big jim

4 years after starting this thread and it looks like work has begun in earnest on the chord itself! i see the rail i dropped there back in october is still in situ too (on the pic leading into the tunnel)

Stuff like that isn’t filtered down to us on the ground who actually drive em! To be honest I’ve only ever had 2 major failures and both of them were early on on the original batch of locos and involved the compressor both times, the most annoying thing is despite the on board technology on them I can’t actually see on the computer in real time any problems, I have to report an issue to control who contact GE in America, they in turn ‘download’ the loco via the on board router and email control back the problem who in turn tell me, ok it only takes a few mins but it’s frustrating when I could see it on screen in seconds!

Sure did, a lot of the signallers were out with cameras too, end of an era (unless it all goes wrong at the weekend and they have to stay open!)

NMT to Holyhead today Crewe Holyhead, members of the institute of railway operators walking up the platform having had a ride out on the train 158 under the trainshed roof Then a non stop run to Chester, 1:15 from Holyhead And into crewe That’s yer lot Plodding round the midlands on a UTU tomorrow night

Just 3 from last night, logs to carlisle 60085 at crewe Into Kingmoor at 0400 And run round ready to set back into the log sidings That was about it! NMT tomorrow

Interesting the one in model junction has gone up to £155 now

ive just had an order update from model junction saying my colas one has been dispatched, i was thinking they may have cancelled my transaction as it was wrongly priced but no, thanks for the link NIRclass80 and like ruggedpeak, ive used a retailer ive never used before

Here’s another scotrail livery one for you, 47709 ‘the lord provest’ on a penmaenmawr ballast through Flint, North wales, Christmas Eve 1986 iirc Can’t help with a rail express one sorry!

North West Tonight www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09w7pb2 14:10 in (Only on line until 20/3/18)

And a quick vid

Didn’t expect to be doing snowploughing again so soon but today it was another trip to buxton and Hindlow to get the line open Collected the ploughs from Gresty bridge Into Stockport And away to buxton, I was in the 2nd mans seat so was able to get some pics, now today snow wasn’t the problem, it was icicles in eaves tunnel We slowly crept through breaking them off Very gently but it was still horrendous hearing them coming crashing down and there were some serious chunks of ice to be seen! Only really one drift to contend with at the summit of the line, outside footage of this made it onto BBC northwest tonight But we made it to buxton! We headed back to eaves tunnel and it was decided it was too risky to attempt to go back though and risk damaging the locos, the NR bloke with us said they wouldn’t reopen the line with the ice the way it was until a RRV came and broke them all down, so thisnisbas far as we got before running back wrong line to buxton We then went to peak forest where we found out 2 locos has already been through dove holes tunnel so we didn’t need to prove it so we headed back to buxton and went on our way to Hindlow (in hindsight had we done that first we wouldn’t have had to retrace our steps to peak forest! Back in Buxton Hindlow Not too deep this time compared to the other week And that was it for pics, we then went back to buxton, peak forest, chinley, hazel grove, northenden, Altrincham, northwich, sandbach and back to gresty to drop the ploughs off then 56s back to Basford hall! Another good fun productive day!

yeah, just seen it on iplayer

Off snowploughing again in the morning!

I’ve just driven back from cumbria to crewe, snow in silloth, nothing in Wigtown, flurries in carlisle, drifting over the motorway hard shoulder between Penrith and shap, then nothing beyond there really

It’s normally running prior to departure unless it was a transit move and it continually records, i recon the train was arriving in to siding when it happened (pictured 37 leading) Funnily enough TIC2 is lined up for my IM workbench

I’ve taken a punt on ordering one from model junction as invicta haven’t taken any payment yet, be interesting to see if it’s processed at the price above

Silent colour video from the Yorkshire film archive http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/my-farewell-sheffield-manchester-electrics-congreves

Interesting pic on Twitter https://twitter.com/woodheadroute/status/929022748227178496?s=21

Looks like one of my rough shunts on the layout! Wonder if the coach was actually recording at the time, be interesting to see the footage if it was

I’ll give em a ring on Monday, they close at 4 today unfortunatly

Has anyone who’s ordered from invicta heard anything about their Colas 47 order yet?

I was parking the car earlier earlier and I said to my wife that i would ‘set back’ into the space!

A 2ft gauge one belonging to Adrian shooter in his personal railway in Oxfordshire

And her brother rollo does some fantastic dance remixes (and is also part of faithless) Even futher off topic sorry

Back to the Cambrian last night, this made me laugh when you read what’s on the sign! https://youtu.be/pUd2vJr3-_s More ERTMS issues last night, stopped me approaching a block marker thinking I’d past it and then the screen went again, it’s the future! And the usual shot at Basford hall