Chris116

The really farcical situation is that when the line was due to be closed one of the mains reasons it was kept was that it was not possible to run a suitable bus replacement as the bus would take too long to do the journey. Fast forward to the current situation and the line has no passenger service due to the Vivarail situation and the rail authorities now consider a bus replacement is acceptable! The truth, then and now, is that the bus replacement is not fit for purpose and LNWR should be made to run the train service or made to hand over running to an organisation that is fit for purpose. 

My GNR set went into my trunk last week and today I received an email from Hattons to say the BR set are now expected December 2023 which is in line with the "late 23 / early 24" shown on their website.

Pitsea was my local station from 1980 to 1994 when I lived in Basildon so those pictures bring back some memories for me. 

10 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

 

It wasn't coal but his shovel looks a bit shiny.

Maybe he burnt the bacon!

4 minutes ago, AMJ said:

Loco now has some crew

Why is the fireman throwing the coal out of the cab instead of into the firebox?

2 minutes ago, Ponthir28 said:

Blame the signalman.

The driver took the road to get there so also to blame!

I have seen videos of Wisconsin Central trains with box cars in both colours (colors) in the same train so I would consider both prototypical even if officially they should be one or other of the colours you have. The video was on YouTube but I don't remember which one it was.

13 minutes ago, big jim said:

Aldwich tube station, never been here before!

 

hot footed it from there to euston and heading home as I type! 

 

 

I have a feeling that a picture is missing as Aldwych station was closed in the 1994 and only had one platform. Or else you mean Aldgate and can blame auto corrupt!

1 hour ago, F-UnitMad said:

Yes!! 🥳  Wisconsin Central Hi-cube. 👍

 

Although somebody else did bid on it, just to test me, I think... 🤔🙄🤣

If that had been in HO and I had seen it you would have had opposition for it but you are safe with O gauge.

EDIT:- Just had a look at that very nice Wisconsin Central Hi-cube. Very nice, I must try to find a couple of cheap HO scale ones at some point.

On 14/02/2023 at 19:37, DaveF said:

 

Rigton level crossing Class 101 Harrogate to Leeds June 68 J1327

 

Am I right in thinking that we have a green/blue DMU here?

Silly question but how do they arrange the cables on the flat crossing?

The normal view is that to make a small fortune owning a working steam engine you needed to start with a large fortune. 

2 hours ago, GeoffBird said:

It could be worse, on Olivias Trains is a GNR Single at 700.GBP (sound fitted OK) if you need something to pull yourf coaches!!

I already have two J70s which these coaches will be hauled by and two Wisbech and Upwell tram coaches on order. The preservation society intend to use one 4 wheel and one six wheel GNR coach on each train with one of the tram coaches completing the train. Tender engines are not used due to their length but I have a whole host of small tank engines just waiting for their turn and some nice carriages to go with them.

I received a text message from my credit card company saying £110 had been debited from my account by Hattons and a quick check sees my trunk now has four GNR Genesis coaches in it. I have a number of other item on order so will wait until more arrives and SWMBO is away on a holiday before I get them delivered.

5 hours ago, Ravenser said:

 

Rovex suffered two major losses during the relevant period. In 1959 the MD , John Doyle, was killed in a car crash and replaced by Richard Lines. And in 1964 the chief designer John Hefford, died prematurely (Source - Pat Hammond's book

 

Neither date quite meshes with TT-3 . By 1964 sales had collapsed to minimal levels anyway - in 1959 TT-3 had still 5 years to go.

It was the death of MD John Doyle that was the nail in the coffin of TT3. 

Tri-ang had produced locomotives as follows:-

0-6-0T Jinty in 1957

4-6-0 Castle in 1957

4-6-2 Merchant Navy in 1959

A1A-A1A Class 31 in 1959

0-6-0DS Class 08 in 1959

4-6-2 Britannia in 1960

2-6-2 Prairie in 1961

4-6-2 Est 231D in 1962

DMU Class 104 in 1963

0-6-0T Continental in 1963

EMU Continental advertised 1963 but not made

The locomotives introduced in 1957 and 1959 were led by Doyle. It is probably also true that work on the 1960 and 1961 items had already started and the new MD did not stop them as things were going reasonably well. The DMU and EMU probably shared motor bogies while the continental steam locomotives and EMU  were part of the move to access the French market which was never a success while by 1963 the model railway market was suffering from the slot car craze and with no-one in management really keen on the TT3 range since the death of Doyle and the failure of the French adventure it was very easy to stop making TT3 and let the range die once what was in stock had been sold.

A sad story and one which I was affected by as I had a large layout which after 1969 was expanded by buying second hand stock from Platform Two where I worked on a Saturday for a number of years with my pay mostly being taken in models!

I don't know where I heard this but I understood that Triang dropped TT3 very soon after the director who had been the person who was pushing it sadly died. The story may not be true but it was certainly believed by many who came to Platform Two in Wimbledon to buy second hand TT3 in the early 70s.

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

 

 

They were owned by Bill McAlpine and went to Carnforth when the preservation project was abandoned.  According to the book "Preserved Railway Carriages" - published, by Silverlink they were sold to become part of a restaurant at Ocean Park, near Sunderland.  They were removed in 2017 and were moved to Barrow Hill from where they went to the East Kent Railway.  Their names are Rosalind and Padua, there is information on the web if you do a search for them

 

David

The East Kent Railway stock list does not include them so they must have moved from there. 

EDIT:- It appears they went to the  Folkestone Harbour station where they appear to be now. They may have been stored at the East Kent Railway for a time but I can't find any details of that actually happening.

17 minutes ago, big jim said:

Unless it’s a rail drop on the Romney Hythe and dymchurch railway it’s not happening, not taking anything work related with me! 
 

You could rebuild the Rye and Camber but it might take longer than your well deserved holiday!

2 hours ago, big jim said:

Then a week off so booked a caravan in camber sands for the week to have a proper break away from work 

Control to Jim:- Can you just?

There was I think another pub next to Boston station which was also a Bed and Breakfast which I made the mistake of staying in once. I was nearly eaten alive by the bed bugs and breakfast included two sausages which were burnt black on the outside and still frozen in the middle! I told the owner exactly what I thought of his establishment and left without paying!

My first home computer was a ZX81, followed by a ZX Spectrum then an Amstrad PCW which was upgraded before moving on to various tower PCs and for the last 15 years Laptop PCs. All of the PCs have run the then current Microsoft dos/windows. My current PC runs Windows 8.1 which is no longer supported and Google keep bombarding me with horror stories. So it looks like I am going to have to upgrade but the way Microsoft are treating their long time customers and the reports of how the new versions are not as user friendly have this long time customer thinking that maybe the systems advertised with half eaten fruit (you can probably tell how much I like the idea of an Apple computer). 

The big question is which system is going to be the easiest to adjust to. I did use a Mac for about two months in 1993 and found it reasonable easy to adjust but not sure that I want to relearn how to use a computer if I go the Apple Mac route. Then again how easy is it going to be learning Windows 11?

Does anyone who uses both systems give me any guidance? Thanks in advance.

I was born in 1954 and have hated BR Blue ever since it was introduced as I blamed it on the loss of the steam engines I loved traveling behind and watching. Now I have the stock for a year 2000 layout which is part mainline and part preservation line. The one thing that the preserved line does not have is Blue diesels.

1 minute ago, 2750Papyrus said:

Probably because it comes from a different budget. New build against repair.

I would suggest that what you need is some name and number plates to replace those on the model as supplied.

Can someone tell me how to block people?