RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2020 Dark and dismal again today, and having seen tomorrow's forecast I have cancelled golf. I really should get on with things on the workbench. No excuses for not doing so now I have really good light available. Another look at the White Rose this morning, still at 20mph, but the end of the PSR is nearly in sight. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2020 Next of the late afternoon departures from Kings Cross is the Tees-Tyne Pullman. Silver Fox is on duty today. Unsurprisingly, against the light shots work better when there is less of it. 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2020 Hi Gilbert with your headboards, are they Fox etched versions? I’m thinking of a couple for mid stuff and haven’t found the Sankey Scenics ones particularly convincing, but yours look spot on. Cheers Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted October 24, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 8 hours ago, trw1089 said: Hi Gilbert with your headboards, are they Fox etched versions? I’m thinking of a couple for mid stuff and haven’t found the Sankey Scenics ones particularly convincing, but yours look spot on. Cheers Tony They are CGW Tony, and many years old. I don't think they are available any more. Some of mine are getting a bit tired, and I'm thinking Fox for replacements. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 24, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2020 Another view of the Pullman, now from Spital Bridge. The 6.15 to Grantham is waiting at the north end of Platform 6, just two cars again, and a suitable job for New England's most decrepit B1. 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2020 Thanks Gilbert Fortunately there aren’t too many named trains through Wakey so will try a couple of Fox ones. Cheers Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 24, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2020 The East shuttle brings another Claud to Platform 6, and as usual the camera cannot ignore it. Then it focuses on the elderly GN carriage, now in Engineer's use, and parked in its usual spot. 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 25, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2020 This morning we have a trip working from South yard to New England via the Up Main. J50 hauled, and bunker first. DMU is waiting to go to Boston. and J50 now a little further towards jorney's end. 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 25, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2020 Tonight, the J50 gets a close up. and after it has crossed into the yards another 02 appears on the way to London. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2020 Hi Gilbert I see the camera has had a malfunction, what happened to the close up of the Cravens? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted October 25, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Gilbert I see the camera has had a malfunction, what happened to the close up of the Cravens? It can be very selective Clive. Not my fault, it does as it pleases. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2020 The Claud waits for an opportunity to remove its empty stock, and another WD clanks along the slow. And another plonk, which inadvertently recorded a very rare sight, an almost brand new baby Deltic with a track cleaning train. Appalling flouting of rules, no lamp on the brake van. The loco didn't break down, but the track didn't get very well cleaned either. 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2020 A bonus dirty picture. 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2020 Now to identify the loco and the train in my earlier posting. Duke of Rothesay is in charge of the 4.40 from Doncaster, which today has only six on, so it can't be Friday. If it was there would be twice that number, but I don't have eight loose MK1 TSOs, which would then be required. Anyway, here is the disreputable duke waiting to proceed. 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 Next arrival is a Leicester local, in the hands of a Spital Bridge 4F. It has some rather nice stock behind the tender, so we will have a look at that. As you see, a modern porthole BSK at the front, but after that, three older vehicles, two of which date back to Midland Railway days. 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2020 46 minutes ago, great northern said: Next arrival is a Leicester local, in the hands of a Spital Bridge 4F. It has some rather nice stock behind the tender, so we will have a look at that. As you see, a modern porthole BSK at the front, but after that, three older vehicles, two of which date back to Midland Railway days. A train from a proper railway. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2020 25 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: A train from a proper railway. That implies that the GN/LNER was improper. You may find one or two on here disputing that. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: That implies that the GN/LNER was improper. You may find one or two on here disputing that. No, the GNR was not quite as proper as the MR but far more proper than ................(insert your own choice of improper railway). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I'm with Clive ... however, I'm wondering what the duty operating superintendent is making of a 4-coach set without a brake coach at the rear? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, LNER4479 said: I'm with Clive ... however, I'm wondering what the duty operating superintendent is making of a 4-coach set without a brake coach at the rear? But two brakes at the front? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted October 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: But two brakes at the front? The fault lies with someone called General Incompetence. 1 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 3rd Rail Exile Posted October 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, great northern said: The fault lies with someone called General Incompetence. I think he's spent short periods working on a lot of the model railways I've seen, but invariably returns to mine... 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmditch Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I fear that Gen. Incompetence has under his command Brigadier Bodger and Lt.Colonel Rushed Job, and they quite frequently attempt to make inroads onto my railway as well. I find the only way to keep them under control is to have an efficient inspection regime; as in 'would I really want anyone else to see that?' and 'will that work for the next 25 years?' 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted October 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 hours ago, drmditch said: I fear that Gen. Incompetence has under his command Brigadier Bodger and Lt.Colonel Rushed Job, and they quite frequently attempt to make inroads onto my railway as well. I find the only way to keep them under control is to have an efficient inspection regime; as in 'would I really want anyone else to see that?' and 'will that work for the next 25 years?' An efficient inspection regime? Hmmmm... Not sure whether that word efficient still applies to me. If it ever did. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 The 4.21 stopper from KX is seen tonight, having finished its journey behind one of the cleaner local V2s. I have a new cunning plan. Hide the carriages in the murk, in case incompetence has struck again. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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