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Hi there,
I wasen't unfortunly :hehe:. I saw you in the car park at ropley, but didn't get a chance to say hello. I'm mext on the footplate on the 15th doing a belle turn. Half of me wants it to be the schools class which has come for the gala and the other half wants it to be can pac or bodmin. Even though i love bullieds i wouldn't want wadebridge, as she is just to hot and is more hungry than can pac!!!!!!!!!
Tom
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That would be Roger's Red van, carrying all his Cl45 bits. You might see me trackside at Alton again on Saturday, as Roger, a few others and myself are helping to empty out the GUV.
Try wheelbarrowing from Alton Stn to the GUV (blue van), trying to avoid everything, which was fun, especially when the wheelbarrow is jumping up and down the non ballast sections in the cess! All this while trying to avoid the Kettles. Hmm, I wonder what the weather would be like on sat, if lunch calls before a complete job, we may end up picnicing by the bank again!
That confused me last Saturday, when after I finished talking to the station master at Alton (he knew me instantly by name!), I went back, looked for the crew, not on track, go down the bank.... not in the van. Ok, I try the GUV... they were right by the bank, eating already! Plus Roger had my bag with my laptop and lunch in it, already waiting for me. Supprised? I was. Then another one joined us, the group gets larger every day!
Oh and the drivers need to give us a little bit more warning too, I heard from Mike "Err... Roger, train comming", "(Censored!)", (loco whistle then sounded) so, theres me, in the cess, next to the bank, they're in the 6ft with the barrow, so they are safe (hide under a wagon!!!), what do I do?
Lean against the bank and got pricked by a prickly plant (Thorn?) and I never heard the end of that for a day after, as whatever got me, was lodged into a recess in my finger... Ouch....!
They on the other hand, had to get the barrow as far away as possible and hide as well!
And yes, looking for anyone while driving is nigh impossible when tender first!
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College on Friday!
Oh, here comes the homework. 
I'll probably type up my notes by the bank as well, if I need to. what a fun day you had lol!!! when i'm on the footplate you know when i'm comin as i'm 'whistle mad' any opptunity to blow the whistle, i'm there! :hehe:, espacially if i'm on a bullied, best whistle ever!
Anyway i spent the day helpin the rangers (12-16yr olds thank god i'm not a ranger anymore:hehe dispose of bodmin, while also helpin steam wadebridge and blowing her whistle at 73096 as she passed with a service train. 
now for a pic hope it counts!
Can Pac on 4th of September waiting for the crew (me included) to get changed and move her off shed.
Tom
Anyway i spent the day helpin the rangers (12-16yr olds thank god i'm not a ranger anymore:hehe
dispose of bodmin, while also helpin steam wadebridge and blowing her whistle at 73096 as she passed with a service train. now for a pic hope it counts!
Can Pac on 4th of September waiting for the crew (me included) to get changed and move her off shed.
Tom
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Hmm, I was going to ask if she was having her exam, but I just realised, thats the Standard Five, right?
I know one of them has a dodgy tender axle, as when we are trackside, we hear it a lot.
Bodmin (last week) seemed to had a dodgy firebox with the ammount of water on it and as for Wadebridge? I hear she likes to reject her tender sometimes!
Working can be fun, perhaps its the staff shortages that are causing problems.
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No, what department is he in?
by any chance Nexus, would this be the famous point at Manningtree, by the River Stour by any chance?
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Hmm, I was going to ask if she was having her exam, but I just realised, thats the Standard Five, right?
I know one of them has a dodgy tender axle, as when we are trackside, we hear it a lot.
Bodmin (last week) seemed to had a dodgy firebox with the ammount of water on it and as for Wadebridge? I hear she likes to reject her tender sometimes!
Working can be fun, perhaps its the staff shortages that are causing problems.
Hi there,
where to start, can pac's tender has flats, bodmins tender has flats and wadebridges tender has flats! Bodmin is havin another boiler inspection i think to see if her crown plate it still there as it has croded quite alot.
What you hear about wadebridge is true!!! some one forgot to put a split pin through the pin which hold the draw bar in place, and as its a merchant navy tender it is higher up than the footplate. So what we think happened was with breaking and accelratin etc the pin work it self up and jst falled out.
The footplate crew said all they heard was a loud bang and thought they had hit something like a deer!!! But when they examined the loco at medsted they discovered the tender was about 6" away from the loco than normal.
Steam locos thier all fun and games :hehe:
Tom
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Got that right, sounds like they had a right old time with that old girl! I wonder HOW they forgot the pin? Must be fun towing it though.
"Now watch that you don't split it now!".
Sounds like Mid Hant's fleet of steamers sounds like they might be OOU at this rate!
Bring on the DMUs!
Anyway, time I posted a shot, extreme detailing? My laptop is having a few problems coping with it all!
Thats just a small section I am detailing, I need to detail a larger section really!
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Yes, a newer version, which when I was remaking the 141, I took the opportunity to update RB002.
you need the ['img] and ['/img] tags around them and they need to stay in your photobucket album. (note, take out the ', I added it in, so the forum doesn't get confused).
Well most of them ecept wadebridge are coming to the end of their 10 year ticket and so will need a overhaul. At the mo 92212 is havin a re-tube and new brick arch which will take about a year to do. Can Pac is due for an overhaul in a yrs time. 73096 will need a boiler lift
and the ivatt needs the cylinder cocks the replaced with the BR standard ones. Not the ***** Ivatt ones which break even if you flicked them, which is why at least one drain cock leaks.TOm
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