kevsmiththai

If I was going out there now I'd be recording HD Audio with the Zoom 2 as well. If I build any current locos in 1nM I might need the sound files Kev

I still have the drawings somewhere. I built one of these in Gauge 1 back in the 1990s

First nuclear service over the Furness line since the repairs. 6C51 Sellafield to Heysham Power station wit 68 017 Hornet top and tailed with 68 034 Rail Riders seen at the former Plumpton Junction site just east of Ulverston. Hard to believe how much used to be here in the old days . Now very rural with the remnants of the Glaxo branch overgrown by mature trees Running over 30 minutes late 6C52, with 68 034 leading, heads back to Sellafield through Askam 195 104 Deva Victrix sits forlornly in the Ulverston engineering sidings waiting to be recovered by road at some stage, The damage from the derailment is on the other side, the other 195 is out of the picture, off to the left. Kev

Coming to the conclusion of the track repairs at Grange 56 094 heading to Carlisle NY from Ulverston 20/04/2024 through Askam in Furness with the JNAs 70 812 was used as the test train over the repairs.( Ulverston-Carnforth-Ulverston-Barrow-Carlisle NY) I tried to get it at Plumton Junction but missed it by minutes But shot over the hill to get it at Askam there was a ECS move from Newton Heath to Barrow later to get some 195s in the right place for Monday morning Hopefully all back to normal now Kev

Thai Country stations video. Makkasan is not, strictly speaking, a country station but it fits in with the Eastern line stuff https://youtu.be/jKTqnQsSR_E?si=HK4EDMiEVmDlItt1 Role call A varied selection of minor station and junction stations in Thailand Tha Phra Train 415 Nakhon Ratchasima to Talat Nong Khai RHN 38,1048,33 Alsthom ADD4413 on train 69 Bangkok-Nong Khai Train 431 Khaeng Khoi Junction-Khon Kaen RHN 28,1036,38 Nakhon non Payom Train 418 Nong Khai to Nakhon Ratchasima RHN 1035,48,1046,18 Samran Train 416 Udon Thani-Nakhon Ratchasima RHN 1043,1040,24 Ban Plu Ta Luang Train 283 Alsthom ADD 4303 Bangkok-Ban Plu ta Luang Pattaya Train 284 Alsthom ADD 4303 Ban Plu Ta Luang-Bangkok Makkasan Alsthom ALS 4125 Chachoengsao Junction Alsthom ALS 4154 light engine GEA 4534 Empty BCF container flats west Alsthom ADD 4403 Bogie oil tankers East eastbound THNs Thanonchira Junction Train 415 Nakhon Ratchasima to Talat Nong Khai RHN 14,1017,18,1038 Train 416 Udon Thani-Nakhon Ratchasima RHN 1023,13,1017 Bua Yai Train 76 Nong Khai-Bangkok THN/NKF 1240 Muang Phon Unidentified Alsthom on Southbound Sugar Containers So Wat Lan Boon Alsthom AHK 4305 on container train to Sattahip Kev

One thing the blockade did was create the opportunity for the first Class 195s to travel the full length of the Cumbrian Coast. 195 101 and 195 113 ran as 5C95 ECS from Barrow Carriage sidings to Preston via the Cumbrian Coast line, Carlisle and WCML via Penrith. It was the headcode that gave me a clue so I went down to Askam station and there they were! Prior to this the only 195 workings north of Barrow on a regular basis were the Sunday only 2C31/2C56 Barrow Millom-Barrow The Tamper is due to come out of the possession tomorrow as 6J87 Ulverston to Carlisle Upperby via Cumbrian Coast https://youtu.be/c5sp7a-0o2M?si=LuFOIB7s2T8kn1jp

https://youtu.be/MefHnZ15Pls?si=tqxOqgM6MJ8-wJ3E the engineering trains plus 37 610 and DBSO later on Carlisle to Barrow test train

Busy day on the Cumbrian Coast as three engineering trains arrived to go into the possession The 195s involved in the derailment are still in the engineering sidings at Ulverston waiting to be picked up The 70s and 56 are slated to come out of the possesion on Saturday morning to return to Carlisle. Pathed through Barrow Line supposed to reopen on the 21st ( According to my former workmates at Sellafield) Kev

Funnily enough, I was thinking the same a couple of hours ago! I'll try and get some done before Carnforth

Video https://www.flickr.com/photos/152010806@N03/53658162023/in/dateposted-public/ Kev

Two AZL SD70Ms with 21 freight cars and another SD70M in the middle as mid train helper on a test train this afternoon. The helper engine UP #4003 has always been a problem child. I bought it as a basket case after the previous owner tried to improve the pickups. It has had the motor and gear shafts taken out and just goes along for the ride in the middle, or on the rear, of either the timber train or the big intermodal Santa Fe SD 75M in the background

I set off from Pattaya early one morning for a trip down the eastern line with a view to getting to Sattahip port. No Luck, the train only went as far as Ban Plu Ta Luang. However, I found plenty of interesting stuff there. A line of very rusty Salt wagons. Oil axleboxes, Vac braked Alsthom ALD 4303 waits to return to Bangkok A general view of the carriage works, Sidings and station A former JR West coach waiting to be converted to a BTC The station nameboard The station frontage with the ubiquitous Tuk Tuk outside A nearly complete BTC waiting for the interior fittings More soon Kev

Barely scratching the surface with what I have It has been a fast growing scale in the USA for quite a while particularly modern image AZL homepage wil give you some idea https://www.americanzline.com/ and MTL https://www.micro-trains.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=75 The thing that impresses everybody is how amazingly good running the stuff is This is the video from 2016 (really need to do a new, up to date one) at Shoeburyness and Manchester shows that shows how smooth slow running we get https://youtu.be/UOo16_XWLmU?si=MBXrN6py-OLscSGp Kev

Emerging from five years in store I have a couple of show dates for my Shasta layout. A z gauge layout noted for the use of modern image Z scale and the fact I can 3 metre long trains typical of U.S railroading with two or diesels on the front and with a mid train helper Last seen in 2019 at the Folkestone show where it performed faultlessly Motive power is a mix of AZL and MTL An AZL Amtrak California F59 PHI with a rake of double deck coaches passes three AZL SD70Ms On the famous Cantara Loop, scene of one of the U.S.As biggest environmental disasters back in Southern Pacific days an MTL Santa Fe GP35 on a long Military train passes a long train of empty Centre beams heading for the climb up the canyon In Dunsmuir yard the F59 threads its way past double stacks and spine cars A Union pacific GP 35 and SD40-2 pass the long abandoned Shasta Springs depot The layout will be at Carnforth show on the weekend of April 27/28th I've had it running and apart from one section that is dead it is all working. Just got a whole load of stock to test now! Kev

Brilliant photos and really helpful Cheers