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16 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Never thought I would say it, but I am rather smitten with 60500! 

 

Agree, I have long thought that the Thompson Pacific's were dramatic looking beasts and the fabulous weathering of 60500 (not to mention the re-paint) just emphasizes the brute power of these locomotives. Grace and pace though are not words I would associate with Thompson's pacific's.....

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

[great northern]

And so to the final goodie from Monday's visit. A few weeks ago Geoff West showed me an A3 he intended to sell, and on which he had done a very nice weathering job. I succumbed to temptation, and it went to Tim to acquire a new identity, as I already have 60049 which it used to be.

 

I have a spreadsheet which has all the A3s in order of my personal preference, and I've now got into the 20s, though it is still a long way to 78. This was the next in line, but I do wonder if I am going to get into trouble.

 

 

 

 

[davidw]

27 minutes ago, great northern said:

And so to the final goodie from Monday's visit. A few weeks ago Geoff West showed me an A3 he intended to sell, and on which he had done a very nice weathering job. I succumbed to temptation, and it went to Tim to acquire a new identity, as I already have 60049 which it used to be.

 

I have a spreadsheet which has all the A3s in order of my personal preference, and I've now got into the 20s, though it is still a long way to 78. This was the next in line, but I do wonder if I am going to get into trouble.

 

 

 

 

Why get into trouble?

[mullie]

2 hours ago, great northern said:

And so to the final goodie from Monday's visit. A few weeks ago Geoff West showed me an A3 he intended to sell, and on which he had done a very nice weathering job. I succumbed to temptation, and it went to Tim to acquire a new identity, as I already have 60049 which it used to be.

 

I have a spreadsheet which has all the A3s in order of my personal preference, and I've now got into the 20s, though it is still a long way to 78. This was the next in line, but I do wonder if I am going to get into trouble.

 

 

 

 

For some reason I particularly like an A3 with a GN  tender (think that is correct?) and that one is stunning blown up on the screen of my now rather elderly macbook.

 

Martyn

[great northern]

1 hour ago, davidw said:

Why get into trouble?

Whose avatar is the LNER number of 60110?

[davidw]

26 minutes ago, great northern said:

Whose avatar is the LNER number of 60110?

Ah... touche.........

[geoff west]

60110 looks great. Tim has done a lovely job.

[Timara]

On 17/05/2022 at 21:21, davidw said:

Smoke box no. plate?

 

Just a mix of transfers; two curly 6s add a little bit of extra fuss, especially now I slice the back off the 6 a little, to lose the excess width.  Usually it's just the first digit, so it's not much of a bother, but this one put up a fight (in my way of thinking)!

[great northern]

4 hours ago, mullie said:

For some reason I particularly like an A3 with a GN  tender (think that is correct?) and that one is stunning blown up on the screen of my now rather elderly macbook.

 

Martyn

Well, I'm biased I know, but I don't think there is anything to beat the look of an A3, and the GN tender, which indeed it is, suits them best too.

[great northern]

Another look at Huddersfield Town, before it heads off to the east.

 

 

and waiting in the wings, or more correctly the carriage sidings, is a V2 waiting to bring in the stock for the 7.25 stopper to London.

[great northern]

The 7.25 KX is now at Platform 2.

 

 

Ten minutes later, the Doncaster Parly is beginning its slow journey.

 

 

[great northern]

A question for you, and please don't cheat and look it up. Was a Thompson Pacific longer than a Gresley, and if so, by how much?

[Tony Wright]

21 hours ago, great northern said:

Another look at Huddersfield Town, before it heads off to the east.

 

 

and waiting in the wings, or more correctly the carriage sidings, is a V2 waiting to bring in the stock for the 7.25 stopper to London.

Very nice V2 Gilbert,

 

I take it it's an earlier Bachmann example, repainted? 

 

There's not much weight being taken by its leading pony!

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

[great northern]

1 hour ago, Tony Wright said:

Very nice V2 Gilbert,

 

I take it it's an earlier Bachmann example, repainted? 

 

There's not much weight being taken by its leading pony!

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

One of the two that Ian Rathbone improved and repainted for me about 20 years ago. It now has a new chassis, so it could be good for 20 years more. I shall try to keep up with it. As to the airborne pont truck, quite simply the camera sees better than I do.

[great northern]

The first East to Leicester local of the day, Compound hauled.

 

 

And from the North, another familiar train, the 7.30 Grantham-KX, but again with a rather different formation.

 

 

[great northern]

41157 on the way out meets 60049 on the way in.

 

 

and while the A3 waits, a WD brings coal empties along the slow.There is still time to get a few more of these through before the constant flow of expresses gets going.

 

 

[great northern]

More empties on the slow, 9F in charge this time.

 

 

Followed by the 5.50 KX-Grantham slow, and yet another V2.

 

 

[great northern]

A view back along Platform 6 this cloudy morning.

 

 

and the fish empties still have to get to Hull, even on a Saturday. though the train runs rather earlier than during the week.

 

 

 

[great northern]

Still with the fish empties, but now approaching Spital Bridge. These were taken before the arrival of the LED lights, and during experiments with different colours of backscene card. This first one was with the original white background, which the camera always turns into the same shade of grey as the signals.

 

 

then I tried a blue background behind the signal on the Down slow, which always causes the most difficulty.

 

 

and zoomed in on it a bit. As you can see, it made little or no difference.

[mullie]

Some of us use artists mounting board for  back scenes so the idea definitely has potential.  

 

Martyn

[great northern]

March B17 Welbeck Abbey brings in the 8.21 arrival from March.

 

 

Not a long train, but a very nice one, so here it is.

 

 

[Captain_Mumbles]

oooooooooooh

[great northern]

We have the obligatory shot of a B17 posing at Platform 6.

 

 

and the early morning Grimsby local comes in to Platform 2. It seems that all of Immingham's many B1s are employed elsewhere, so a borrowed Director gets the job.

 

 

[great northern]

Our man followed Zeebrugge as it headed into the shadows.

 

 

Then there was a nine minute wait before anything else appeared, though the D11 did whisk its stock off down to the sidings. When it did appear though, it was one of the more unusual Saturday workings, an express from Gainsborough Lea Road to KX. Why it commenced its journey there I have no idea, nor do I know what shed was responsible for providing the loco. I think though that the most likely answer is that it would be a Doncaster duty, and the loco would have run light engine tp pick up the train, though I suppose it might also have been an ECS movement.

 

Anyway, Doncaster was decreed to be responsible, and used that ex works Haymarket A3 which they just don't seem to be able to get fit enough to go back home.

 

 

We have now reached pictures taken on May 14th, the first since the installation of the new lights. There will be some experimentation while I get used to them, and comments and suggestions will be welcomed.

[jazzer]

20 hours ago, great northern said:

We have the obligatory shot of a B17 posing at Platform 6.

 

 

and the early morning Grimsby local comes in to Platform 2. It seems that all of Immingham's many B1s are employed elsewhere, so a borrowed Director gets the job.

 

 

I guess it must be 8.30 ish , the Director having taken the best part of three hours , to cover the 78 miles from Grimsby. The spotters are out early this Saturday morning. Good to see at least one of them seems to be sensibly wearing his school Macintosh with the belt done up, socks pulled up  to the knees and wearing his school cap.You couldn’t trust the British Summer in the pre-global warming days of 1958 !