Thanks Georgiee. Editing this months Rail action now . I met one of yout school chums the other day, Oliver, with his mom and brother. He was using a tripod and a camcorder to get 6C52. Are you coming to the Model rail show at Walney?
Yes. i use either MTLs working Magnematics or AZL Autolatch. the NYC hopper couiplers were in pretty poor shape when that photograph was taken, the Nickel Plate bunk car shows them better
What was the 195 passing through Dalton? I didn't think the Furness line had any semi fast services anymore since the BIF-MIA services were handed from TPE to Northern
Nearly all 195s now on the Furness line except the Lancaster-Carlisles which are 156s. 195 133 was the other Civity in the Grange derailment and was finally allowed to go to Newton Heath under its own power with 117 on the back as security. Interstingly,on Sundays they have been putting a pair of 195/0s on a couple of services and a 195/1 on the 18.25 Barrow to Millom on the Cumbrian Coast. 195 104 is still sat at Ulverston engineers sidings following the derailment and will have to come out by road
I was going to see that light locomotive at askam from Workington docks to coleham but it came over an hour early and I was getting the 16 past 5 service to askam but by the time I got to askam, it would’ve passed so I had to sneak on a train to dalton 😂
Beautiful layout Kev, I never tire seeing photos and videos of it. I know it's 10 feet long, what is the depth? I have a 12 foot long area to build something similar.
Hi Steve. The two four foot boards are 2 ft 6 inch wide. the Shasta Spring board on the right hand end is 2 ft square ( It as a Z-Bend track interface on the baseboard joint to connect to other Z Bend layouts)
yes.andwe have another variation tonight. 1Q82 HST test train is doing Carlisle to Ulverston as normal. The coming straight back up the Cumbrian Coast, missing out Barrow and the Furness line
@@kevsmiththai I saw the Class 43s and PLPR test train head out from a bitterly cold Carlisle late this afternoon. However whats happened to the Class 37 test train - it didnt seem to run north from Barrow today.
Excellent video Kev. Towards the end of the interesting railway. I got put in carlton loop last year and Google asked to to leave a review for the pub😂 Cheers Russ
I must admit, growing up right next to the WCML in the 1960s these bored me to tears. I wanted to see steam engines like my big brother did at the old New Street and Lickey Incline. I was lucky enough to see the odd Western, Warship & Hymek in their proper colour scheme when visiting relatives in Reading. Also lucky enough to have seen a Blue Pullman as it flashed by in the country nearby. Saw one steam engine in service at the new Coventry station in about 1964 and an Up & Dn Bournemouth Belle on their way to Bournemouth West by Meyrick Park while visiting my gran in Winton, Bournemouth. Little did I know that 22 years later I would be working out of Bournemouth West depot (station long gone sadly), as a BR guard. I may well have worked with some of the crews on those Belles, we had a lot of steam boys left, firemen & guards.
a moving slide show with emotional music, well thought out and put together. We have lost so many decent classes of train over the years many went this way. Great channel, I have subbed. Best wishes, John.
So sad to these scrapped,and none preserved even as a static display, As a young lad ,managed to spot almost all of the AL Electrics late 1960s into the 70s as we lived in Stafford and live just up the road from the WCML and Birmingham line ,took them for granted really ,as they were so common,
Hi Colin Well.. apart from 81 002 which, that last time I heard ,was preserved by the A.C traction group at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. Obviously static, No OHL, but in company with 83 012, 86 006, 89 001, 84 001 and 82 008. You can find my footage of it arriving with other Electrics here, Hauled by DRS Class 20s ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v0PUA5sSMDs.htmlsi=VkZSC3p6fe-XAqvV Well worth a visit to Derbyshire I would think? Time it was out on the WCML ?
I lived in the WCML, too, near Nuneaton. Remember my first day spotting (packed off by my mum with a flask of soup) sitting opposite the defunct Bulkington station, the village where I lived watching the 'lecies come under the bridge. I saw them all in my time between 71 & 74/5, 81 to 87 bar the two 85's (I think) that were in Doncaster works, the only works I never visited. 😃
Quite a collection there, love that Class 37. Found a supplier here that is developing Dutch models, would be great to build part of a port and run some older Dutch diesels. Don't think I could get a motorized Class 08 though 😄
