2750Papyrus

She looks super, as do the coaches, and runs just as well.  Lets  hope we can see them running on Grantham soon!

In 1964, my first girl friend lived in a  house overlooking FP depot, so I have several reasons for choosing the Searchers' Deltic,  Needles 'n Pinza.

That has to be the most interesting scenic treatment I've seen of the Minories concept.

22 hours ago, cctransuk said:

 

Then think again ! The attitude of far too many visitors to holiday areas is that they are 'theme parks', that close down when they go home.

 

Not true - those areas are permanant homes to a sizeable population, with a disproportionate percentage of elderly, vulnerable residents.

 

Furthermore, the medical and other essential services, including food outlets, in those holiday areas are far more restricted than those in the more populated, urban areas.

 

Second home owners who wish to travel to their secondary residence for lockdown risk introducing COVID-19 from the worst affected areas into the relatively low infected holiday areas - the Southwest has been consistently the area of lowest infection throughout this crisis.

 

What possible justification can there be for travelling around the country, potentially spreading infection, purely for one's own pleasure?

 

My wife and I have been following government advice for weeks now, and staying indoors, with minimal exercise, and having food delivered.

 

Surely, sitting in your primary home, with all your facilities to hand, is preferable to sitting in a second home or caravan, with limited facilities? ..... or do you imagine yourself behaving as you usually do when on holiday? If so, that's why we don't want you here !!

 

John Isherwood.

I believe Colin replied to my post, which appears to have been deleted.  Let's just say there are two sides to every story.

Tender loco choice as per my web handle.  Tank loco choice is A5.

I've previously mentioned the GC Immingham and been reminded that the 4-6-0 equivalent to a Jersey Lily is the original B1, both of which are high on the list but I have to vote for my all-time second favourite loco, a B17 with group standard tender.

2 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

Thanks.  I think..... 

 

Anyway, what's a castle?  Bamburgh?  Alnwick?

Biggleswade? Not many people know that one......

1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said:

My favourite wheel arrangement for tank engines.  N10.  Alone on that one I think, but the 'Lambton' tanks  are pretty nice too. And the N5. And...and...and...oops.  It is harder for me to think of one I don't like, then there's this.....not quite an 0-6-2T, but indescribable in the Whyte system.

 

When the vote gets to "other", this wins my nomination!

On ‎08‎/‎05‎/‎2020 at 08:48, gwrrob said:

I've just realised that I haven't run my Collett suburban's this year, so any requests for what I put on the front of them.

Gresley N2.

Oops! Wrong thread.

The N2 was present for inspection at the Cross for the unveiling of SNG's statue and I got to "cab" her.  I had a feeling  she was cosier and  more "friendly" feeling than many larger locos. 

As a boy, I saw (and heard!) many N1s and N2s and  wanted to be an engine driver, so I found myself imagining driving her along the stretch from Stroud Green to Crouch End, maybe whistling so my Mum could hear.  So although there are other worthy contenders, it has to be the N2 for me.

Oh dear, this Atlantic choice is going to require a judgement of Solomon....

I was lucky enough to be taken to Harringay West by my Dad to see the two preserved GN Atlantics hauling "The Plant Centenarian" in 1953, so Mr Ivatt's locos left a deep impression.  The Railway Modeller for, I think, April 1954 featured a NE "Z" class Atlantic, I pestered my Dad to build me one but, though he was one of the most multi-skilled men I have known, scratch-building one would have formed an enormous step from 3 rail Trix! 

In later years, I was charmed by the Edwardian elegance of Mr Robinson's locos but would nowadays prefer an  "Immingham" to a Jersey Lilly - and painted apple green, too. 

I am lucky enough to own models of classes C1, C2, C4, C7 and the NB C11, and a print of Henry Oakley at Nottingham Victoria hangs in my stairwell,  However, I think my nomination for best-looking Atlantic would have to be one of which I have no representation,  the C7 as modernised by Gresley.  Two were fitted with Lentz valves, raised running plate and D49 cab, whilst two were fitted with boosters and classified C9 and had more modern looking tenders in addition to raised running plates.  My final choice is a C9 after removal of booster and associated plumbing.  But I don't think that will be most popular!

On ‎06‎/‎05‎/‎2020 at 23:01, Ron Ron Ron said:

While most things are at a standstill, Crossrail are slowly carrying on their work.

 

Some more short videos have been released on YouTube.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Oak common is a heck of a fiddle yard, but the stock on display is a bit boring!

Agree it has to be a K2 but can't agree about the BR standard.  The Southern moguls with their smoke deflectors have character also.

Photo no 1. 

Re: the date of the prototype photo:  when did upper quadrants replace somersault signals at LB?

3 hours ago, sjp23480 said:

My avatar is Reggie, our Airedale.  Not too many of these about these days but he is a gentle giant of a terrier.

 

He is 9 this year and he has been a great companion and friend to our family (wife and two daughters), although my wife's cat was never a fan!  He loves attention, his used to love going shopping to get all the admiring glances and complements. The current lockdown has cramped his style!

 

Not sure what we will do when the time comes but it will certainly "tear our hearts", but we will have lots of treasured memories of our Airedale escapades.

 

Steve

 

We have had two Airedales, both bitches.  We lost the first to skin cancer at the age of 8.  It took six weeks before we weakened and bought another, Maggie.  She was a beautiful looking dog, her sire being an American champion, but as a pup she was very challenging.  After she settled down around age two, we read a book that said Welsh terriers were biddable and easily trained, so went back to the same kennel and bought a pup (Penny) as companion for Maggie.  Error!  Instead of the older dog teaching the younger one good habits, the Welsh taught her elder companion bad ones!  They were great fun, however, and always good for comments from passers-by "is that her puppy?",  "little and large", "my granny used to have one", "I used to have one - on wheels".

Sadly, Maggie passed away just before Christmas.  We still have Penny and love her dearly, but it's not the same.  She would not put up with another dog so we hopefully won't have a replacement decision to make for several years.  I shall then be mid-70's - will I be able to manage another Airedale or should we settle for something non-Terrier?

16 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

Hidden in that plausible-sounding statement is a logical fallacy. As the skimmed milk is the final product, and the claim is that nothing is added or taken away from the final product.

 

By the same logic, and by example : One could produce a steak pie, full of preservatives, colouring, sawdust, gelling agents, monosodium glutamate, sodium nitrite (and all the usual suspects). Now call it the final product, and don't add anything else to it (or take anything out). Voilà! Nothing added or taken away from this steak pie.

 

I agree with @Oxexpatriate - Martin's post was hilarious - making fun of a blanket marketing slogan.

 

Anyway, it's the diaries that are having the laugh. Take full-fat milk, skim off the cream so that what is left resembles watered-down emulsion paint, and put the cream in a seperate pot. Now sell two products and make money twice.

 

Can we have a whacky sign please? Something like "Caution : Rivet Police are working in this area"

I bet the calendars are smiling, too!

One can never have too many J6s - Hitchin pacifics.

So he lights his cigarette, inhales and then kisses her.  Hope she enjoyed that!

Just wonder if that was a clue to the location - "the Long Drag".

I was brought up just off Crouch Hill and can remember lying in bed at night listening to trains struggling up the gradient from Stroud Green to Crouch End. 

My GCE English paper had an essay option "The Problems of Transport in my District".  Inevitably, my solution to the problems featured a reopening of passenger services up the branch to Alexandra Palace.  I was the only pupil in my year to get Grade 1 in English!

Enjoying reading about  your new railway.  I have always found the WHR fascinating and, as a child, had a print made of a photo my Dad took of Russel at Beddgelert six months before he and mum got married in 1935. 

Though progress on my main layout is painfully slow, I have thought about a small roundy-round which would fit under a double bed.  590, bug-boxes, bow siders and a forthcoming small England are proving very tempting, and I shall be very interested to see how your layout develops.

They are fine models which most of us would have been proud to make.  Very few people will be aware or worried about the roof shape, and you could claim the models to be more "right to drawing" than the prototypes!

Ours much prefer sunflower hearts.

On ‎17‎/‎02‎/‎2020 at 08:23, Tony Wright said:

As promised,

 

Shots taken of Little Bytham goods shed by Ian Wilson in 1972...........

 

Though not all taken on the same day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks very much for posting those images, just what I wanted to know. 

What a substantial structure this goods shed was, for a comparatively small wayside station.  It is pity it was demolished having initially survived the closure, but at least we can preserve it in our models.

I am afraid my detailing won't include the broken windows and the boxes and sacks, etc, stacked round the building but what character they would add.

59 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

There are always obstacles to overcome, I am not one of those people that thinks the hobby should be fun, fun, fun all the time. Sometimes you have to put the work in, deal with the tedious bits and overcome those vexing problems (sometimes with a little help) to reap the benefits, the good bits become richer as a result.'

 

At last, a voice full of sound common sense regarding how one approaches making things. 

 

Of course, a hobby should be fun (otherwise, why indulge in it?), but it can't always be so (one of my hobbies was playing cricket, and I can tell you it was no fun at all when the likes of Gwillum Williams of Caersws CC put the balls I bowled to him into the Severn on several occasions!) and one has to knuckle down and work hard. 

 

I'm reticent with regard to finishing off the point rodding on LB, because it's a tedious and time-consuming job. It must, however, be completed.

 

More and more I hear at shows when I act as a demonstrator 'I couldn't possibly do that'. When I ask 'Have you tried?' the answer is usually 'No!' Even the making of a simple Parkside kit seems beyond many, yet they still wish to participate in the hobby. That is their right, of course, but they're missing out on the most-rewarding thing in this hobby; the most 'fun' - the personal making of things. Thank goodness for the likes of Ian Nuttall's robust letter in the current RM! 

 

Speaking of making things, at every show I attend these days I'll make a Parkside wagon kit. 

 

I bought this one yesterday morning at the Biggleswade Show, and by close of play it was complete.......

 

 

 

 

 

I painted it this morning.

 

It's an ex-GWR 'Prize Cattle Wagon ('Beetle', I believe). How common such a thing might have been at LB, I have no idea, but it makes-up well. There is a slight 'halo' around the transfers, but weathering awaits. 

 

Though I admit 'wagons are not my thing', if I can inspire any 'ditherers' at shows to actually make something for themselves, then I'll consider it a success. Then they'll have fun!

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

 

 

Having seen this at about 10.15 yesterday, I must say I am impressed at the speed with which you complete your assembly and painting, which I always find  the worst part! 

Your photos of the completed wagon show it "parked" outside the LB goods shed,  I built my own version of the Prototype Models' kit some 20 years ago, along with their GN station building, engine shed and signal box. I roofed both the goods and engine sheds with overlaid strips of the Prototype Models' slate paper, stuck down with PVA glue.  Whilst they have lasted well, the roofs have taken on a distinct green shade!  I know that some PVA can turn ballast green but haven't heard of this effect before. 

I am in the process of reconditioning all the buildings, including building  the timbered extension to the Stamford engine shed not included in the kit,  This refurbishment has included fitting gutters and drain (soil?) pipes.  I believe the non-canopied side of the goods shed had two simple drain pipes but haven't found any pictures of the arrangement on the canopy side.  Please may I ask if you know the arrangement of drain pipes on this side?

An interesting series, especially on Tuesday night when Michael was talking with one of Mrs 2750's old college friends!

Noticeable that a third world (Vietnamese) train has reclining leather seats.  Could have done with these travelling to Gatwick c/o Thameslink.

That's logical.

I believe that the consultation showed a desire for Sandy station to remain, but with a new interchange station so close, what form will the ECML schedule take?