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    Haston Green

    in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas

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    14 hours ago, 47137 said:

     

    There are people making models of freelance railway companies, but they are relatively quiet folk who don't make a lot of noise on the forums. There are examples to follow, like systems at steel works and quarries. When I make or repaint an engine I keep it anonymous, no running number - this helps me.

     

    Maybe Chris has an update on his layout?

     

    - Richard.

    Hi, totally agree with you on that, ive not posted any of my projects on here for a while i build uk based micros and alot of them are freelance railways, i take great pleasure in creating my own worlds and scenarios for these systems, im of the opinion that if my models bring me pleasure in building and operating then thats good for me, whether they are industrial or quarries or docksides or agricultural there is alot of pleasure in building and creating that world fictional or real theres alot of scope old and new its meant to be for fun and relaxation at the end of the day and its what brings alot of people together. Right im off to lurk in the background again keep up the great work and take care all 

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    Essex Express

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    Thanks for taking the time and effort to post all these photos, I remember vividly my dismay as these units started replacing my favorite emu's the 309, but over the years of seeing them daily I've grown quite fond of them , amazing to think they only missed out on being painted in br blue grey livery by a small margin, I think my favorite livery though is the white with red doors, boring I know but there it is! Thanks for posting

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    Black Notley - BR Eastern

    in 7mm+ modelling

    Posted

    Excellent have loved following the progress on this layout, the Braintree branch has a special place in my heart, i live very close to the junction at Witham and often hear the flanges squeeling round that tight bend. as a boy i remember the fertilizer trains and the goods yard at Braintree with the sugar beet trains often pulled by a 37. your layout has captured this atmosphere so well, well done , i love the f5 so common on braintree and maldon branch, keep up the good work it doesnt matter how long its taking as its a work of art, all the best Glenn

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    Essex Express

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

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    Taken from an anglia-gen e-mail I received earlier this evening, I presume it was this pair you saw mate- I believe it was due to run as 1Q90 on Tuesday.

    1Q97 37057 and 37254

     

     

    Wed Dec 7, 2016 10:47 am (PST) . Posted by: Jake Smith

     

     

     

    37254 leading 37057 crawling through Manningtree with load 4 at 16:25 heading for Chelmsford Loop.

     

    Sent from my iPad Air

     
    Edit; to remove external link to e-mail of original sender.

     

    thanks mate much appreciated :sungum:

    Essex Express

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted · Edited by BigBountyHunter

    Thanks all who keep this thread alive, (especially the shark at shenfield, maybe we should buy her and turn her into a club room) oh and the wagon at Romford, and any other homeless piece of rolling stock come to think of it, what say we start up a sanctury/rescue center for unwanted stock???? :locomotive:  :jester:

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    Essex Express

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

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    For a Witham to Colchester service. It left about 7.30am. It use to arrive about 7.00 and be shunted into the sidings (there were three up until 1980ish) and wait until nearly the departure time and trundle along the Braintree platform to collect its passengers.

     

    The move from the up line to the down line then Braintree line was never the same two days running. Sometimes it would take the crossover on the London side of the station, and simply reverse into the Braintree platform. Or it would use the crossover the Colchester side, (this was removed about 1980ish) on to the down line. Shuffle back into the Colchester platform. From here it would either continue down the down line wrong direction, until it cleared the points leading to the Braintree platform, reverse over these when they changed to the Braintree platform. Or it would travel in the Colchester direction and cross over into the down loop. From here it backed into the Braintree platform. These moves were going on a train that came in from Braintree to London, and Colchester/Clacton to London trains (not all stopping) every few minutes.

     

    The Braintree to London train was funny. Back then the stations on the Braintree branch could only hold four coaches, this was an eight coach train. When it arrived at Witham, most of the passengers would jump out the rear half and rush to get a seat in the front four coaches. People like me who were travelling only as far as Chelmsford would stand out the way until they had zoomed past and get in the rear four cars. Great on a cold morning, not only was the train warm but so were the seats.

    Ahhhhhh i see thankyou, i think i just about remember the sidings. I certainly remember the days of the first four carriages on the braintree train as i used to go see my auntie on that one, remember it before it was electrified too quiet a sluggish journey as i recall!

    Essex Express

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    Great Eastern, Witham, late 70s early 80s, before the advent of the Mk2Ds.

     

    Hourly Norwich trains silver roofed class 47 with Mk2a and Mk1 catering cars, Harwich and East Suffolk line trains class 47 or 37 with Mk1 and a few Mk2 mixed in, Class 309s 10 or 8 car units (both up and down trains at half past the hour at Witham station), Class 312 8 or 4 car units on Colchester stopper, Class 305 on the Braintree, and double headed 37s on freightliners.

     

    Other trains were Class 305 (or 302 or 308) 4 or 8 car on Colchester services mainly in the peak hours, 31 on the "Chocolate" to Rowntrees at Chelmsford, double headed 31s on the sand train from Marks Tey, 47s on the Rom River steel train to Witham, 37s on the Carless tank train to Harwich and Monday mornings 37s on the UKLF fertilizer train to Braintree. There was an odd working of a Cravens unit from Witham to Colchester at about 7.30am, I use to see it arriving and be shunted into the sidings that use to be under Collingwood Road Bridge off the Braintree platform, just before catching my train to work.

     

    Other units in the area at the time included 3 car BRCW (ex NER 4 car units with TS removed)  and Gloucester 2 car.

     

     

    While on about Witham, in the gents loos on the London Platform, was written

                                             Jesus Saves

                                                      Not on my money he wouldn't

    fond fond memories of the decapitated maldon branch which bacame a siding for rom metals, oh for a time machine just to soak that in again!!,  what was the cravens unit shunted into the siding under the bridge for? that one passed me by

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