Peterborough North

[great northern]

 A WD heads for Ferme Park, and passes the B2.

Shortly afterwards, as it lurches across the last part of the curve, it also passes the A3, which need not be in a hurry to move as the train stops here for eighteen minutes.

 

[great northern]

11 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Station Road is looking great, Gilbert - even better with the N5 in front!

 

Lovely work from Mr G Train, and it really has enhanced the layout to a great degree.

Yes, it had occurred to me at that there was a double bonus for one of our regular visitors.😉

[great northern]

Something has landed here this morning. Is it a bird,? Is it a plane? No, it is.........

Unfortunately the camera is too big for me to be able to get the whole tree in on the angle of that one image we had, but this gives a very good idea of how it looks in situ. And of course I had to take some more.

 

This one, I think, does show how close 4D model shop have come to an exact replica of that very unusual tree, and I cannot speak too highly of what they have achieved for me. This is effectively scratch built. Great job, and great service. Just one more image, for now at least.

[mullie]

The street scene is stunning.

 

Martyn

[great northern]

The WD plods on past our new backdrop.

which is still new enough for me to try a slightly different angle. 

 

[great northern]

60070 has now backed on.

and a few minutes later is on its way.

 

[Mallard60022]

19 hours ago, great northern said:

Something has landed here this morning. Is it a bird,? Is it a plane? No, it is.........

Unfortunately the camera is too big for me to be able to get the whole tree in on the angle of that one image we had, but this gives a very good idea of how it looks in situ. And of course I had to take some more.

 

 

This one, I think, does show how close 4D model shop have come to an exact replica of that very unusual tree, and I cannot speak too highly of what they have achieved for me. This is effectively scratch built. Great job, and great service. Just one more image, for now at least.

 

That Tree suddenly gives a great sense of proportion and contrast to the whole section of that layout. Brilliantly made too G.

Phil

[Oldddudders]

Good to see some greening-up in the gardens. In that era we might not expect - er - Leylandii....

[St Enodoc]

1 minute ago, Oldddudders said:

Good to see some greening-up in the gardens. In that era we might not expect - er - Leylandii....

True. It was still Austinii and Morrisii in those days.

[great northern]

40 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

Good to see some greening-up in the gardens. In that era we might not expect - er - Leylandii....

On close examination it does not appear to be coniferous Ian. In any event, it looks much more like a hedge than any others I have seen for sale.

[great northern]

Coming to Saturday's last workings now, and we have another Doncaster to Peterborough stopper, another New England V2 coming home.

Unexpected sunshine today meant that I could take some more pictures, and draw the sequence to a conclusion, so we will be going back to Friday happenings, unless its Thursday of course, or possiblty even Monday. It all depends on what excuse I need at the time.

[FarrMan]

11 hours ago, great northern said:

Coming to Saturday's last workings now, and we have another Doncaster to Peterborough stopper, another New England V2 coming home.

Unexpected sunshine today meant that I could take some more pictures, and draw the sequence to a conclusion, so we will be going back to Friday happenings, unless its Thursday of course, or possiblty even Monday. It all depends on what excuse I need at the time.

Both of these nicely hide the end of Spittal Bridge.

 

Lloyd

[great northern]

Up on to Crescent Bridge again, the other side for a change, which gives a view both of a resting V2 and along Station Road to the station forecourt.

lots of lovely chimneys.

 

[drmditch]

9 minutes ago, great northern said:

 

 

lots of lovely chimneys.

 

 

 

I do agree, but are they perhaps a bit clean?

[Oldddudders]

10 minutes ago, drmditch said:

 

I do agree, but are they perhaps a bit clean?

There is seldom smut in this thread. 

[great northern]

48 minutes ago, drmditch said:

 

I do agree, but are they perhaps a bit clean?

Perhaps, but they may not remain so. Still some weathering work to be done.

[great northern]

40 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

There is seldom smut in this thread. 

Frequented by a jolly nice type of person, don't you know?

[Oldddudders]

28 minutes ago, great northern said:

Frequented by a jolly nice type of person, don't you know?

"We are, old chap, we are." General Smuts. I once knew a lady who'd had breakfast with him in SA...

[phil.c]

Sorry, couldn't resist straightening that first wagon :)

 

 

[great northern]

30 minutes ago, phil.c said:

Sorry, couldn't resist straightening that first wagon :)

 

 

Thank you. Magnets don't like each other. Perhaps I should try swopping things around a bit.

[great northern]

Now we have a well cleaned KX V2 on ECS. I'd like to give some more detail, but that is all the slide tells me, and the tablet is playing silly bu**ers with me at the moment.

 

 

[great northern]

Oh dear! Wi Fi problems, so the tablet still won't let me access the sequence. Technician coming tomorrow. Just the one image again taken from Crescent Bridge, but BT.

Does this look as though it was taken in fast fading light with sunset approaching? Or am I doing self delusion again?

[franciswilliamwebb]

2 minutes ago, great northern said:

Does this look as though it was taken in fast fading light with sunset approaching? Or am I doing self delusion again?

 

To me it looks like a cloud has just passed in front of the sun 👍

[jazzer]

4 hours ago, great northern said:

Oh dear! Wi Fi problems, so the tablet still won't let me access the sequence. Technician coming tomorrow. Just the one image again taken from Crescent Bridge, but BT.

Does this look as though it was taken in fast fading light with sunset approaching? Or am I doing self delusion again?

One of things about the plethora of pictures from similar angles is that it gives us a chances to focus on different aspects of pictures that are very similar. Something in the lower picture that I’ve never appreciated before ( probably because I am focussed on the trains ) is the amazingly different textures and colours of the ground and ballast, both from left to right and top to bottom. Something that a lot of us can probably learn from.  

[great northern]

Tonight we have a V2 going round the bend. I don't think I've tried this angle before, but with careful cropping on the right hand side it looks OK, I think. It also needs very little shopping, and I certainly like images that do that.