Cowley 47521

2 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

I mean that’s not good information for me by the time I’ve sat down and read it. I’m not relocating no matter what the rules say…

4 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

Scarborough 1986 

 

 

Well that’s just blue and grey heaven right there. 
What a great photo.

On 19/08/2022 at 23:25, bootneckbob said:

Remember how on page 2 I said I thought my trackplan was as good as it could be after so many years of planning? Well last night sat looking at the fiddle yard trying to work out where I could stow 3 inter city MK3 sleepers (if I buy them) I had a bit of an epiphany. 

Anyway, little bit of trackwork carried out tonight, no additional track or points needed. 

I've included a pic I've done on Anyrail. Anything not labeled (grey) is sidings which converge back to the mainlines on the otherside (out of the picture).

 

So this change means The 3 car DMU (Exeter to Barnstaple) goes under Cowley Bridge and off the scenic section then can pull into the red siding (Barnstaple) and wait to return, or park up off the head shunt. It also means the track cleaning wagons (x2) I had in the other siding are now just off the main line with only one set of points to reverse over before they can begin the track cleaning. This is much better than reversing them over multiple points. It also means that I can have another loco siting in that siding waiting to take a turn on any incoming passenger trains; or freight. I have another siding on the other side for the same reason.

 

Oh, and the sleepers; there's loads of room in the top fiddle yard if they don't go in this siding. There's no need for the DMU to park up so the sleepers can stay there ready to be brought out for the sleeper service. 

  

A minor but very useful change Bob.

14 minutes ago, CameronL said:

Do Stealers Wheel fans spend eternity stuck in the middle?

Yes I think so. Plus Beatles fans are always walking along the long and winding road where they’ll quite often pass Talking Heads fans on the road to nowhere…

Oh and this:

This made me smile.

That’s a great texture Duncan. It’s got a proper splodgey (if that’s a word) cement appearance which you wouldn’t get from spraying it.

Another great train for the layout.

3 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:

.... which makes me wonder whether the 1987 date is right ? ( The four coaches behind "Renown" in my 1986 picture were Mk2s.)

One thing that made me think it was later than say the early 1980s was the orange cant rail stripe. I’m not sure when they received them though?

1 minute ago, melmerby said:

We've already got one, unless 4003 has been quietly dismantled to produce a 850 saddle tank or a Buffalo pannier or...........maybe even a Kruger🤨

This is getting madder by the day. We’ve gone full scale Lego Swindon products now.

4 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

CE Inspection Unit , the 'STOURTON SALOON' at LIttlebury 1986 by Bill Atkinson

 

It always surprised me that it was allowed out with such a small yellow warning panel.

On 13/08/2022 at 15:04, kevinlms said:

This apparently appeared today in the Mackay and Whitsunday life Independent Newspaper. 12th August 2022

 

 

A friend of mine - who’s relationship wasn’t going too well, came home a few years ago to find the house empty but his metal bin smouldering away in the back garden. When he got the lid off and looked inside all he could see was a load of paperwork, ash and embers glowing inside.

This turned out to be all of his locomotive spotting and haulage records from the 1980s and early 1990s…

47 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

Bland boring banger blue. 
 

It’s the mundane day to day stuff that you miss once it’s gone…

4 hours ago, DavidB-AU said:

 

It's dated 1987. Given this only has 2 coaches it suggests a DMU replacement.

Yep fair comment. When I first looked at it I thought the rest of the train was out of view due to it crossing from the down line.

1 hour ago, brushman47544 said:

The 62 headcode suggests the loco may have been nicked off a Waterloo-Exeter working, which were booked Class 50s by then.

Yes and it’s got me wondering what headcode was generally shown on local services now. Maybe it was just the twin white rectangles normally?

I used to try and do the 17:25 Exeter to Paignton every evening after school as it was a solid 33 turn and it was a good way of ticking them off.

That’s a ridiculous amount of money for the condition of the property.

I’m only slightly tempted…

On 09/08/2022 at 21:03, Ramblin Rich said:

150 219 forming 2F33 1947 Paignton to Exmouth. Pictures at Powderham cycle path bridge.

Moon in the distance over the Exe estuary

 

Heading into the sunset

Wow. Both are good but that bottom one is fantastic Rich.

Is there a ballpark figure on what 7027 is costing the 4709 Group available anywhere?

31 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

Blaenau Ffestiniog 5th May 2001 by Minffordd Ken

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Poop poop, oh dear little train, you seem to have attempted to join ‘The Big Railway’…”

16 minutes ago, bootneckbob said:

Same scene that gets used alot, but then it is the scenic section! 

 

Nothing wrong with that. I’ve named myself after it. 😉

3 hours ago, martin_wynne said:

 

It looks like at least one driver was so distracted by trying to read all the signs that they’ve ended up crashing into a bollard.

1 hour ago, bootneckbob said:

Such a shame that whatever was done with this forum seems to have lost all the previous pictures; before May this year anyway.

 

Slow progress on the layout. I've been doing the platform sidewalls. P6, 5 and half of 4 done now. I say done, they have the brick on which was already partially weathered. I want to add trunking and other detail to them too but for now I need to just make some progress. Got a week off now so between the layout and the house I should get some work done.
I need to build some more trunking so I can ballast the remaining area to the north of Red Cow crossing. I'd like to get that done this week. After watching a DVD I bought of traction around Exeter St Davids 87-89, I've re jigged some of the more formal livery sets to replicate what was actually running. Here's one shot from a HST on its way to St Davids just past Cowley Bridge.

Some really familiar scenes coming together now Bob. Exeter PSB and the little hut by Cowley Bridge Junction are unmistakable.

1 hour ago, AndrueC said:

As a follow-on from that: What are we trying to achieve here? Are we trying to showcase our hobby? Because if that's the intention then I have a story to tell. I posted a picture to my work chat channel recently. Just as a talking point. The picture got a good response and there's even a (somewhat remote) possibility of one of my colleagues extending their repetoire from D&D modelling to railway modelling. They thought it was good. I've had similar positive feedback from golfing buddies.

 

The picture? Well obviously I can't show it here because it clearly violates the rules. It shows a class 43 running alongside my Queen Elizabeth (and to be honest I don't think the scenery is up to scratch).

 

Are we trying to show 'the rest of the world' what we are doing or we just trying to show each other how clever we are?

I’ve always taken it to be a case of trying to capture something that looks as realistic as possible. So for me I’ll take a photo, look at it and see what stands out as giving it away as a model and then maybe have another go until I’m happy enough to share it on here.

I’ve posted photos of my layout on here with no railway bits in shot before but only if I think it captures something interesting. But also if people want to show off how clever they are then that’s fine by me because they are clever and there’s nothing wrong with showing it off really. Otherwise we might never see it.

I find a lot of the photos on here inspiring and they’ve given me ideas that I hadn’t thought of before. If you haven’t got the time to read every layout blog on rmweb then it’s a good way to get an overview of some of the really good stuff…

5 hours ago, DavidB-AU said:

 

This is probably a DMU replacement.

 

Class 33 at Paignton

It’s a shame there’s no date on it. 33s did work Exeter to Paignton services up to 1988 which fits in with the signal box being in operation.

13 hours ago, LNERGE said:

33202 again.. getting ready to leave for the K&ESR 

 

What’s the 47 in the slightly strange livery?

12 hours ago, Steven B said:

Loco hauled DMU replacement trains can be very modelable:

1990-09-03 20058, 20087 Derby  (Matlock branch DMU replacement) by John Carter, on Flickr

 

1990-03-29 47528  Hexham by John Carter, on Flickr

 

50008 - Barnstaple - 26/9/90 by A Neds Perspective, on Flickr

 

 

 

 

Steven B.

Oh. It’s cold shower for me time…

I had 20058 and 20087 out to Skegness in 1991 and I’ve got a version of the train behind 50008 on my layout. Wonderful stuff thanks for posting it!