Peterborough North

[great northern]

Flying North now, and we get a fairly wide view towards Spital Bridge.

Not bad really, considering that the original plan would have seen only the water tank, coaling stage and one building in this picture.

 

Another quick turn shows Walter K slowing for its stop, and a very nice jumble of roof lines.

[landscapes]

Flying North now, and we get a fairly wide view towards Spital Bridge.

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Not bad really, considering that the original plan would have seen only the water tank, coaling stage and one building in this picture.

 

Another quick turn shows Walter K slowing for its stop, and a very nice jumble of roof lines.

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Hi Gilbert

 

Is that last photo a new angle, as you said it gives a nice rooftop view showing the different roof constructions, great photo.

 

Also a great locomotive as well, A4 60028 was the very first LNER Pacific I saw, it was at Finsbury Park Station in 1962 rushing North on an express.

 

I know it was used on the Elizabethan so I really should add it to the Haymarket stock, just a little bit of modelling nostalgia for me.

 

Regards

 

David

Edited August 17, 2018 by landscapes

[great northern]

Hi Gilbert

 

Is that last photo a new angle, as you said it gives a nice rooftop view showing the different roof constructions, great photo.

 

Also a great locomotive as well, A4 60028 was the very first LNER Pacific I saw, it was at Finsbury Park Station in 1962 rushing North on an express.

 

I know it was used on the Elizabethan so I really should add it to the Haymarket stock, just a little bit of modelling nostalgia for me.

 

Regards

 

David

It's a slightly different angle David, but mainly a bit higher. Be careful what you wish for. Most KX engines were used on the Elizabethan at some time. I know this because I've had the same thought process in reverse.

[great northern]

Still circling above PN, but we're running out of our allotted time now.

 

The camera has panned round a little more to get this, After which the pilot has done another U turn, and we get to see Walter one more time, plus a rather crowded old engine yard.

 

 

Now I must fill up my pond, after which I may run trains, though I said that on Wednesday, and didn't.

[great northern]

Dunno what happened to the pictures, but here they are, again.

[Oldddudders]

I am enjoying the heli shots. They really open the vista of the layout, and it simply becomes even more impressive.

[great northern]

Still circling at the North end, the cameraman first looks South.

 

and then across to the East.

There's been a change in the weather, as from this height we should be able to see across the City, and the Cathedral. Obviously a sudden bank of fog has descended.

[great northern]

The pilot is looking at his watch, so time seems to be up. Two more shots are snatched by the cameraman while he can still get them.

 

It really is time I ran some more trains, but today I go in pursuit of the small white spherical object again. It has a mind of its own, you know. Enjoys both swimming, well, sinking really, and hide and seek.

[great northern]

Here's a pleasant surprise. As the biplane climbed away to head for home, the pilot had a change of heart, and said we could have a few more images from an even higher viewpoint. Here are the first two.

 

As for golf, well just imagine that you are aiming down a fairway, having hit a long drive. About 120 yards ahead, at the edge of the fairway, is a staked tree. The stake is about three inches wide, but quite tall. Well struck ball hits the stake on its edge, and shoots 45 degrees back and across, where there is a pond. In it goes, and I finish up recording a fat lady, (eight)  on a par four. I could hit another thousand balls and not do that again. I also missed two putts from no more than eighteen inches, and finished three shots behind the winner.

[landscapes]

Hi Gilbert

 

I believe that some one has already mentioned that the series of aerial shots certainly show just how good your Peterborough North Layout is with its many building and structures, you get an idea of just how big the layout actually is.

 

Great photos.

 

Regards

 

David

[great northern]

Still flying high this morning.

 

I must say that I'm rather encouraged by these images. The whole thing seems to be tying in rather well. It is indeed a big layout, and most of the time the overall picture isn't seen.

[great northern]

Another turn, and another look along Station Road.

[great northern]

That last shot was quite heavily cropped, but this one, from a similar angle, is not, and srikes me as one of the most powerful so far.

 

Today, a few trains did run, so we may get back to the sequence shortly.

[rockershovel]

Digressing, but not too far; I was in the Mayor’s Walk/Midland Road area today (the area generally W of the railway, between the two bridges - just “offstage” from PN) and was suddenly struck by the differences in house construction from one street to the next. This is one of the few areas of Peterborough still much as it was built, and there is an obvious graduation. Houses in Midland Road are, generally, that bit more “upmarket” than in Mayors Walk - quarry tile floors, wooden portico porches etc - but not large; for the lower to mid-middle class, if you like, rather than the workmens terrraces of the Peacock Bridge / Silver St area.

 

Aldermans Drive, next across from Midland Road and on the verge of open country when built, is generally that bit more upmarket..

Edited August 20, 2018 by rockershovel

[great northern]

The trouble with these high level shots is that there hasn't been much going on on the ground, but here at last we have another moving train, even if it is just another Ivatt on its way in from Kings Lynn.

There are a couple of bits on this image which I defy anyone to photoshop successfully!

 

Another circuit reveals that the Ivatt, journey completed, is now skulking in the shadows.

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

Nothing to 'look' at, what about the superlative, track, buildings and general air, Thanks for sharing.

 

manna

[rockershovel]

G'Day Folks

 

Nothing to 'look' at, what about the superlative, track, buildings and general air, Thanks for sharing.

 

manna

Indeed. There are some layouts about which ARE their prototypes, and this is one of them..

[60027Merlin]

Gilbet,

 

The photograph series taken by the flying cameraman highlight the expanse of the layout not only in length but in width. The buildings are even more impressive when viewed from the higher level and coupled with the recent weathering shades added to the ballast have transformed the overall scene completely.

 

Add in to that the locos and stock which blend seamlessly in and it completely captures the station atmosphere of these days.

 

I wonder if these are early Brian Monaghan photographs before he worked for the Railway Modeller?

 

Eric

[stewartingram]

I was going to say that instead of a biplane, the photographer was using a hot air balloon. However, these didn't rally take off (get it?) in popularity until the late '60s. However... not to far away in Cambs, Ken Wallis was based. He was born in Ely, with a lifelong passion for the atuogyro (including being in 007 movies) and a distinguished flying career as well. There is the family garage/car dealership in Barton still. I remember buying a Rover 827 from them; when we went into the office to do the paperwork, the walls were adorned with autogyro memorabilia. I reckon Ken offered our photographer a lift......

 

Stewart

[cctransuk]

I was going to say that instead of a biplane, the photographer was using a hot air balloon. However, these didn't rally take off (get it?) in popularity until the late '60s. However... not to far away in Cambs, Ken Wallis was based. He was born in Ely, with a lifelong passion for the atuogyro (including being in 007 movies) and a distinguished flying career as well. There is the family garage/car dealership in Barton still. I remember buying a Rover 827 from them; when we went into the office to do the paperwork, the walls were adorned with autogyro memorabilia. I reckon Ken offered our photographer a lift......

 

Stewart

 

I recall an autogyro being displayed in the Wallis showroom window at Mitchum's Corner, Cambridge; (now Staples).

 

My immediate boss at Cambridge City Council was a great friend of Ken Wallis; (naturally, he drove a Rover and had his own glider).

 

Regards,

John Isherwood.

[St Enodoc]

I recall an autogyro being displayed in the Wallis showroom window at Mitchum's Corner, Cambridge; (now Staples).

 

My immediate boss at Cambridge City Council was a great friend of Ken Wallis; (naturally, he drove a Rover and had his own glider).

 

Regards,

John Isherwood.

Ken's cousin Geoff was a good friend of mine.

[great northern]

Well, whatever it was it has now departed, leaving us with just one more view.

and there are now sounds of more activity, captured by our man in the bushes by Crescent box, who has been cowering away from the low flying whatsit.

Just a B1 backing into the bay, ready to take the 1.12 pm slow to KX, and it's the same one which has been rostered for what seems like weeks.

[great northern]

Why is that bloke wasting valuable film taking close ups of things like this?

 

and for goodness sake, why waste more on the front door of a ****** hotel?

 

I just decided to import one of the grumblers from the golf club, and imagine what he might find to complain about on here. It makes me feel better, because having been virtually imported, he has now been summarily ejected.

[great northern]

And for your delectation tonight. "Ooh look, there's a ladder, I wonder what there is at the top". Peter won't thank me for showing this, as he still has some small gaps to fill in. About number 25 on the to do list, I think.

 

after which we return at last to recording the passing and stopping trains at PN.

 

Top shed A1 Sea Eagle will be stopping at Platform 6, and for quite a while. She has the 1040am KX- Grantham. Before we have even finished dealing with Hornby green, I now find myself thinking that Bachmann green isn't that inspiring either. Tim would like a go at this one, as she had only been out of the paint shop for a couple of weeks in August 58, and was still very shiny. I have a photograph to prove it.

Edited August 22, 2018 by great northern

[great northern]

We shall follow the progress of Sea Eagle, first from inside the curve as she runs into the platform.

and then again when she has come to a standstill

Spectacularly misplaced lamps, eh? I don't know how I do it. Both of these shots are only possible because of the addition of those Midland sidings, and the stock kindly loaned by His Duckness.