Johndon's Workbench & South Pelaw Junction

[Hatfield Shed]

...My good lady did a rather nice painting of No1 as preserved at the NRM

'Cough', very fine painting.

[johndon]

My good lady did a rather nice painting of No1 as preserved at the NRM

Your good lady has some talent

[Robpulham]

My good lady did a rather nice painting of No1 as preserved at the NRM

Your good lady has some talent

Thanks John,
I agree she has, if it's of interest you can see more of her work at http://www.chrispulhamrailwayartist.co.uk/

[Mercator II]

Wow, wow and wow, speechless

I like those alot, need to find some wall to buy some of them

[johndon]

A couple of shots from the EM Gauge South Pelaw layout.

First up 9F 92097 with a loaded iron ore train about the start the climb to Consett:



K1 62060 crosses the junction with a load of empty steel wagons heading for Consett:



and J27 65835 approaches the junction from Washington with more empty steel wagons bound for Consett:

[johndon]

Heljan's new ES1 landed today. It appears, apart from the livery version went for, to be a very good model of the loco as preserved which, unfortunately, means that there are some issues for an in service loco in BR days but I have to say to looks very impressive with some very impressive detailing on the bogies...



With a 16T wagon (converted to P4 which is why it is not square on the rails) as a size comparison: