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As I understand things, the goods lines through Victoria were retained for iron ore workings. These stopped shortly after the demolition of Victoria, so the tracks through Victoria were no longer needed.

A connection was required through Trent Lane until 1969 for empty DMUs going to and from Arkwright Street to run the service betweenArkwright Street and Rugby. These reversed at Weekday Cross.

Two young girls are chatting.

One tells the other "I heard that the man just shoves his thing in - and next thing you know, a baby pops out"

The other replied. "When mum had my little brother, they just used forceps"

 I took this photo on my desk with a short length of Waynes sleepers on the code 40 rail against a peco code 80 point. No need to preach to anyone about the benefits here. The sleepers are very robust and I just wish Wayne would knock out the concrete stuff too!

You don't say which is which

I also wish Wayne could do concrete track - even if it is just the plain variety. The only snag is - as with the 2mmSA variety - the plastic blobs holding the rail in place look a bit out of place - though I have been told they couldn't make them any finer without compromising the strength of the track.

Another option is 2mm Scale Association copper clad concrete sleepers, but the jig they sell would not give the correct gauge for N gauge. Careful soldering might give a better appearance than EasitraK but would take longer.

The reference to Trowell Moor sidings might relate to the old Trowell Moor Colliery, which was located just east of where the M1 now runs.

Dave,

Where is the location for the 2 pics ?

Annesley MR 2P 40454 pass Chilwell to Worksop May 52 JVol6131

 

The overhead skip system is fascinating

 

Peter

If you know the area now, it is at the end of the lane leading straight on from Annesley Cutting, past where the new houses are.

See http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/annesley/

David

 

I think JVol6123 maybe on the GN line at Linby, rather than the GC.

 

ROB

Definitely GN! I guessed where it was and what it was immediately, so never even read the caption carefully - it must be taken from the GC line though?

Omsk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk

Just back from a walk along the Chesterfield Canal from West Stockwith on the Trent to Worksop. It is teeming with bird life - and not just the floating variety either.

This is one of my favourite shots

Just wondered what this little beauty was?

Apologies fr the quality, but the camera is a cheap pocket digital camera with poor zoom

I think at one time Nottingham had a through coach via the GN&LNW Joint line to Euston too. That's 4 London termini in total - not bad for a railway backwater

The wedding party in Scan-130526-0012 is intriguing - all that posh clothing about to be smothered in soot

I've just remembered that I have another scan of the Class 5s at Derby, taken from a black and white slide (which was from the neg of the earlier print).  It shows the whole frame, so that all the front loco is visible.  I've left the scratches on as they take ages to clone out!

 

Derby 2 BR Class 5s down ex pass c1959 Jmonoslide90.jpg

Derby 2 BR Class 5s down ex pass c1959 Jmonoslide90

 

David

 

Edited for spelling.

David

The closer crop of the original version gives the most dramatic effect, in my humble opinion

Derby 2 BR Class 5s down ex pass c1959 JVol7059.jpg

Derby 2 BR Class 5s down ex pass c1959 JVol7059

That really is the best steam railway photo of all time for me - brilliant!

Should have gone for a class 40 instead ;)

Seriously, could the coupler boxes not be made detachable, so people can make their own choice?

What I like so much about these images is that they show the everyday, the ordinary and the mundane, rather than just top link stuff. If only more photographers of the period had done the same!

First class again - what is the coach behind the engine in the first shot though JVol5045? No toilets - I hope they weren't going too far!

Personal experience with track is that it takes far less time to handbuild than almost anything else - unless, of course, you are building a very complex layout with lots of points. Easitrac and Finetrax plain track are very quick and simple to assemble - hardly worth worrying about how little extra time it takes.

Proper check rails ought to make a noticeable difference to the running - especially in something like N gauge, where the relationship between wheel and track standards is rather vague. Testing the track without them is unlikely to give a true impression of what it will be like when finished.

I agree with Stu though - a single crossing with curved turnouts either side would be a far more elegant solution. The best result would probably be to make hand-built, curved turnouts designed in Templot to suit the site. Peco code 55 rail is not very nice to work with, so you would find it easier with bullhead rail. If you find that check rails don't improve matters much, then do give the alternative idea serious consideration. If you need any help, I (or others, I am sure) would be only too pleased to assist.

Barrow's kick-off was delayed by 90 minutes last night as the Ebbsfleet coach was delayed by spillage of baked beans on the M6

Very nice work, but I notice there are no check rails at all. They might help a little with smooth running? Just a suggestion

They were both based on an earlier design by US General Electric.

 

The NER pair was actually built in 1903-4 (ordered in late 1902 after the BTH tender was accepted), but did not enter service until 1905.

 

Paul

Either way, the fact that they may well have been designed and built by contractors means we now have an excuse to run the Bo-Bos on any line in any part of the world.

Yep, I'd agree with that in general, but I was chatting to some fellow 7mm scale modellers at a Gauge 0 Guild trade show last weekend and we were saying how much some of the 2mm photos we've seen (just to embarrass him, Jerry's name was one that came up) could easily be taken for P4.

Ah, but we all know the only reason people model in 7mm scale is because their eyesight is fading, so is that really a reliable opinion?

See here http://www.Bachmann.co.uk/pdfs/GF_Cl_24.pdf

The underframe moulding is plastic, but there is part of the split-frame metal core holding the motor and transmission inside it.

The Midland was the first to introduce traffic control - presumably this alone had a huge impact on economics, without significant capital investment.

Even when information is as accurate and comprehensive as we might wish, we still have to factor in competence of the person doing the modelling. Let's not criticise what is an invaluable resource. In good hands, it is extremely useful. In the wrong hands, even good information is of little use.

Other inaccuracies include deliberate ones, like military installations. These were left as blanks on maps until the inter-war years - and sometimes much later.

It seems unlikely to me that we could ever get a totally accurate picture of what a station was like. Builders don't always follow drawings accurately. Even doing a survey of a current station today, there will usually be angles difficult or impossible to access, or something to obstruct a photo.

To make a model, we have to be prepared to make compromises and guesses to fill in the gaps. Striving for the perfect model may mean, in the end, that it just never gets built.