Phil Bullock

Cheers Brian - afraid my welsh doesn't go much past sewin, coch-y-bonddu, diawl bach and haul a gwynt!

Phil

I am glad you spelt those brian....!

OK - IIRC that's a Noahs Ark brake van that worked off Pontypool Rd so this is one of the Eastern Valley collieries

But my brain has gone dead as to which one....

Phil

For some reason they were "Chunkies" to us Worcester boys - I have no idea why!

Phil
 

Sacrilege!

 

Mike.

Oh I don't know - more candidates for 16 tonner mineral loads

Phil

Hi Phil  Thanks for the comment .They were regular visitors on the Padds as you know and I have many a fond memory waiting in anticipation for the arrival and if the right driver was on we would cab and ride whilst shunting the stock away.Great days and I feel an invasion on the way for Shenston road.Thruster finished next may be Rapid in maroon full yellow ends, or Vigalant late blue.

Parked the other side of the hedge from Hereford diesel sidings today. Not a MAN or Maybach to be heard....

Phil

Just a note to say that I've just updated the "Shenston Road" thread with photos of some of D1047's new Bachmann 43's.

 

Paul J.

Just been looking at those - fantastic!

Phil

That picture of the Teddies at Radyr is cracking Gareth

Thanks for sharing

Phil

The loco in J137 is a Class 11 LMS 350 shunter. The handrails on the cab have handrail knobs where a BR 350 has handrails that the ends curve so they fit to the cab side. No vacuum exhauster on the left hand running plate is also another clue. No water filler pipes on the radiator front. Pity the lamp post is in the way of the front of the cab, the LMS locos had a squared off bottom to the front windows where the BR locos have an angled bottom edge.

Thanks Clive - it was the lack of rad fillers that made me query it

Phil

Now is that an 08 ?

Or one of the Crossley engine varieties? There were all at Toton IIRC

Phil

Mike that map link is so helpful - many thanks

As to the shed....

Hmmm still none the wiser!

Phil

Ha ha there was another derailment at West Brom last night but cant blame the Welsh contingent for that one!

Phil

Wonderful Greg - wonder how many times she visited Hereford?

Phil

Brian/Gareth

Than you so much for those fantastic pictures

I will look at the whole area with a far better appreciation of what was there next time we are in town...

Phil

Lovely shot of Treforest

Presumably the two large buildings were a college at that time - now The University of South Wales

Our student let property is just the other side of them in Bertha Street

Theres an embankment along the lane at the top of the street - was that another line?

Phil

Red route availability????  I must have missed something because I always thought they were Blue disc locos

Its my face that's red Mr Stationmaster Sir

Been applying too many red discs to Warships lately - you are of course correct, blue is the colour....

PHil

wanted to go to Lydney show

But too busy sorting Abbotswood out for GETS.....will try again next year

Phil

D6928 and D6953 - both new to WR - its the cow horn lamp irons and red route availability disc that's the give away - both to ER in 67, back to WR in 74

Cheers

Phil

Fantastic stuff Dave - cant beat a GFYE 37!

Phil

Has any one done a side by side comparison with the re tooled  42  showing all improvements.

Shipped all our 42s out so cant do that here am afraid...

Phil

Thats why I dont do EM Paul - its the trains that are the fun for me, and they need a railway to run on....

Each to his own!

Phil

Many thanks Stovepipe

So she was in traffic in that awful state in August....

Thanks again

Phil

Cant see it - I guess as I wasn't following it

Neil - did you buy that one?

Phil

That's great gen - many thanks Stovepipe

Could still do with finding a shot of her late 69 though....

Phil

Thanks Greg - MU sockets blanked off in this shot - how early was that done I wonder?

I reckon that Plymouth Open day shot is either wrong date or wrong loco.

EM for you I guess - How about posting some photos up ? We could get the whole class.....

Cheers

Phil