Porcy Mane

I bet you all had a good "laugh" about that... P

Look to be. Good spot. P

The entire number makes up the "Plant Registry Number" although in the North East it was more commonly known as the "Planned Maintenance Number". Common to all planned maintenance schemes a NCB PM number was issued to every item of NCB plant & apparatus. The PM number had more significance than any previous registration, serial or identity number. As with any PM scheme a schedule of inspection, testing and overhaul was laid down for each individual item of plant so that any developing defect could be identified and actioned, pre-empting any breakdown caused by component failure. The NCB PM scheme generated a colossal amount of paperwork and was the reason for an ongoing dispute between management and unions (Due to additional payments for writing daily reports.) for many years. The Loco (I think) Originally numbered 72. AB 583 0-6-0 DH 400HP 52tons R-R CT8TFL engine delivered new to South Hetton 28/3/1973. Worked at South Hetton, Hordon and Bates Collieries. Lambton Engine works for maintenance. Bates to Horden 31/5/1985. After being cannibalised at South Hetton scrapped at Hawthorn Shaft by MJK Demolition week ending 29th May 1992. (All from Mr Mountford) Same loco can be seen in various states of undress here: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=%22Hawthorn%20Shaft%22 P

As we're now doing shadow selfie's here's two old buffers... The late CJW and I. P

Lovely composition Tim. P

Dunno about that! I may be missing your point? She may be a Jub, but she was certainly black when she passed this motley crew of photographers yesterday. P

Smoke about to get in their eyes. Shap this morning. and nothing to do with this thread but 200 yards further North this thirty foot ISO container lay. Told it had been blown of a northbound train at 3:00 am this morning, skidding across the opposite track and down the embankment with the only casualties being a couple of bushes, about five yards of dry stone wall and some displaced embankment' Luckily no train coming the other way and the overhead wasn't touched. Can't find any mention of it via google. Strange considering this also happened in 2008. http://www.aslef.org.uk/information/100012/100039/106454/winds_blow_containers_from_freight_trains/ P

Nice wagon repair label. P

Fiona would soon have a pinny on him and operating the vacuum cleaner. But there's thousand of other bits of rolling stock and over-scale buffered sidings can benefit from his finery... P

Thanks for the heads up Andy. Looks like Bachmann are getting better at modelling buffers. If only they'd fitted the Grain Oleos to the Presflo... P

Nah... This is grey and grey. https://flic.kr/p/9tWwPF Maybe Hornby should have looked at this pic before embarking on their weathering. R0240 - North Blyth Shed by BarkingBill, on Flickr P

It wasn't. It was Mr Haresnape who in his BR "advisor capacity" suggested the class 31 Golden Ochre livery for that, "it looks like weathering" reasoning. P

B36264 in October 1962. To save anyone looking, it's a Dia. 1/102. Built by R.O.F Woolwich in 1947. 76089 by Gricerman, on Flickr P

Especially with "the" Toy Factory being just out of shot at the top of the embankment. Has anybody ever built a model of Binns Road? Out of Meccano maybe? P

A few different shades of grey in this 1966 phot: Ashington Colliery pit heaps in 1966 by bikerbilly67, on Flickr and here with a few long brake levers. DI_04Hartley Main Bridge, 1964 by ntynesidetrains, on Flickr and here. I don't think I've posted these links before? DI_03 North of the A1058 Coast Road Bridge by ntynesidetrains, on Flickr P

Another New one on me. Plenty of Humbrol Matt 64 used on them methinks. 62054 ex-works, on local freight at Retford by Fotorus, on Flickr P

Well I've seen yours. Here's part of mine. Taken from the winter workbench. There's another four full height cupboards of kits... and then there's the attic! P

That looks like it. A bit of Googling turned up this: 4 by ta||tim, on Flickr

Apologies Arthur, I dropped a b*ll*ck that made my previous post big style misleading. I'd sussed the baled traffic but missed a link out of my post' It should have read: "That Must have been one of the most photographed 16 tonners in the country... http://www.rmweb.co....ndpost&p=771870 and I bet this is a repeat? htps://flic.kr/p/dfy5x3 but what's the load? Empty paint tins for scrap? Porcy"

That Must have been one of the most photographed 16 tonners in the country... http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/36891-16t-minerals/?view=findpost&p=771870 and I bet this is a repeat? but what's the load? Porcy

I'm pretty sure the bridge was still standing in the mid 1990's but the memory banks play tricks. I've a feeling it was demolished at the same time that the A187-A193 link road was put in. Probably about the same time the incinerator was demolished? Still I could be totally wrong. P

"Hijack Apology" Relatively common in the N.E. Here's one behind 63395 just about to cross the Victoria Viaduct: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/69149-Bachmann-announcements-20134/page-28&do=findComment&comment=987925 P

That thick wall was the bridge abutment from where a lot of photos of the shed was taken. Like in this Arthur Ives view from the ARPT. The official 1964 entrance to the shed can be seen extreme left, with the end of the still existing stone wall seen in the Google Street view being centre foreground. The BRSA club was just outside the main entrance on the right. 179. 15F Percy Main MPD 12-04-64 (A Ives) 090 by ntynesidetrains, on Flickr P

Pah! Not the Percy Arms. Last time I saw you in the area you were pedalling one of those push bike thingy's as fast as you could! I'm not surprised considering the reputation of the place. Here is the back view. <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1422977239639!6m8!1m7!1sWYtGYlqrDZs-jYUzqnh1WA!2m2!1d54.997223!2d-1.478041!3f35.16554650251355!4f6.249765777259967!5f1.4077714358247206" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" style="border:0"></iframe> Was once part of the works. Old Maps shows a single track going into the bottom level. Unless that was a building that preceded it? Maybe wagon repair or a choppy store? Don't know when it was sold out of railway use. There might be something in the writings of C R Warn about it. Porcy

Officially referred to as rapping plates. Unofficially, batter plates, clatter plates, bash plates, dash plates and a host of other things I've heard them called. 1' 6" long according to the drawing. Should anybody need some, Dave Bradwells 21 ton Hopper chassis etch provides shed loads of spare rapping plates (Riveted), chassis steps, two types of hopper door handles etc., and the instruction sheet provides loads of information. p