A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[gwrrob]

An enjoyable few hours spent today on the SVR and plenty of nice stuff seen including this BR black pannier 7714.

 

 

 

 

 

[gwrrob]

A couple were in my parcels train and what do I find at Bewdley. Not sure about the shade of green , no wonder manufacturers get it wrong.😮

 

[teaky]

47 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

An enjoyable few hours spent today on the SVR and plenty of nice stuff seen including this BR black pannier 7714.

 

 

Nice 4MT.

[toboldlygo]

59 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

An enjoyable few hours spent today on the SVR and plenty of nice stuff seen including this BR black pannier 7714.

 

 

 

 

 

well one of the fire irons has brewers droop...

[gwrrob]

Nice fire buckets!

 

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

Nice fire buckets!

 

From left to right we have a Dean/Armstrong (standard gauge), a Hawksworth (welded), a Churhcward, a Chuchward (left-handed) and a Collett (riveted)

[woodenhead]

2 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Nice fire buckets!

 

The ladies toilets at Bewdley leave a lot to be desired...

[Nick Gough]

16 hours ago, gwrrob said:

An enjoyable few hours spent today on the SVR and plenty of nice stuff seen including this BR black pannier 7714.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice to see (I think) the only surviving 57xx without topfeed.

[gwrrob]

Although not in steam yesterday it was nice to see 2999 Lady Of Legend in the flesh and admire her beauty up close.

 

 

 

 

 

[A Murphy]

What a machine! For my money the mother and father of all  20th century 4-6-0s at the very least and the epitome of Churchward's greatness. 

 

Yum.

Edited May 3, 2022 by A Murphy

[1466]

1 hour ago, A Murphy said:

What a machine! For my money the mother and father of all  20th century 4-6-0s at the very least and the epitome of Churchward's greatness. 

 

Yum.

What a luscious, tempting prospect, if Accurascale were to make her their next loco !

[John Besley]

21 hours ago, toboldlygo said:

well one of the fire irons has brewers droop...

There is a very good reason for that...

[gwrrob]

Also parked up was this Hawksworth 9084 12 wheel J18 first class sleeping car. Built in 1950 it would have entered service in blood and custard. The bogies look similar to those fitted to the H57 restaurant coach , recently built from the Comet kit by @Neal Ball

 

[2ManySpams]

4 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Although not in steam yesterday it was nice to see 2999 Lady Of Legend in the flesh and admire her beauty up close.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice trees

[Neal Ball]

2 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Also parked up was this Hawksworth 9084 12 wheel J18 first class sleeping car. Built in 1950 it would have entered service in blood and custard. The bogies look similar to those fitted to the H57 restaurant coach , recently built from the Comet kit by @Neal Ball

 

Lovely carriage Robin

[Miss Prism]

2999's green looks a bit 'insipid Hornby' to me. I hope the real thing is darker.

 

[Neal Ball]

15 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Although not in steam yesterday it was nice to see 2999 Lady Of Legend in the flesh and admire her beauty up close.

 

 

 

 

 

I’m hoping both the Saint and Pendennis Castle are at Didcot during our tour on August 15th. Obviously since moving here, I’ve not been back to Didcot for ages and the last time 2999 was still being built.

 

Should I send Drew my wish list of locos in steam 😎🤣 

 

6 hours ago, Miss Prism said:

2999's green looks a bit 'insipid Hornby' to me. I hope the real thing is darker.

 

Yes I agree, hopefully it’s just the light. If you look at the tender in the first photo, it’s a lot darker than the tender in the last one, where it is decidedly insipid.

[gwrrob]

Another pannier,1501 in lined black, was seen passing through Bewdley, this one had gesticulating valve gear, something that @Captain Kernowappreciates and will be admired on the forthcoming Rapido model.

 

 

 

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[5BarVT]

2 hours ago, gwrrob said:

this one had gesticulating valve gear,

Didn’t they all have?  Just not visible on most of the rest?

Paul.

[Mallard60022]

3 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Another pannier,1501 in lined black, was seen passing through Bewdley, this one had gesticulating valve gear, something that @Captain Kernowappreciates and will be admired on the forthcoming Rapido model.

 

 

 

You lot (with two exceptions) are all too young to remember how quick these were on ES workings in and out of Paddington. Lovely Wallcharts Clank too. 

Coming out of Bridgnorth at the weekend, it were steady and sure footed with even those Gresley things. 

Lovely Engine and an advanced Pannier that is totally cuddly.

Ummmmmm!

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, 5BarVT said:

Didn’t they all have?  Just not visible on most of the rest?

Paul.

They all had valve gear but some gesticulated rather more than others!

 

[1466]

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

You lot (with two exceptions) are all too young to remember how quick these were on ES workings in and out of Paddington. Lovely Wallcharts Clank too. 

Coming out of Bridgnorth at the weekend, it were steady and sure footed with even those Gresley things. 

Lovely Engine and an advanced Pannier that is totally cuddly.

Ummmmmm!

I do remember them on ECS workings at Paddington and was excited to cop 1500 herself . I should have got out more!

Didn't they waddle because of that short wheelbase ?

[Ian Hargrave]

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

You lot (with two exceptions) are all too young to remember how quick these were on ES workings in and out of Paddington. Lovely Wallcharts Clank too. 

Coming out of Bridgnorth at the weekend, it were steady and sure footed with even those Gresley things. 

Lovely Engine and an advanced Pannier that is totally cuddly.

Ummmmmm!

 

Some of us superannuated old gits remember them greeting passengers westbound out of Paddington .Resting like patient pit ponies on their buffer stops with their departures. Which brings me again to the question of age……and lucky am I that ,despite an introductory nod to Woodham’s yard a few months back,hopefully I’ll still be here at midnight to celebrate that certain decade. YEE HAH. Come on Rapido.Don’t be too late,please. Bless all …and those sadly no longer with us..

[BenL]

Possibly an interesting GWR-themed hint in Rapido’s latest Facebook post:

 

https://m.facebook.com/RapidoTrainsUK/

 

If I’m not putting two and two together and making five, a proper autocoach would be extremely welcome.
 

Mind you, I’d also very much like a decent 14xx to pull it - my DJM effort is frankly a complete dog utterly incapable of the slow running required to pull vaguely realistically into my bay platform 😡

[toboldlygo]

26 minutes ago, BenL said:

Possibly an interesting GWR-themed hint in Rapido’s latest Facebook post:

 

https://m.facebook.com/RapidoTrainsUK/

 

If I’m not putting two and two together and making five, a proper autocoach would be extremely welcome.
 

Mind you, I’d also very much like a decent 14xx to pull it - my DJM effort is frankly a complete dog utterly incapable of the slow running required to pull vaguely realistically into my bay platform 😡

or a clever way  of disposing of the carbuncles 😜