Crisis Rail Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Power On..! Good to see the use of sub-contract labour too As regards the chip sounds 60's do sound all well and good albeit clinical until the Rf 31 fired up - dirty and uneconomical but brilliant. Jock 26 with a Sulzer 6LDA unit in model form what a sound of spanners in a bag. Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Need to keep my eyes peeled for a RF & a LL Class 56 and a Sector 60 but not in coal livery 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Need to keep my eyes peeled for a RF & a LL Class 56 and a Sector 60 but not in coal livery Shame, I could of obliged with at least a couple off that list a couple of months ago, but all gone now, and pleased to say one was transferred to Broxenby too!!! Nice 60 sounds there, and yes the 31 sounded so uneconomical when it started up in comparison. Lovely work Mr Grimley, I'm looking forward to the next milestone now. Jinty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Yeah shame didn't even know you were selling up until you had. Oh well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Need to keep my eyes peeled for a RF & a LL Class 56 and a Sector 60 but not in coal livery You certainly do! Railfreight and Large Logo Grids, lovely! What sector livery are you after? Hornby are due to release a coal one soon, so you could always get one and then change it. The Petroleum ones are very hard to come by. Hopefully next year Hornby will release a Metals one! Fingers crossed.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Shame, I could of obliged with at least a couple off that list a couple of months ago, but all gone now, and pleased to say one was transferred to Broxenby too!!! Nice 60 sounds there, and yes the 31 sounded so uneconomical when it started up in comparison. Lovely work Mr Grimley, I'm looking forward to the next milestone now. Jinty Thanks Jinty, it is hard to hear the 60 with the 31 idling away! Hopefully getting the pits, platforms and floor down will be the next milestone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Power On..! Good to see the use of sub-contract labour too As regards the chip sounds 60's do sound all well and good albeit clinical until the Rf 31 fired up - dirty and uneconomical but brilliant. Jock 26 with a Sulzer 6LDA unit in model form what a sound of spanners in a bag. Ian Hi Ian, it is nice to get the power on! Well, it is a British tradition! I just had too..... I am quite liking the sound fitted locos but think it would become very annoying if you had 20 odd all idling away! As you know I am quite fond of 60s, so it is nice to have one fitted with sound. Planning to get a few Legomanbiffo chips in the future. My 26 will definitely be fitted with sound! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 This afternoon the wiring was completed and now all 15 inspection pits have power fed from both ends. Great! Whilst out earlier I purchased a couple of DCC chips to allow a couple more locos to run, including this Beast: Untitled by AP474, on Flickr I will take some more video tomorrow. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 You certainly do! Railfreight and Large Logo Grids, lovely! What sector livery are you after? Hornby are due to release a coal one soon, so you could always get one and then change it. The Petroleum ones are very hard to come by. Hopefully next year Hornby will release a Metals one! Fingers crossed.... Not fussy just not coal as my 58 is coal so after a mix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Hi Britfarmer, I can understand you wanting to have a mix. The majority of my fleet will be coal but I too would like a few Construction, Petroleum, and Metals as well to offer a bit of variety. Oh and may be a couple of Railfreight Distribution. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Boxenby had a visitor today: Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Untitled by AP474, on Flickr I can probably just about get away with 47461 and 60014 being together. 47461 had its accident in November 1990, and 60014 was out and about in 1990, so in theory, they could have met up! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) A couple of videos: 60014 arrives on shed Visiting 47461 leaves the shed Edited August 30, 2015 by Grimleygrid 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 This afternoon I have been cutting small channels at the end of the dead end roads for the wires to sit in the pits below the top of the plastic. This will then allow the buffer stops to sit nicely on to the end of the inspection pits. A few photos of the buffer stops plonked on the end of the pits; Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Untitled by AP474, on Flickr 60014 at the stops: Untitled by AP474, on Flickr This will show the view from the main platform at the rear of the dead end pits; Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Untitled by AP474, on Flickr A view looking across the dead end roads: Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Looking towards the rear of the shed between two roads: Untitled by AP474, on Flickr An aerial view looking across the dead end roads: Untitled by AP474, on Flickr A different angle looking across roads 7 to 15 Untitled by AP474, on Flickr 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Another video clip, 37707 arrives for attention: Hope you like it Cav! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 What a beast that loco is. I miss her sometimes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Superb pictures and videos grimley David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Fantastic pictures Grimley. That line up is seriously impressive. Very Toton indeed. Unfortunately the last time I saw a line up like that it was all sheds and skips!! I can see why Cav's getting all sentimental about his old 37, it does indeed look lovely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 What a beast that loco is. I miss her sometimes! I can understand why you feel like that Cav, she is indeed a beast! Feel free to pop in and be reunited! Superb pictures and videos grimley David Thanks David. It is good to finally be able to run a few locos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Fantastic pictures Grimley. That line up is seriously impressive. Very Toton indeed. Unfortunately the last time I saw a line up like that it was all sheds and skips!! I can see why Cav's getting all sentimental about his old 37, it does indeed look lovely. Thanks Marcus, I really need to get a few of my 20s chipped, doesn't seem right without them. Oh and a few more Grids! The last time I visited Toton it was full of Sheds and a couple of 60s but nothing like my first visit in 1988! Shame..... Cav did a fantastic job on 707, superb loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Hi Alex, Nice to see some pics and video of loco's moving about the shed. Have you got any triple grey class 58s I've not noticed one. Now stop playing trains and get that floor painted. lol Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Hi Alex, Nice to see some pics and video of loco's moving about the shed. Have you got any triple grey class 58s I've not noticed one. Now stop playing trains and get that floor painted. lol Cheers Peter. Hi Peter, it is great to see some locos moving! I have one triple grey 58, will have to get a few more! Problem is, I prefer them in Original Railfreight..... You beat me to it! I was going to post that I now know why the pits were not wired up earlier, otherwise there would have been a lot more playing and very little modelling going on! Good job really.......it would be very easy to just move locos instead of actually working on the layout. There is no way I would have gotten this far if there was the ability to play. However, playing trains has motivated me to get on and finish the floor! You are right Peter, I do need to stop it and do some modelling! My plan now is to get the rails touched up, pits in their final position, floor pieces primed, painted and weathered, and finally get the inspection platforms and floor down permanently. My target is by Christmas to have all this done. Is that achievable? I hope so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 I recently purchased a couple of chips for my two Blue Grids, but when I went to run them, nothing! As the majority of my fleet have not been run much since purchase, I suppose it is no great surprise that they wouldn't move! So off to see Grimley Senior they went and have now returned in full working order. Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Untitled by AP474, on Flickr Is it me or do Romanian Grids look great in BR blue? Cannot wait to see these two become 008 and 022 respectively and turned into work stained Grids. I will take some video later but then over the weekend I really do need to do some modelling..... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 (edited) Multiple thumbs and likes.... Now stop playing and get some cladding done as well. Ian Edited September 4, 2015 by Crisis Rail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Rf Grey livery so good 37/7 especially - in contrast to the BR Blue 56's - heard 70's liveried Traction called Bland Blue Boxes but would have them back tomorrow against todays dross. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Now stop playing and get some cladding done as well. Ian Terribly sorry Sir, will stop playing and get cracking! Being realistic, I think it will probably not be until the new year before I can start on the cladding. Looking forward to seeing the cladding go on.... I am getting a bit bored of the inside of the shed now! But at least once the floor is down I can get the shed building finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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