RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted March 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1 (edited) On 29/02/2024 at 00:21, leavesontheline said: Everyone too busy with their heads down looking at their phones to notice the archway above them! Or the original North Staffs Railway manhole covers on that platform. Edited March 1 by TheSignalEngineer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
berwicksfinest Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 3 hours ago, big jim said: was that you on the DB train in EMG? in all fairness I did say hello from the ground but the warmth of the cab was beconing! Yes that was me on 090, I did give you a wave, but the groundstaff was doing a brake test and then we were getting hoofed out. That wind does cut across EMG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted March 1 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 1 (edited) Had a day out today before work tonight, went over to Swindon to have a look at the steam museum got to say I was very impressed, a lot more in there than I imagined there would be and all very well presented, great to see the heritage of the site celebrated as opposed to crewe works which was just flattened and houses and fast food outlets built on the site! McArthur Glen designer outlet is in part of the works steam is off to the side some very impressive dioramas with mock ups of the old offices, foundry and stores etc Carpenters shop machine shop boiler shop Caerphilly castle Broad gauge ‘fire fly’ and brunel Dean goods loco 94xx Scammell Loco driving simulator, this was fun, it actually vibrated and rocked slightly as you went along the track, there were screens showing through the front windows signal box simulator, you had to recess a local train to allow the royal train to pass on a screen above the levers Shunters wagon from Worcester (where I’m going tonight!) King George V This is me in my mums arms aged 2 months seeing my first steam loco in Gobowen in 1975 and this is me with the same loco 49 years later! City of truro 28XX? Track maintenance vehicles I then went over to the designer outlet for a look, I wasn’t going to but glad I did as there was a manor parked up there They have done a fantastic job of keeping the heritage visible within the mall area, not that most normals would notice! Well worth a trip for a couple of hours I was there but god, Swindon so depressing to drive round, took as long to get from the edge of town to steam as it did to get from Oxford to the outskirts of the town! in later to Bewdley on the SVR, that should be interesting for the locals at 01:00! might head back to the hotel afterward rather than go home so I can visit the Abingdon model show tomorrow before work! Edited March 2 by big jim 41 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 On 29/02/2024 at 00:21, leavesontheline said: Everyone too busy with their heads down looking at their phones to notice the archway above them! Or the nice bar (bod) just along the platform! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted March 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, big jim said: Swindon so depressing to drive round The only good bit is the magic roundabout. It’s even the official name now. Great fun on a bike, especially when you you go the ‘wrong way round’ just cos you can. :-) Paul. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted March 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1 7 minutes ago, 5BarVT said: The only good bit is the magic roundabout. It’s even the official name now. Great fun on a bike, especially when you you go the ‘wrong way round’ just cos you can. :-) Paul. Theres one of these at Hatton Cross too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Try to keep the noise down tonight Jim. I'm on earlies tomorrow Andy 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted March 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1 48 minutes ago, adb968008 said: Theres one of these at Hatton Cross too. And Hemel. Paul. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted March 1 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1 19 minutes ago, 5BarVT said: And Hemel. Paul. And A13 junction to Canvey Island Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Himsworth Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 3 hours ago, big jim said: Track maintenance vehicles My journey to work runs near the old Ironbridge branch for quite a way; I've often wondered whether something like one of these might make it a bit more interesting 🙂 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 2 hours ago, 5BarVT said: The only good bit is the magic roundabout. It’s even the official name now. Great fun on a bike, especially when you you go the ‘wrong way round’ just cos you can. :-) Paul. Just be careful you don't end up at that white building with the blue sign.🤕 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted March 2 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 2 (edited) 13 hours ago, Phil Himsworth said: My journey to work runs near the old Ironbridge branch for quite a way; I've often wondered whether something like one of these might make it a bit more interesting 🙂 wouldn’t fancy the climb from buildwas to lightmoor on the self propelled one though! tonight was a trip to the Severn valley to drop off some wagons intermodal passing through nuneaton My train, 66745 up front went via new st and Stourbridge to Kidderminster where once clear of the mainline the SVR signaller gave the slot back so I grabbed some pics while I was waiting for him to walk down to the loco as he was travelling to Bewdley with me 50049 had a single line token and the route had been pre set into platform 3 at Bewdley, no good for photos though! Edited version of the same pic to try and brighten it up a bit once uncoupled moved forward and the signaller set the route for me back through platform 2 where I had to stop while he went to the other box to reset the route for me to head back to Kidderminster straight back to the exchange line and belled myself out before heading back to Nuneaton decided to head home instead of back to the hotel as I know that if I went to the Abingdon show I’d spend too much money! bescot to Worcester later tonight Edited March 2 by big jim 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Just a quick question. What is the train that you took to the SVR? Keith ps like the before and after shot of KGV shame about the photo bomb……twice……..he he he. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 2 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, KeithHC said: Just a quick question. What is the train that you took to the SVR? Keith ps like the before and after shot of KGV shame about the photo bomb……twice……..he he he. it was 3 ‘smart’ weedsprayer trains, I believe they have gone there for testing/comissioning ready for the new season which is about to start 3 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 15 hours ago, big jim said: bescot to Worcester later tonight Keep the noise down. I'm on earlies tomorrow. Thanks Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Himsworth Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 16 hours ago, big jim said: wouldn’t fancy the climb from buildwas to lightmoor on the self propelled one though! Me neither! Luckily my "stop" is above where it starts getting steep. That said, I think the old line down to Coalport where the Silkin Way is now is even steeper; that's a slog on a bike, I've no idea how trains got up there at all... Taking a modern train along the SVR must be fun, it must all be very different! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt37268 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 18 hours ago, big jim said: wouldn’t fancy the climb from buildwas to lightmoor on the self propelled one though! tonight was a trip to the Severn valley to drop off some wagons intermodal passing through nuneaton My train, 66745 up front went via new st and Stourbridge to Kidderminster where once clear of the mainline the SVR signaller gave the slot back so I grabbed some pics while I was waiting for him to walk down to the loco as he was travelling to Bewdley with me 50049 had a single line token and the route had been pre set into platform 3 at Bewdley, no good for photos though! Edited version of the same pic to try and brighten it up a bit once uncoupled moved forward and the signaller set the route for me back through platform 2 where I had to stop while he went to the other box to reset the route for me to head back to Kidderminster straight back to the exchange line and belled myself out before heading back to Nuneaton decided to head home instead of back to the hotel as I know that if I went to the Abingdon show I’d spend too much money! bescot to Worcester later tonight My Dad had his usual Friday session in the Western I’ll doubt you’d have disturbed him after several pints of Enville Old Porter 😀 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 01/03/2024 at 21:24, 5BarVT said: The only good bit is the magic roundabout. It’s even the official name now. Great fun on a bike, especially when you you go the ‘wrong way round’ just cos you can. :-) Paul. Theres one of these in Hemel Hempsted fun in the rush hour but it works Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted March 3 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 3 Only a few from tonight, bescot to Worcester shrub hill with a trian of auto hoppers colas 56 and DB 66 in Bescot my train with 66705 up front, the rear loco was ‘Severn Valley Railway’ could have done with that last night! into Worcester And at a different angle with the unusual Banjo signal 1/2 way along the platform and a vid of it departing got one little move to do in Sunday which I’m hoping will be cancelled, bescot to small heath light loco, I do however think I’m going to end up with some can you justs as there is an on going police incident/investigation which has shut the Sutton park line and it will be closed until at least Thursday by the sounds of it so various that are booked that way will have to go via new st and there aren’t many of us who sign it so I might end up having to conduct things through there! other than that I’m only in on Monday next week doing 805 testing to Liverpool lime street then a week of rest days 26 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted March 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 (edited) On 01/03/2024 at 21:24, 5BarVT said: Great fun on a bike, especially when you you go the ‘wrong way round’ just cos you can. On 01/03/2024 at 23:44, Donington Road said: Just be careful you don't end up at that white building with the blue sign.🤕 For the avoidance of doubt, I meant going anti clockwise around the central island (‘the wrong way’ compared to a normal roundabout) while correctly following the lane markings. Can see why you might have interpreted my words differently! Paul. Edited March 3 by 5BarVT Extra sentence. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 3 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 Just realised I’ve read the wrong diagram for the 805 it’s not doing lime st it’s going Stafford to Stoke and on to Warrington via alsager and crewe a few times, let’s hope it runs! 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted March 5 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 5 Well the 805 ran but we managed to get the test we needed to do done early so got back early oxley away to Warrington, stopping in crewe for a couple of minutes Warrington changing ends Stopped in crewe again and away to Stoke, the test we had to do was at a signal between alsager and kidsgrove checking the pantograph didn’t interfere with the neutral section when stopped at it, once we had checked that and got some pics etc we continued to Stoke Where we changed ends again it was booked back to go back Warrington but we didn’t need to go there so I sorted it to just change ends in alsager loop to head back toward Stoke to get some more pics at the signal, it was then booked to go back to Warrington before heading back to oxley but as we’d got more than what we needed picture and video wise I asked to head straight back to oxley, a couple of phone calls were made and we got away early, getting back some 3 hours early Thats me until next Tuesday now but I’ll no doubt get some can you justs between now and then 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted March 8 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 8 A quick can you just, crewe to Nuneaton walking down to basford hall, this should be in the ‘when the real thing looks like a model’ thread! 66719 to nuneaton Pendolino back again job done, so quick that when I got back to the car my McDonald’s Coke still had a big block of ice in it! another can you just later crewe to Oxford with a train from Donnington next week looks to be a couple of possessions at great missenden, another Donnington job and a light loco somewhere or other 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted March 8 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 8 Only a few from today, crewe to kineton and light loco back to Oxford crewe running round in fenny compton picking the token up for the single line to kineton and into Oxford light loco after dropping the wagons off train home from there, back in on Tuesday next, got a trainee with me for the first time in a while, gt missenden to hinksey for a couple of days, bescot to Donnington and back, nuneaton to crewe and an 805 to Carlisle to round the week off 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Bescot to Donnington ( assume this is the one near Telford) might be a long way round trip, if you can even get there, given yesterday's landslip Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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