Fat Controller Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Jim, Having been used to 'merry-go-round' services, with their slow progress through loading and unloading points, I am trying to understand how the system works with the new stock. Do you have to stop under/above the hopper for each wagon? If so, how are you told when to start and stop? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2015 That was a really nice upload of pictures today. Shame there won't be anymore coal trains for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Like the smiley in the last pic! Cheers, Mick Joticed that 70808 also has a smiley like 70804 and remembered that my almost finished second Colas 70 is 70808 - the smiley will be there when weathered. Jim's pics duly stored for reference! Cheers, Mick Edited January 24, 2015 by newbryford 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 24, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Joticed that 70808 also has a smiley like 70804 and remembered that my almost finished second Colas 70 is 70808 - the smiley will be there when weathered. Jim's pics duly stored for reference! Cheers, Mick i noticed that too this morning, i dont know who is doing it but both locos have been used in the south west recently, they are looking nice now they have a bit of grime on them in my opinion Jim, Having been used to 'merry-go-round' services, with their slow progress through loading and unloading points, I am trying to understand how the system works with the new stock. Do you have to stop under/above the hopper for each wagon? If so, how are you told when to start and stop? you get a radio, set the slow speed to 1/2 mph and they stop you as and when they need to, normally just once during the run through the unloader if your lucky, they have to manually energise the doors and open and close them individually from the control panel on the wagon Edited January 24, 2015 by big jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Morning Jim, An important piece of history recorded beautifully! Lovely set of images as usual - has set me wondering though, do you think the latest batch of locos will last as long in service as the 37s? This question from an old steam fan that you have caused to take a great deal of interest in the current scene - so much so that I've been re-jigging my projected plans for a layout to take in some early diesels that came to Hurlford 67B, Scotland in the late fifties and early sixties. My dad, a top link driver based at Dumfries and then Hurlford, converted to diesel from steam after a lengthy course paid for by LMS and then BR and was then involved in a lot of testing of diesel shunters in the adjacent mineral sidings. It might be fun to model that if I can find an RTR or kit of a Barclay diesel and a driver figure to modify! Thanks once again for the entertainment and the insight into the world of the current driver, Kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishlocos Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Jim 37421 is looking good there looks like a good job has been on it. I hada run on the Sleeper behind this loco in the early 00's as I remember It was in poor shape then and was withdrawn not too long after that! Great to see it have a new lease of life I think Colas will look after it better the EWS did hope to see any of the Colas 37 work up here in Scotland soon. Save 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted January 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2015 The smiley on 804 had been acquired by 14th January, seen here at Eastleigh that day. It looks quite fresh there. Pete 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted January 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2015 scottishlocos, on 25 Jan 2015 - 17:25, said: Jim 37421 is looking good there looks like a good job has been on it. I hada run on the Sleeper behind this loco in the early 00's as I remember It was in poor shape then and was withdrawn not too long after that! Great to see it have a new lease of life I think Colas will look after it better the EWS did hope to see any of the Colas 37 work up here in Scotland soon. Save I done a quick Google yesterday and this particular 37 has had 7 liveries through out its life now! Counting, green, blue, LL blue, Sub sector grey, Regional Railways, EWS and now Colas! There maybe 1 or 2 I could have missed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) The smiley on 804 had been acquired by 14th January, seen here at Eastleigh that day. It looks quite fresh there. DSC_0162.jpg Pete A driver from Guildford? (70c rubbed out on the numbers) Jack. Edited January 25, 2015 by Jack374 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 26, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2015 Half way through todays job, back to the mundane stuff this week! 6M50 hinksey to bescot with a kirow, 15 auto hoppers and 3 salmons nd my return train for later, 6V46, one for the prototype for everything file and a great train for those of us who cant justify or have space for a long rake of falcons...... Just a single crippled wagon to take south!! 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 27, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2015 on a break again before i head south, nice short train again today, got an earlier path and arrived into bescot 2 1/2 hours early, fuelled up and currently sat waiting to go back to the loco for my 19:00 departure a few taster pics from the phone another prototype for everything train, 2 salmons and an an IOA! and into bescot with 68007 waiting to depart for toton proper pics will be uploaded tomorrow 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsy11 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Great Pics mate. I only live 10/15 mins from Bescot - Not sure if there's anywhere to get a decent view of the yard apart from the motorway. I must say I do love the look of the class 68's, not seen one in the 'flesh' yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Hi Jim, I take it that it wasn't you on the Colas liveried class 70 heading north through the up platform at Oxford on ballast wagons at 21.32 this evening then? Thanks for some great pictures, and the best updates on my local railway. Best wishes, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 27, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2015 Hi Jim, I take it that it wasn't you on the Colas liveried class 70 heading north through the up platform at Oxford on ballast wagons at 21.32 this evening then? Thanks for some great pictures, and the best updates on my local railway. Best wishes, Paul No, that would have been 70801 on 6C31 heading off to banbury road on the bicester branch to off load ballast for the double tracking Ive just gone through oxford southbound with 6V46, got off at hinksey and im done for the day, off for a well deserved sleep!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 28, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2015 pics from the last few days of hinksey-bescot-hinksey day 1 70803, kirow crane, 20 autohoppers and 3 salmon FGW 180 voyager banbury loop, chiltern 168 fenny compton, voyager chiltern dvt with the 67 shoving bit of a catch this one, 168113, the final one in chiltern white livery, marcus37 is taking it to loughborough today for repainting then they are all done water orton, waiting for the road onto sutton park, 2 x voyagers heading to dundee ews 66 bescot DRS 57s on a flask train 70803 and its single falcon! then onto day 2, 70804 (complete with smiley face) banbury loop freightliner 66 chiltern service with an EWS 67 leading (and a salute from my old DSM) as i was running early i ran in the path of another train so went via hatton and dorridge, had to sit here to let the stopperout in front of me one from the balcony of the 70, a voyager rounds the curve towards St Andrews Jn with the iconic gas holders at washwood heath in the distance walsall, had to wait here too!! London Midland 170 and into Bescot where a DRS 68 was waiting to head to Toton then off it went to the exit signal class 60 on a steel train on the goods desiro LM Services passing each other 170 desiro then the 67 left and it got dark a 323 passes the yard en route to tame bridge parkway and thats yer lot!! 43 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Fantastic set Jim, thank you once again, some real craftsmanship in the framing on most of those shots!! Kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold fishytrains Posted January 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2015 Absolutely brilliant photos. Thanks for sharing them. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Particularly like the DRS train with single PFA. Best pic I've seen showing the end detail of the specially built full height containers for carrying low-level waste. Often conveyed in drums and can range from dirty clothing to lab instruments. (Info from the Dounreay website) There are other forms of LLW that is usually conveyed in half-height boxes. Loads of info about LLW boxes here. Cheers, Mick Edited January 28, 2015 by newbryford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2015 Another great set. I've always like the adelante class 180s. I've always been disappointed Bachmann has never done a model. That and the similar coradia units as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 As most of my time was photographing trains in the West of England, the electrified North with all the overhead catenary is a definite put off. Especially nowadays with all the steam excursions that are run beneath it all. Sadly it is beginning to creep even further west, hopefully not beyond Bristol. Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 28, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2015 Another great set. I've always like the adelante class 180s. I've always been disappointed Bachmann has never done a model. That and the similar coradia units as well. lets hope rapido's secret announcment is a 175/180, i'd certainly be up for a 175 (as it was the first unit i drove during my training) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted January 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2015 Another great set. I've always like the adelante class 180s. I've always been disappointed Bachmann has never done a model. That and the similar coradia units as well. I'm afraid I can't abide the Adelantes. Superb acceleration, awful everything else including passenger experience, security of fittings............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted January 31, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2015 Just a couple from today, old oak common to bescot via the chilterns with 30 coalfish and top and tail 70s And into bescot where i removed the locos for fuel 70801 'donna' and 70809 And pass back to london for 'book of mormon'........sorry i mean to the hotel ready to do it all again tomorrow with autoballasters and sidetippers The only thing of note on the way back from bescot to euston was the WCR 37 in euston 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggesford box Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Just a couple from today, old oak common to bescot via the chilterns with 30 coalfish and top and tail 70s And into bescot where i removed the locos for fuel 70801 'donna' and 70809 And pass back to london for 'book of mormon'........sorry i mean to the hotel ready to do it all again tomorrow with autoballasters and sidetippers The only thing of note on the way back from bescot to euston was the WCR 37 in euston Or maybe not, apparently the bank has slipped in Harbury cutting again and the line is closed whilst those in the know are making their evaluations Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 31, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2015 Just heard that, will have to see what happens in the morning, conducted via the wcml, cotswolds, mml, who knows!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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