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    Grantham - the Streamliner years

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    Somewhere down the line a mysterious set of foreign engines have made it to Grantham and our intrepid photographer was on hand to "spot" them for us..

     

    First off Lady Patricia appeared in all her finery..

     

    attachicon.gifWaiting for the off.JPG

     

    then a red streak..

     

    attachicon.gifa red streamliner...JPG

     

    at which point the Grantham Station Master realised that there was something afoot..

     

    Luckily thanks to Tom (2750) Mr Gresley had reinforcements ready..

     

    attachicon.gifGresley on duty (1280x545).jpg

     

    and Mr Ivatt (Courtesy of a certain gr.king of this parish) waded in as well

     

    attachicon.gifIvatt Atlantic awaits its turn.JPG

     

    That loco. is the mutt's nuts!

     

     

    All to no avail however as a train arrived from Gowholes (told you to stop at Sheffield) with a large engine on it..

     

    attachicon.gifGarrat on coal (1280x459).jpg  a nice Ks Garrat 

     

    followed closely by ...

     

    attachicon.gifLanky big boilered 0-8-0 (1280x447).jpg.

     

    If that wasn't enough another Gresley loco appeared .. but what colour is this - its never right! So it was sent to the shed for further investigation.

     

    attachicon.gifColombo on shed.jpg

     

    And finally ... Mr Worsdell (of all people) turned up to see what this "Grantham" was like..

     

    attachicon.gifIMG_2Worsdell on tour...091 (1280x521).jpg

     

     

    A little record of a great day at "Grantham"  and I have to thank Robert, Mrs Robert and the other attendees for a very enjoyable trip out..

     

    now time to fix my Garrat...

    Bacup - Mills in the hills

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    And now for something completely different (again). For far too long, the majority of buildings have been devoid of items that are all too important in an area that gets as much rain as East Lancashire does; gutters and downpipes. One of the reasons for this is the scale of the task of adding them; fine for a couple of buildings but when you are looking at almost 60 houses that need them as well as mills, etc., it becomes a tad daunting. Now I have to admit that there is no great accuracy to the ones I am adding; one again, with so much to add, I am not about to start filing down brass tubes, adding every bracket, etc., on as life is too short. So instead, I've been looking at methods that look fine from a distance and ok from up close.

     

    Initially, I started to wrap thin strips of sticky label around plastic rodding and attaching it to the buildings with superglue but apart from looking a bit basic, they keep falling off. So, I've gone back to an earlier suggestion of using wire with a protrusion at the back, drilling holes and attaching them that way. For the gutters, I am using Evergreen half-round strips.

     

    I start by wrapping steel wire around a suitably thin screwdriver and then bending the end out at 90 degrees before snipping a couple of coils off, tweaking with the pliers to get them a bit tighter. When fitted to the downpipe and building, they look ok (but not perfect, as mentioned).

     

    GuttersandDownpipes002_zpse925727f.jpg

     

    A bit overscale but not too bad

    GuttersandDownpipes003_zps171d08db.jpg

     

    And when painted, they look acceptable. The stinkpipe, etc., on the left are Langley ones. The residents of this house are lucky enough to have an inside toilet!!!

    GuttersandDownpipes004_zps19afa025.jpg

     

    Cracking stuff, Jason! I know the sun doesn't shine that much in East Lancashire, but when it does......!

    HS2 under review

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

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    If the government did get serious about an electric spine could they force operators to invest in electric traction by applying emissions taxes? That has been very effective in pushing people to more efficient cars, linking VED and company car tax to emissions as well as fuel prices. Or alternatively hammer diesel engines with more stringent emissions regulations on those routes with wires? Don't know if stuff like that would be legal or anything but if the government wants to they do have a lot of tools for coercing the market.

     

    The problem with that is that this government doesn't want to actually govern.

     

    The CLC through Stockport

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    Re post 196:

     

    Michael Delamar

    colour shot of Stockport tiviot dale station building but captioned wrong

     

    The first six shots in this string, 177-01 - 177-06 are of Godley Junction. The next group, before you get to Tiviot Dale may be Heaton Mersey? This is another great collection, thanks very much for posting Michael (and Mrs Sutherland).

     

    best wishes,

     

    Alastair M

    Invisible ink again!

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