Johnson Street IEMD

Them cats ... lol ... I am planning to get some clear perspex panels to cover the front of the layout - and am pondering a lid of sorts - as Rox is just too curious. Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

Have you thought about electrifying the shed part ? (by extending the gantries to the left and slightly raising the height of the space above the locos to accomodate OLE ? Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

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.

Hello there, Slightly off topic, but i saw the Hornby channel video about this on YouTube and thought wow !!! I too, am in the process of having a layout built in OO gauge which depicts an electric depot inspired by Crewe IEMD called Johnson Street IEMD. I am using PECO (single track masts where applicable) and nBrass Multi-track spans and scratch built cantilevers - the catenary masts pictured were just for show at the time of photographing and won't be part of the finished build. I have also been assembling a nicely modern era-11 DB Cargo fleet including the Malcolm Class 90 (90024) and wondered if there might be some way Malcolm could get to stretch his legs here at Chester, given DB run daily Malcolm rail services on the WCML and it's quite a sight with a rake of blue boxes - I did wonder having seen the stock you had in the video whether it was just going to be a BR blue era thing but you could always do different era running sessions during the time there possibly - it would be great for those who come along especially the younger generation with the exhibition being there for some time. Maybe Hornby could provide you with a full length Pendelino as well, how good would that be? Kind regards Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

Recent DB90 action on 4M25 and 4S47 from different parts of Stafford 4M25 - DB90's - Backbone leading Malcolm through a very wet Stafford 2hrs and 8 minutes late today - 21st May 2021 4S47 - DB90s - Malcolm and Backbone on time - caught in the strong May evening sun - 90024 & 90039 - 17th May 2021 4M25 - DB90's - Backbone and Malcolm do the Queensville curve 4 mins early - 90039 & 90024 - teamred - 14th May 2021 4S47 - DB90's - Malcolm and Backbone moving at speed away from Stafford heading towards Heamies farm - 14th May 2021 4S47 - Malcolm and Bumblebee1 approaching Heamies farm bang on time at speed - 90024 & 90026 - 12th May 2021 Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

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.

Thank you .. is it okay if I refer this method on to my OLE builder ? @97406 He's on here but I dont think he is a regular under the tag amertonman ...

Was it relatively easy to make those triangular cantilevers? As I'm planning to use that style on my layout ? :-)

Yes, they were taken on a Samsung Galaxy S8 :-)

Freightliner Class 90 workings Monday and Tuesday through Stafford Monday evening Tuesday morning Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

DB liveried Class 90 pair of 90024 in Malcolm Rail and 90026 in ex-Grand Central heading south and north through Stafford on Monday Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

Thats 90035 ... or as I call him CB Hall ... at Rectory Lane Junction, on MML testing, but expected back at Crewe IEMD soon.

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

Ahh, so peeps can see my blogs after all ;-)

I think @cambo74 and Rainbow Railways are also contributing to global Bachmann Class 90 sales lol ... Plus 92 pages of updates would say otherwise :-)

It's a shame the summer Bachmann product launch didn't see 90 number four, isn't it ? Not, that I am complaining too much, and yes, there are ways round this, but maybe Bachmann are going to show us a new 90 nearer to Christmas, good job in my case lol :-) Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

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'

What a great prize !!! @MRDBLUE17 Backbone ... Could join up with recent arrival at Johnson Street Barbie and the other Team Red Skodas at Johnson Street IEMD. 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' Kat :-)

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

Well, maybe start with the first three mainlines to be electrified, the WCML, the GEML and ECML, cover those structures and then a more modern style covering MML and GWML so its alot more straight forward than the above. Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

Not exactly my bag, but another new electric loco to the marketplace is good, following on from Bachmann's 90, Heljan's 86, Accurascales 92 and Hornby's 87 and one which I will follow, I can see why folk would think the 88 would appear before the 93, surely, DRS are bigger players in the railfreight marketplace also, than ROG ? With this development, logically, someone is going to come to the table and offer an appropriate catenary package to look after the delivery of fictitious electric supply to the now considerable list of electric locos and EMUs ? (as in more than just single masts, multi-track spans for different settings and also networks i.e. WCML, ECML, MML, GWML etc., also, terminating wire masts or ready to use solutions for the above) The devil is in the detail, masts but no cantilevers isn't great. Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

Awww thats nice @Sir TophamHatt- this is totally my thing, but i am a bit wrapped up with my Bachmann 90's amongst other things so my Accurascales 92 (probably EWS Beasties first, not sure which liveries after that lol) will have to wait - but keep up the good work and I like many others look forward to what you guys deliver with the completed 92s, which so far are looking and sounding mighty impressive @Accurascale Fran Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD

Oh okay, that would have been cool, kinda making up for the panto which isnt digitally controllable lol, maybe next time Heljan.

Can those numbers at the front of the new 86 be adjusted to show a headcode for example? like 4M25

Hey, Reading's is under the knitting now, so, its just a matter of time, really, isnt it ?