Trevellan

I'm surprised to see people now apparently thinking it's a simple case of re-numbering and re-naming the product, or changing the number for a further run of the same product.  Yet only days ago there was quite acrimonious discussion on here about the model's accuracy to a millimetre or so of some small ventiilator holes?!

 

My understanding is there were differences between IOW 02 locos at any given time, and even for the same loco at different times.  About a month ago I was enquiring on here which IOW 02(s) could suitably be represented by repainting one of the two proposed BR (IOW) liveried locos, as - inexplicably to me - no SR-liveried IOW loco is being produced.  I only got one response, and to be honest I couldn't make much sense of that though I was grateful to the poster for at least trying.

 

But surely changing the number is among the least and easiest of the issues - the point we need clarity on must be:  changing it to what?

The most obvious external differences were between the Adams and Drummond boilers, the latter easily distinguishable by the safety valves in the dome. I have practically every book published on IoW railways and will be using these as reference material for renumbering.

AFAIK, Calbourne was the only O2 to have the steel plate welded to the bottom of the side tanks, so this model cannot be used to represent another member of the class. However, there are more than enough photographs around for you to find a suitable prototype. As always, a little time invested in research will be time well spent.

Here's one from me. A rather shabby 31 201 at Hitchin in 1979.

Llangollen class 08 shunter...

That's "Davy", ex-ICI. Not strictly an 08, but an industrial derivative and a Llangollen stalwart for several years.

Interesting video - shame about the apparent d***heads hanging out the window shouting...

Another image from me, almost exactly 40 years on from the black and white shot above. In 2007 I visited the former station site and there was still evidence of the railway visible. The building in the picture has now been demolished but, unless I've got my bearings wrong, this was the structure immediately to the west of the coal staithes.

I too recall the P4/S4 version. IIIRC it was the first layout I saw which made use of grass matting for embankments.

Good to see this as a standalone topic. I'm looking forward to further instalments.

To add a bit of flavour, I'm contributing an image of Bembridge station dating from the summer of 1967, which I find evocative on many levels. It is one of my earliest photographs and, sadly, the negative was destroyed many years ago, so this is scanned from the original print. Still worth a look IMHO.

Nothing wrong with optimism Gordon. I've lived on it for years!

I think we all understand the demands and distractions that keep us away from our hobby, but any further procrastination could result in a group of RMweb enforcers being sent to see you (as long as they're not golfers) .

Actually, I'm not sure that's a good idea. On the one hand you could put them to work to speed things up. On the other they might cause more confusion and doubt (see various threads ad infinitum).

Seriously, your efforts do inspire others, even if it doesn't always feel like it. Keep up the good work and enjoy yourself in the process.

Jurgen Vries - The Theme.

Not a single rumble of thunder but what a light show!

 

The pics are of a back-building thunderstorm just off the coast of Boulogne last Friday night...

 

Feel free to chime in with your interesting weather pics.

I thought the location looked a bit too exotic for Stafford

Here's one of mine from last week. Nothing dramatic, just hazy conditions around Sandown Bay.

I've had plenty of evocative and wistful moments over the years while visiting sites of former railway glory, but in more recent times three stand out.

1. Delivering to the Sainsbury's supermarket at Nine Elms via the New Covent Garden site in 2002. On exiting the site I drove the truck through a narrow opening under the Southern main line and suddenly realised it was the old shed exit. I was driving where Bulleid pacifics would have been trundling around.

2. Ventnor station, here on the Isle of Wight. One of the most easily recognisable locations on the old island system, still accessible as it is now an industrial estate. If only...

3. Earlier this month I had a photographic commission in Sheffield and saw some impressive stone viaducts and bridges of the former GC route still in place.

This type of industrial archeology certainly brings home just how shortsighted our transport policies have been over several decades.

Whatever the questions over the spec, it's an impressive piece of work and a good use of the space available over a conventional ladder yard with turnouts.

Just enjoy it while it lasts Gordon something usualy ruins things later.......

Yes, I think it's called the Chairman...

Here's another of my mono shots. This is 50 041 Bulwark arriving at Reading on a rather dull and damp Monday 30th October 1978.

A belated entry from me: Centurion at Paddington on Saturday 18th September 1982. The bright morning sun has always made for interesting, and occasionally challenging, lighting effects at this particular London terminus.

Never mind all this specification stuff, has anyone told CK that we'll need the main hall at Taunton next year?

37714 turned up back at Barrow Hill today, on a low loader.

The other 'super shunter' (703) is on-site as well.

 

Cheers,

Phil.

Cracking pictures, but it's shame that the rail industry has to give out such a negative message. Direct Rail Services - on the back of a road-going low-loader.

Hi Simon

I'm sorry to learn that things have not gone as well as you hoped. The best of luck with whatever you decide to do.

I do hope this was nothing to do with the leg-pulling going on at Taunton about you being a "track monkey"

This is a fabulous diorama. I'm really looking forward to seeing it on Sunday!

An interesting set of shots from the weekend at Kolding. It's been nearly three years since I saw the layout in the flesh, so to speak, but I don't recall the rather impressive metal trussing on the leg assemblies. Good stuff.

For the last 30 years or so Spurs have generally failed to make their mark. Umpteen different managers and different squads, but still the same mid-table mediocrity. Okay, Martin Jol and our Harry - even AVB - kept them higher for a while, with even some Champions League action, but there seems to be a culture at Tottenham which makes them lack the qualities needed for consistently high performance. If changing managers and squads doesn't work, then surely the problem lies elsewhere? The boardroom, for example. And I speak as someone who was at Tottenham Town Hall in 1967 with my father and grandfather when Spurs brought the FA cup home.

Still, these days my local PL team is Southampton and at least they make an effort!

Here's 37 355, looking rather work-stained and neglected at Exeter Riverside on 30th December 1988. A bit of weathering inspiration, if nothing else.

Here's another of Stratford's finest, awaiting departure at Liverpool Street in 1984. The conditions were more dismal than the brightness of the image suggests!

If there's a mistake to be made in photography, I've almost certainly made it. Film leaders jumping off the take-up sprocket as soon as I closed the camera back, shooting moving subjects too soon, forgetting to stop down lens after focusing (Zenith B), under or over-developing film; the list is a long one. Even with more than 40 years of experience I still do daft things occasionally! At least these days I can blame it on my age...

I was fortunate to see the Peaks all over the country and here's a trio of old black and white shots from me.

First up is 158 (later 46 021) at Exeter St Davids on a sunny Sunday in July 1972.

Next we have 46 050 at York on 6th October 1977. Along with a colleague, I had been to see David Jenkinson at the NRM and this was one of several shots taken while we waited for our train back south.

And finally, how I remember the Peaks best: flying up and down the MML. This is 45 135 storming south on an up express at Harpenden on 3rd March 1979.