Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
9th November 2011, 11:33
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,855
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Forum: Railway Modelling
21st August 2011, 12:38
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,036
Class 70
Have you taken the four screws out . They are deep inside the body so make sure they are out. My class 70 then came apart but both ends clip very tightly in the body so a good tug was neaded to get...
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Forum: Say Hello
26th June 2011, 11:42
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Replies: 44
Views: 24,105
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
10th April 2011, 21:13
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,717
Barnetby Update
I Spent 5 Hours around Barnetby @ Melton Ross on Friday 8th April. It was 22c and there was loads of traffic. All the ore and coal trains were running to Scunthorpe as well as a full timetable of...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
5th April 2011, 21:29
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,201
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Forum: Railway Modelling
14th March 2011, 22:27
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Replies: 18
Views: 8,022
Class 70
Just arrived on my layout. Good looking and a good runner.I have just converted it to DCC, A bit of a pain to get inside it as the screws that hold the top on are well under the bogies. I run stone...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
10th March 2011, 10:24
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Replies: 28
Views: 31,219
Winwick Junction
Yes that signal has allways been a bad one to stop at.It was moved back farther up the hill in the late 70s to give more overlap towards the junction.This was after various concerns raised about this...
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Forum: Railway Stations
9th March 2011, 21:51
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Replies: 46
Views: 26,297
Newspaper Trains
In the 70s we worked out of Exchange station with 1S03 whitch left Exchange station at 23.05 with a class 47 on. There was a ramp in the middle of the island platform and loads of newspaper vans...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
9th March 2011, 21:09
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Replies: 28
Views: 31,219
Claas 9 Trains
In the 70s i was at the front end on the engine. I worked from Springs Branch at Wigan and most of our work was on Class 25/40s with coal trains from the local pits.Various places on the network were...
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Forum: Railway Modelling
8th March 2011, 22:03
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,072
Bachmans New Models
Steam. 3200 GWR Earls Class and a SR SECR C Class. Electric. A Southern 419 parcel van. On the sound scene there is a Class 57 and for steam fans a super D. Have a look at Bachmans web site for the...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
8th March 2011, 21:46
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Replies: 25
Views: 12,310
Railway Accidents
Its not happened because people were playing at trains.Wheni joined BR in the 70s guards and shunters were regulary being injured running after wagons ect. Drivers got injured getting on and off...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
28th February 2011, 22:27
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,249
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
28th February 2011, 14:20
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,249
I go to the Barnetby area about 4 times a year...
I go to the Barnetby area about 4 times a year and its mostly busy allthouth the oar trains seam to drop off most afternoons. Arround tea time is busy with tank trains and you can usually see 3 class...
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Forum: Say Hello
27th February 2011, 21:17
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,490
Barry Of Blackrod
Hi. I have just joined the forum. I like to take photos of modern frieght scene and also steam. My local shed for steam Patricroft 26F.I also model the railway scene ,my model railway being based in...
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