RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2015 SWMBO offered to buy it for me but I declined as there are needs elsewhere. Probably no bad thing. I seriously wonder about the provenance of that as I can't recall ever seeing anything like it previously which leaves me wondering about its exact purpose. However the letter proportions do look right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 I would agree with Mike. I can't recall ever seeing anything like that in my travels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted October 29, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2015 You just can't beat a parcels train so here's two for today. The summers of '47 and the '57. The need for appropriate motive power for the latter is apparent. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 A carpet. That's what you can't beat. Stick to rugs, I say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2015 A carpet. That's what you can't beat. Stick to rugs, I say. The latter is a no no in our house after an 'incident' with an adhesive. Q Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2015 bit too much information there Quackers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted October 29, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Bert Grump, the signalman at Tigley Junction, is pleased to see a midweek train pass with 3864 again doing the honours, with a parcels, what else, to Plymouth. Edited October 29, 2015 by gwrrob 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2015 Nice Van. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 Nice van. This also nice van? (Nicer colour?!?) 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 Alas, Rob, you rate only my (past) ability to make money. This van, like its owner, is now a mere nomad, in search of a home (with room for a shed). Still, it is a nice van ...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 A carpet. That's what you can't beat. Stick to rugs, I say. Hard Boiled Eggs, can't beat them either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 You can't beat a hard bargain, either, though, of course, you can drive one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted October 29, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2015 3864 rounds the curve and with a clear signal speeds through Brent.A mixed parcels with both SR and GWR shirtbutton liveried vehicles.I call this a bargain, the best I've ever had. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2015 Rob, do you think that in the really hot summer of '47, just before the weather turned very nasty, that the 38XX was pressed into holiday relief service. Later I know but I remember seeing on one or two occasions one of those emerge from Mutley Tunnel with a 'Relief'. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 29, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 Rob, do you think that in the really hot summer of '47, just before the weather turned very nasty, that the 38XX was pressed into holiday relief service. Later I know but I remember seeing on one or two occasions one of those emerge from Mutley Tunnel with a 'Relief'. Phil A 47xx perhaps but I've never seen a 28xx/38xx with coaches.As usual I will probably be shot down. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 Mutley Tunnel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw3CE04LGiA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2015 Oh yes, those as well. No steam heat needed in the summer (well, in those days anyway). Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 More splendid shots, Rob, but I live, as you know, in 1935, so am confused because someone seems to have fitted cab-side windows and outside steam-pipes to a 2800 (what is an 'XX' anyway? The sort of film I'm not allowed to see, 'probly [sigh]). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 29, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 Damn you Dick Dastardly ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 The place and the dog have been intertwined in my mind since I lived in Plymouth. Both the Wacky races and Dastardly & Muttley were favourites of mine as a kid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2015 The place and the dog have been intertwined in my mind since I lived in Plymouth. Both the Wacky races and Dastardly & Muttley were favourites of mine as a kid Just loved those series. Was it Catch the Pigeon or something? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2015 Nice van. This also nice van? (Nicer colour?!?) Is this a kit or scratch built? I like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 29, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 The place and the dog have been intertwined in my mind since I lived in Plymouth. Both the Wacky races and Dastardly & Muttley were favourites of mine as a kid A great tv series.Not many people realise Penelope Pitstop was modelled on a young Flora Finching. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted October 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2015 Just loved those series. Was it Catch the Pigeon or something? P Yep that was Dastardly and Muttley, the song was "stop the pigeon" and they used to try to intercept a carrier pigeon with more and more elaborate flying machines. Nobody ever just said "grab a 12 bore!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRsPdzivDrM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 A great tv series.Not many people realise Penelope Pitstop was modelled on a young Flora Finching. Presumably after her crash diet and wardrobe makeover: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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