RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 17, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2013 No not today, been refreshing liverpool, will be on it for the next 2 weeks though starting monday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 No not today, been refreshing liverpool, will be on it for the next 2 weeks though starting monday Sorry but I can't make it tonight now due to something coming up, will be nice to see you next week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D421 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Great insight and pics again Jim......The panoramic shots look fantastic... Regards D421 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 19, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2013 did the tamper move today, never been on one before, interesting ride!! the view from edge hill station towards lime street, if you look closely you can see a 142 in lime street station as i was waiting a DRS 66 came in with a rake of EWS wagons and run round in the wappings, i think it was a schenker working the tamper and 66 EMT 158 passing through Edge Hill station the 66 departs the sidings and into huyton it then departed for the worksite near earlestown, the signal protection for the possession was the signal its just passed at danger (with authority) you can see the stop board protecting the exit to the possession on the other line in front of the tamper 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2013 Jim A bit out of your area. This csught me by surprise heading through Redhill this morning, turning onto the Tonbridge line. Ian 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Jim A bit out of your area. This csught me by surprise heading through Redhill this morning, turning onto the Tonbridge line. Ian Thought I saw a similar thing over the back of Hoo Junction on Saturday. Back to the tamper photos - there's a lot of reading material in the cab of that 66. And how are those tampers etc for ride comfort when travelling at top speed? Better or worse than a 142 pacer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2013 Thought I saw a similar thing over the back of Hoo Junction on Saturday. Back to the tamper photos - there's a lot of reading material in the cab of that 66. And how are those tampers etc for ride comfort when travelling at top speed? Better or worse than a 142 pacer? Sunday papers with all those extras? P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Nice photos. Sorry if you have already mentioned it, but what camera are they from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 21, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2013 Up until the night time class 56 pictures they are iphone 4 then the zoomed in pics, derby, edge hill etc are taken on a finepix 4400, my £30 bargain from cash convertors, cracking bridge camera with 28X optical zoom, 14MP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 22, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) nothing particularly interesting this week, same job, same loco so same photos, but here are a selection of pics i took while waiting for my train to work and a couple while i was fueling the loco, its getting lighter later now so i may take the camera and try and get a good shot of the WAG express passing by tonight Edited May 28, 2013 by big jim 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Up until the night time class 56 pictures they are iphone 4 then the zoomed in pics, derby, edge hill etc are taken on a finepix 4400, my £30 bargain from cash convertors, cracking bridge camera with 28X optical zoom, 14MP Thanks, good image quality with an impressive zoom...and a complete bargain at £30! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 24, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) Had a taxing night, late running passenger services knocking me for time, a loco failure and eventual swap and an unexpected run to carlisle!! A few pics to follow when i upload them when i get home but basically the night started in warrington with 66847 at the helm and ended in carlisle with 56302 on the train! Edited June 3, 2013 by big jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Up to that last post, we were all green with envy about your job, but now I'm not so sure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 24, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2013 I dunno, the 56 over shap was pretty good!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Amazing all the overhead above the photo of the Pendolino no wonder it takes a while to put it all back together when it falls down! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 24, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) right a few pics from the last couple of days..... wednesday evening, 66850 rolls into warrington BQ 175 passing chirk, still cant get the focus right on the front of the train again trouble focusing but it was about 21:00 and geting dark and this was really at the last bit of light, bescot to wrexham (and onwards to the bidston line) and onto yesterday (Thursday) GBRf leaving LNWR with a mixed rake of wagons 66847 waiting in warrington 6j37 is booked to sit in chester for about 30 mins now, this came in while i was waiting, the beatles experience unit rounding the curve towards bache 175 arriving into plat 2, it wasn't too long ago they were banned from that platform because of clearances 158 disappears into the rain so off i went, delayed by late running passenger services, all was good until the 66 decided to give up the ghost at cosford, got it going again only to pretty much immediatly shut down and again at bushbury so it was decided after trying all available avenues (ie gettign a 66 off drs, freightliner etc) to swap the loco for a 56 that luckily was in crewe ETD for crew training, dropped into basford hall and removed the 66 and went over to the ETD with it only to find the 56 blocked in, a couple of calls to the on call man finally managed to get the unit blocking us in moved and we got back onto the train a few hours later ready to depart north, the only problem being the relieving driver didn't sign 56s so i had to go with him to traction conduct him to carlisle as en route i would reach my continuous driving limit so would have had to have stopped driving! and so into carlisle kingmoor, i don't sign the yard yet so the other driver continued driving while i oversaw him, handy for me to see the moves though, got a few pics while we were waiting to set back from the recess yard into the wood yard... running round after running round and having pushed the train back as far as a ground frame we had to wait for schenker to finish a move before we could continue setting back, i'm wondering if this is part of the old hump yard? Edited June 3, 2013 by big jim 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 On the focussing thing, a lot of cameras allow you to pre-focus on the spot you want by half-pressing the shutter button with the desired spot in the centre of the frame, then keep it half-pressed and re-frame the shot. Best to set your zoom level before pre-focussing though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40044 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Looks like a bit of a mini RMWeb gathering at Crewe yesterday. That's me looking out of the secondmans side of 66728 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D421 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) Splendid selection of 56105.... Managed a shot of 56302 tonight at dunham in low light....Sounded superb....Thump thump thump thump... Music to the ears.... Shame you weren't driving it Jim.... Regards D421 Edited May 26, 2013 by D421 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 24, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2013 Its Not 105 its 302, i should have been driving it but couln't make the job due to the late running last night, will be picking it up later though from crewe May i suggest getting out monday for J37 too, you wait for a 56 to come along and 2 come along at once!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman Sam Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Had a taxing night, late running passenger services knocking me for time, a loco failure and eventual swap and an unexpected run to carlisle!! A few pics to follow when i upload them when i get home but basically the night started in warrington with 66847 at the helm and ended in carlisle 12 hours later with 56302 on the train! Bloody knackered and still on my way back to crewe on a voyager (just coming down shap) for a well deserved sleep before i book back on at 23:59 to take 6C37 back to carlisle (on the plus side its still the 56 on it) You're welcome to all that messing about mate That's one thing I don't miss about the freight life, much easier just stepping on and off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 24, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2013 I quite enjoyed it to be honest, had to think on my feet a bit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 25, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2013 (edited) only a few from last night, 56302 on the logs again, traction conducted it to carlisle... crewe (iphone pic) warrington BQ kingmoor during the run round checked my train time home only to find that after the 05:45 departure direct to crewe all other trains were only running to oxenholme with a bus to preston and then a train to manchester and another to crewe with a journey time of 4 hours 15 mins so i ended up taking the van and driving home instead, tonight i start work in banbury, thats a fair few miles today!! Edited May 29, 2013 by big jim 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2013 56302 is on the logs again on monday but will be being joined by 56086 at warrington for the run to chirk and back to carlisle, been looking through my manual to see how to multi them up!! And the big frothy question from me is: Are they then going to run south on Tuesday via the S&C???? Cheers, Mick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2013 56302 is on the logs again on monday but will be being joined by 56086 at warrington for the run to chirk and back to carlisle, been looking through my manual to see how to multi them up!! Should that be 56087? Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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