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NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:31 pm
by Rlangham
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:40 pm
by Blink Bonny
Ay up!
Excellent piccies. Gimme more, gimme more. As I have said before I can resist anything except temptation!
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:47 pm
by Bryan
I like the self portrait under the crest.
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:15 pm
by 60800
What's Olton Hall doing at Shildon? I thought it was on Scarborough flyer duties
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:32 pm
by Rlangham
Thanks, tried to avoid the self portrait but wasn't able to. Will try and get more photos up tomorrow, plus some from Beamish.
Don't know why Hogwarts Castle was there, unfortunately few exhibits had any information or display boards. Was nice to see a celebrity loco though, as well as City of Truro in it's new livery
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:47 pm
by 60800
Rlangham wrote: City of Truro in it's new livery
They haven't put her in Br black with smoke deflectors again have they?
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:06 pm
by Rlangham
As much as I dislike BR livery, I quite like that! City of Truro is in post 1912 colours, numbered 3717 with black frames, and looks wonderful
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:15 pm
by 60800
Rlangham wrote:As much as I dislike BR livery, I quite like that!
I know this is a rather pure LNER forum, but CITY OF TRURO in BLACK with SMOKE DEFLECTORS is heresy
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:14 am
by Blink Bonny
Ay up!
That's a convincing "fake" - the boiler casing gives it away!
However, the LNWR black does suit the engine's shape!
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:39 pm
by 60800
Blink Bonny wrote:Ay up!
That's a convincing "fake" - the boiler casing gives it away!
However, the LNWR black does suit the engine's shape!
phew, at least the deflectors are fake..... but they still painted her black!
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:42 pm
by Blink Bonny
Ay up!
No, the whole livery is a photoshop fake. Look at the boiler casing which is still a dull green.
However, I stand by earlier comments - that looks good! Much though I believe that the LNWR livery is better than the piece of GWRness it adorns!
Settles back and awaits abuse.
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 5:33 pm
by 60800
Blink Bonny wrote:Ay up!
that looks good! Much though I believe that the LNWR livery is better than the piece of GWRness it adorns!
Settles back and awaits abuse.
Here it comes... She was painted black in 1985, for running in purposes, just like Scotsman (except 3440 actually works) and as previously stated by me, 3440 in ANYTHING but GWR green is heresy.
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:00 pm
by Blink Bonny
Ay up!
If you are referring to the Severn Valley incident, that was done on one side only as an April Fool. There were people destroying their membership cards about this incident!
It was a good 'un wasn't it?
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:51 pm
by Rlangham
At last - more photographs;
Deltics aplenty
2818, GWR 28xx with straight frames
LSWR horse ambulance
LNWR 2-2-2 'Cornwall'
'Sans Pareil' replica
'Bradyll' in one of the original engine sheds, which unfortunately you can only enter a small porch of, instead of the whole length
'Hogwarts Castle'
'Sir Berkeley'
Motor Car Van with LTC Rolt's Alvis inside
Re: NRM Shildon 6/10/2011
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:07 pm
by Blink Bonny
Ay up!
I was wondering where "Sir Berkely" ended up.
Thanks, Mr L. Very nice indeed. I've always had a soft spot for the Ice Cream Cart...
