A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[46444]

15 hours ago, Harlequin said:

Dapol have news about their 2nd batch of Manors:

 

https://www.Dapol.co.uk/blogs/news/oo-gauge-gwr-4-6-0-manor-steam-locomotive-production-samples?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3jbIbqVX117aLq1Ur1ApDj8c5AUSOpG1Xpbpuj3hp4FRwk5uYqjWblrjY_aem_hndERR1TndiFp7Vo4ye7-A

 

The firebox and boiler cone still don't look right to me. And is that black or is it grey?

 

 

 

Thems scrubs up well though...

 

 

My blog entry...

7827 seen heading south at Talladega in 1963..

 

 

Edited Friday at 05:48 by 46444

[St Enodoc]

9 hours ago, Harlequin said:

And is that black or is it grey?

The crosshead certainly seems to be black.

[46444]

5 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

The crosshead certainly seems to be black.

 

Nothing a silver Sharpie won't fix.... 😉

 

[Captain Kernow]

11 hours ago, 46444 said:

 

 

Thems scrubs up well though...

 

 

My blog entry...

7827 seen heading south at Talladega in 1963..

 

 

Lovely and I bet it runs nice and smoothly on good old honest DC...

 

[John Besley]

Been a while since I last looked in here (busy trying to sell our house, again following a cancellation... Nuf said) currently stuck in Totnes on the 9:05 9:09 from NA to PZ with Mrs B on a anniversary day out to PZ been held here since 9:21...

 

At some point might hurtle through Sarf Brent

 

 

Edited Friday at 10:10 by John Besley

[Mike_Walker]

3 hours ago, John Besley said:

Been a while since I last looked in here (busy trying to sell our house, again following a cancellation... Nuf said) currently stuck in Totnes on the 9:05 9:09 from NA to PZ with Mrs B on a anniversary day out to PZ been held here since 9:21...

 

At some point might hurtle through Sarf Brent

 

 

Sadly, a fatality at Plympton.

[gwrrob]

Talking of Manors and if you keep it to yourself someone on this thread is having a footplate experience on this beauty tomorrow.😉

 

 

[88C]

I don’t suppose you need telling to enjoy yourself.

 

Brian.

[John Besley]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

Talking of Manors and if you keep it to yourself someone on this thread is having a footplate experience on this beauty tomorrow.😉

 

 

 

Enjoy Lydham is a cracking loco, remember your camera and share on here 

[John Besley]

2 hours ago, Mike_Walker said:

Sadly, a fatality at Plympton.

 

We did finally get to PZ ... waited 3 hours at Totnes... then taxi to North Road, 13:40 depart and arrive via Castle set at PZ 15:44.. quick pasties and depart to NA at 16:50

[John Besley]

Can't belive how much vegetation clobbered the sides of the train in Cornwall... bit like off roading in a Landy..driving down overgrown green lanes

[2ManySpams]

3 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Talking of Manors and if you keep it to yourself someone on this thread is having a footplate experience on this beauty tomorrow.😉

 

 

 

Not me. (Just to avoid any confusion)

[gwrrob]

25 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Not me. (Just to avoid any confusion)

Agreed, you did yours on the SVR 😉

[Captain Kernow]

2 hours ago, John Besley said:

Can't believe how much vegetation clobbered the sides of the train in Cornwall... bit like off roading in a Landy..driving down overgrown green lanes

Not too surprising but very disappointing to hear that my former employers are up to their old tricks.

 

[2ManySpams]

3 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Agreed, you did yours on the SVR 😉

 

Shuuush!

[John Besley]

14 hours ago, gwrrob said:

Talking of Manors and if you keep it to yourself someone on this thread is having a footplate experience on this beauty tomorrow.😉

 

 

 

Certainly nice looking weather this morning in Paignton, the sun is out and clear sky, better than yesterday

[Siberian Snooper]

17 hours ago, Mike_Walker said:

Sadly, a fatality at Plympton.

 

Yesterdays, was at Plymouth station itself, there was one at Plympton on the 21 June

 

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/person-dies-train-tracks-plymouth-9392124

 

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/person-dies-train-tracks-plympton-9358733

 

[Mike_Walker]

20 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said:

 

Yesterdays, was at Plymouth station itself, there was one at Plympton on the 21 June

 

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/person-dies-train-tracks-plymouth-9392124

 

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/person-dies-train-tracks-plympton-9358733

 

Not according to the discussions between GWR drivers from the area on another forum yesterday who mentioned it was near the same spot as the 21 June incident.

 

As they were saying NR were expecting the line remain closed until at least 15.00 then if it were at Plymouth station I don't think John would have been taken there to continue his journey.

[Captain Kernow]

27 minutes ago, Mike_Walker said:

As they were saying NR were expecting the line remain closed until at least 15.00 then if it were at Plymouth station I don't think John would have been taken there to continue his journey.

Line closed from 0900 to 1500 because of a fatality? If I were still working for NR, I would despair at this point...

 

The only possible justification for a closure of that length of time would be if there were suspicious circumstances.

 

[Mike_Walker]

1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said:

Line closed from 0900 to 1500 because of a fatality? If I were still working for NR, I would despair at this point...

 

The only possible justification for a closure of that length of time would be if there were suspicious circumstances.

 

I believe the police thought there may have been.  Nowadays, unless the on-board cctv shows the poor soul standing alone in the 4 foot prior to impact, it's declared a crime scene until proved otherwise.  The disruption doesn't concern or worry Mr Plod.

[Limpley Stoker]

I wonder how they cope with fatalities in India !

[Brinkly]

2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Line closed from 0900 to 1500 because of a fatality? If I were still working for NR, I would despair at this point...

 

The only possible justification for a closure of that length of time would be if there were suspicious circumstances.

 

From what I understand, a body was discovered, and not caused by a train. 
 

Another body was found about a week ago in exactly the same place so I think BTP were very suspicious over the circumstances. 
 

I

[Brinkly]

22 hours ago, John Besley said:

Can't belive how much vegetation clobbered the sides of the train in Cornwall... bit like off roading in a Landy..driving down overgrown green lanes

We refer to most of our routes now as ‘Green tunnels’ a term that was reserved for Okehampton only when I first started! 
 

The growth in some places in the South West is quite spectacular! 

Edited Saturday at 15:15 by Brinkly

[Mike_Walker]

4 minutes ago, Brinkly said:

We refer to most of our routes now as ‘Green tunnels’ a term that was reserved for Okehampton online when I first started! 
 

The growth in some places in the South West is quite spectacular! 

It's been suggested that the recent stall of 5043 on Hemerdon Bank was caused by lineside foliage hitting the butterfly on the end of one coach with the effect being the same as pulling the communication cord. 

 

I've also heard a report that last week's incident in Cornwall caused by dragging brakes was started by foliage dislodging part of the brake gear on one vehicle.

 

We had disruption on the GWML  here in the Thames Valley a couple of weeks back when a lineside tree gave up the will to live and fell obscuring a signal.

 

NR do really need to get a grip.

[Oldddudders]

As I've pointed out before, when the original RT1 contract was signed between Railtrack and BR on 1.4.94, there was no mention anywhere of vegetation clearance. While there was a scramble in subsequent weeks to rectify that, it has clearly never been a key issue even in the NR era.