RMweb Premium rab Posted April 8, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2015 Jim in the secondman's seat on 6J37 Carlisle-Chirk today - taken from outside my back door.. Jiim.jpg A nice sunny day over the S&C...... Cheers, Mick Isn't it funny how you build up a mental picture of someone then when you meet them or see a picture of them they're nothing like you imagined them to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 You've overdone the airbrushed weathering on that 66! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheIntercityhst Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I see the marks are still on the side from when me and a few mates decided to advertise our YouTube channels down the side! Nice selection of photos Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 13, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13, 2015 just a few pics from the last few days, not really been in a position to get pics! sunday i travelled from wigton back south 156 entering the station voyager in carlisle then this snuck in behind a pendolino as i waited for my train, if i knew it was coming i'd have gone to the platform end for a few more pics! and one from today, in canton for my rules 60076 tomorrow night is assessing a driver over the eastern side of the country which i'm looking forward to, a nice ride on a 60 between immingham and preston 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted April 14, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2015 70804 about to start from Newport after a driver change 14/04/2015 about 17:00 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 15, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2015 just 3 from last night, had to assess someone so met up with him on the immingham to preston tanks a long night, the road trip to immingham took me the best part of 3 1/2 hours, even at 21:00, road to the A500 shut, A50 shut, M1 2 long traffic jams, then the sat nav sent me to the wrong gate, got there in time though!! 60021 in immingham and on arrival in wakefield where we got relief, and then had to drive back to barnetby for my van! now i'm off to bed! 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Still enjoying this thread, Jim. Thanks for the updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meurglys3 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Popped into Sawyers Models in Earlestown today and who should be in there but Jim, chewing the fat with Andy, the owner. He was killing time before going to Warrington to collect the log train & take it to Chirk.Had a chat about model railways and real railways with him. Nice bloke. :-) Good to meet you Jim. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2015 (edited) You've overdone the airbrushed weathering on that 66! Had 20 mins while they were unloading the train at chirk so managed to clean one side of it with a yard brush and 'fireman sam' type hydrant hose, that was great fun!! It wouldnt reach round the other side so thats still filthy, i wonder if the driver on it monday will do it for me (the loco changes direction with every trip!) Popped into Sawyers Models in Earlestown today and who should be in there but Jim, chewing the fat with Andy, the owner. He was killing time before going to Warrington to collect the log train & take it to Chirk. Had a chat about model railways and real railways with him. Nice bloke. :-) Good to meet you Jim. Pete Yeah, good to speak to you earlier, i may make sawyer models a regular stop if im running early, nice shop and very competitive prices Edited April 18, 2015 by big jim 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2015 (edited) Thats soem 'carwash' How are you going to do the ends?? Edited April 18, 2015 by roundhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted April 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2015 Had 20 mins while they were unloading the train at chirk so managed to clean one side of it with a yard brush and 'fireman sam' type hydrant hose, that was great fun!! It wouldnt reach round the other side so thats still filthy, i wonder if the driver on it monday will do it for me (the loco changes direction with every trip!) Prototype for clean one side/weathered the other then............... Thats soem 'carwash' How are you going to do the ends?? Is that the deluxe wash or the standard wash? Cheers, Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted April 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2015 that was just the standard wash, i certainly wasnt going to wax it afterwards, although it did smell like it had a pine air freshener but that may have been the 800 tons of logs behind it!! a few more pics from yesterday pendolino heading for london passing a northbound 'yawning' pendolino drs 37 with a pair of mk2s, one drs livery, the other in scotrail colours my train arriving i normally follow the loco hauled arriva and class 175 chester service but last night the stock was about 25 late and the chester cancelled so the signaller let me go first, so flat open to chester on greens, its normally box to box, got into chester where the signaller held me in the centre road and low and behold the loco hauled came in behind me and left in front of me to saltney jn and that was that other than washing one side of the loco as you can see above 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted April 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2015 Cracking shots as ever Jim. Those telephoto shots really do emphasise how much the track gets kicked around in point work. Anything other than the main running lines is really up hill and down dale and complete with kinks. I'm not going to spend so much time smoothing out my trackwork anymore! Cheers Dave 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted April 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2015 But remember that the up hill and down dale amounts are very small when reduced to your modelling scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 21, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2015 Not my pic but 60002 is heading the logs to hellifield today then heading back l/e to carlisle, makes 66849 look a right mess (on that side!) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Damn not going through Willaston at 1 in the morning then............lol!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 21, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2015 Damn not going through Willaston at 1 in the morning then............lol!!!!!!!!!! No but you get a 70 instead tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark axlecounter Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Yes and the driver on that 60 was happy I sent him straight back to Carlisle Mark 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 21, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2015 nice! hopefully i may be doing static training on it on saturday (if i dont get taken off it for something else!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark axlecounter Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 It was good I was told this morning if I was ok to deal with it I had it all planed bring it off cross over and put it in the down loop. Fpl lock was stuck couldn't put it in loop so I gave him the road. Driver was happy then lol Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 21, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2015 couple from last night 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 22, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2015 only a couple from today, water eaton again, this time with a pair of 70s which once the train on the left cleared out of the way i worked to hinksey where i detached the lead loco onto the rear of another train and continued on to bescot with the single loco and 10 ballasters crack of dawn pic in the current dead end line with the new platform buildings on the right and shunted over ready to depart sinfin tanks tomorrow 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted April 23, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2015 Not my pic but 60002 is heading the logs to hellifield today then heading back l/e to carlisle, makes 66849 look a right mess (on that side!) And just as I get home in time to see a possible appearance of a 60 on the logs, it's b*gger*d off back to Toton.... Cheers, Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted April 23, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2015 sinfin tanks today, lots to see, glad i took my camera first up at 05:30 the caledonian sleeper with 87002 up front into derby, DCR 31 in the station yard as i was showing a driver round etches park we walked the possible moves, so i took my camera to grab a few pics of stuff on the RTC 37670 CIF 37 37424 and 37407, i believe there to be resurected for DRS at the expense of 37688 and 37682 73952 class 45 one for mick EMT hst meridian waiting to get into the station 156 back to the loco where we headed off etches and into the station yard for a short while the reason being i knew this was coming and i wanted a couple of pics! the new London Rd bridge with 66618 on a coal service 66618 later in the afternoon we sat waiting to run round, captured a 153 heading to crewe and 70001 and off to crewe where we had to wait for my relieving driver to come in from carlisle with 60002 and that was that, day off tomorrow! 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie_pudd Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 You`d think the other driver would clean the muck side of the 66 for Jim pic proves how good the 60 looks good for it`s age and colas colours, where as 66 shape looks past it`s prime I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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