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signalfrog
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BRITISH RAILWAYS
-NOTICE OF CLOSURE-
All services will be withdrawn on and from Monday 9th September.
The Minister of Transport has given consent to the Board's proposal to discontinue all Passenger and Freight services between Fairfax St. Robert and Bishop's Deverill.
The terms of the Minister's consent can be examined at local booking offices.
Just days away from completion of my Bishop's Deverill layout, my computer crashed and went haywire (most likely as a result of sabotage by a local bus company), and as a result I lost everything, including my first serious layout. :'(
Fortunately, on the day of what was unwittingly the last train to run over the Bishop's Deverill Branch Line before Dr. Beeching brought his axe crashing down on it's unassuming head, photographers were able to take the following pictures.
Actually, with hindsight, this seems a bit over the top for a route that never even got as far as the DLS, but it meant a lot to me as my first real attempt at a route. Sorry for inflicting the whole unneccessary Notice of Closure bit on you. 
Wessex_Electric_Nutter
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Zoid, how many times did you pass me and never said "hi" and I see you were enjoying the last few steams left on Bodmin. I noticed you were on the W&D train, nice rake of Pullmans too. I also see what you mean by the whistle, especially when blowing out Roger, who came looking for me and found me on the end of Alton station (I most certaintly wasn't going to cross the bridge with your train approaching!).
Still, maybe we should call you the "whistle blower". Now to put a name on that photo thats hanging up in the 'loge.
(and yes, I was a bit too shy today, HJP, need I say more? Although, I was trying to get through the day without thinking about him, which was successful, managed to talk to Roger about HJP too.).
While talking about Bodmin and her increadbly hot cab, you'd think I'd never get in her, right?
WRONG! I was having a poke around in the cab, because the driver wanted a photo of him (for memories) before the loco totally ends its days in service. I had my camera on me and agreed to email him the photos, while I was sweating on the footplate and viewing the controls, (magnifiicant sight BTW, esp seeing the fire burning!) they snapped one of me on old Bodmin.
After that, I had to go back to shoveling the ash to the other side of the container, nice to see atleast 15 tonnes gone!
Just means that I was lumbered with brushing down the side, with a mix of water, detergent, parafin (Which did affect me! My body wasn't liking it at all!) and something else Roger added.
Now to paint the side, before it gets ashed in again! Oh, my feet are killing me!7
Still, maybe we should call you the "whistle blower". Now to put a name on that photo thats hanging up in the 'loge.
(and yes, I was a bit too shy today, HJP, need I say more? Although, I was trying to get through the day without thinking about him, which was successful, managed to talk to Roger about HJP too.).
While talking about Bodmin and her increadbly hot cab, you'd think I'd never get in her, right?
WRONG! I was having a poke around in the cab, because the driver wanted a photo of him (for memories) before the loco totally ends its days in service. I had my camera on me and agreed to email him the photos, while I was sweating on the footplate and viewing the controls, (magnifiicant sight BTW, esp seeing the fire burning!) they snapped one of me on old Bodmin.
After that, I had to go back to shoveling the ash to the other side of the container, nice to see atleast 15 tonnes gone!
Just means that I was lumbered with brushing down the side, with a mix of water, detergent, parafin (Which did affect me! My body wasn't liking it at all!) and something else Roger added.
Now to paint the side, before it gets ashed in again! Oh, my feet are killing me!7
chris_rose_1
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Err don't know what to say.
Fully supported here silly steam effects, what would be wrong with the effects on the 4F's, Jinty's and Jane Locomotivs?????
Wessex_Electric_Nutter
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Err don't know what to say.
One Great Pacer!
trackplate
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Hi there,
Last night was awsome, bodmin was steamin like a witch, had to let her blow on the way from alsford to ropley just to make some water space!
With Roger in the siding somewhere, it gave me the great excuse to blow the whistle for most of the sidein :hehe:. That bulleid whistle sounds awsome at night (it ecos really well) and i must make the most of her before she 'dies'.
You think bodmin's footplate is hot, wait till you get a chance to go on wadebridge!!!
Tom
I was at the Great Central's diesel gala yesterday, which I can assure you was much more entertaining
For a second there, I thought you'd got your locations mixed up, and was talking about Bodmin as being part of the MHR.....but now I see that "Bodmin" is the name of one of your steamers
All this talk of kettles and hot footplates......is the tea ready now? :hehe:
Wessex_Electric_Nutter
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Yeah, I could hear you from Butts, although the station master thinks your train was going a little fast! (Not supprising, since it was 5 down!). As for the whistle, yeah, you got that right! She sounds even better when worked hard, I often shout out "COME ON!!! WHACK IT UP!". (God, I sound like such a basher. By the way, how well can you see reflective orange jackets at night? Roger thinks not very well, I think they reflect brilliantly at night. (Thats what they were designed for.)
By the way, Bodmin was blowing off most of yesterday, any reason why?
EDIT:
While on the subject of tea kettles, you might like this shot, I edited out the poles, but I am not convinced by the steam smoke, so making it look natural is a little hard.
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Hi Andrew, the metal fencing is one that was included in Railwaves's West Somerset Railway pack. Tafweb however has one, but is a bit more detailed and could reduce the rps!
See here http://www.tafweb-trainz.co.uk/downloads.html in fences.Here are some more ECML shots
Viewed from the loco shed
Crossing the viaduct
Wessex_Electric_Nutter
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Her 10 year boiler ticket (IIRC) has expiried. It did get 20 more steamings afterwards though. Otherwise, she needs a overhaul before she can be used again.
EDIT: As sad as it sounds, after Bodmin needs an overhauled boiler (unless the owners can find some big money fast!), the likelyhood of her being used again, becomes pretty remote. Swanage is a typical example of a loco that ran, now rusting away in the headshunt, due to the lack of money. Now that Bittern is in service, the chances are pretty remote, unless all of the other locos expire as well and the MHR has a big loco shortage next year.
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Great shots everyone,
just one from me today from my new route, accidently deleted the other one (Fenstow) I have got a backup but a lot of the scenery i did is not on it so it is no a nice prospect doing it again i'm sure you all have been there. This route is called SDJR gone but not forgotten it is a ficticiouse route and the only similarity with the S&DJR is the Station names.
Jubilee Malta GC arrives at Bath Green Park Station whilst the Ruston wits in the goods depot
later on after some more building...
Class 121 DMU waits to depart onto the branch after traveling up the mainline partway as can be seen below:
just one from me today from my new route, accidently deleted the other one (Fenstow) I have got a backup but a lot of the scenery i did is not on it so it is no a nice prospect doing it again i'm sure you all have been there. This route is called SDJR gone but not forgotten it is a ficticiouse route and the only similarity with the S&DJR is the Station names.
Jubilee Malta GC arrives at Bath Green Park Station whilst the Ruston wits in the goods depot
later on after some more building...
Class 121 DMU waits to depart onto the branch after traveling up the mainline partway as can be seen below:
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