RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 28, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2014 Hey Jim, Just got back from Willaston crossing, any idea why 66846 lost so much time between Wem and Nantwich tonight on the logs, it sounded pretty good and ok as it went through not got a clue i was 150 miles away at the time!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 28, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) a few more pics from last night, basically had a go at improving on the leicester pics by experimenting with various settings first up, waiting to leave didcot and into leicester, still 15 second exposures but i took a light reading from the blackness of the foreground this time and then focussed on the cab light, tonight there was a bit of cloud cover too which looked quite good by the time i got the 2nd pic the cloud started to move in quickly giving me this dramatic effect........ one the other way and a loco study and then to sleep for a few hours!! Edited February 28, 2014 by big jim 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted February 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2014 a few more pics from last night, basically had a go at improving on the leicester pics by experimenting with various settings first up, waiting to leave didcot and into leicester, still 15 second exposures but i took a light reading from the blackness of the foreground this time and then focussed on the cab light, tonight there was a bit of cloud cover too which looked quite good by the time i got the 2nd pic the cloud started to move in quickly giving me this dramatic effect........ one the other way and a loco study and then to sleep for a few hours!! That first picture is a reall nice shot. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 1, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2014 Just one picture from last night, due to a loco failure my train had a hired in freightliner loco on the front of a dead in train 66848 I got to didcot in my van for 20:15 and my train finally rolled in at 02:15 some 4 hours late! Due to the timings on it i managed to pick up 50 mins at banbury, an hour at bordesley and over 2 hours at leicester so i actually left there 20 mins early!! The only stop i had en-route was in the platform at leicester purely to stop and use the loo as it was getting a bit touch and go (or touch 'n' cloth) which is where i got the picture Got into toton and took the freightliner loco off and run it round leaving the colas 66 on the rear where t will stay until the train arrives into redcar later this afternoon!! Juat got back and off to sleep now before a week of working on class 70s 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250BOB Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 The only stop i had en-route was in the platform at leicester purely to stop and use the loo as it was getting a bit touch and go (or touch 'n' cloth) which is where i got the picture Sounds as if this was a "Big Job" then Jim...??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 No toilets in a 66 then? Couldn't you place a brick on the deadman and stick your bum out of the door, that would have been a sight for the residents of Leicester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
11B Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 How does this work then? Given that the train was running late, then left early, do you have to contact the relevant signal box and request to stop for this sort of reason, or are you allowed to just stop if you have a booked stop at that location? Likewise, if the latter is the case, then you get any early path, do they contact you first to check you are still on the loco and not got off to do what ever? Kind regards Ian The only stop i had en-route was in the platform at leicester purely to stop and use the loo as it was getting a bit touch and go (or touch 'n' cloth) which is where i got the picture Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 1, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2014 the box rang me to say he would run me through rather than stopping in humberstone rd for the remaining 30 mins of what would normally be a 3 hour stopover, i just asked if i had time to stop for a few mins in the platform, had there been stuff around and i couldn't stop i'd have just kept going sometimes a box may pull off for you to keep going and you can call them to request the booked stop if you want it, similarly in leicester i normally call them when i get in humberstone rd to ask them to keep me to time as my relief does not get to toton til 05:30 and if i get there early i either have to sit round outside the yard or run the loco round, neither of which i want to do at the end of a 12 hour shift! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted March 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) No toilets in a 66 then?Isn't that a bit inconvenient? Edited March 1, 2014 by Budgie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 No toilets in a 66 then? Couldn't you place a brick on the deadman and stick your bum out of the door, that would have been a sight for the residents of Leicester. Entirely normal in Leicester, wouldn't have been noticed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie_pudd Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 empty 2 or 3 ltr pop bottle as emergency portaloo works wonders for the international truckers, that 3 min relief stop could be difference when rushing for ferry ports whether you made the boat or not. been there done it don't ask lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 3, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2014 well that was an interesting nights work..... pics will follow at some point this week but it started with a top and tail engineers train, (ews 66, 30 wagons and freightliner 66), then an unscheduled trip to kidderminster with one of the locos, and it ended up with them double headed in multi pulling 1700 tons up old hill bank! 7000+ horsepower certainly made light work of it! didn't even make it home, ended up in a hotel closer to todays job due to the hours involved 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted March 4, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2014 couple of days of pics this time sunday i did a possession train, turned out it was cancelled and needed moving off site, unfortunatly no-one told me so i turned up at the booked time of 21:00 not realising the train had been wanted to be moved since about 15:00 66012 leading anyway got on it and fired up the lead loco (66012) in readyness to head off site, wrong road through the possession and upto langley green to exit and cross over, just about to leave and i noticed the train had 1700 tons on which is too heavy for old hill bank (1300 ton limit) so, long story short i had to leave the possession towards stourbridge jn instead driving from the rear loco (66544), i then uncoupled it, ran down to kidderminster, changed ands and ran back to stourbridge, put the loco on the front, multied them up and headed back into the possession to tackle old hill with 7000 horsepower waiting to leave stourbridge jn with both locos powering rowley regis, waiting to get permission to enter the worksite and begin the climb of old hill bank the pair of them tackled the bank with ease from the standing start, over the top at about 30 mph, carried on towards bescot via soho and perry bar, dumped the train and headed back to lye to get my van before going to a hotel in nuneaton in readyness to start work there the next day got to the station nice and early and had a bit of time photographing a few bits and bobs before my train rolled in, 6M50 to bescot, 70804 with 1800 tons, as i've mentioned before i was only conducting, not driving and off we went about 30 early, had us in at whitacre jn where a few things passed by and into bescot, waiting to enter the yard the wait was for this to finish its run round, the same 66 that passed us at whitacre jn! into the yard and over to the up side to collect the outward traffic couple of old 08s onto the train then it started to get dark schenker schunter loco portrait and away we went about 25 early to hinksey where i got this shot in all a good, if somewhat long day, well couple of days! back on the 70 today on the same job 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Amazing. The class 70 looks even worse in Colas. Oh well, as long as it gets the job done and keeps the rain off Jim,I suppose the outside bits are irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 4, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2014 Amazing. The class 70 looks even worse in Colas. Oh well, as long as it gets the job done and keeps the rain off Jim,I suppose the outside bits are irrelevant. i think they should name the first one "marmite" you either love it or hate it, personally i like it however its too clean at the moment! once it gets a bit of muck on it it will look better, honest 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted March 4, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2014 big jim, on 04 Mar 2014 - 09:53, said: That handrail by the cab door looks just the right height! Thanks Jim for taking the time to tell us about your work, it opens up another view of the railway, and explains things like the EWS/Freightliner combo which as observers just puzzle us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I think it actually looks quite good.....although those 70s have a face like my guinea pig..... Tangled web the modern railway isn't it ? Colas driver, working EWS and fl. Locos...... Keep up the good work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Jim, Wot's it go like then? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave47549 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) . Edited October 2, 2021 by Dave47549 Removed pointless guff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted March 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2014 21st Century "Bone" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Great pictures mate! Really very nice shots! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 i think they should name the first one "marmite" you either love it or hate it, personally i like it however its too clean at the moment! once it gets a bit of muck on it it will look better, honest hmmmmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted March 4, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2014 Yeah, they're ugly but I still reckon the Met Vic Co-Bo holds the title. Maybe we shouldn't concern ourselves much with the way they look if they do a good job, unlike the Met Vic! Time will tell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Its not so much the ugliness as the thought that they could have been quite impressive. I prefer the more conventional look, like this: or even this: The PH37ACmi is just too ponceyfied for my tastes. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 4, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2014 The bottom one reminds me of EVE from WALL-E http://pixar.wikia.com/EVE Cheers, Mick 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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