big jim

And a video

Nice little treat in crewe earlier, got a vid of it too, I'll upload when I get home later

get your pics of drs traction on test trains while you can!

kind of, they are to save having to hire in 68s for the likes of mentor as they can do 100mph, they will also be used on the likes of PLP trains when not 'mentoring'

and some from last night, was supossed to be a nice short derby to crewe job but someone went sick so i had to work it to carlisle, 37116 and 37421 the locos derby bit of time in crewe before setting off at 30mph from weaver jn to preston through to preston where i had a break before the rest of the 30mph slog to carlisle into carlisle where we had to water the UTU coach, the roof is being replaced at the station hence the scaffolding and shunted away into the sidings then off to a hotel for a well earned rest

one's for me, i will have to see which one i drive first to decide which number to have on it! (keep an eye out on friday for a test run of the real things)

interesting looking sheet you've laid them out on! have you got the decals yet?

they have 2 of them, the finished articles MAY be out on a test run from toton tomorrow

https://twitter.com/peelports/status/836242847711948801

Thanks EDIT: all sorted, gave em a ring and one is being sent out to me, must have gone missing in the post! Top service from Bachman

as a slight aside, should i have got this years Bachmann catalogue with the last magazine or will it come with the next one?

some from today, mostyn to basford hall freightliner 66 on one of the ballasts my train with point delivery wagons panorama pic thoroughly depressing looking 'duke of lancaster' funship which for some reason has been painted completley black on one side! ready for the off and into crewe change of job the rest of the week so i'll most likely not be collecting 70812 from liverpool

yes well done, i of course should have credit for turning the cab light on and headlight off for you! i'll try and update this thread once a week with 37099s movements as i find out about them

merl is working out of reading this coming week, will be visiting eastleigh and bristol amongst other places

I've just sold 3 Hornby WSMR mk3 coaches for £127, can't believe that, they aren't that rare are they? Happy though!

just one poor iphone pic from tonight, 6 x 56s in basford hall yard, all out on north wales engineering jobs, i took 56078 and 56302 to mostyn

She's here then! From what I've read it's being lifted off the transport trailer on Monday for forward transfer later in the week, I'm refreshing the Liverpool area on Tuesday but the day it's earmarked to move I've got another job on so it will most likely be someone else moving this one

I think a smaller yellow panel (i.e. To the top of the flat bit) and the black sloping right to the end of the loco would have looked quite good too The one thing I was concerned about was the lack of a black solebar (a'la the light grey one in DB locos) but having seen that twitter pic it does look good without

The challenge was accepted at the naming ceremony, I'm sure if we can get it there somehow we will! Will have to be hauled by a 97 but still possible

Colas 67s anyone.... https://twitter.com/clinnick1/status/835140883255283716 No, having a few days off

Yeah it does derby, burton, (Weston on Trent), Toton, Loughborough, Toton, (Weston on Trent), burton, Washwood Heath then tyseley etc on that circuit

All the 'dodgy' posts were removed last week, they basically pointed at Dapol replacing/recalling the whole batch of 68s off the back of conversations that actually never happened between a 'modeller' and someone at Dapol Edit: sorry, what Newbryford linked to already!

GBRf wise I've only had 718-737 and the odd celeb like 705 with its Union Jack, that was actually the last one I drove on a coal to ironbridge power station

i bet aaron aardvark models in aberdeen was happy then! zulu railway supplies getting a bit narked though

some from last night 168 passing tyseley 172 68011 172 then my train came in, 37421 and 37254 stratford after a trip to fenny compton, back to whitacre we ended up back in Leamington Spa back to stratford moor st and away to tyseley to stable and home a few days off now, so off to see a few west end shows with the family (no, not book of mormon)