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[Tanker46]

That's a very cryptic statement Barney. Something to do with the GWR perhaps?

Annie

Oh you'll see Annie... There's a reason We've been away for a bit..

Some Dearnby shots as a certain event has brought me back to the Southwest Region. This time it's a few shots of the new version of WW2 Era Dearnby I was working on!

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Seems Dearnby borrowed a couple of Tank Engines from Southampton to work the docks during the war! E2 No.2105 is heading back from the refinery and chemical plant with a train of refilled tankers bound for the Naval Base up the coast. Since the E2s were occasionally prone to sparking, an Ex-LSWR Road Van has been coupled between the E2 and it's flammable payload as it brings it down to Dearnby Central to be tacked onto a War Department Train heading up to the base.

As the E2 heads down to the yard, a USA Tank works the other half of the Naval Supply Train. Two USA Dock Tanks are at Dearnby at the moment, one is owned by the USATC and the other was recently acquired by the Southern Railway as the WD found it to be a surplus to the initial order. It has received the SR lettering but has not yet received it's number it seems.

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[Paulsw2]

Interesting pics of the USATC S100 class tanks there Tanker. Have you looked at George Bailles version as I think it's a cracking model? It's kuid2:116296:100100:1 BR USATC S100 class 0-6-0T

Paul

PS. Also great to see my WD tankers having a run about!

 

[Tanker46]

Interesting pics of the USATC S100 class tanks there Tanker. Have you looked at George Bailles version as I think it's a cracking model? It's kuid2:116296:100100:1 BR USATC S100 class 0-6-0T

Paul

PS. Also great to see my WD tankers having a run about!

Thanks for the all the tankers you've done Paul! I've used them in so many different consists (WD and otherwise) and they come in handy when running operations on Dearnby. I think outside of these your BR Green reskins of Jayholland's LBSCR/SR Coaching Stock are my most used rolling stock assets! I can't wait to extend the SR Project to Kent so those South Eastern Gas Board Tanks I have sitting will finally get some mileage!

The USA Tank I have here is a very old model I picked up browsing the web back in my TS2012 salad days. I don't remember who made it or where I found it, but it's design heavily reminds me of Camscott. I'm pretty sure this wasn't his work but I would very much like to meet the individual who made it! It doesn't get much use these days because that lettering is a mesh embedded into the side of the tanks and it drives me crazy. I managed to acquire the proper Bulleid Sunshine letters and numbers so I would very much like to fix it, but alas that seems not to be the case.

I'm definitely quite familiar with Skipper1945's USA Tanks. They are extremely excellent models that I still use regularly but I am working on a new model intending to be it's successor - I've got quite a bit of projects to work through so it might take me a while though!! :hehe:

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Speaking of the USATC, looks like they've come to help Dearnby during the war. According to the Dockyard Manifests at Dearnby Central, the yard received two USATC S-160 2-8-0s and three USATC S100 0-6-0Ts from Baldwin Locomotive works during WW2. The S-160s initially were brought over still equipped with knuckle couplers because the USN provided railguns were configured with them as well. In short, that meant the S-160s were the only locos capable of positioning them along the coastline as needed. In order to fill the gap in heavy freight transport, Robert Riddles used this opportunity to field his new WD 2-8-0 and WD 2-10-0 Austerity designs at Dearnby Central. Towards the end of the war, the S-160s were fitted with proper 3 link chain couplings as the 2-10-0 Austerity locos were moved up north to service the naval bases at Scapa Flow in Scotland. The S-160s followed shortly after being dispersed to various parts of the GWR Network while Dearnby retained several of the 2-8-0s and two of the S100s for a good while. The S100s became No.67 and No.68 respectively under the Southern Railway and remained at Dearnby until Nationalization in 1948, when they were moved to Southampton.

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The WD and USATC locos are getting coaled up for their turn of duty. Two 2-8-0s and another 2-10-0 have already taken provisions up to the base to be placed on ships to the Western Front, now 2-10-0 No.73652 is about to head out with a huge shipment of supplies, raw materials, and loads of fuel oil and acid for weaponry. The USA Tank finishes assembling it's half of the train as the E2 detaches it's Road Van and heads for Dearnby Central Sheds. The USA Tank now has the task of marshalling the two halves of the train together so the Austerity can move off with it.

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[PortLineParker]

A desolate Herston Halt on a wet and windy day:

Cheers,

PLP

 

[KotangaGirl]

#5366 I can feel the rainwater dripping down the back of my neck PLP.

#5365 More interesting wartime snaps from Dearnby Tanker..

Installing the new platforms at Penzance is finally done. I'd been putting this off for ages since I knew it was going to be a difficult job. BUT it's done now and I'm pleased with how it's turned out. Final detailing & etc still to do.

Bulldog No.3347 'Tregothnan' takes the first train after the station is open for business once more. Should really be renumbered 3335 in 'shirtbutton' guise, but we will get to that. 'Tregothnan' was built 1900 and withdrawn in 1948. Was a Plymouth engine with Exeter being its last assigned shed. As is my usual habit 'Tregothnan' has been heavily fettled to function well in TRS22.
Tailight very kindly pointed me in the direction of finding this early Trainz model from Paulz Trainz. I also have two Penzance 'Bulldogs' waiting for their turn in the 'works'. I like these older models, they remind me a lot of the 'O' gauge pre-war tinplate locos I used to collect before too much life happened.

Running past the newly relaid sidings at Gwinear Road. Another difficult job that I'm glad is finally done and dusted.

 

[Heinrich505]

There are always great shots here!

PLP, yes, I think you've captured the gloom and wet very nicely.

Tanker, great shots of Dearnby as usual.

I really like the platform work you've done, Annie. Penzance looks very nice indeed.

Since Paul mentioned the BR USATC S100 0-6-0t, and Tanker was showing off his 0-6-0t, I checked to see if I had the S100 engine that Paul mentioned. I did not. That was quickly rectified, and as Paul mentioned, it is definitely a "cracking" model.

Thanks to Annie and her testing, I then decided that I had to test this engine at the Lickney Incline. I attacked the incline with the newly downloaded S100 0-6-0t, pulling my usual test of a 10 car LMS 5 plank consist, loaded fully with coal, and the usual 20t brake van on the end.

As it was a standing start in the yard, and not a running start, I didn't get started very quickly but was doing about 12 mph when I started up the grade. This time I remembered to start the sander, and while I had to back the cutoff to about 70% from the 65% that I was using to get up to speed, I managed to keep a very steady 11 mph on the grade up, while playing the cutoff back and forth a bit around 71-73% and keeping the throttle close to 90% or slightly better. There was plenty of steam in the steam chest and the engine performed admirably, only slowing to 10 mph on that last little steep hitch at the top, before the grade leveled off.

Whew! I was never near stalling, but I used so much sand that the incline looked like Brighton Beach by the time I got to the top. :hehe:

Regards,
Gary

 

[KotangaGirl]

Your 'On the Footplate' reports always make for good reading Gary.

Penzance is on hold at the moment while I decide how I'm going to proceed with continuing to take it back into the mid-1930s. However I have almost completed my rebuild of Gwinear Road and its goods yard. The station buildings are placeholders until I can figure out something else, but they will do for now. The footbridge is too tall and I'll be changing it for something else.

 

[PortLineParker]

M7 30053 seen through Challow Cutting approaching Corfe Castle:

Cheers,

PLP

 

[KotangaGirl]

Gwinear Road station on my WIP Penzance to Camborne & Branches route. Now officially done and dusted.

 

[Heinrich505]

Very nice, Annie! I just compared your screenshot to the original 1930s Cornish Mainline and Branches from the same angle. Your update really shines!

The station and pedestrian crossover have a very nice look to them. Great job!

Regards,
Gary

 

[KotangaGirl]

Very nice, Annie! I just compared your screenshot to the original 1930s Cornish Mainline and Branches from the same angle. Your update really shines!

The station and pedestrian crossover have a very nice look to them. Great job!

Regards,
Gary

Thanks very much Gary. It's still not true to how Gwinear Road really looked in the mid-1930s, but it's certainly better than what was there before.

 

[evilcrow]

Truly excellent, Annie.

Cheers, Ken

 

[PortLineParker]

LSWR T9 class 30120 on a Corfe to Swanage service. Lovely model, but it has the pulling power of a pinecone (the e-spec is a brilliant work of fiction, although I know our resident e-spec expert is working on a new one to replace it).

Cheers,

PLP

 

[PortLineParker]

SR Q1 class visiting from York:

Cheers,

PLP

 

[tailight98]

Ex GWR 93xx Mogul 9319 on secondary cross country duty.

 

[PortLineParker]

Good screenshot tailight98, although it seems that 9319s tender has had a repaint?

3 from me showing my 3 most recent custom signs:

Swanage station canopy sign:

Swanage Railway passengers must not pass this point and ex-LSWR style passengers must cross line by bridge:

Ex-LSWR style trespassers will be prosecuted. If you look closely at both LSWR signs you'll see the missing "L. & W." that have been painted over to leave S.R. prominent:

Cheers,

PLP

 

[Tanker46]

Good screenshot tailight98, although it seems that 9319s tender has had a repaint?

3 from me showing my 3 most recent custom signs:

Swanage station canopy sign:

Swanage Railway passengers must not pass this point and ex-LSWR style passengers must cross line by bridge:

Ex-LSWR style trespassers will be prosecuted. If you look closely at both LSWR signs you'll see the missing "L. & W." that have been painted over to leave S.R. prominent:

Cheers,

PLP

Very excellent signs Parker and I've been loving your screenshots lately! That Q1 hasn't been steamed in quite some time, but I truely would love to see it travel under it's own power again one day!

Funny you mentioned about the T9's enginespec because it was the very first commission I ever had done with Camscott! It seems so long ago but I think we just ended up using the enginespec from Jay Holland's T9. I'm really glad to hear a new one is in the works, so I'd better get in touch with Camscott soon and possibly see if we can get the model updated with PBR Textures for the Swanage Railway!

 

[PortLineParker]

Thanks Tanker, I don't feel we've spoken much recently!

The T9 is a lovely model, my thanks again. 2995valliant is a miracle worker when it comes to e-specs, us Brits would be lost without him!

Talking of e-specs, how's progress with the 4MT coming along? I really would implore you to consider approaching him for a realistic e-spec as it really does make the world of difference when it comes to realism in cab mode!

Cheers,

PLP

 

[PortLineParker]

Thought I'd share some interesting shots of the north end of Wareham station and goods yard. This is looking back towards Wareham and Swanage, with Worgret Junction (where the Swanage branch joins the mainline) about a mile and a half south.
Years ago, the overbridge wasn't there and the main route into the town was via the level crossing. The sidings to the left in this shot are the remains of the Eastern sidings, and ones that the Swanage Railway will hopefully one day be able to use. There is ample space for a run round loop within all three sidings and the possibility of some sort of refuelling depot being installed here. This is very much a future prospect, the main obstacle at the moment being the old level crossing, now the foot crossing between here and the station. Network Rail won't grant permission for Swanage to use the sidings while it is still open due to the danger to pedestrians, and as that is unlikely to change any time soon the sidings have been left alone, although in a relatively tidy state.

The siding(s) to the right, although you can only see one long one, used to be the area where the clay and then subsequently oil trains from Furzebrook were stabled before their onward journeys. Originally boasting about 4 sidings on this side, this has today been cut down to one and a tiny stub. The main siding is in this shot, and it stretches back nearly to Wareham signal box. Although now disconnected from the mainline, you can see the old points and where they used to join up. Network Rail have done little else apart from severing the link and removing the two sidings so it has been left to revert back to nature. Track panels in the distance show where the remainder of the sidings once were, and where the long siding we are viewing once stretched to as it has since been cut back. It originally ran up to pretty much the signal box but now stops around 50m short.

The siding near the signal box. It used to come right up to the base but was cut back:

The sidings earmarked for the eventual use of the SR (hopefully) showing the 3 sidings - 2 short and one quite long:

The site of the old sidings, with track panels in the distance amongst the undergrowth:

Cheers,

PLP

 

[PortLineParker]

Thought I'd mirror the real life Swanage Railway and move my Birds Nest Buffet from Swanage to Corfe Castle, in a very controversial move.

Seen with the attached fish van departing Swanage and then on the way to Corfe:

Currently parked in the sidings as I do not yet know where it will be positioned at Corfe Castle.

There has been a lot of uproar about this - I think, reading the comments on another forum, people are struggling to let go of the past. Swanage already has a catering outlet in the booking hall whereas Corfe Castle does not, so operationally this makes sense as it will give the line a better chance to raise money.

Link to news article here: End of the line for Swanage’s buffet car café? – Swanage News

Cheers,

PLP