocations of S160s, I did find this article, which is an account of some types seen around NA during the war:-

http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/Engines-turned-parts-GWR/story-14007167-detail/story.html#axzz2kHvGhmLy

I don't know if it's of interest, nor if there are other  episodes somewhere.

 

Thanks Brian.There is no author to that excellent piece but it may have been Torquay based Peter W Gray who wrote it.

[gwrrob]

I've just noticed the Great Western Study Group's spring 2013 issue has an article including photos on USA locomotives.

 

http://www.gwsg.org.uk/

 

 

[westerner]

I must admit there is something about a big, powerful ugly loco.

[cary hill]

Now you're talking and I know someone who follows this thread who has one and he's going to the Warley show in a couple of weeks.I might bump into him.Two and two make.....

 

 

Perhaps I should go to Warley this year to witness the handover ceremony. I haven't been since 2009, when after entering the Hall, I was immediately involuntarily involved in a "rolling maul", and I soon found myself in the Front Row facing Bachmann Second(s) XV. 

[gwrrob]

Perhaps I should go to Warley this year to witness the handover ceremony. I haven't been since 2009, when after entering the Hall, I was immediately involuntarily involved in a "rolling maul", and I soon found myself in the Front Row facing Bachmann Second(s) XV. 

 

Its not that bad.I'll be there hopefully with plenty of cash to spend.

[gwrrob]

Zach Plunkett is the talk of the village today as he overheard a conversation he perhaps shouldn't have.My DJH kit built 1368 is being made redundant. Minnie and Flora Finching are in bits as they remember it when it was just a box of whitemetal castings.Apparently some Danish firm,where's Mikkel, are releasing a brand new model very soon.A younger,sexier and a better runner perhaps to shunt some wagons by the docks.I wonder what colour the front will be.

 

Happier summer days here as 1368 sits on the cattle dock road.....

 

 

[cary hill]

A younger,sexier and a better runner perhaps to shunt some wagons by the docks.

 

I think I misread that - for a moment I was thinking of a 1366 shunting at ANOB'S interpretation of "Weymouth" and then I remembered Brent is not near the sea.

[gwrrob]

ANOB'S

 

ANTB ! Always liked Weymouth as a prototype for a model.Where's Sidecar Racer and his scorpion saw then....

[Mallard60022]

Ah, Weymouth........1967 June days of sun, filthy steam and a certain woman...........filthy steam was mostly to do with Bulleids and Standard 5s, only partly to do with the woman . Oi!

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[Sidecar Racer]

- you need something pleasing on the eye. A Bulldog perhaps?

 

 

Now you're talking and I know someone who follows this thread who has one and he's going to the Warley show in a couple of weeks.

 

 

 

But I'm not going to Warley .

[gwrrob]

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But I'm not going to Warley .

 

You have a scorpion saw though [see post 1955]

[gwrrob]

Its not that bad.I'll be there hopefully with plenty of cash to spend.

 

Not a fan of our national show then Phil.

[Mallard60022]

Not a fan of our national show then Phil.

I went once and have been in therapy ever since. Far too much of a bear pit for my liking. I'd rather go to something more civilised - sorry.

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[cary hill]

Its not that bad.I'll be there hopefully with plenty of cash to spend.

 

I've just found an action shot of the Warley Bachmann Seconds scrummage:

 

 

The bloke looking down on the far right bears a more than a passing resemblance to me on a bad day.

 

Cheerful looking crowd they are not.

 

I'm still debating whether Warley is worth the parking fee fine, as rail travel isn't a viable option for me.

[Sidecar Racer]

I'm still debating whether Warley is worth the parking fee fine, as rail travel isn't a viable option for me.

 

 That does'nt worry Rob , he can virtually walk there .   

[Mallard60022]

All I can say is, the  Bachman Sales Dept are not daft are they. Looks like a Harrods sale for grim blokes only. Just look at the facial expressions (yes I said facial.....)

Do you really find bargains there then?

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[westerner]

You used to, But some of their re-cond locos are now almost the same price as a brand new from the likes of Hattons. or at least that was the impression I got a couple of years ago.

[The Stationmaster]

You used to, But some of their re-cond locos are now almost the same price as a brand new from the likes of Hattons. or at least that was the impression I got a couple of years ago.

 

You definitely used to - all (almost) of those I've bought from that stand have turned out to be pretty good and were at very good prices, and as for the Tillig points well they were a superb bargain and are carefully stashed away pending realisation of dreams. (It really is how surprising just how much pointwork in the South Wales valleys was relaid with brand new FB rail in the very early 1960s when bullhead was still going in elsewhere on the WR.)

[gwrrob]

I can't believe it's been 21 years at the NEC.I was a teenager back then. It was a bold move going there by Warley but a turnout of 18000+ must have made it pay over the years.The lighting is still pi**poor despite the money the NEC rake in.I don't think I'd fancy being a layout operator there.

[Trains&armour]

 That does'nt worry Rob , he can virtually walk there .   

 Hey Rob, got any spare rooms?

[gwrrob]

 Hey Rob, got any spare rooms?

 

There's no room at the inn unfortunately unless you want to sleep with the Finching sisters in the railway quarters. Seriously though if anyone who contributes on this thread would like to say hello at Warley please let me know.It's you lot that keep me going on here.

[westerner]

I can't believe it's been 21 years at the NEC.I was a teenager back then. It was a bold move going there by Warley but a turnout of 18000+ must have made it pay over the years.The lighting is still pi**poor despite the money the NEC rake in.I don't think I'd fancy being a layout operator there.

You definitely need lights on the layout and a piece of carpet or something soft behind the layout to stand on. That floor is very hard, as we found out when we exhibited Potterbourne a year or three ago. Since then we have always taken a some carpet to stand on.

[Mallard60022]

Hey Rob, seen any good Monsters recently?  Come on own up! Has one passed through Brent? Would the Finchings swoon on spotting one?

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[westerner]

There is one that seems to have lived longer than it should as is seen very occasionally at Wencombe.