Danemouth

With @New Haven Neil and others mentioning collecting up the Autumn leaves reminds me of walking the dog each morning. Our road has several trees and at this time of year they shed crabapples all over the pavement that I end up contacting the Council as they are a real safety hazard. In all honesty the Council do respond very quickly and sweep them up.

However this year there have been very few crabapples and even these are very small - I wonder why?

Dave

It's a GWR Siphon. Have a look here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_Siphon

Incidentally Accurascale have recently introduced a superb 00 model of it in various liveries seen here on Danemouth

Dave

Talking of ties I worked on an office for all 48 years of my working life and wore a suit and tie every day.  I liked to look smart and as a manager for much of that time it was expected of me. When I retired 11 years ago I thought no more ties - looked in my wardrobe at the over 30 ties - that got thinned down to half a dozen and other than the funerals black tie I can count on one hand the number of times I have worn a tie since retirement 😀

Dave

2 hours ago, Hroth said:

 

Going t'other way, Pepper Pig got criticised* in Australia for an episode with a friendly spider....

 

One of the things that you don't see in Modern Britain are the Tom and Jerry cartoons. Admittedly the violence (frying pans to the head, etc), racist themes and so on would be difficult to get past the schedulers, even with "trigger" warnings. But Bugs Bunny, Wyle E Coyote and Roadrunner and other former staples are conspicuous by their absence too. 

 

There have been toned down "lite" versions produced in recent years, but the animation styles and stories are cr@p.

 

It'd be nice to see the originals as late night specials on BBC Four...

 

* The episode was probably dropped...

 

 

You didn't mention my favourite - Popeye 😁

Dave

Am I the only person who as a youngster found Monty Python unfunny, an opinion that hasn't changed over the years!

Dave

1 hour ago, Tim Hall said:

Destination Gabalfa...

In  my case Number 46 from Rumney to West Grove  - Fitzalan Technical High School was in Howard Gardens. The year I entered form 5 it moved to Leckwith.

Dave

My parents first car, a 1959 Standard10 saloon had the heater as an optional extra. When they purchased it in 1963 it had no heater but after the first winter one was fitted - luckily my mother ran the accounts office of the main dealer so had staff discount!

Dave

1 minute ago, Tim Hall said:

Thus.

Due to a misunderstanding, this 3ft gauge Isle of Man loco is being delivered to a standard gauge shed.

Like the orange liveried Cardiff double decker 😁

Trouble is I remember the earlier liveries that I travelled to school on!

Dave

Like many on RMWeb I've bought rolling stock that is now surplus to requirements, as it happens I have nine coaches in this category. At one time I was going to run Danemouth as two separate periods, early crest and late crest. I also envisaged trains longer than the two coaches & NPCS that I now run.

So today I thought I would give a couple of Carmine and Cream coaches a run. Lets assume that it's a busy bank holiday and all sorts of coaches have been dragged out from the back of carriage sidings 😁

Here they are behind pannier 9479

Run round & depart

Here's the other side of them

Incidentally Danemouth has not one but two busses on the bridge

and here's a Hymek with a couple of coaches detached from an express at the junction

Cheers,

Dave

4 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

Would the "tiny overweight model of the Supreme Leader" be a Fat Director?

 

Fat Controller surely?

Dave

Well my layout Danemouth is a fictional seaside town in the Agatha Christie novel Body in the Library with a rather nice TV adaption starring Joan Hickson.

I was looking for a suitable south coast name for a layout when I saw the programme - as they say the rest is history.

It was only years afterwards that I discovered that Agatha Christie had based it on Bournemouth which was not a GWR station 😁

Dave

Little Johnny and Fred saw 11 of Danemouth's 21 locos on their holiday. This is because Danemouth operates under:

Rule 1 (Modified)

This rule states that any rolling stiock that appeared on BR(W) between 1956 and 1964 can appear at Danemouth whether or not appropriate.

Incidentally the Dukedog hadn't been run for some time and was a little reluctant - it has since spent an hour on the rolling road 😁

Dave

Well Little Johnny and Fred holiday is now over and it's time to go home, by train naturally. They have persuaded their parents to come to the station a little early to see the goods train that runs immediately before their train. They have a surprise, Dukedog 9022 with a couple of PMVs which it will exchange for the Siphon in the loading bay.

9022 runs over the run around crossover and picks up the Siphon and returns to its train

Having drawn out from the station it pushes the PMVs into the loading siding

Meanwhile their train arrives pulled by Class 22 6326 - two corridor coaches that will be added to the London express at the junction.

The Dukedog departs and 6326 runs around its train

Their holiday is over as the train departs

However they may well return to Danemouth, their parents liked the place and Dad who works for a bank is thinking of asking for a transfer to the Danemouth branch.

Dave

My family history goes back further. My paternal grandmother was born in 1887 but her father was born in 1825 which makes him 62 when she was born. She was from his second marriage and he went on to a third marriage after that dying on Christmas Eve 1915,

Dave

Well Little Johnny, his brother Fred together with their Dad have returned to Danemouth Station to watch trains - it's more interesting than building sandcastles and paddling 😁

First to arrive is Collet 2259 with non corridor carriages

It runs around the train and couples up having visited the turntable

Oh look Dad here's a Class 121 DMU arriving

and 2259 departs

Mogul 7310 arrives with a coach and Siphon, the latter will be exchanged with a GUV in the loading siding

The 121 departs whilst 7310 goes off to the turntable

7310 picks up the GUV and returns to the train to pick up the Siphon

Just as 6412 arrives with an autocoach

and 7310 departs

D823 Hermes arrives with a couple of coaches detached from an express

Runs around its train whilst 6412 departs

Rapidly followed by D823

It's almost time for the boys to have their tea but look W23W is arriving and then departing

and peace returns to Danemouth

Cheers,

Dave

Little Johnny and his brother Fred are having a fortnights holiday in Danemouth with their parents and have persuaded their Dad to taking them trainspotting one afternoon - Mummy is glad of the break 😁

The first train arriving is 6412 with an autocoach

Then the pickup goods with 1504 arrives with a few vans

The Toad is detached from the rear and placed in the runaround loop

The three vans currently in the Goods shed are pulled back into the headshunt and then pushed to the brake van

Meanwhile the Autocoach leaves

1504 gets the incoming vans and shunts them into the goods shed

Just then Little Johnny get excited as a Class 117 DMU arrives

and 1504 departs with the pickup goods

Further excitement - 3711 arrives with a couple of non corridor coaches

runs around it's train

The 117 departs

Followed by 3711 and its train

With the station quiet once more Dad takes the boys home to tea but promises them a mornong train spotting later in the week

Dave

And now something to brighten @Happy Hippos day Danemouth now has another Pannier, a 15xx bringing the toal number to six

After all you can't have too many of them.

Cheers,

Dave

Bought the Late Crest version with sound - superb slow running. Here it is shunting the Toad

More images here

Dave

The addition of the Manor and 15xx serves to highlight a problem I have mentioned before - the lack of standardisation with the sound function. To get around this I have an A3+ sized table which is in the fiddleyard. This is the latest version:

Danemouth Loco Roster.pdf

I notice I tend not to bother with some function e.g. Safety valve, shovelling coal etc.

I also find that after about 30 minutes I tend to turn the sound off, especially when wearing my new hearing aids!

The thing I do like is the inertia in the sound locos, it makes driving the more like the real thing.

Dave

Well the 15xx brings the number of Panniers on Danemouth up to six - you can't have too many Panniers 😁

Dave

Danemouth has another new loco a Rapido 15xx - the black late crest sound version 1504. I've given it an hour on the rolling road and I must say the slow running is absolutely superb

and here it shunts a Rapido Toad

Cheers,

Dave

You certainly had an interesting time 😟 The accident with the loco is something we all dread and i will admit to having a near escape on a couple of occasions.

Still it was a valuable learning experience - don't let it put you off exhibiting.

Dave

Oh look 7812 Earlstoke Manor has appeared at Danemouth with a Siphon in tow

More pictures here

Dave