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  1. Johnson Street IEMD
    Saturday 28th October 2017
     
    Ok, so, today, I got to see my fledgling layout in its infancy. The overall track layout hasn't changed much since its original plan back in the spring, since then the layout has gradually come to the fruition, and now, with the discussions I have had with the project director today, that the layout track plan is now finalised and the other parts of the layout not shown. The main part of the layout is going to be electrified with the reverse head shunt to be electrified up to the bridge entrance to the second shed area.
     
    The mainstay class of the depot will be DB's various liveried Class 90s. There will also be a presence of 92s, 86s, the occasional 66 (as one cant get away from them and an 08 shunter in DB Cargo red.
     
    Picture One attached, shows roughly where the catenary masts will probably go on the main side of the layout.
     
    Picture Two shows the proposed town scene area which will be built on top of the fiddle yard, which would lift off.
     
    Picture Three shows the three tracks into the main shed plus the two nearby sidings, all five are to be electrified
     
    Picture Four shows where the raised town scene will be - the video boxes represent the retained walls which will feature arched office and stores space for the second shed area
  2. Johnson Street IEMD
    In the words of the great Richard Wilson
     
     
    I doooooo not beeeeliieeeeeeeeevvveee it...
     
     
     
    For the last few months, I have been trying to explore ways to have my third Bachmann Class 90 re-liveried into my favourite class member, 90024 in its current colours of Malcolm Rail, (for those of you who dont know) the rail Division of Malcolm Logistics, who operate daily freight routes from Mossend to Daventry on the West Coast Mainline - (and a train which runs past my place every day - for anyone who loves the railways as well as models them, one may consider themselves quite fortunate.) Anyway, I had managed to find a way of getting the very colourful side section done in a vinyl form and the result of this vinyl has made its way onto Ebay to which I have acquired one of these, could this be the answer to my problems? possibly... but before I get to explore this any further what should happen... Hornby's 2020 range happens ... and this comes along...
     
    https://www.hattons.co.uk/stockdetail.aspx?SID=513762...
     
    Quite unbelievable (not in a bad way as such - having just seen the Collectors Club Bachmann 90 that has been released in the last week or so) that this should happen, having got rid of my half dozen or so Hornby DB/EWS 90's, most of which had been retro DCC'd, several of which were professionally re-liveried, and would have looked really good with Hornby's latest offering in DB Cargo form, do i regret changing from Hornby to Bachmann? no... of course not, its just a shame that the Hornby 90 hasn't moved with the times in the same way that, for example, the 87 has, a good effort by Hornby, and also the Class 60, which Hornby has done a pretty good job with.
     
    From initial glances, reasonable effort Hornby, I'm looking forward to seeing this in the flesh. albeit, its not perfect, the real example has the red stripe running down the side from the front sides to the back sides and I dare say that there may be other cosmetic imperfections, hopefully, Bachmann can follow suit and soon with a sharper version with the correct detailing etc.
     
    Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD


  3. Johnson Street IEMD
    16th September 2020
     
    Its been quite a busy time for those paying attention to the world of the Class 90, Freightliner have not that long ago acquired Greater Anglia's 90s with them going to EMUs, they have also been in the process of reliverying several of these into G&A Orange and black and even more recently than that, they have started putting some of them into service, even those which were are still in ex-GA are now working on FL workings, which tehnically means Freightliner have FIVE different livieries all on the go at any one time, Grey, Green, Powerhaul, G&W and ex-GA.
     
    Over in the DB camp, there has been the sad news that Grand Central are no longer taking trains, (more precisely 90s, dvts and five carriages) to Blackpool North from London Euston, so 90s 026, 029 and 020 should be back at Crewe IEMD in their stunning Black and orange liveries also, their future unknown, over at the paintshop, 90037 has been liveried into DB red with a striking and rather unique gliding livery and named at Knottingley depot yesterday, in addition to this, Malcolm Rail 90024 has been back on test, with classmate 90034 down to Stafford, and back to Crewe. I cant believe I missed this, not only because I knew that it was due back through - as it has been recently reinstated having been out of the active DB90 pool for over a year and had been having an exam at Crewe IEMD, before going out on test, but also because it was paired for the test run with 90034, one of my four or five favourite DB 90s, an unusual pairing as the first time they have been together in these liveries, Malcolm and DB Blue, a DB90 pairing that doesnt feature an EWS or DB 90, and also two of my soon to be four Bachmann DB 90s - who said train spotting was fun !!!
     
    90034 is the father figure of the DB pool, it literally does everything there is to be done,
     
    go and do work for GA on GEML, done
    go and work for East Coast for ECML, done
    go back to GEML and sit around at Ilford for a year, done
    go and retrieve a broken down 66, done
    go and do 4m25, for Malcolm, done
    go out on test with team mate Malcolm , done,
     
    Disappointing is that I was on annual leave and would have gone to Yorkshire or even Stafford station to see either happen, but ended up missing out on both, despite being on a daily 90 bulletin group and signed up to wnxx.com.
     
    Still, there usually is a flipside, DB 90 number four, could now take a further twist, in a positive light, 90018 was the loco I was going to go with, having originally planned a ficticious take on 90030 in ex-EWS DB

  4. Johnson Street IEMD
    19th March - Multimodal arrives
     
    Christmas 2020 for Johnson Street was one which would see the arrival of two more DB Cargo Class 90s. They would both be red and would hopefully add to the variety of DB liveries that will litter Johnson Street.
     
    It was always envisaged that their arrival would be in the early part of 2021, this further delayed by a few decalling issues, availability and then the emergence of the Glider decals for 90037, which ironically was the one loco I didnt want DB to relivery.
     
    90037 was, after all, branded DB to start with and although an unusual livery on the 90, alot more common in 66 form, the removal of EWS branding and opposite cabside logos and nose logos makes for a subtle cosmetic change to the EWS form. This is also seen on the Class 60, 60 065, Spirit of Jaguar which is regularly used as a shunting loco primarily at Toton but is also used on training runs. 
     
    Soooo having reliveried my favourite DB90 after Malcolm and DB Blue, I was seriously tempted to postpone Multimodal's arrival in place for Christine. As fate would have it, complications with the glider decals meant that it was going to have to be tackled at a later stage. These were originally created by rainbow railways and printed onto the loco Bodyshell - it may be that I opt to source one of their own Christine examples as per their earlier creation, the Malcolm Rail 90, 90024.
     
    With 90019 and 90036 being the two arrivals a last bit of snagging was undertaken and with Jack eager to return to the Midlands, it was Multimodal who followed up light engine.
     
    Thank you to Ben at Bensresprays @cambo74 for his patience on this project. 
     




  5. Johnson Street IEMD
    Saturday 1st May 2021
     
    Having thought my 90 pool was going to remain at six for the foreseeable future, I underestimated one key consideration, "desire"... :-)
     
    Having seen a couple of 90s which had wetted my taste buds, a Grand  Central liveried one and also a Scotrail liveried one, this was the inevitable sign of things to come.
     
    The latter of these two really interests me as Johnson Street IEMD is going to become a centre of excellence for the maintenance of not just the Class 90s but there will be 92s, 86s, and others too.
     
    There will also be long term maintenance works going in with some locos, 90s in particular being readied for service. One of my current fleet of 90s is in that position, 90018 Pride of Bellshill, is in the long term store pool at Crewe. It will take on that role at Johnson Street IEMD too. 
     
    The intention was to also have a loco which was warm stored and the more I thought about it, the more I thought Barbie (First Scotrail Barbie liveried 90, 90021 - the last of the three surviving 90s in this livery) made sense. 
     
    It was maybe fate that the wonderful world of Squirrel Rail was just about to showcase the latest in 90 liveries being, yes, first Scotrail. It probably a little more pristine than what I had in mind for my project - seeing this really got my mind racing and having had some dialogue with the main man, the deal was done, Barbie was coming to Johnson Street IEMD, not the one I had seen but a more tired Barbie.
     
    Well, having been given a headcode and clearance to leave the Squirrel Rail painting facility, Barbie proceeded on 1J90 up the GEML across the London outer connecting lines and up the WCML to Johnson Street IEMD, making good time as she went. She even took time to call in at Topp Trains holding sidings
     
     
    before meeting up near the depot with classmates Malcolm, DB Blue and Jack.
     
    Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD 



  10. Johnson Street IEMD
    23rd September 2021
     
    As the layout continues to move forward, the depot scenes continue to gain a more polished look - although different in their usage and track work access, both the electric shed and the long term maintenance sheds are operated by the same TOC so they will get the same sort of treatment - expect to see a similar look to the electric shed, as seen here, with the yellow hazard markings for the inspection pit edges soon also.
     
    Just beyond the Buffer Stop will be a terminating wire mast taking the catenary wire and also the support wire into some isolators on a mast.


  11. Johnson Street IEMD
    11th September 2021
     
    OLE
     
    Yesterday (writing this, on Sunday) I had a brief visit to see how things are coming along with the layout - getting to see the backscene board nicely in place, looking at where the OLE masts would be placed and what exact form they would take - PIC 4 shows roughly how it might look - having found some brackets a couple of years ago that ''might be'' adapted - siilar in overall resulting appearance to those seen at Chester's Making Tracks layout - but also ones with a variance of appearance, getting to see how Ian's ideas for the space of the fiddle yard would be best used - the thinking is that there may be room for a programming track on the add-on fiddle yard board - more on this to follow - as well as a few snaps from our discussion time - DB Blue and Multimodal had a brief sortie out on the layout as well - mini clips to follow. Unfortuantely, my phone died on this session and i had forgotten to take my charging lead with me :-(
     
    For those who haven't seen this layout before, I am using nBrass portals with scratchbuilt cantilevers - inspired by those from the Chester Cathedral layout - as well as others seen at Crewe IEMD, unfortunately PECO's multi-track portals havent arrived in time. The single masts and terminating gantries will be based on PECOs single track masts - the catenary wire is all PECO.
     
    Fiddle Yard
     
    The track which is the entrance exit for the layout currently splits into three lines and myself and Ian are currently discussing how best to work an additional fiddle yard track which will come out from under the tunnel section, and potentially have two/three tracks, one being for programming and also two for preparing loco arrivals onto Johnson Street IEMD.
     






  12. Johnson Street IEMD
    6th September 2021
     
    Whilst I was chasing Cans and Dysons, my eager beaver @amertonman was pulling my backscene and cracking on at pace to get my layout finished off.
     
    The idea is that a long enough fiddle yard siding will be sufficient to rotate the loco movements to depict their movements in and out of Johnson Street IEMD.
     
    This is all good progress ... i am actually pinching myself :-)
     
    OLE's coming soon .... Wooooooooooooooo !!!!!!
     
    Then my fully functional depot scene becomes an electric depot ... 
     




  13. Johnson Street IEMD
    1st September 2021
     
    September, that spiffingly super month - and the electric depot now has its hardstanding sorted, following on from the work to do a similar thing at the Long Term maintenance shed. Thank you @amertonmanfor the speedy progress - expertly modelled by Multimodal, Armistice and Shed 65.


  14. Johnson Street IEMD
    31st August 2021
     
    The man in charge of bringing Johnson Street IEMD to life is making tracks on the later parts of the project and having undertaken an exercise in testing all of the points and their respective motors - he's now laid the hard standing between the tracks on the Long Term repair shed before undertaking a similar exercise on what will be the electric depot. Voila !!!
     
     

  15. Johnson Street IEMD
    22nd August 2021
     
    Having recently changed to a new project manager who has the time and know how to complete the project. The layout has also been moved nearer to its eventual position and as part of preliminary inspections, the layout wiring has been adjusted and is all now working as it was originally plumbed in - thank you @amertonman.
     
    @amertonman has also been tasked with harnassing the third of my DCC sound chips for a Class 66 to a recent acquisition, Bachmann's most recent DB Cargo Class 66, 66100 Armistice, having already done so with rebranded DBS 66s, creating red 66009 and 66065.
     
    The previously seen Class 60s, DBC 60100 and DBS 60007 and the Class 67, 67028 have been culled to grow my Bachmann DB90 pool, having now got to seven, with four now DCC sound fitted.
     
    The project as it is has the following still to do:
     
    1 Concrete Hardstanding areas completed between the tracks - and outside both the electric shed and long term maintenance shed
    2 Backscene mounted for the full eight foot
    3 lighting inserted into the buildings (main shed, staffroom facilities, regional office and portacabin)
    4 Assembly of the nBrass Multitrack gantries, applicable cantilevers along with the PECO catenary masts and the wires 
    5 Any other remaining things which come to light
     
     
     
     
    This evening Barbie got to see her new home alongside Multimodal and two red sheds, 66065 and 66100
     
     
     
     
     
    Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD
     




  16. Johnson Street IEMD
    7th August 2021 - Malcolm (90024) and Multimodal (90019) at Making Tracks
     
     
    Having first laid eyes on the Chester Cathedral layout on Youtube several months ago, seen below on Hornby Magazine's clip, I just knew i had to see it, not on someone's video as such, but get out there and see it in the flesh, there have been a number of exhibitions where OLE layouts have been present but this was probably the first where i was either (a) able to get involved in or (b) had sufficient enough knowledge to go along and ultimately learn something being at a point, where my own layout would benefit from such input.
     
    The layout visually doesn't disappoint and the team have done incredible work to pull it together with everything that's going on in the world at the moment - the level of detail is brilliant and represents the WCML brilliantly and the good thing about it is that visually it hasnt changed much in nearly sixty years since electrification was completed in the earlier stages therefore this allows for a wide variety of stock and traction to be shown 
     
     
    I just knew it would also be the perfect place to see the Bachmann Class 90 get to stretch its legs, my stable of Bachmann 90s have had to be patient whilst Johnson Street IEMD has been taking shape, most recently seen here:
     
     
    and although one or two have had nice trips out to various locations along the ficticious network such as Stacton Tressell
     
     
    and Rose Heath (which is also in development - the buildings seen on the layout are positioned where things are going but the orientation of the scene will very different once finished - I joke with the owner that it would look lovely covered in knitting - he isnt having it - but it's a great place to run diversionary paths for 4M25/4S47 etc - and will hopefully soon get to see what this looks like in the flesh having seen doubel headed Skodas working to go with my Malcolm rake - again - you have to ''imagine'' the OLE here at Rose Heath - being just like seen at Making Tracks.
     
     
    one had to only imagine what the OLE looked like, here was a location of a hybrid West Coast mainline, the perfect stomping ground for the Skoda
     
     
    Soooo ... Chester Cathedral - yes, there are lots of clips of Chester for you all to see - out there on YouTube - having managed to make it there for a second time without snarly traffic holding us up, it didnt quite according to plan and in the end Jack was the only one to make it out unscathed, due to the CV set up on Bill having been different - having been configured for the small movements at Johnson Street, Jack, seen below going round light engine.
     
     
    Third time lucky at Chester's Making tracks exhibition which is open till 3rd September and well worth seeing if you aren't too far away from Chester, best book in advance to avoid potential embarassment but the people at the Cathedral are a friendly bunch and in a way, it's nice to think i have somehow contributed to a good cause, having been three times. It hasnt been oversubscribed as such so one might get away with popping in on ad-hoc. Is it easy to get to, whats the parking like etc, i hear you asking, i used the park and ride at Boughton Heath, and managed to get there, initially via the A41, and then by the A54 but you can get there on a number of different roads - just google it - you basically park your car and take the bus into Chester city centre - the bus takes you to a bus station which is a short walk away from the Cathedral and only costs a few quid to get there and back on the same ticket and that also includes your parking - brilliant ... that bit couldnt have gone any better ...
     
    First time round I'd been stuck in traffic and just missed them, second time round, was biesieged with CV problems and ''so called poor'' intermodal wagons, third time lucky, and despite a wave of criticism from some quarters, Malcolm and Multimodal got to do a lap with the mixed Malcolm intermodal rake that I have been working on for a few months - and boy, didnt it look great if slightly a bit short - the other wagons and boxes were there but there had been some teething issues with them - Malcolm firstly doing a lap with some Blue Circle cement wagons
     
     
    before we moved on to the Intermodals later in the day - firstly Malcolm
     
     
    and then Multimodal
     
     
    we didnt manage to get as far as double heading but it was great getting to see the 90s in their natural habitat - the only shame being that there were none already present with a number of BR blue Class 86s and 87s on duty ...
     
    well done boys (Malcolm, Jack and Multimodal)... this is what I had waited several months to get to see. We didnt get our luck with the weather this time but having seen the below, my enthusiasm wasnt going to be washed away.
     
    Thank you also to @dmu 156 for giving both myself and my OLE local chief engineer Ian @amertonman to get to see how the knitting was replicated at Chester - several aspects of this are going to be replicated at Johnson Street. 
     
    Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD
     
  17. Johnson Street IEMD
    1st August 2021
     
    Having recently attended the Making Tracks event at Chester Cathedral a few weeks ago and firstly got stuck in traffic, secondly, got stuck with my CVs - Bill made a oh so brief but not very impressive appearance - Jack, faired slightly better - see third and fourth clips - and possibly a tiny little boob with the coupling rods on the Bachmann intermodals, a third time lucky mission was sought, and in order to do this, my Skoda CVs needed adjustment and through this process a number of positives have come to light, including getting to see my 90s in double heading manoevres and thus learning that not all the chips are the same or even pair up easily, this leads me to the conclusion that to stick with the majority variety and maybe in time, swap the minority chip for a majority one possibly, but lots of things to do before then.
     
    DB Blue and Malcolm - my favourite pair
     
     
    Multimodal and Malcolm (with DB Blue in the foreground)
     
     
    Jack at Chester Cathedral scenic side
     
     
    Jack at Chester Cathedral fiddle yard side
     
     
     
    So what does this all mean - novice talk !!
     
    Here and now, Bill is carrying the odd DCC-sound chip, that's fine, for the time being, that's how we'll go with it ... it was my thinking that one or two of my 90s may be on individual workings, like charter workings etc etc, that could then work for a 90 like Barbie.
     
     
    In other news
     
    A new occurence has happened as well with my 90s, previously, it was either a buffer or a horn grill coming off, but tonight one of the light covers has come off - oh well, these things happen ...
     
    Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD
  18. Johnson Street IEMD
    7th June 2021
     
    A recent opportunity presented itself to make one of my DB90s sound fitted and knowing that two of them were still analogue. It was a toss up between Barbie and Bellshill to get the nod, well its ladies first and Barbie has gone digital and the sound has gone to Multimodal which I expect to be the busier of the two.
     
    A quick clip of this is below:
     
     
  19. Johnson Street IEMD

    Multimodal, Malcolm and Bill do Rose Heath

    By Johnson Street IEMD,


    Johnson Street IEMD - Locos out on duty
    26th May 2021
     
    With the ready supply of DB Cargo Class 90s out of Crewe IEMD due to Grand Central's demise, DB have opted to increase the number of different services 90s are hauling, starting with a trial on 4X40 Shell /BP tanker service from Warrington  bank Quay to Wembley sidings, seen passing Rose Heath to the south. Meanwhile Malcolm rail 90024 out on test but failed just south of Rose Heath station.
     
    Note:
     
    In the real world, there is a place near Lockerbie where Malcolm Logistics DB66/DB90 services pass each other. A couple of months ago when there were six Skodas at Mossend, those being Multimodal (90019), Bumblebee3 (90020), Bumblebee2 (90029), Jack (90036), Christine (90037) and Backbone (90039), there was a 90 on both 4M30 (Southbound Early) and 4M25 (Southbound Late) services from Mossend (Grangemouth) to Daventry and they actually passed each other in the early hours of the second day - the northbound 90 then was on 4S49 as the later southbound 4M25 was not that long into the journey to Daventry. I am not aware this has ever been caught on camera. I use Rose Heath as the fictitious place where this occurs.
     
    For those who aren't aware, it's common place for Class 66s to be used to cover 90s on 4M25 and they mainly do 4M30 - hopefully DB will get the 90s to a place where they are operational on both services as was the case a few months ago.
     
     
  20. Johnson Street IEMD
    Layout Update
     
    On a day when three DB Cargo Class 90s went to Warrington to recover a Class 325, three DB Class 90s also made a short trip down the line to Johnson Street IEMD. Multimodal, Malcolm and DB Blue all got chance to see their forthcoming new home and I got to see how much progress has been made and also what's still to do before Johnson Street IEMD is signed for active workings. 
     
    Palisade fencing has gone in around the main electric shed including a gate out to the northern side of the facility. The arm-co fencing has also been put in to place alongside the head-shunt track as far as into the Long Term maintenance shed to the right hand side of the depot. The small McDonald's restaurant has been installed and an access road has gone in for the Parcels depot to the right of it including a gated access area.
     








  21. Johnson Street IEMD
    10th May 2021
     
    Soooooo good news, a little more headway on the layout the access to the yard is nearly sorted, the fencing alongside the diesel depot. 
     
    The ground outside the postal depot lorry access area now has a hard standing.
     
    The long term store siding is a bit more greener.
     
    Pictures of progress made



  22. Johnson Street IEMD
    What a great prize !!!
     
    Imagine Backbone@JohnsonstreetIEMD !!!
     
    He would fit nicely in with the "Team Red Skodas" at Johnson Street IEMD !!!
     
    Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD 
     
     
    Johnson Street IEMD on Youtube
    Johnson Street IEMD on Instagram
     
     
     
    DB Cargo UK (@DBCargoUK) Tweeted:
    We’re giving away a Class 90 model to celebrate the findings of a report commissioned by the Rail Delivery Group which highlights the value of rail freight.
    Make sure you’re following us then like and share this post to enter! T&Cs: https://t.co/1ICsqmt9ee
    #BackboneOfTheEconomy https://t.co/3rE6J8VlDR https://twitter.com/DBCargoUK/status/1387364769695469571?s=20'
     
     
     
     




  23. Johnson Street IEMD
    Like it or not ?
     
    DB Cargo's latest Class 90 relivery comes in the form of an unusual black livery with the "backbone of the economy branding" on the side and a promotional video to follow with it.
     
    As an active follower of the DB90, I was surprised when I first saw this some weeks ago, initially thinking it was all about peculiar. It turns out DB in Germany did the same with another electric loco, I'm guessing electric hauled freight plays a much greater part as opposed to in the UK. It also seems to be a strange choice for a 90, given that DBs 90s aren't exactly busy at the moment ...  
     
     
  24. Johnson Street IEMD
    Sunday 21st February 2021
     
    Rewritten (27th)
     
    Having recently added Pride of Bellshill or as I now fondly refer to him "Bellshill" (DB Schenker liveried 90018) back in October, I thought it extremely unlikely that I would be looking at two skodas poking their heads out of my stocking on Christmas day but tis the season of magical things, isnt it ? Like it snowing, the lovely food we all get to eat, seeing friends and family, we should all enjoy this soooo much more next time round in 2021 (hopefully she says)
     
    Sooo with Bellshill (018) having recently joined Bill (028), DB Blue (034) and Malcolm (024) in what was a colourful scene for Johnson Street, the need for a bit of a reality check in the livery colours seen "on shed" . This is a modern DB yard - so red is the prominent colour- with this on mind - it makes sense that the next two 90s reflected this ... in the form of Multimodal (019) and Jack (036).
     
    So why Multimodal and Jack you could ask ?
     
    Multimodal was the first of the new look DB90s - i had actually tried to get to see its naming ceremony at the NEC in Birmingham, yes that's right, DB Cargo took it by truck and lowered it onto tracks inside a hall there for its naming at the ''Multimodal '' logistics event in 2017" - see pictures below - these are not mine..
     
    Unfortunately, i had just missed it, but made up for this at York's National Railway museum (NRM for short) to see 028 get named into "Sir William McAlpine" - there are some clips of this on my youtube and instagram channels.
     
    Getting back on topic - 90019 - I  had originally had this in DB Cargo livery in the days of Hornby's 90 being the only modelled form -  having had it rebranded from what was already a very fancy looking Hornby Class 90 with a partial CJM nose which itself was liveried into DB Schenker - CJM is a kit you can get which updated the look of the Hornby 90 into a more accurate depiction. It looked more more realistic but that's alot of remodeling to do if you have half a dozen 90s - this is one of the reasons I opted for the Bachmann class 90.
     
    Driver Jack Mills (90036) or as i call him "Jack" was actually the first Class 90 to be liveried into DB Schenker red back in 2015 I think it was - and was named at Crewe station - the naming ceremony is on YouTube by youtuber railuk. It was also the first commission I had done back when I got back into modelling, I still have a little clip of this somewhere. 
     
    As soon as I caught the sweet scent that Bachmann were doing the 90, i culled all of my Hornby 90s, knowing I may have less examples but equally more higher quality, detailing, new age tech (dcc lighting, sound etc) but ultimately consistency in appearance.
     
    Sooo Multimodal and Jack it was ... (see pics below - there will be a more closer look at them following)...  two more red Skodas, which is more than fine, the majority of the active pool are red, so to have a mostly red pool is reflective of what one might see at Crewe Electric Depot on any given day.
     
    It is my intention that when the time comes for the next 90 (90s) that I look to add one or more of the more unusual liveries to the pool, yes, there are still a few other red DB 90s but they can wait - with these two arrivals,  the DB red 90s are fully depicted
     
    DB Schenker - 018
    DB minus Schenker - 036 & 040
    DB Cargo - 019, 028 & 035
    DB Glider - 037
     
    with only the Glider livery outstanding, the next one to arrive will almost certainly be:
     
    EWS First Scotrail (021)
    ex-Grand Central (020, 026 and 029)
    DB Glider (037),
    DB Backbone (039)
     
    There are also the long term store varieties of EWS not seen on the network for a long time now, they are:
     
    017, 023, 030, 031, 032 and erm 033?
     
    and the 90s which weren't EWS'd which are still in pre privatisation sectorisation Railfreight Distribution variants (or RfD for short), their numbers are:
     
    022, 025, 027, 038
     
    .......
     
    Note, the reliverying expert Ben from Bensresprays - has undertaken this commission and he has said these are very much first drafts and there are a few snagging issues which he will sort before these are finished but they are about 90-95% right in my opinion - there will be some updated pictures of these posted in the coming days.
     



  25. Johnson Street IEMD
    8th February 2020
     
    Today saw the second Bachmann 90 (90034) sound fitted and also the first run out of DB 90 number three, 90024 on a flying lap of the Topp Trains test track, trust my phone to die in the recording of this
     
     
     
    it's going to be sooooo much better with DCC sound, which it will have in about two or three weeks time. 90034 had been having some teething issues a few times back whilst on a run out at Rose Heath but I understand these to have been cured and with her now sound fitted also, my man in the know is going to help me to configure a consist set up for operations out of Johnson Street, DB 90's will still work in singular form also, on ECML, GEML and GWML supporting works and will be back and forth from Johnson Street.
     
    In addition to the 90s, there will also be operations of 60s, 66s and 67s.
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