Simon Lee

Instead of all the bickering about Hattons/Bachmann/DJM/Bargain Hunters, perhaps it would be better to remember those who lost their lives and those affected on the day and days afterwards.

Somethings are more important than model trains.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-46509473

www.pandamodels.co.uk

24a Hallgate,

DONCASTER

DN1 3NG

Attends Doncaster Toyfair and some others in the Midlands and Yorkshire area.

I think I can answer that question in Mick’s absence. The signal in that photo’ is actually the up starter and never had a distant arm added for Flemingate. The down starter had a distant arm, but I’m not sure of the date it was added to it.

And thank you, Mick, for the correction regarding the date when the section of line through Botanic Gardens closed down. Unfortunately I took the information from Ben’s caption without cross checking it. I will cross check such captions from now on.

Best regards,

Rob.

Thanks Rob, for some reason l looked at the footbridge thinking it was part of the station. Time for Specsavers me thinks

Thanks Mike. My comments were based on my belief that the Strathwood post breaches that. Clearly others disagreed. Hopefully Mods will Mod in due course.

Hopefully this will, not mean that Kevin and is banned from this forum.

If he is then some people on here should take a long look in the mirror.

Beverley Station looking north, c1958. Photographer unknown.

D49 62723, Beverley c1958.jpg

Mick,

When was Beverley North's distant added to that signal post please?

Thanks

Sorry but do you also oppose Kevin informing us of his new publications as well ?

Or DJ promoting his small discounts by early full payment or crowd funding lower prices ?

Sorry but I think the problem is imagined rather than real.

Pleasant couple of hours spent yesterday, as someone noted more of the small club exhibition of years gone bye, a refreshing change from the melee of bigger venues.

Some inspiring layouts on show.

Only thing on the trade side would be if possible to have a bookseller with current / recent releases on sale, as exhibitions tend to be where I buy and browse any new books. Caistor had Booklaw (other retailers are available) in a similar sized venue.  

It's genuine, done to mark the rundown of the fleet on the ECML

The Ince to Barton of Humber ammonia train for the fertiliser plant was a 7 day week train. Long before the phrase "just in time" was coined.

On the Southern Sunday freights ran from Dover to Hither Green Continental depot also Willesden and Temple Mills to clear perishable traffic in time for Monday morning wholesale markets.

I lived in Hull in the 60s and 70s and there would be ad hoc workings to the docks if a ship was working Sunday in order to catch a tide.

Usually take a9 volt battery to Toyfairs, gives a quick indication if the loco runs in both directions. A reasonable dealer won't object if you want to do a quick check on any loco your interested in.

The Night Ferry coaches were examined and oiled if required before loading and after offloading from the Train Ferry.

Interestingly the "Oiler Boy" who attended the inaugural service,was the C&W examiner for the last outward and last inward services in 1980.

The stowing of the not in use coupling became more rigorously enforced as freight became an all Air brake railway.

There was an increasing amount of unsolicited brake applications and train divisions caused by the pendulum action of the loose coupling swinging up and parting the air pipes and on occasion knocking the in use coupling off the hook. Not so often today but still happens on occasion.

Interestingly trains via the Channel Tunnel depart UK with the leading wagon coupling in use between the loco and wagon, as per UIC regs. When the first through 92's were introduced between Wembley/Trafford Park and Calais there was a regular job of rearranging the couplings at Dollands until those up country got used to the practice.    

Westparade signalbox,West Parade SB.jpg Hull, 1904 to 1980.

Cleaned all those pains of glass as a Junior Railman back in the 70's.

Until the Train Ferry finished in 1995, one service, 6M57 0120 Dover - Wembley usually on a Monday morning had a brake van on for toxic gas from the continent to Teeside.

Would,say mid - late 1995 was the last time for this particular working.

If Mr Kale is the publisher, why is he not stated as such on the mnabooks.com website which takes payment via Paypal ?

 

Stephenwolsten in an earlier post implies that David Wilkinson is the publisher.  If correct, then Mr Kale is taking payment for books for which he is not the publisher.  There may be nothing wrong in that, as booksellers do it all the time.  However, it does suggest that Mr Kale is not the person receiving payments via the mnabooks.com website.

 

Every other legitimate seller in the UK, with their own website taking payment, appears to give details of who is receiving payment, so why does the mnabooks.com website fail to do so ?  When I contacted Citizens Advice, I was told that as an absolute minimum, any UK website taking payments should display a contact name and address.

 

So I regrettably have to repeat:

 

Why does the mnabooks.com website not feature a contact name and address (as Citizens Advice state is required), nor state the recipient of any payments made via their website ?

Sorry I was only trying to point you in the direction of a possible answer to your question.

I neither know not am particularly fussed about the technicalities of ecommerce or the website. I have preorderd what I feel in a personal level will be a set,of books well worth having. Knowing the pedigree of those involved I have no issues with the legitimacy and integrity of the site and those behind it.

Maybe the safest way for you to proceed would be to wait until the books are published and then make a decision as to their quality and the final destination and integrity of those reviving your remittance.

There are adverts in various magazines that give an address for postal orders. May be a letter to them will gain the information required ?

Details are :-

Mr K. Hale,

150 Farrington Road,

WOLVERHAMPTON

WV4 6QL

For the cost of a letter and return postage envelope that should hopefully answer all your questions.

HTH

Sorry to,read this Colin.

RIP Holly

Best wishes to you and your family.

Simon

As others have said, you will know when its time.

Our first Akita had bad arthritis and had slowly being getting worse, the local vet was very good with her treatments. But in the end it was too much, the look in her eyes gave the game away, she was tired and ready to go. 

My wife and I stayed with her as she was put to sleep, we both cried our eyes out, but to us the greatest act of love for any animal is to be with them at the end.

This is Hana the day before she died, the look in her eyes says it all. 

I'm sure there will be a lot of support here when the time comes

all the best

Simon

Canterbury West was part common user, with an oil depot as well. We sent wagons of furniture from Europe via the 0617 Dover Town - Tonbridge. Wagons would be delivered on day 1 and normally picked up on day 2 by the same service.

So passengers are treated as cargo now!

Used to be known as perishable with tickets.

I'd think the guy who changed the points probably also acted as hand-signalman/shunter, so he'd be coming out again before anything moved.

 

Probably inside to avoid it being destroyed by the Dungeness weather.

 

John

During the latter years before DRS took over, shunting was done by the Hither Green guard/trainman who came down with the train.

The hardest part for a few of them was placing the flask carrier so the c/l mark on the wagon aligned with the mark on the ground and in turn with the carrier lorry. At least 2 of them were subject to a lot of Sarf London verbal depending who the driver was!!

Hi Paul

 

Did the BM meat container get persevered or was it allowed to rot away?

 

Think the container literally fell to bits.It still had the full complement of meat hooks on the beams inside. The ID plate was sadly long gone.

The frame only operated the points of the "main line" onto the crane road and back onto the cripple road. On arrival we would set the road from the main to the crane road ready for the trains arrival. Once the train had departed we put the road back so if any of the stabled flask carriers ready for next week ran away they would end up on the cripple road.

AFAIK the frame was in the hut from years before so it was as we at TLF South and later RFD inherited the location.

Minor alterations to the track layout were done in the late 80's at the behest of Ernie who supplied some of the photos here, to make the layout more user friendly.

Thanks, those photos are invaluable. Do you know how the points are operated? I can’t see a groundframe in any photos?

Groundframe is in the concrete hut. Visible in the last photo from Lyddrail.

Myself and Bigbee Line of this parish were both regulars on the day the train ran back in the 80s and 90s. Always a good days work, the 4 or 5 of us who attended rotated jobs as crane driver, slinger, and crane supervisor.

Happy days

Peter,

 

Saturday's numbers could be very hit or miss, given it's Cup Final day (England) and I believe some ginger bloke is marrying his squeeze.

 

Looking forward to Starker Verkher's final outing.

 

steve

Two reasons to visit then