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A few more from me......

 

[pellet]

Zoid, would that be Bodmin that err... has a boiler that, to quote a SM "is falling apart?" Oh wait, Bodmin isn't a CP Class, is she?

Bodmin is a West Country class
There is no such thing as a Canadian Pacific class, that would be Merchant Navy

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

Bodmin is a West Country class
There is no such thing as a Canadian Pacific class, that would be Merchant Navy

Sorry! I know very little about steamers, I must confess, (I've said that to someone before in Ropley shed!), ask me about EMU's, DMU's, Railbuses and Diesel/Electric locos, and I know what they will be, but pre 60s stuff? Don't bother!

 

[Gangsta_Boi]

Cracking screenshots guys, I'll have to post some soon !

@ WEN, could you please check your Class 141 pre-release thread on UK Trainz forum?

Thanks,
Gangsta_Boi

 

[pellet]

Sorry! I know very little about steamers, I must confess, (I've said that to someone before in Ropley shed!), ask me about EMU's, DMU's, Railbuses and Diesel/Electric locos, and I know what they will be, but pre 60s stuff? Don't bother!

no problem! I know very little about the technical stuff of things
like max tractive effort etc

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

141 turn now and something that doesn't work, but someone thinks it suits it!

 

[nikos1]

more from my route
a 89 in virgins entering the station

borrowed EWS 67 hauling a virgin train

view of a pigeon on the trainshed rafters

 

[Zoid99]

Zoid, would that be Bodmin that err... has a boiler that, to quote a SM "is falling apart?" Oh wait, Bodmin isn't a CP Class, is she?

Oh, if you are trying to immatate ropley, its a 1 in 280 or out of alton, possilby a 1 in 200, I should know, I've had to do some track walks between there and the Meon Valley Siding, although there are no signs to confirm this.

hi WEN, i'm trying to base the route on the mid hants but there are differences. Such as what would be ropley is called ropestead :hehe:. For the gradients etc, now i should know all of them like the back of my hand as being on the footplate crews there! Its 1 in 60 out of alton, then levels off at butts then back to 1 in 60 almost all the way to medstead and 4marks.

The headcode how ever is southhampton or eastleigh to alton, lets say can pac has come from southampton :hehe:.

Now here's a pic of can pac at 'ropestead' waiting for the dwn train to pass. This time she's come from eastleigh .

and here 45231 The Sherwood Forester is in light steam being prepared for the belle dinner train tonight

Tom

 

[chris_rose_1]

WEN that NSE 141 looks :mop::mop::mop::mop::mop::mop:

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

hi WEN, i'm trying to base the route on the mid hants but there are differences. Such as what would be ropley is called ropestead :hehe:. For the gradients etc, now i should know all of them like the back of my hand as being on the footplate crews there! Its 1 in 60 out of alton, then levels off at butts then back to 1 in 60 almost all the way to medstead and 4marks.

Do you know them all? I'd be interested, I know a 1 in 80 decending (spelling?) graident leaving Ropley that lasts for about a mile, before Alresford, a 1 in 60 either side of the bridge at Medstead, but thats it.
I also know what the "Meon Valley Siding" (I have to tell the signaller at Ropley when the group will be there, to empty out the blue vandalised and rusty GUV now) is, Ropley shed and Ropley Mannor but thats it for locations.
Whenever I am after the PIC, remind me to try the mannor first!

I suppose I got more to learn in my time being part of Rogers group. (I don't even know the name of the siding 45132 is parked in!)

and here 45231 The Sherwood Forester is in light steam being prepared for the belle dinner train tonight

Or is it the R.A.T. its on? ;-)

 

[Zoid99]

Do you know them all? I'd be interested, I know a 1 in 80 decending (spelling?) graident leaving Ropley that lasts for about a mile, before Alresford, a 1 in 60 either side of the bridge at Medstead, but thats it.
I also know what the "Meon Valley Siding" (I have to tell the signaller at Ropley when the group will be there, to empty out the blue vandalised and rusty GUV now) is, Ropley shed and Ropley Mannor but thats it for locations.
Whenever I am after the PIC, remind me to try the mannor first!

I suppose I got more to learn in my time being part of Rogers group. (I don't even know the name of the siding 45132 is parked in!)

Or is it the R.A.T. its on? ;-)

Yep thats right, 1 in 80 to alsford until round about the outer home were i think it levels off to 1 in 250 all the way in to the platforms. This is when u notice your nice 3 1/4 full of a gauge class has gone dwn to only 1/4 full!

I'm guessing 45132 is one of the many diesials 'parked up' at ropley in the headshunt, or is it a sercet black 5 which no one knows about !

The R.A.T wasen't opperating that night :hehe:, anyway the belle is better in my opinion. 1 pullman coach and mrk 1's painted in pullman livery looks very nice behind any loco! From the footplate crew point of view its better aswell, as u get dinner on the footplate with plate, knife and fork!!! In fact i've got a belle turn on the 15th of september and i'm lookin forward to it!

and her she is that night working the belle dinner train passing through Ropestead




Tom

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

Yep thats right, 1 in 80 to alsford until round about the outer home were i think it levels off to 1 in 250 all the way in to the platforms. This is when u notice your nice 3 1/4 full of a gauge class has gone dwn to only 1/4 full!

Roger was telling me a simliar situation of MS&4M! Make sure you have enough at the start of the graident, or you may not have enough when you get to the top!

I'm guessing 45132 is one of the many diesials 'parked up' at ropley in the headshunt, or is it a sercet black 5 which no one knows about !

As far as I know, its YUGO tank (damm thing!) > 27007 > 828 > Class12(?) > 45132 > Swanage > Parcels van > Unknown

In other words, its the big blue boring thing.

The R.A.T wasen't opperating that night :hehe:, anyway the belle is better in my opinion. 1 pullman coach and mrk 1's painted in pullman livery looks very nice behind any loco! From the footplate crew point of view its better aswell, as u get dinner on the footplate with plate, knife and fork!!!

I noticed, I asked the SM first. plus the signaller to be sure, I don't want to be blown out and having to hide under a GUV again!

 

[Zoid99]

As far as I know, its YUGO tank (damm thing!) > 27007 > 828 > Class12(?) > 45132 > Swanage > Parcels van > Unknown

In other words, its the big blue boring thing.

arh i know the one. i think that yankee tank will be quite fun to play with once it finished , just think its a 15xx but without the copper chinmy and brass bonnet :hehe: and in fancy dress as an american loco . But i haven't had a good look up the headshunt for a while, last time was in november when there's no service.


Tom

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

arh i know the one. i think that yankee tank will be quite fun to play with once it finished , just think its a 15xx but without the copper chinmy and brass bonnet :hehe: and in fancy dress as an american loco . But i haven't had a good look up the headshunt for a while, last time was in november when there's no service.

I call it the Yugo tank, as it also came from Yugoslavia (spelling), oh and I hate the plates that stick out and the position it is in, right under the damm bridge. Has anyone got a spare "limited clearence" sign available?

If you have ever seen me, 6ft 2in tall, carries a huge backpack, with one lappy in it (with Trainz, so if you are after something, atleast you can get your USB stick out and download everything! , seems to love my cans of coke, red hair and often in an (little faded) orange jacket, when there is a hint of train movements, you'll see what I mean by the yugo tank, taking my sholder or even head off at some point!

I wonder if you can polish the chimley to match my hair colour?

 

[harcourt]

Great screens Zoid and nikos
Here's a couple more from the fictional ECML

 

[Zoid99]

i'll keep an eye out for u, i guess ur'll be around the shippin container next to the ash pile :hehe:. So u can find me i have dark brown hair, and i always weir a grease top with a midland region british rail badge weather i'm in the yard or on the footplate. I'm dwn in the yard every saturday as possible :hehe: and i'm there tomorrow out on can pac

Tom

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

i'll keep an eye out for u, i guess ur'll be around the shippin container next to the ash pile :hehe:. So u can find me i have dark brown hair, and i always weir a grease top with a midland region british rail badge weather i'm in the yard or on the footplate. I'm dwn in the yard every saturday as possible :hehe: and i'm there tomorrow out on can pac

I won't be there until next saturday. Roger was talking about a mid week "excusion", but that maybe up at err.... Alton. Do say Hi, even if I am a bit shy.

Oh and yes, thats our container, it gets even more hillarious as the weeks go by and there is more ash added to the pile. It makes the container... difficult to open.

If you have any empty aluminium cans, scrap copper, etc, we'd be glad to take it also, thats our way to raise funds for a new genny, scrap metal!

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

Guarding a quadruple Class 141 service on an unfinsihed layout, note where the unfinished bits are!

In the first shot, theres no less than about 23 141s (18 in a depot, 4 in that train, 1 in service, but can't go anywhere, hidden behind the train I was "guarding"), 1 Class 150 in DMS/DMS formation, a 142 in DMS/DMS formation and lastly, a 377 in DMC/PTS/DMC formation and the computer gave me 2fps, the trains arent the killer, probably the track is.

 

[pellet]

I didn't know it was possible to bash and flail out of a 141!

 

[Wessex_Electric_Nutter]

I didn't know it was possible to bash and flail out of a 141!

Err, guards doors with no secondary locking bolts? Guarding the train?