RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 I'd like to do Paddington to Penzance one day when funds permit as I imagine it costs an arm or leg. A friend of ours got a one way on the sleeper for £35 last year but that was with his Senior Railcard. Dunno about the leg but we spent a couple of hours with him in Penzance Health Centre after he tripped over a badly placed platform slab and damaged his hand. However we had been wondering what to do for the morning after breakfast until we were collected by the ship so that filled in the gap quite nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 Has Truro got a roof? I know it still has a footbridge west of the station (well I think it is still there) P Truro doesn't have an over track roof, but it does boast two on-platform fully, covered foot bridges, as well as the footbridge over the whole station at the west end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Ah, see, I thought so! Do they sell marmalade sandwiches? (new GWR First Class complimentary delicacy, I believe). No and the lady behind the counter wasn't best pleased with me when I asked.......didn't dare enquirer if they served chocolate and cream. :nono: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 You would have seen ..... Nice. P Change at Salisbury and Paris? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 A friend of ours got a one way on the sleeper for £35 last year but that was with his Senior Railcard. Dunno about the leg but we spent a couple of hours with him in Penzance Health Centre after he tripped over a badly placed platform slab and damaged his hand. However we had been wondering what to do for the morning after breakfast until we were collected by the ship so that filled in the gap quite nicely. That's global warming and rising sea levels for you.....Back in the day we were always collected by a taxi. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Enjoy that glorious roof when you arrive Stu. Edited January 31, 2018 by Stubby47 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 31, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Alas my son won't be seeing him this weekend as the lad is off pub exploring in Bulgaria - so I'll have to try to remember next week. But in the meanwhile you can read Jamie's (Jim's) own words here - strange that different folk knew him by different names over the years hence he's always 'Jamie' to me although most of the Nine Elms 'old boys' now him as 'Jim' http://svsfilm.com/nineelms/wcf.htm Sounds like there was no fault then, just the January weather creating plenty of condensation of the exhaust or perhpas cylinder cocks open for a while after starting off for Oxford. Thanks Mike, I love reading stuff from that site. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 31, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Well, now the serious investigations and measuring of things begins. I have taken Big Footprint up The Junction and placed it upon the paper version which shows the Platform 'width', building to Platform edge (in theory). Next the postions of the footbridges must be sorted by looking at pics of the Up Platform to see where the steps were postioned. On the Down Platform I suspect some compromise will be needed with the Down building dimensions, the Signal Box position adjusted and I need to study the few pics I have of the Down building. AFAIK there are no plans available on line for this building and I have had zero luck in accessing any info from previous modellers of Seaton Junction. Ooohhh, I'm all excited and need to lie down. Phil 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 Your new building should butt up against the platform, as there will be a small footing to strengthen under the doors. How much detail is needed inside? Just the booking hall, or other rooms as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Wrt Post 10906, it's a pity the new GWR managed to misquote Laurence Binyon on the locomotive. Wouldn't have happened under the Old Company. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Your new building should butt up against the platform, as there will be a small footing to strengthen under the doors. How much detail is needed inside? Just the booking hall, or other rooms as well? Well, now the serious investigations and measuring of things begins. I have taken Big Footprint up The Junction and placed it upon the paper version which shows the Platform 'width', building to Platform edge (in theory). Next the postions of the footbridges must be sorted by looking at pics of the Up Platform to see where the steps were postioned. On the Down Platform I suspect some compromise will be needed with the Down building dimensions, the Signal Box position adjusted and I need to study the few pics I have of the Down building. AFAIK there are no plans available on line for this building and I have had zero luck in accessing any info from previous modellers of Seaton Junction. Ooohhh, I'm all excited and need to lie down. Phil Picture of SJ on the CRS site today! Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 Wrt Post 10906, it's a pity the new GWR managed to misquote Laurence Binyon on the locomotive. Wouldn't have happened under the Old Company. Oh, I don't know. Didn't they get shires and counties confused to a tautological degree in naming Hawksworth locos? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 Oh, I don't know. Didn't they get shires and counties confused to a tautological degree in naming Hawksworth locos? Well they did a duke on a bulldog chassis and called it a dukedog. A similar conjunction of shire and county would be a . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 31, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Your new building should butt up against the platform, as there will be a small footing to strengthen under the doors. How much detail is needed inside? Just the booking hall, or other rooms as well? Booking Hall please. Possibly curtains in the upper floor residentail windows? Anything else you consider suitable? Thanks matey. Phil Edited January 31, 2018 by Mallard60022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 31, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Picture of SJ on the CRS site today! Brian. Thanks B. I have that special on the 'could do it' list. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Thanks B. I have that special on the 'could do it' list. P Phor Phil, CRS http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/news---latest-reports-and-photographs Brian. Edited January 31, 2018 by brianusa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 Now back in the Duchy, but stopping at every station before Truro... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 31, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Now back in the Duchy, but stopping at every station before Truro... Long day matey. I'm sitting here watching the Moon programme and you are just coming home. Fancy commuting then? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Sat on the platform, on a cold, metal seat. Looking forwards to warmth, and something to eat. 'Harry Patch' is in, soon to depart, Still serving his country, still playing his part. Brunel sits alone, surveying the scene. Hearing the whistles, watching them clean. The birds fly around, looking for food, The passengers bustle, trying not to be rude. Bicycles sit, row upon row, Tied to the racks with nowhere to go. A garbled voice forms the public address, A blue train glides in, the Heathrow Express. More trains come and go, it's busy, then hush, As people flock past, all in a rush. Above all of this, majestic and tall The Paddington arches, protecting us all. Was that bloke still on The Lawn scraping his fiddle playing his violin? He was still there when I beat a retreat around 12:45, but was gone when I got back after 6pm - there seemed to be someone singing instead. Perhaps she was singing your poem? Now if you had made the journey yesterday when I was in time to catch the 17:00 to wherever, I could have waved to you when your train arrived at Reading - that would help to pass the time and take my mind of the next stage of my journey (which took me to Basingstoke). The interplay between the Fiddler and the PA was such that neither was reasonably audible! Edited January 31, 2018 by DIW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 Phor Phil, CRS http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/news---latest-reports-and-photographs Brian. The places and people RMweb reconnects us with! Several items there from Peter Murnaghan, whom I knew slightly, more than 50 years ago, when we were both junior clerks with BR. I think Peter left to become a transport planner with East Sussex CC. He was a very bright sort of chap, will have done well. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 There was someone chewing on a microphone, but I managed to blot out the sound. Have seen the moon, but has now disappeared behind the usual Cornish cloud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 Now back in the Duchy, but stopping at every station before Truro... Even Padstow and Wadebridge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 No, Chris, only the stations on the proper railway. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2018 No, Chris, only the stations on the proper railway. Okehampton then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2018 Yeah; cos that's been in Cornwall for ages... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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