Thank you !
Here is a WD shattering the rural peace of North Grimston village, one of the few not to be vaporised last year.
WD at North Grimston 8.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
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Thank you !
Here is a WD shattering the rural peace of North Grimston village, one of the few not to be vaporised last year.
WD at North Grimston 8.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickrnathanmallard
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I know exactly where this is, just north of the now-closed pub and the little hump bridge on the B1248! Surreal to see it come to life in Trainz.Thank you !
Here is a WD shattering the rural peace of North Grimston village, one of the few not to be vaporised last year.
Hiskey has also done a lot of cottages and houses in the yellowish sandstone that is common in the Ryedale area. I'm seriously considering taking up 2995valliant's offer of an NYMR DEM, even if I only do a portion of it, but I'll have to message hiskey first as he might be doing it himself!
Has the pub closed ?
I remember going into it as a 17 year old lad in the 1976 heatwave after looking at the pile of horseshoes beside the blacksmiths.I feel a little hoarse after reading that news.
Horse at North Grimston 8.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
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Definitely closed I'm afraid, I was quite surprised too as it was always popular with bikers. I suppose it is only a small village, another pub on one of my favourite walking routes along the old Beverley-York trackbed has closed too.
Funny you should say that, I've always associated North Grimston with horseshoes since I was a kid as one of the farm buildings had them attached to the wall! I presume the blacksmiths is long gone now?
I have many fond memories of that whole area.
Funny you should say that, I've always associated North Grimston with horseshoes since I was a kid as one of the farm buildings had them attached to the wall! I presume the blacksmiths is long gone now?
I have many fond memories of that whole area.
I think the Blacksmiths is now an expensive house. There's a photo of it here https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-r...6f5c4b6135ab908299e1f6feccc22037&searchtype=0
And the horseshoe pile here https://www.alamy.com/blacksmiths-s...6f5c4b6135ab908299e1f6feccc22037&searchtype=0
A couple of days ago I accidentally downloaded GCR V15 and I've been playing with it as its an amazing piece of work. I found the weed grown platforms of Waddesdon station a bit sad so I have resurrected it and here is a V2 heading south with a Gresley triplet rake.
V2 at Waddesdon 10.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
V2 at Waddesdon 10.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickrspitfire98462
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Gcr is a forgotten legand the updated should be V22 or V23 haven't looked in awhileA couple of days ago I accidentally downloaded GCR V15 and I've been playing with it as its an amazing piece of work. I found the weed grown platforms of Waddesdon station a bit sad so I have resurrected it and here is a V2 heading south with a Gresley triplet rake.
Dear Paul,
Waddesdon station was closed in 1936 according to the disused stations website and since I normally try ti work in the 1950-1960s period I built it on the GCR as disused, However since then I have added the Quainton to Verney Junction line which was closed in the early 1940s. I am just pleased that you enjoy the route. The latest version on the DLS is GCR22 V4, but I hope that V5 will follow shortly. Converting the scale from10 to 5m caused many minor problems which I am slowly trying to correct.
Kindest regards,
Peter.
A3 "Merry Hampton" hauls a returning tourist train from Bridlington to Newcastle past Burdale station. Extremely unlikely but not impossible 
A3 Merry Hampton at Burdale 11.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
A3 Merry Hampton at Burdale 11.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickrnathanmallard
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I have a book on the Malton-Driffield line and there is a photo of an A4 on an excursion. So not impossible!A3 "Merry Hampton" hauls a returning tourist train from Bridlington to Newcastle past Burdale station. Extremely unlikely but not impossible
An A2 also visited on a Royal visit to Sledmere.
Yes, I found out as much as I could about motive power and I've bought appropriate locos from Paulz Trainz although they've disappeared and I will need to redownload them. I did make a remarkable discovery which was that in Warwick Burtons book on page 25 the vehicle barely visible on the left at North Grimston was a Neptune track recording vehicle , probably the one based at York which still survives.
I've made a video and will be uploading it to YouTube later on.
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nathanmallard
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Fascinating stuff. I'd love to see some LNER motive power steaming through the area again one day! The group at Fimber seem very enthusiastic but's a long road ahead to even reinstate a mile or so of track, I imagine.
Finally some screenshots from me - yep, I know that Mallard is from TRS2004...
Finally some screenshots from me - yep, I know that Mallard is from TRS2004...
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You can still get camscott pay ware A4s if you email him, I got my A4 that way.Fascinating stuff. I'd love to see some LNER motive power steaming through the area again one day! The group at Fimber seem very enthusiastic but's a long road ahead to even reinstate a mile or so of track, I imagine.
Finally some screenshots from me - yep, I know that Mallard is from TRS2004...
Yep, they're still in good quality too (especially if you use either T:ANE or TRS19/22). Unless he decided to use that old A4 Mallard for nostalgic reasons, but I doubt it and could just be mistaken as he most likely doesn't have a better version of Mallard in his collection. Also, it's insane that TRS2004 is literally 20 years old at this point, TRS2006 would soon follow, then Classics 1-3, then 2009 and so forth.
A 2 car Class 117 slows down call at Wharram station.
DMU at Wharram 14.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
Then passes over the mini viaduct at North Grimston.
DMU at North Grimston Bridge 14.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
Finally seen at Settrington station.
DMU at Settrington 14.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr
DMU at Wharram 14.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrThen passes over the mini viaduct at North Grimston.
DMU at North Grimston Bridge 14.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrFinally seen at Settrington station.
DMU at Settrington 14.4.24 by A1 Northeastern, on FlickrKotangaGirl
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Ex-Stockton & Darlington Bouch 4-4-0 No.161 (1860-1888) at work hauling a train of chauldron wagons on my 'Cainrigg to Balessie' route. For an engine built in 1860 it looks surprisingly modern.
This route of mine was uploaded to the DLS back in December 2018 and I'm presently giving it a refresh and tidy up in TRS19 SP5.
This route of mine was uploaded to the DLS back in December 2018 and I'm presently giving it a refresh and tidy up in TRS19 SP5.
borderreiver
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Tanker, check your email as i have sent you the link to the Chasewater route you wanted.
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After the Stockton & Darlington Railway was absorbed by the North Eastern Railway it retained a great deal of autonomy for a decade, eventually becoming the Central Division. The Central Division was abolished in the early years of the 20th century but some artifacts of the organisation persisted for decades. One of them was that the South Durham District Engineer's baliwack extended right up in to NW Durham at the eastern end of Howneshill Viaduct near Consett. This was because the Stockton & Darlington had taken over the western portion of the former Stanhope & Tyne which the Consett Iron Company had purchased in order to retain a rail outlet upon the S&T's bankruptcy. The Stockton & Darlington had subsequently built a link between Crook in SW Durham via Tow Law to the former Stanhope & Tyne metals in order to gain an outlet to the south for Consett's output. The Stockton & Darlington built Hownesgill viaduct, to bypass the double incline operating across the Hownes Gill gorge.Ex-Stockton & Darlington Bouch 4-4-0 No.161 (1860-1888) at work hauling a train of chauldron wagons on my 'Cainrigg to Balessie' route. For an engine built in 1860 it looks surprisingly modern.
This route of mine was uploaded to the DLS back in December 2018 and I'm presently giving it a refresh and tidy up in TRS19 SP5.
The "Shildon Brake Van" at the back of the train would have had dumb buffers when originally built, just as the chaldron wagons did. I can imagine how lively the ride would be for the poor guard assigned to that van. The NER built coal wagons right in to the first decade of the 20th century which had extended timber baulks to accomodate buffering up to chaldrons, which were not completely eliminated from NER metals until around 1910. Even after that date, some colliery owners still retained them for use within their colliery lines or on private waggonways.