Peterborough North

[great northern]

But the cursor is playing up again, and wouldn't let me finish. We have two locals coming in, one from March, and the other from Grimsby.

[great northern]

Still on high, the Grimsby local has terminated. I couldn't make up my mind whether it was better cropped or full size, so you get both, and can make your own decsion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[31A]

Both are good, in their own way!

[landscapes]

1 hour ago, great northern said:

Still on high, the Grimsby local has terminated. I couldn't make up my mind whether it was better cropped or full size, so you get both, and can make your own decsion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Gilbert

 

I think the cropped version is the better of the two photos.

 

David

[great northern]

Divided opinions, it would seem. Just what I expected really. We all have our own preferences.

[great northern]

The B1 has taken its empty stock to the carriage sidings, which allows a trip working to head down to South yard.

 

 

The B17 though is still waiting to remove its stock.

 

 

 

 

 

[KNP]

[great northern]

We don't see a J50 very often. New England only had three, and they were very camera shy, in fact I've only seen one or two images of them on shed. I'm sure they did get a run out occasionally though, and this trip working is the kind of thing I reckon they may have been employed on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[great northern]

The B17 is still waiting, so we can have a rear three quarter view.

 

 

Lovely from any angle, of course. Approaching from the North is a service from Gainsborough Lea road to Kings Cross. Why it should start from there I cannot think. Doncaster A3 Tagalie will have had a light engine trip from home to pick it up.

 

 

 

 

[trw1089]

Hope all is well Gilbert, loving the recent additions to the motive power roster and the different shots by KNP and yourself.  The plonks are still some of my favourites too.

 

Been playing catch up again as I've been a bit busy with work, but finishing off my catch up with that lovely shot of the B17 above is very nice!

 

Cheers
Tony

[KNP]

[great northern]

Two more views of Tagalie this morning. First a very familiar one.

 

 

Then one of those "I wonder what this might look like" moments.

 

 

Spoilt by the abruptly ending bridge, I think. I'm still pondering whether anything can be done about that. It would have to be removable.

 

 

[Oldddudders]

I think cropping the left side, eliminating the tail-end of the road vehicle, might centre the pic better, emphasising Tagalie. The bridge is an important landmark at PN, even today. It deserves to be there. 

[thegreenhowards]

On 01/10/2022 at 09:03, great northern said:

We don't see a J50 very often. New England only had three, and they were very camera shy, in fact I've only seen one or two images of them on shed. I'm sure they did get a run out occasionally though, and this trip working is the kind of thing I reckon they may have been employed on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love a J50 - good to see those photos. If I may offer some constructive criticism, I think the vans it’s pulling could do with a trip to Tim!

 

 

[great northern]

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

I think cropping the left side, eliminating the tail-end of the road vehicle, might centre the pic better, emphasising Tagalie. The bridge is an important landmark at PN, even today. It deserves to be there. 

I'm thinking about an extension, not removal of the whole bridge. The far end would have to sit on the window sill though, and that is considerably lower than the baseboard. It would have to be removeable, as I need to get past there into the corner, and it would be too low for me to duck under. I'm doing quite enough of that already.

[great northern]

1 hour ago, thegreenhowards said:

I love a J50 - good to see those photos. If I may offer some constructive criticism, I think the vans it’s pulling could do with a trip to Tim!

 

 

Two things arise Andy. When I was young enough to have the patience to do such things I mixed up several different shades of bauxite, and did about twenty wagons. Some of the differences were subtle, so I didn't fancy covering them over! The other thing is that the first image looks worse because I overdid the colour tone and saturation. They look far more muted on the second one, I hope.

[great northern]

More action on the Up. The first Grimsby-KX of the day, which somewhat unusually doesn't stop here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KNP]

 

 

[great northern]

Still all the movements are on the Up. A five minute gap before the Nottingham-KX rolls in, with KX A3 Melton. Shots of the formation in detail will follow later.

 

 

[great northern]

So to the formation of the Nottingham, and like so many of these Saturday trains it is a real mixture.

 

 

[davidw]

14 hours ago, great northern said:

Still all the movements are on the Up. A five minute gap before the Nottingham-KX rolls in, with KX A3 Melton. Shots of the formation in detail will follow later.

 

 

Melton glossed-presumably with clear? Is stunning 

[davidw]

2 hours ago, great northern said:

So to the formation of the Nottingham, and like so many of these Saturday trains it is a real mixture.

 

 

The rake is fascinating.  No catering facilities is interesting to view.

Is that a 1958 specific consist?

It's a shame that Bachmann have not done Maroon Thompsons. I restorted to building a dozen plus the Elizabethan. 

[KNP]

 

[great northern]

Melton resting at the south end of Platform 2, soon to be on its way home.

 

 

Then at last more movement to the north, as the Hertford North -Scarborough slows for its stop. I'm not sure how the cameraman got to take this, as even if he has someone watching his back it looks rather dangerous. Perhaps he has a very special permit.

 

 

Actually, it isnt as bad as it looks. Quite a lot of my camera was  straddling both lines when I set this up, so a 4mm scale human would I think have been able to get it from the comparative safety of the right hand side, provided he then stepped back quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

[New Haven Neil]

On 02/10/2022 at 07:41, KNP said:

 

Yay!  Missed this when it was posted, my excuse is I was on holiday!