Swifty11

Looking good! 

I doubt it on the 90s, I was surprised not to see any or 158s in the last round of releases! 

Top drawer! Superb job on the 50s. The GB ones are how they should have looked from Hornby if they'd done their homework properly.

Royal train arrived back at Wolverton around 17.30. That's it for this time folks! 

As PerthBox says, I've been fortunate enough to see the royal on several occasions and it has always been a 1Zxx.

My notes have a variety of previous head codes: 1Z20/21, 1Z39/40, 1Z60 and 1Z88. 

As a result, unless you knew it was running or made an educated guess, it's not that easy to get a shot of it. I had seen in the press it was due to visit Cardiff so having seen it had left Manchester Victoria heading westbound I gambled on a Warrington routing and it paid off but that's not always the case.  You can view royal engagements on the website but for obvious reasons it doesn't show how they will arrive. When we had a Royal visit in Warrington I was hopeful of the train but unfortunately not, helicopter. It was a long wait at Winwick Jn put it that way! 

I managed to catch up with it yesterday on its way to Cardiff. I took a punt having seen it leave Manchester Victoria westbound on the diagrams which luckily came up trumps.

Click on the image for a full description. 

67005 - 1Z20 - Warrington Bank Quay by Swifty's Photos, on Flickr 

67005 - 1Z20 - Warrington Bank Quay by Swifty's Photos, on Flickr

1 hour ago, bimble said:

 

Looks like they've changed the front wing... maybe someone had a little ding...

New nose cone, believe they get done every so often or if they’re damaged. There’s an Avanti livery one running round with a grey nose as well. 

6 minutes ago, big jim said:

Then over to euston for a train to crewe

 

It doesn't fill you with confidence when even the Pendolino's aren't wearing their face covering properly... 

A real shame that it lost the livery, it looked superb! Intercity 43185 hasn't been quite so lucky. Whilst it still has its IC livery, (albeit weather battered!) it's now at Haymarket being stripped for spares for Scotrail. 

Presumably that's the East Mids - Seaforth service? Local get suggesting that starts this week. 

On a day which saw four class 60s in four different liveries passing through Warrington, here is two of them. 

GB 60021'Penyghent' leads 6E10 to Drax.

60021 - 6E10 - Moore by Swifty's Photos, on Flickr

DCR 60029 'Ben Nevis' on 6Z23 to Carlisle. 

60029 - 6Z23 - Warrington Bank Quay by Swifty's Photos, on Flickr

The other two unphotographed class 60s were 60044 in DB and 60096 in ex Colas. 

90026 was one of the two longer stored examples reactivated for the service, the other being 90021 which isn't far from completion. A real shame it didn't make it off the ground.

1 minute ago, AY Mod said:

 

Get some perspective; they can't do everything for everyone every time!

I can understand that, but there was a lot hoping for another run of 90s. Always next time!

Whilst the EFE Rail announcement is certainly interesting, (the tube train if irrelevant to me is very tempting!) I can’t help feeling a little underwhelmed with this announcement. 
 

Has there been any update regarding when the 20/3s will arrive? 

That 222 looks brilliant! What's the betting Bachmann announce a retool voyager and a meridian on Tuesday now? 

Looks very effective

1 hour ago, big jim said:

Yeah I did see him, bloody mad being out that time of morning! 

Definitely not the time for me to be out with the camera! He'd done the 92 on the sleeper and seen you weren't far away so hung on.

A friend spotted you at Hartford:

Non-Standard Livery by Tim Moran, on Flickr

Looks brilliant mate! Have you considered doing Stagecoach EMT livery instead? All your craftsmanship to build Is wasted on that purple! 

Joking aside, really impressive.

40 minutes ago, big jim said:

Yes It was a trial, hopefully it will lead to a new flow though 

 

 

 

Apparently it's going to be one return trip per week for the next 12 months using ex DB HTAs and GBOB buckeye 66s.

Hi Mick, 

Is there any updates on the layout? Looking forward to seeing it when it reaches the exhibition circuit. 

Best wishes, 

Tom

They look brilliant! 

47270 still survives today and it has a great name on It too  

Never ceases to amaze me the quality you put out. The attention to detail is superb!

You made good time! 

My best one was work ringing me to ask if I could cover a shift.

"Yep, no problem, when and what time?"

"Erm now, get your uniform on and get here as quick as you can"

"riiiight"

Unfortunately I only recently  found this layout topic but it's excellent, very impressive. A real shame it can't be moved but considering the quality of the layout I'm sure we'll see something equally as good built in years to come. 

Great work! I've just had a look through the twitter feed too, really good read. 

(I really should get back to my uni essay!)

23 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

If it’s the Barry docks one, it doesn’t have anything to do with ships - it’s going to the sprawling chemical works there that makes ,,,er,,, chemically stuff.

 

Used to be DB, now Freightliner.

 

a fella on here made an excellent rendition of the chemical works, but the name of the layout slips my memory.

 

IIRC he had to change the name as the owners of the plant got their knickers in a bunch about it

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/88132-vopak-chemical-complex-barry-docks-terminal/

The 222 looks superb, really impressed! 

Like the couplings too, something to look into for my own layout when i get my rear into gear and build it!