Really great shots on here recently.
@Robd - nice to see the E4 and Metropolitan set appearing on the Ashburton branch. Just wondering if they got a bit lost after Uxbridge?!
@Bernard430 - great storyboard about the Leader blowing up on a preservation special. Though I think you're being a bit hard on the boiler which apparently was very good. It's just the rest that was half-cocked!
Here's some shots from my Lavenham WIP route set in the harsh winter of 1962/63.
J94 'austerity' 0-6-0ST 68008 is shunting in Lavenham's yard having brought some coal wagons down from Sudbury and Long Melford.
A bleak snowscape at Lavenham as the J94 carries on shunting the yard. The two coal wagons in the siding at bottom right were caught in last night's snow storm and are now semi buried in a drift.
The crew of 68008 take a break while figuring out whether to leave the two five plank wagons to thaw out or to shunt them in to their train due to leave in two hours for Bury St Edmunds. There will certainly be a need for those two wagons of coal this winter!
Looks like they've opted to leave the two stranded wagons as they couple up to the short consist of MCVs. Meanwhile, the snow has started again....
Happy New Year to all!
Paul