Cornish Triang Paul

Currently can't post on here but FGW's Long Rock shunter 08410 is back and looks stunning in green. Shots on my Flikr photostream.

Number one livery photoshopper Northern Blue 109 has done the " new " Freightliner yellow/orange of G&W on a 70 on Flikr... !

Its about time that r-t-r manufacturers made Pullmans in their later and earlier livery and variations !

Should be the new DfT GW spec...... .

From the end of the link in post 104, if the expected new DfT GW livery is applied, they will still end up as " PooTubes"..... !

In common with most Vermin related enterprises, the phrase "all fur coat and no knickers" immediately springs to mind.

Am currently on a Northbound HST and there's already Virgin paraphernalia everywhere, yet at what cost? There still seems to be a lack of decent nosh and vino on the drinks trolley.

I can only wonder when DaFT will follow the route of standardised liveries with minimal operator logos so as to save the unnecessary nonsense of aggressively re-branding stations and stock every few years/new franchise.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who still seriously laments the passing of GNER.

I like the new colours - not too strippie. Can't believe the similarity to the Swiss one !

What about that gahstly pillkington railtour set?

Missed my first identifiable butterfly of the year.

Small Tortoiseshell , Helston, Cornwall St Piaran's Day 5 March 2015...... !

And no truth that we shall have them down here either.

Living in Cornwall, I miss winter !

After all these years of wanting to do it, I finally obtained the Hornby 2721 pannier in the red fictitious livery and named it Red Admiral....... .It has always seemed to fit !

At least we are keeping our seating. Again, an increase in numbers mean for the past two years we have been shunting extra coaches in for wed and Thurs nights in July and Aug.

I do hope all these numbers for the Scottish routes add up.

Who wants to see the return of Sleepers on Saturday nights?

 

When I worked on the sleepers in the 1990s they were almost a waste of time

The journey time didn't help, plus delays on top

 

I even remember working on an Inverness service which had just three passengers southbound

As a result we bumped them up to First Class, using just the first two sleeper coaches, out of nine!

They couldn't believe they were the only passengers

However, it was no surprise as the train departed at about 19:00 and didn't arrive into Euston until about 10:00

I too had a spotting on the 11th but can't claim it as it was unidentified - through frosted glass, fluttered against the outside whilst I was inside. Red Admiral size and shape. Long Rock depot Penzance.

Just a few points re the Cornish Night Riviera. During July and august it runs to full capacity most days. We are short of stock to cope with possible bookings and demand is growing. It is a big disappointment to all that there is no tag on order for new stock for us. My personal thoughts are because of IEP and franchise date uncertainty and lack of continuity would mean no joined up plan. There is life in the structure of our SLEPs so I guess they who are think its better to gut them and have a new interior to more modern spec. for now until some point when...... .

A 57 can easily power a longer sleeper train and again more locos would be nice. If only for planned maintenance such as the current bogie refurbishment programme - its the replacement DRS locos that have caused most problems since last summer.

As for value, its not just the price but the practical ease of using a sleeper service that also counts. On a weeks holiday you gain 2 full days extra !

Finally, lots would like to see all services run on a Saturday night too and a new service brought back up to Bristol and on to Scotland up the west side.

I would have concerns about using the new 73 though....... .

Shall we go for the bendy bus on fire too... ?

Ahh Bullfinches, one of the best. sadly it means a long walk in the cold for me to see any in the usual places. Just the usual Blue, Great, Coal, Green and Chaff and Long-tailed in my local flocks.

Ninky Nonk !

Been asking for an r-t-r Ninky Nonk for a while now...... !

People scraping ice off their windscreens, shunters tripping over,BRUTEs over platform edges and topically, a Haggis running around the top of a hill ( either left or right footed.... ) .

Heard my first Blackbird singing this evening. Nice and relaxing.

Remembering the BR blue 58 in the Hornsby catalogue before it hit the rails for real, anyone dne a 800 yet... ?!

Have said this before in a similar thread, pigeons on platforms. Also, abandoned Christmas trees, dog poo bins and who is going to be the first to have Elsa and Anna or Olaf.......

I'll let it go..... !

Another sign of a so far easy winter here is that my local starling murmuration over my part of town is much smaller this year. Flys over around 1615 each evening before joining up with the Penrose Estate flock before settling in the woods of the estate near Loe pool.

Well its the 30th December and a walk along Porthleven harbour front has just produced a Small Tortoiseshell happly fluttering about in the sunshine. What winter ?? !