Peterborough North

[phil.c]

It ain't necessarily so 🤣

 

[great northern]

57 minutes ago, phil.c said:

It ain't necessarily so 🤣

 

Yes, but you are clever, and I am not.This could also contravene the Falsification of Images Act.

[Mallard60022]

15 hours ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

That is really spooky in that I have just seen that pic on FB. SR Viaduct before being demolished (obviously). early 80s I think? Seen from a Gunnislake bound Bog Cart on the WR line that still exists of course.

[Tim Dubya]

43 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

That is really spooky in that I have just seen that pic on FB. SR Viaduct before being demolished (obviously). early 80s I think? Seen from a Gunnislake bound Bog Cart on the WR line that still exists of course.

 

Yes, that's from the same post.  

[phil.c]

5 hours ago, great northern said:

Yes, but you are clever, and I am not.This could also contravene the Falsification of Images Act.

Not that clever my friend, easy when you know how 😉

 

Falsification.....only when the original is not shows 🙂

[great northern]

The B1 having left, Platform 2 becomes available for the 7.43 Sunderland, and its Heaton A2/3, Ocean Swell. That really was a rare sight down south.

 

[great northern]

Two for the price of one again this morning. As Ocean Swell waits, Patrick Stirling swings under Crescent Bridge with the 1200 KX-Leeds.

and Patrick gets a close up.

 

[davidw]

14 minutes ago, great northern said:

Two for the price of one again this morning. As Ocean Swell waits, Patrick Stirling swings under Crescent Bridge with the 1200 KX-Leeds.

and Patrick gets a close up.

 

The a2/3's though ungainly like the a2/2s really do have a sense of presence about them.

[New Haven Neil]

12 hours ago, great northern said:

and its Heaton A2/3, Ocean Swell. That really was a rare sight down south.

 

Whey man, wa tryin te get rid ov it like, ya knaa.  Wu wan a A3 insteed.

[great northern]

Patrick Stirling waiting at Platform 3.

and an image showing the difficulties of taking photos in a south facing room when the sun is so low that it shines horizontally. All blinds were closed, but even though I have toned highlights down as far as possible, just look at all the roofs. Ocean Swell under the bridge is OK though.

[Metropolitan H]

That looks cold - as if there is a hard frost across P'boro North. Brrr!!!

 

Quite appropriate here.

 

Regards

Chis H

[great northern]

Ocean Swell's turn to go round the bend.

 

And Patrick Stirling heads North.

[great northern]

Do you ever find yourself wondering "why am I doing this?", but still carry on doing it anyway?  There was I three days ago, zooming in on a shot I'd already done, and knowing that the light wasn't good enough. But I carried on, and when I looked at the image it confirmed that I had been right. So I spent ages trying to photoshop it, knowing that it would be beyond my capabilities. But on I went to the bitter end, and confirmed that it was indeed beyond my ability. After spending all that time though, I couldn't bring myself to bin it.

Yuk sums it up, I think. Then I went down t'other end and tried something else, and that didn't come out very well either.

The following day was even worse, but we haven't got there yet.

[malc60015]

52 minutes ago, great northern said:

Do you ever find yourself wondering "why am I doing this?", but still carry on doing it anyway?  There was I three days ago, zooming in on a shot I'd already done, and knowing that the light wasn't good enough. But I carried on, and when I looked at the image it confirmed that I had been right. So I spent ages trying to photoshop it, knowing that it would be beyond my capabilities. But on I went to the bitter end, and confirmed that it was indeed beyond my ability. After spending all that time though, I couldn't bring myself to bin it.

Yuk sums it up, I think. Then I went down t'other end and tried something else, and that didn't come out very well either.

The following day was even worse, but we haven't got there yet.

Hi hope you don't mind just had 2 minutes in PS and thought I would see how it turned out, your thoughts please.

cheers malc

[Peter Kazmierczak]

My Kodak Box Brownie came up with this...

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Actually, I rather like this "looking over the bridge" shot, which Gilbert must've taken from the top deck of a 'bus on his way home....

[great northern]

This one may be a little more successful.

 

The puddles look quite convincing, though they were not intentional. Then we have another diesel electric locomotive, bringing through the 8.40 Up Newcastle.

 

[great northern]

11 hours ago, malc60015 said:

Hi hope you don't mind just had 2 minutes in PS and thought I would see how it turned out, your thoughts please.

cheers malc

Better than my effort, but that furthest signal is what really jars for me, and I just don't see what can be done with that, as it is way out of focus, and the lattices were the same colour as the background.

[Clive Mortimore]

"Come on Doreen, let me in. I didn't mean it when I said your mother had the face of a catfish"

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Surely with your musical knowledge, Clive, it should be "Come on, Eileen..."

[great northern]

2 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

"Come on Doreen, let me in. I didn't mean it when I said your mother had the face of a catfish"

What's Doreen doing in the Goods Office?

[Clive Mortimore]

1 minute ago, great northern said:

What's Doreen doing in the Goods Office?

Not letting Bert in, cos he said her mum was ugly.

 

She also says if any one wants their goods delivered they better not agree with him.

[great northern]

The other side of D209.

Entering Platform 6 is another B1, on another Skegness train. This one left KX at 1208, and waits here for nine minutes, while something more important gets by. I would think the opportunity would be taken for a loco change, so this may be one of the few Skeggy services that had a Pacific or V2 as far as here. Not today though.

[great northern]

I was visited today by a self described deranged duck, though he didn't seem very deranged to me. Now, I know I very recently claimed to have been cured of locoholism, but I have to confess that he brought with him another loco. This doesn't count as a relapse though. Phil quite often bids for things on auction sites, sometimes wins, and often has forgotten that he had even bid for them. Anyway, he won two locos sold as one lot, one a Southern one which he wanted, but the other was a Bachmann A1, which he didn't. I'd agreed to let him have my Standard 5, which was pushing things for PN, so we agreed a swop, and this morning he brought the A1, which looks as though it is brand new, and has never been out of its box.

 

So, it cost me nowt, and is a real bargain, so it doesn't count as locoholism, does it?

[Oldddudders]

Humouring a deranged duck was your good deed for the day. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 24, 2022 by Oldddudders